Over time, I’ve vehemently vouched for stunt-based actuality exhibits – primarily as a result of I lack the bodily power to carry out them. It turns into a responsible pleasure then to observe celebrities carry out stunts on Khatron Ke Khiladi, the Indian adaptation of Hollywood’s Worry Issue.
This 12 months, it was the 14th season and all eyes have been glued to the hyped and some over-hyped contestants on the present.
There was Karan Veer Mehra too — a lanky man, who did some nice exhibits firstly of his profession. Some private {and professional} setbacks and years of wrestle later, he lastly entered the world of actuality exhibits.
I remembered him as Vedant Raisinghania from a TV present referred to as Viruddh. Expressive eyes, nuanced appearing and an interesting display screen presence, he was a full package deal even then.
However the leisure trade is just not a simple trip for some.
The person, I later learn, lived his private hell — two damaged marriages, a life threatening accident, alcoholism, flop exhibits, no/much less work and chapter — within the span of 20 years of his profession.
Underdog tales possibly a cliche in movies, however are normally the fan favorite too. Karan Veer Mehra overcame the percentages and stole the limelight from different contestants on Khatron Ke Khiladi 14. The underdog gained the present in an virtually one-sided competitors. How he did it’s a case research in itself!
The larger take a look at, nonetheless, awaited him on Bigg Boss 18. Karan Veer was – but once more – the least hyped contestant on the present. With no separate promo, no favours, an abysmally inactive PR staff and an open guide of a life to be feasted upon, Karan was ready to develop into the sufferer of narratives set towards him.
Generally ‘nanadveer’, ‘kone kone mein baat karne waala’ or vile by the makers and generally ‘insecure’, ‘jealous’, undeserving, ‘a joke’ and ‘not an A listing TV star’ by housemates, Karan was everybody’s favorite punching bag. His power, nonetheless, lay in coping with each curveball thrown at him with utmost grace and an unsuspecting smile — solely going to point out how life experiences have refined him as an individual.
Even at his lowest, Karan devoured virtually 50 per cent of display screen time each episode. This share solely elevated — upto 80-85 per cent — when he unleashed a extra confrontational facet of himself.
Karan Veer Mehra, slowly however steadily, made this season of Bigg Boss ‘The Karan Veer Mehra Present’ — I do not say it, Farah Khan and the viewers do.
An actor, who seldom performed the protagonist within the TV exhibits he did, steadily turned the fundamental character of the season. His humour, laughter, loyalty, intelligence, humility, self-awareness and emotional quotient warmed up each coronary heart.
This does not imply the person is flawless. And he by no means claimed to be. His reluctance to speculate vitality in points or conversations he considers trivial and the knack of blurting out issues that sound like low-level manipulation or gaslighting are sometimes talked about towards him. However even then, he’s on the epicentre of each mudda, each battle, each joke and each gossip – inside and out of doors the home. His breakfast routine and morning monologues too discover display screen area each episode; so do the various types of his ‘comfortable comfortable’ dance.
At this level, one can not assist however realise how the tables have turned… The underdog of the season has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of his unfulfilling previous. He has outshone each different individual in the home – simply by the advantage of his unmatchable wit, impeccable sense of humour and a towering persona, and with out indulging in petty ration fights or frivolous present of bodily energy.
Karan Veer Mehra got here with no large fandom to boast off, no young-hot appears to be like to make the ladies drool over him and no backing of a social media military… but this man is now ruling over hearts and minds of individuals and nicely, your entire web.
The neutrality of his fandom lies in the truth that he’s bashed by his personal followers if he falters at any level. The magnanimity of his persona is confirmed by how virtually your entire TV trade staunchly needs him to win.
Karan Veer Mehra has exhibited all features of his persona on the present – wit, bromance, romance, friendships, rivalries, tears, laughter, sense of humour, setbacks, comebacks, management, and sportsmanship. He possesses a uncommon reward of the gab, wears his coronary heart on the sleeves, appears to be like and dances like a dream, strives to maintain match at 45, and by no means shies away from accepting his flaws.
However… Is all that sufficient to win the present? Properly, not likely. This season has been biased in its personal murky method. Faux narratives have taken the equity away from a present that was earlier meant to showcase personalities. Bigg Boss 18 has been nothing in need of a biased showreel of ‘samikarans’.
So, will they permit an underdog to take centre-stage? Will this underdog make historical past by profitable two of the most important actuality exhibits on Indian tv within the span of 1 12 months? Perhaps, possibly not. However will they have the ability to cease him from outshining their laadlas? Nope!
On Karan Veer Mehra’s birthday right this moment, as he stands on the precipice of making historical past, I want one of the best man – in accordance with the makers and the viewers – wins. As for him – whether or not or not he does, he has already gained quite a lot of love and a humongous fan military — one thing that he had all the time solely dreamt of.
The trophy is anyway secondary to what awaits Karan Veer Mehra as soon as the present is over. As a result of each time he steps out of the Bigg Boss 18 home, and his newly-found fandom can vouch, he may have the final giggle… And the trade will definitely not giggle at him..! IYKYK 😉
(Sonal Gera is the editorial head of Bollywoodlife.com. Her views and opinions are fully hers, and don’t belong to the corporate.)
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