Exclusive: Bigg Boss 15 Favouritism Towards Shamita Shetty Unfair, Says Rakesh Paul

TV
actor
Rakesh
Paul
has
levelled
nepotism
charges
on
Colors
and
Endemol
Shine
for
bending
over
backwards
to
resurrect
Shilpa
Shetty’s
sister
Shamita
Shetty’s
career
courtesy
of

Bigg
Boss
15.
Shamita
was
also
a
part
of

Bigg
Boss
OTT,
which
preceded
the
ongoing
big-ticket
Salman
Khan-led
show.
She
was
also
a
contestant
on

Bigg
Boss
3.

Rakesh
told

Filmibeat,
“Sadly,
rather
than
helping
Shamita,
this
‘Raja-Praja’
approach
(benevolent
queen
Shamita
giving
her
gluten-free
food
to
other
hungry
contestants)
makes
her
look
bad
in
front
of
audiences.
I
had
liked
Shamita’s
honest
Bigg
Boss
3
approach.
In
Bigg
Boss
15,
too,
she
is
playing
well.
However,
getting
someone
three
times
on
the
same
show
does
seem
odd.”

Bigg
Boss
15:
Shamita
Shetty
Is
Slammed
By
THIS
Celeb
For
‘Demeaning’
Afsana
Khan

Rakesh
Paul
was
last
seen
in
the
Zee
TV
show

Manmohini.
The
younger
brother
of

Bigg
Boss
6
contestant
and
actor
Rajeev
Paul,
Rakesh
further
told
us,
“No
one
reprimands
Shamita.
To
make
her
comfortable,
the
creative
got
her
rakhi
brother
(Rajiv
Adatia),
her
boyfriend
(Raqesh
Bapat)
and
her
best
friend
(Neha
Bhasin)
to
join
Bigg
Boss
15
as
wild
card
entries.
The
latter
two
were
Shamita’s
Bigg
Boss
OTT
housemates
as
well.”

Bigg
Boss
15:
Afsana
Khan
Accuses
Rajiv
Adatia
Of
Inappropriately
Touching
Her;
Netizens
React

In
a
shocking
statement,
Rakesh
Paul
further
claimed
that
Bigg
Boss
forced
contestant
Prateek
Sehjpal
to
quit
the
OTT
season
to
enter

Bigg
Boss
15.
“Prateek
had
taken
the
money
in
Bigg
Boss
OTT
finale
to
make
way
for
Divya
Agrawal
to
win
the
trophy,” he
said.
“What
was
Neha
Bhasin’s
Bigg
Boss
OTT
contribution?
She
is
targeting
Prateek,
who
got
her
attention
in
the
first
place.
And
she
too
did
things
which
she
should
not
have,”
said
a
peeved
Rakesh.

“This
approach
is
hurting
the
show.
Let’s
face
it,
‘good
guy’ Raqesh
Bapat
(who
is
now
out
for
health
reasons)
cannot
give
Bigg
Boss
type
drama.
And
for
the
Shamita-Raqesh
romance
to
flourish
on
screen,
they
eliminated
the
existing
lovey-dovey
Jodi
of
Miesha
Iyer
and
Ieshaan
Seghal.”

“They
have
already
invited
Shilpa
Shetty
and
her
mother
Sunanda
Shetty
as
guests.
You
might
call
Shamita’s
brother-in-law
Raj
Kundra
or
any
other
distant
relatives
as
well
to
push
Shamita,”
said
Rakesh
with
a
jibe.
“Bigg
Boss
OTT
had
better
drama;
hence
people
liked
it
more
than
its
big
brother
TV
avatar,”
felt
Rakesh.
“This
blatant
support
is
not
going
unnoticed.
Some
social
media
folks
joke
that
following
Bigg
Boss
15,
Colors
should
start
a
show
called
Sasural
Shamita
Ka.
She
is
also
tauntingly
called
‘Didi’.
I
wonder
how
come
the
makers
are
oblivious
to
all
this?”

Asked
why
he
is
speaking
out
now,
he
said,
“I
am
a
massive
fan
of
this
format,
hence
feeling
short-changed.
Most
other
celebs
are
keeping
quiet
due
to
their
relationships.
But
jantasab
janti
hai.”
Rakesh,
who
first
got
fame
with

Woh
Rehne
Wali
Mehlon
Ki,
said,
“Get
one
thing
clear
–
no
one
is
calling
Shamita
a
flop
actor;
just
this
favouritism
is
hard
to
swallow.”