1st episode of Lock Upp: 13 controversial celebrities; watch
Kangana Ranaut jails 13 controversial celebrities and hires Raveena Tandon as her jailor in the show.
Episode 1 of Lock Upp: Munawar Faruqui, Poonam Pandey, Nisha Rawal, Sara Khan, Kaaranvir Bohra, Tehseen Poonawala, Payal Rohatgi, Saisha Shinde, and Swami Chakrapani are among the contestants on Kangana Ranaut’s show.
Lock Upp, hosted by Kangana Ranaut, premiered on news also Player Sunday night. Munawar Faruqui, Poonam Pandey, Nisha Rawal, Sara Khan, Kaaranvir Bohra, also, Tehseen Poonawala, Payal Rohatgi. Saisha Shinde, Swami Chakrapani, Shivam Sharma, Siddharth Sharma, Anjali Arora, also Babita Phogat are among the contestants.
Lock Upp’s fate remained unknown until just hours before it aired. On Friday, a Hyderabad businessman filed a petition alleging that the show’s creators stole his idea for a reality show where celebrities are locked up and subjected to various tests. However, the Telangana High Court overturned the trial court’s ad-interim injunction, allowing the show to continue.
The ‘bold and controversial’ show premiered on Sunday night and appeared to be an entertaining watch.
Aside from host Kangana Ranaut, the first episode featured a few journalists grilling the contestants. Also these ‘edgy’ contestants took the stage one by one, the host read out the allegations against them. The celebrities were allow to defend themselves. They were sentence to ten weeks in prison and only brought ‘three essentials’ with them. While contestants will be given the option to leave at any time. Kangana claims that this is their only chance to be listen, and if they go, they will be label a failure for the rest of their lives.
Munawar Faruqui, a controversial comedian, was the first to join Kangana. The chemistry between him and the host was hilarious, as they poked fun at each other. Swami Chakrapani, a self-styled godman, took the stage next. Claiming that the ‘gau mutra’ was the solution to all life’s problems.
He was join by trans fashion designer Saisha Shinde, who speak about her challenges even in a progressive society. The Swami blamed Saisha for ‘defying her natural self,’ which led to a dispute between the two contestants.
