Richer and more tolerant’ Juhi Parmar ecstatic on winning Bigg Boss Season 5

In the closely-contested grand finale of 'Bigg Boss Season 5' on Saturday night, television actress Juhi Parmar emerged the winner ahead of Siddharth Bhardwaj, Akashdeep Saigal (aka Sky), Amarr Upadhayay and Mahak Chahal -- touted as show host Salman Khan's favourite girl.

Minutes after she was declared the winner, an ecstatic Parmar said, "Very frankly, I didn't know I was a favourite until I came out of Bigg Boss. Inside the house, I was filled with doubts about my own conduct. Was I behaving decently? Was I being true to myself? How was I being perceived by the audience? When I won all my doubts evaporated. It was a feeling I can't describe."

"The show has made me more tolerant. And I've begun to love people even more. After being locked up in the house with 14 people for so many weeks, I've come out starved for human company."

Among the lifelong friends she made in the house, Juhi mentions Raageshwari, Akaashdeep Saigal, Pooja Bedi, Sunny Leone and Vida Samdzai. "In fact, all of them. Saigal is now my rakhi brother. So you see I've come out richer."

Speaking of richer, so what is she planning to do with Rs 1 crore prize money. "Honestly, I haven't thought about it yet. At the moment I can't believe I've won. But I would most certainly use it to ensure my child's future, whenever he or she is born."

Juhi was welcomed by her family when she emerged from the Bigg Boss house. "My mom, dad, husband, brother and sister-in-law were all there. I realised there's nothing in the world comparable with one's family."

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Bigg Boss 5 win beginning of my second innings on TV

Actress Juhi Parmar, who won the fifth season of controversial reality show Bigg Boss, says it
is the beginning of her second innings on television as her weight had kept her away from work.

Juhi Parmar poses with her trophy. Photo: Viral Bhayani

"It is like a second innings for me. I wanted to start working but only after reducing weight and getting into proper shape. I was away from work for a year or so. My weight was a big hindrance in my career which I gained due to medical reasons.

"But no excuses are accepted in the industry. For me the struggle was to lose weight, my target was that," Juhi told PTI in an interview after winning the show last night.

"Bigg Boss came my way so I took it up. I thought it was the right thing before I begin work," she added.

Before getting into Bigg Boss, Juhi had lost 10 kgs and after going to the show she lost four kgs.

The actress, who shot to fame on the daily soap 'Kumkum', said she had not expected to win Bigg Boss.

"The feeling is yet to sink in. Forget about winning the show, I had never expected to be there till the finale. I felt as I was not the focal point of the show I may not last longer. I never picked up fights or anything of that sort," Juhi said.

"But I was not the silent player. I used to talk, laugh, cry, voice my opinion, stand up for the truth," she said.

Juhi feels fights and controversies do not help any contestant in the long run. "If I had picked up fights then I wouldn't have won the show. I have hardly had any major brawl on the show. It takes
you ahead in the show but it does not help you win. That is not the mantra," she said.

Grabbing the winner's title, Juhi won Rs one crore prize money besides a trophy last night, leaving behind Akashdeep Saigal, Siddharth Bhardwaj and Mahek Chahal.

But the actress has not yet thought of how she would spend the money, except that she would keep it for her kids.

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Being in Big Boss house was no cake-walk: Akashdeep Saigal

Akashdeep Saigal

TV actor Akashdeep Saigal, who could not win the reality show Bigg Boss last night, says it was not a cakewalk to be in the house. After Amar Upadhyay and MTV VJ, Siddharth, Akashdeep was the latest male contestant to enter the Bigg Boss season 5. "I had no gameplan when I

entered the show....I have not played games. In fact, it was difficult to make relations in the house as everyone were from different forms of life and had different ways of living. So to gel up with everyone was not easy," Akashdeep said here.

 

"Everyone fought with each other as the circumstances were different in the house....It was not a cakewalk."

Akashdeep had had fights with Siddharth every second day.

"He is quite young and hot-blooded. I don't want to say anything about Sid. Everyone had different ways of living....Situations in the house were such that everyone could lose cool."

Now at home, Akashdeep is keen to watch how he had appeared to TV viewers during the show.

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Did Juhi Parmar deserve to win Bigg Boss 5?

TV actress Juhi Parmar was announced the Bigg Boss 5 winner amidst a glittery ceremony held in Mumbai lately. Initially, many thought that Juhi will find it tough to adjust in the house and will be soon evicted. Mahek Chahal, Siddharth Bhardwaj, Akashdeep Saigal and Amar Upadhyay were the other finalists.

The final verdict didn't come out as a shocking surprise. Till now, none of the wild card entrants have ever won the show. Out of the five finalists, Juhi was the only contestant who was in the house from day one.

Amar who was really confident about winning the show, got the least amount of votes in the final battle. Amar's chances of winning the show almost died the day co-host Salman Khan called him 'spineless'. Later, Shonali, Juhi and Sunny accused him of making girls uncomfortable by physical proximity. His 'Mihir Virani' reputation was trashed by the blame game.

The official 'Dolly Bindra' of season 5, Akashdeep Saigal was the next one to be evicted. Though the controversies and arguments helped him survive on the show, but the audience didn't want to see him as the winner. After finishing her dance performance at the grand finale, Malaika Arora said that out of the five finalists, she dislikes Sky. The eliminated lot of contestants too criticized him for his behaviour during the show.

As expected, Sky and Amar jumped with joy when Siddharth was evicted next. The gesture clearly shows their immaturity and lack of sporting spirit. After all it's just a game.

Thanks to her bunch of friends, Juhi Parmar managed to stay away from nominations for very long. While people like Mahek and Pooja Misrra were nominated almost every week, Juhi was just nominated thrice on the show. Though on rare cases but Juhi's dominating personality came out in the Bigg Boss house. Remember, once she provoked Sky so much against Bigg Boss that he was almost ready to pack his bags and leave the show. At innumerable times, Juhi blamed Bigg Boss of being partial.

Juhi tried to play peacemaker in the house in the initial days and stayed away from controversies. It was only towards the end of the show that she emerged as a smart player.

Bigg Boss was no cakewalk for Siddharth. The youngest Bigg Boss 5 contender often fought with others when they called him immature. His bonding with Sky didn't last very long and Sky made all possible efforts to trouble him after the fall out. All his friends right from Shonali, Mahek to Andrew Symonds made an exit from the show one after the other. Though Sid had some really crass fights in the Bigg Boss house, but he tried to change after a few warnings from hosts Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt. Probably his quality to stand for what he believed in made him popular.

Shonali Nagrani and Laxmi Narayan lost it out to Mahek Chahal in the wild card entry race. Mahek stayed away from the group politics in the house and turned out to be a total entertainer.

Many people believe that Mahek and Sid were more deserving to win Bigg Boss 5. Social networking sites have been flooded with comments criticizing Juhi Parmar. While Amar and Juhi were ridding high on their daily soaps glory, Mahek and Sid were the favorites among youngsters.

Juhi has become the second female contestant to win Bigg Boss. Last year, Shweta Tiwari better known as Prerna of Kasautii Zindagii Kay, won the show. It's a clear win of small screen 'Bahu Brigade' over the young stars.

When compared to Juhi Parmar, Mahek and Sid faced more difficulties in the house. However, at the end it is a number game and Juhi 'Kumkum' Parmar proved her mettle as the 'telly bahu'.

Calling it the beginning of her second small screen innings, Juhi is extremely elated with her success. Let's wait and watch whether this winning streak of 'telly bahus' will continue in next season as well.

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Juhi Parmar is the winner of Bigg Boss 5

Salman’s favourite Mahek Chahal missed out narrowly

Juhi Parmar

Television actress Juhi Parmar won the season five of celebrity reality show Bigg Boss. Better known as 'Kumkum', Juhi was competing against Amar Upadhyay, Mahek Chahal, Siddharth Bhardwaj and Akashdeep Saigal in the finale episode.

After surviving on the show for three months, Juhi finally walked away with the prize money of Rs 1 crore. The show was hosted by actors Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan.
Juhi has become the second female Bigg Boss winner. Actress Shweta Tiwari won the Bigg Boss season 4. Mahek grabbed the first runner up title and her friend Siddharth was announced as the second runner-up. Amar got the least votes in the final battle and was the first finalist to step out of the house.

The last episode of the controversial show had plenty of drama. Mahek's boyfriend Danish Khan made the day extremely memorable for her by proposing her for marriage onstage. Mahek said yes to his proposal.

Sizzling performances by Sunny Leone, Rakhi Sawant, Malaika Arora Khan added more glamour to the finale. Other eliminated housemates except Pooja Bedi, also performed a medley. Pooja Bedi was asked not to be a part of the finale for some reasons. After her eviction, Pooja Misrra accused Salman Khan of favouring Mahek Chahal.

Interestingly, when Salman confronted Misrra during the finale she said, "It's great that you raised this point. I have never said anything against you and my statements have been twisted." Fine Pooja, we believe you!

However, it didn’t not take away the fun of the show for Salman and Sanju who had a rocking time announcing the performers and the winners. Karan Johar and Imran Khan also made a special appearance during the finale to promote their upcoming film ‘Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu’.

Bigg Boss season 5 started with 13 female contestants and Shakti Kapoor in the house. Amar, Sky and Sid were the wild card entrants on the show. Andrew Symonds, Swami Agnivesh and Yamamotoyama appeared on the show as guests. Other popular Bigg Boss contestants were Pooja Bedi, Pooja Misrra, Vida Samadzai, Sunny Leone and Shonali Nagrani.

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Juhi was destined to win Bigg Boss

Astro-numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi explains why Juhi made it while others failed

Juhi Parmar

“The year 2012, which adds up to Number 5 (Mercury) can prove lucky for most Number 5 and Number 8 people. Going by her numbers, Juhi Parmar is the destined winner of Bigg Boss 5,” calculates noted astro-numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi.

“Juhi is born on December 14, 1980, which makes her directly a Number 5 person in numerology, while her compound number adds up to Number 8 (Saturn). Plus, she is currently running in her 32nd year and the sum total arrived by adding the date of the Grand Finale episode (January 7, 2012) is Number 4 (Rahu) and the name ‘Juhi Parmar’ vibrates on Number 31 (3+1=4),” Bhavikk explains.

Just for the record, Bhavikk holds the distinction of also appearing on the said reality show and correctly predicting Ashutosh Kaushik as the winner of Bigg Boss Season 2 earlier.

He is also the only astro-numerologist in the country, who had rightly ‘calculated’ that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan would deliver a baby ‘girl’!

Bhavikk further predicts, “The next season of Bigg Boss (Season 6) will be even more drastically dramatic; as the name vibrates on Number 54 (Number 9) which is diametrically opposite to 2012 (Number 5). The show could witness significant changes, compared to the last few seasons and more volatile situations are likely to erupt.”

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Shahrukh worried about working with Katrina

Will his problems with Salman create an issue here too?

Shah Rukh Khan

We all know Disney’s most melodious song ‘It’s a small world after all’. These days one man is singing it quite often - B’wood’s Badshah Shah Rukh Khan! After nearly bumping into arch-rival and foe Salman Khan at the Mumbai Airport, soon after returning from their same holiday destination Dubai, rumour has it that SRK could expect more trouble from Sallu.

A source revealed that SRK has reservations about his Yash Raj film that he signed last year with Salman’s ex, Katrina Kaif. Not sure about how things would pan out given the bitter equations between him and Sallu, he called Katrina, voiced his fears and asked her if she would be comfortable working with him. The 27-year-old English beauty apparently in a move to calm down SRK, assured him that Sallu wouldn’t intrude on the sets of the film and that being a professional herself she had no issues working with King Khan.

SRK was finally convinced that the filming of the movie would go smoothly when Katrina explained that she had long broken up with Salman and they were just good friends at the moment. So, there was no question of jealousy or distrust.

SRK’s fears are not unfounded. After all, who can forget the nightmarish episode of 2002 during the filming of ‘Chalte Chalte.’ At that time Aishwarya Rai, the lead actress had just broken up after a stormy affair with Sallu who didn’t take it graciously. He then barged into the sets of the movie by physically and verbally abusing the former Miss World. Eventually, the drama and the interruptions vexed SRK and he replaced Aishwarya with Rani Mukherji thus ending his friendship with Ash.

It is no wonder that SRK didn’t want any ruckus on the sets of the Yashraj film because the movie is set to be directed by B’wood veteran Yash Chopra himself.

Well given all the history between B’wood’s hotshots it would be safe to assume that this movie will draw a lot of attention from the media and generate tons of gossip.

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