Bigg Boss 17: From earning Rs 10-20 Lakhs monthly in gaming to his fallout with Munawar Faruqui and Anurag Dobhal; Arun Mashettey gets candid about his professional life

Arun Mashettey's much-talked-about Bigg Boss 17 journey has finally come to an end. He was one of the top five finalists on the show, and his fans adored him for his Hyderabadi accent and hilarious moments with Tehelka alias Sunny Arya in the house. After the grand finale of the show, Arun and his wife Malak went to Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa's podcast. Arun got candid about his gaming career and his bond with the other Bigg Boss 17 housemates.

Just like IPL, there are gaming tournaments. Every city has their representative team. The tournaments have a prize pool of around Rs 2 cr. There is a young boy who is a gamer, he often wins. Then there is a World Cup every year, there is no ranking but all the big players from different states represent and train them. Teams also recruit them and earn monthly, they also have promotions. Gamer kids usually earn around Rs 10-20 Lakhs a month.

People think gaming is just like a hobby. That isn't true, see I understand parents think that their children would ruin their lives sitting in front of the screen. But let me tell you, according to the Government there is a rule that you cannot play for more than 6 hours. So you can use it fruitfully and earn out of it.

I have been gaming since 2007, have tried all be it Playstation, gameboy and all. Initially, I used to do it passionately for myself, but when my father passed away I started gaming professionally to come out of depression. For months, I couldn't concentrate on the business. My wife, my brother and my friend supported me to start this professionally on YouTube, my friend told me that our Hyderabadi accent was getting popular and that is how we started our channel.

I have a cricket team called Achanak Bhayanak, so I kept the same name for the gaming channel. Initially, I was slowly moving forward but after my daughter, my Laxmi was born, I tasted sweet success in my profession and earned much more than before. There has been no looking back ever since she came into our lives.

Malak left her buzzing career in France for my gaming, she found my passion and pushed me to achieve it. Malak keeps pushing me to do live streams and focus on what I love. She has been the reason behind starting from 1 follower to reaching 1 million. I am not scared of the world when my family, my wife and my daughter are with me on my journey.

With Munawar, from the first day, everything was nice. Samarth and Munawar supported me in the immunity task for two hours. They played for me and won the task. I was really grateful to them, I always wanted to stay friends with Munawar but someone was constantly instigating him against me so he never came forward. Mere taraf se toh hamesha green signal tha, par Munawar ki taraf se yellow tha. He wasn't sure about me.

Anurag kept including my daughter and my wife in all the arguments. He always came around my family, he never fought with me, kept going on personal things and triggering me. He didn't earn the name instead gava ke gaya. People came to know about his game.

When asked about Abhishek Kumar, Malak shared, "I don't like Abhishek, he was always spitting and pouncing on Arun. He kept getting aggressive on everyone, I didn't like that at all."

Arun shared how his wife Malak had a massive fanbase internationally, "Malak is an international star, she has a huge fanbase there and if Bigg Boss voting would have been allowed in Europe, then I can tell you I would have easily been in top two." Malak added, 'He would have won the show.'