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Where Bigg Boss Meets The Shining
Cabin fever might start with a wilfully incomplete chore, then go on to verbal snapping, and finally it ends with you throwing your own urine at your fellow inmates.
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The Temptation of Trash TV: Why You Need Need Bigg Boss After BoJack
It’s the age of #PeakTV, and there’s a plethora of content out there that is intellectually stimulating, aesthetically pleasing, and artistically rewarding. But it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Acclaimed shows are like caviar – perfectly fine to treat yourself to, but sometimes you just want good old vada pav.
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Bigg Boss, Jersey Shore, and the Universal Appeal of Trashy Reality TV
The concept of cramming a bunch of oddballs into a house and filming the fuckery is not exclusive to Bigg Boss. It’s a tried-and-tested reality formula, and it always works. You may consider it low-brow and yet you’ll consume it, as I learned when I discovered Jersey Shore.
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Kaanta Laga and the Glory Days of Our Chadhti Jawaani
Shefali Zariwala makes a wildcard entry into the Bigg Boss House tonight. Back in the 2000s, the "Kaanta Laga" girl helped usher in Indian pop music's Remix Era — a time when yesteryear classics were revamped with contemporary beats and an over-the-top element of sensuality.
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How Rakhi Sawant, the OG Queen of Cringe and Camp Lost Her Crown
Rakhi Sawant introduced us to camp, but today – amid the rise of cringe-pop stars like Dhinchak Pooja and the growing popularity of TikTok – we see many versions of her. Sawant’s space in the spotlight is shrinking, as everyone clamours to be on the same stage as her.
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Come for the Cricket, Stay for the Drama: How the IPL Became Our Favourite Reality Show
The IPL finals are two days away, and the whole world has gone cricket-mad. Lucky for those who don’t care about cricket, IPL is the gift that keeps on giving. Turns out, you don’t have to focus on the game at all, thanks to the riveting human drama that comes with each match.
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Why Bigg Boss Marathi Reminds Me of My Life in a Chawl
Bigg Boss Marathi reminds me of my life in a chawl – a bunch of Maharashtrians stuffed in one single dwelling with a common bathroom and kitchen. Host Mahesh Manjrekar is like the Ray-Byan-wearing kaka from another shakha and Usha Nadkarni is the judgemental aai of the House.
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Street Dancer 3D Review: There is Some Dancing and a Whole Lot of Headache
Only if Street Dancer 3D, starring Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, and Prabhudeva, focussed more on the dancing and less on trying to solve the refugee crisis, we would’ve had ourselves an entertaining movie.
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The Fine Art of Small Talk
In a world of texting and updating, opinionating, and standing up, we’ve forgotten the pleasures of small talk.
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I Like Bigg Boss and I Cannot Lie
The raw human emotions on Bigg Boss are what you’re unable to display IRL. For the viewer hooked to the show, it is simultaneously perverse and cathartic.