‘If you survive Bigg Boss, you can survive anything’

Rishabh Sinha might have lost the 'Bigg Boss' trophy to Prince Narula in the season 9 finale, but he feels that he has won people’s hearts. The Gurgaon boy, who was a wild card entrant and survived with almost no support from the housemates, spoke to us about his journey and what he learnt in the house. Excerpts:
I’m the people’s champion
“I might have lost the trophy, but I’m being called the people’s champion.People are supporting me on various social media platforms. Even the production and the crew of the show was rooting for me. I’m happy being the people’s champion rather than the trophy champion. I didn’t expect people to consider me to be the champion over Prince. It doesn’t matter that Prince won the trophy,” he says. “I don’t want to boast, but if you are a genuine person, it works. I wasn’t fake. I didn’t try to be extraordinary on the show. My intent was to provide content with entertainment. Salman Khan told me, ‘Do whatever you want to, but keep doing what you want to do’. He is like a guiding light. He’s there for all of us,” he adds.
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Digangana is a dear friend now
Rishabh was criticised by many for making Kishwer impersonate a dog and forcing Digangana to cook non-vegetarian food though she is vegetarian. “Whatever I made Digangana and Kishwer do was for tasks. There was nothing personal. Digangana’s parents thought it was personal because they are parents. They can say s**t about me, but I never stooped low. Digangana and I became friends later. She’s a good human being; a talented young lady, and everyone should learn from her. She was misunderstood earlier,” he says.
I used to share my things with the housemates
“People tried to put me down by forming groups in the house. They did everything they could to restrict me to a corner. I did lose the plot for a few days. It was then that Priya walked in and asked me not to worry. I don’t know what changed their perception in the end. Maybe they realized I have a heart of gold. I had stuff coming from home and I used to share everything with the housemates – clothes, shoes, perfumes and creams. I was tagged as a ‘bhukkad’, but I was the only one who shared my food with everybody,” he says, adding, “Ghar ke andar log bura karte thay aur acche banne ki koshish karte thay. When I was good, I was good. When I was bad, I was bad.”
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I have a special someone in my life
“My take on all the girls inside the house was not to get involved with anyone. Of course, I flirted with them, but it was healthy flirting and they liked it. Girls can sense a guy’s intention. They used to ask me, ‘Why are you not talking to me?’ For me, they were just friends. There’s someone special in my life. She doesn’t belong to the industry, and we are not boyfriend and girlfriend. We have been good friends for a long time and we are working towards building a relationship. I have a certain fondness for her,” he reveals.
Bigg Boss is a paid bootcamp
“The house changed me as a person. In life, if we fight with someone, we just walk away and the relationship goes for a toss. But inside the house, you have to sit with the person you’ve fought with and eat with them. I learnt to convert negativity into positivity. The house taught me how to value food. Everything we find in a normal house was a luxury for us. Bigg Boss is a paid bootcamp. If you survive Bigg Boss, you can survive anything,” he says.
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Will be pursuing both films and TV
Speaking about his plans for the future, he says, “I will be pursuing both films and TV. There are films that I am in the process of signing. Once I sign them, I’ll tell the media,” he says.
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