Bigg Boss (Malayalam TV series)

Bigg Boss
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Genre	Reality competition
Presented by	Mohanlal
Theme music composer	Stephen Devassy
Opening theme	Asathoma Sadhgamaya , Lokathin Kadhayariyathe
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	559 (As of 6 June 2024) (list of episodes)
Production
Production locations	Lonavala (Season 1) EVP Film City (Season 2 ,3 & 6) Goregaon Film City (Season 4 & 5)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	90 - 120 minutes (approx.)
Production company	Endemol Shine India
Original release
Network	Asianet
Release	24 June 2018 (2018-06-24) – present
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Bigg Boss

Bigg Boss, a Malayalam-language television reality show in India, is part of the Bigg Boss franchise produced by Endemol Shine India (owned by Banijay). It airs on Asianet and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. Inspired by the Dutch reality show Big Brother. Launched as part of Asianet's 25th-anniversary celebrations, the show has been hosted by Mohanlal since its inception. ^[1]

Overview

Bigg Boss is a Malayalam-language version of the reality TV franchise Bigg Boss , which is based on the original Dutch Big Brother format developed by John de Mol Jr. The show follows a selected number of contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for 100 days (or 15 weeks) in a custom-built house. The housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. They are dictated to by an omnipresent entity named Bigg Boss. Each week, one or more of the housemates are evicted by a public vote (Bigg boss sponsored contestants are exempted from the public vote, It is Bigg boss's interest to protect the sponsored contestants by putting them in a secret room or by giving re-entry to ensure the chances of winning.). Several contestants (known as "housemates") live in a purpose-built house and are isolated from the rest of the world. Each week, housemates nominate two of their fellow housemates for eviction, and the housemates who receive the most nominations would face a public vote. Eventually, one housemate would leave after being "evicted" from the House. In the final week, there will be five housemates remaining, and the public will vote for who they wanted to win. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the Malayalam version uses celebrities as housemates, not members of the general public.

House

The house is well-furnished and decorated. It has various modern amenities, but just two bedrooms, a living area, kitchen, storeroom, smoking room, and four toilet bathrooms. There is a garden, pool, activity area, and gym in the House. There is also a Confession Room, where the housemates may be called in by Bigg Boss for any kind of conversation, and the nomination process. The House has no TV connection, no telephones, and no Internet connection.

Rules

The housemates are not supposed to tamper with any of the electronic equipment or any other thing in the house. They are not allowed to write using paper, books, or anything else in the house. They cannot leave the House premises at any time except when they are permitted to. They cannot discuss the nomination process with anyone. They cannot sleep in the daytime, are required to wear their mic all the time and speak only in Malayalam.

Sometimes, the housemates may be nominated for other reasons, such as nomination by a person who has achieved special privileges (via tasks or other things), for breaking rules, or something else. If something very serious happens, a contestant may be evicted immediately. All the rules have never been told to the audience, however, the most prominent ones are seen. The housemates are not permitted to speak in any other language except Malayalam.

Broadcast

Bigg Boss is aired on Asianet. Every day's episodes contain the main happenings of the previous day. Every weekend episodes(Saturday and Sunday) mainly show the discussion of the Host (MohanLal) with other housemates and about the previous week, following a discussion about elimination. The episodes also stream on Disney+ Hotstar app, voting options which impact contestant elimination are also available on the app.^{[ citation needed ]}

Eviction

Contestants are nominated every week by their housemates. Viewers cast their vote in favor of the contestants they would like to save from eviction. The contestant with the fewest votes is evicted from the house.

Series overview

Series	Host	Location(s)	Episodes		Originally aired			Housemates	Days	Prize Money	Winner	Runner up
					First aired	Last aired	Network
1	Mohanlal	Lonavala	99		24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)	30 September 2018 (2018-09-30)	Asianet & Disney+ Hotstar	18	98	₹1 crore (US$120,000)	Sabumon Abdusamad	Pearle Maaney
2		Chennai	76		5 January 2020 (2020-01-05)	20 March 2020 (2020-03-20)		23	75	NA	Cancelled due to COVID-19	Cancelled due to COVID-19
3			97		14 February 2021 (2021-02-14)	20 May 2021 (2021-05-20) 1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)		18	95	₹75 lakh (US$90,000)	Manikuttan	Sai Vishnu
4		Mumbai	99		27 March 2022 (2022-03-27)	3 July 2022 (2022-07-03)		20	98	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	Dilsha Prasannan	Muhammad Diligent Blesslee
5			99		26 March 2023 (2023-03-26)	2 July 2023 (2023-07-02)		21	98	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	Akhil Marar	Reneesha Rehman
6		Chennai	99		10 March 2024 (2024-03-10)	16 June 2024		25	98	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	TBA	TBA

  Male Winners   Female Winners

Housemate pattern

Clique	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 4	Season 5	Season 6
Film Actor/Actress	Aditi Rai	Rajini Chandy	Manikuttan	Akhil Kutty	Aiswarya Suresh	Ansiba Hassan
	Anoop Chandran	Saju Navodaya	Michelle Ann Daniel	Dhanya Mary Varghese	Angeline Mariya	Gabri Jose
	Hima Shankar	Thesni Khan	Noby Marcose	Lakshmi Priya	Maneesha K S	Sreerekha Rajagopal
	Sabumon Abdusamad	Veena Nair	Remya Panicker	Sruthi Lakshmi	Suresh Menon
	Shweta Menon	—	—	Vinay Madhav R	Sagar Surya	Yamuna Rani
	Sreelakshmi Sreekumar	—	—	Sooraj Thelakkad	—	—
TV Actor/Actress	Archana Suseelan	Manju Pathrose	Anoop Krishnan	Naveen Arakkal	Anu Joseph	Apsara Rathnakaran
	Deepan Murali	Pradeep Chandran	Sajna Firoz	Ronson Vincent	Reneesha Rehman	Rishi S Kumar
	Srinish Aravind	—	—	Suchithra Nair	Shiju Abdul Rasheed	Sreethu Krishnan
	—	—	—	—	—	Saranya Anand
LGBT	Anjali Ameer	—	—	Aparna Mulberry	Nadira Mehrin	Jaanmoni Das
	—	—	—	Ashwin Vijay	—	Abhishek Jayadeep
	—	—	—	Jasmin M Moosa	—	—
Director	—	Suresh Krishnan	—	—	Akhil Marar	—
	—	—	—	—	Omar Lulu	—
Model	David John	Alasandra Johnson	Angel Thomas	Daisy David	Cerena Ann Johnson	Arjun Shyam
	Shiyas Kareem	Pavan Gino Thomas	Sai Vishnu	Nimisha P S	Vishnu Joshi	—
	—	Reshma Rajan	Soorya Menon	Janaki Sudheer	—	—
	—	Sujo Mathew	—	—	—	—
TV host	Pearle Maaney	Alina Padikkal	Firoz Khan	Shalini Nair	Anjuz Rosh	Pooja Krishnan
	Ranjini Haridas	Arya Rohit	—	—	—	—
Radio Jockey	—	Raghu Subash	Firoz Azeez	—	—	—
	—	Sooraj Doha	—	—	—	—
Singer/Musician	Aristo Suresh	Abhirami Suresh	Lekshmi Jayan	Mohammed Diligent Blesslee	Rinosh George	Ratheesh Kumar
	—	Amritha Suresh	Rithu Manthra	—	—	DJ Sibin
	—	Pareekutty Perumbavoor	—	—	—	—
	—	Somadas Haridasan	—	—	—	—
Dancer	—	—	Ramzan Muhammed	Dilsha Prasannan	—	—
	—	—	Sandhya Manoj	—	—	—
Social Activist	Diya Sana	Daya Ashwathy	Adoney John	—	—	—
	—	Jazla Madassery	—	—	—	—
	—	Rajith Kumar	—	—	—	—
Dubbing Artist	—	—	Bhagyalakshmi	—	—	—
Internet Celebrity	Basheer Bashi	Fukru (Krishna Jeev)	Dimpal Bhal	Riyas Salim	Hanan Hameed	Jasmin Jaffar
	—	—	—	Manikandan Thonnakkal	Junaiz VP	Norah Muskan
	—	—	—	Robin Radhakrishnan	Sreedevi Menon	Sai Krishna
	—	—	—	—	—	Sijo John
Athlete	—	—	Majiziya Bhanu	—	Aniyan Midhun	Asi Rocky
	—	—	—	—	—	Jinto Bodycraft
Entrepreneur	Manoj K. Verma	—	—	—	Sobha Viswanath	Abhishek Sreekumar
Commoner	—	—	—	—	Gopika Gopi	Nandana
	—	—	—	—	—	Nishana N
	—	—	—	—	—	Resmin Bai
Total	18	22	18	20	21	25
Winner	Sabumon Abdusamad	Cancelled [2]	Manikuttan	Dilsha Prasannan	Akhil Marar
Runner-up	Pearle Maaney		Sai Vishnu	Mohammed Diligent Blesslee	Reneesha Rehman
Winner  Runner-up  Finalist  Sent home

Controversies

Season 2

Second season contestant Rajith Kumar ejected from the show after attacking co-contestant Reshma by applying Chilli paste in her eyes during a task.This led to fans of Kumar posting on social media, defending him. ^[3]

Season 3

On Day 58, Wildcard entrants Sajina and Firoz Khan got expelled from the show for making inappropriate statements about women to engaging in ugly fights. ^[4]

Season 4

Fourth season contestant Robin Radhakrishnan got expelled from the show after assaulting inmate Riyas. ^[5]

Season 5

• The contestant Akhil Marar made a humiliating comment against Madhu who was lynched by public for accusations of stealing food in attapadi. This comment was judged by Mohanlal during the weekend episode hence the contestant apologized for the comment and problem was solved. ^[6]
• This Season met another controversy that Aniyan Midhun One of the contestant said a life story that he was in love with a lady soldier named Sana in Indian Army the contestant faced criticism from the audience and later he apologized for the cooked up story. ^[7]

Season 6

• On Day 16, there was a physical altercation between contestants Asi Rocky and Sijo John, resulting in Rocky being ejected from the show. ^[8]

• The Kerala High Court has stepped into the debate regarding the broadcast of violent scenes on the show. A panel of judges has instructed the central government to take immediate action on this matter. ^{[9] [10]}

• Season 5 winner Akhil Marar raised concerns when wildcard contestant Sibin left the Bigg Boss house citing health problems. Marar accused the medical team of potentially administering antidepressant drugs to a mentally stable contestant, with the alleged intention of rendering him unfit to compete. Additionally, Marar made broader allegations suggesting that the Bigg Boss team might have engaged in inappropriate behavior (casting couch) towards female contestants in previous seasons. However, no evidence has surfaced to substantiate these claims, and the Bigg Boss team has not provided any clarification regarding these incidents. ^[11]

Awards

An academic Television studies article about Bigboss Malayalam reality show written by Sajith M.S published on Madhyamam Weekly won Kerala State Television Awards 2022 for Best Television Article. ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. "Bigg Boss Malayalam: Mohanlal is super excited to host the show". The Times of India. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
2. "Coronavirus: Bigg Boss Malayalam season 2 to be called off". The Week. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
3. "Misogynist Rajith Kumar Kicked Off Bigg Boss For Attacking Co-Contestant". Huffpost. 16 March 2020.
4. "Firoz And Sajna ejected from the show". Times of India .
5. "Robin Radhakrishnan ousted from the show; says, 'This season is not mine". The Times Of India . 5 June 2022.
6. "From lifting his Dhoti in front of inmates to boasting about beating his wife: Times when Bigg Boss Malayalam 5 contestant Akhil Marar landed in controversies so far". The Times Of India .
7. "Wushu practitioner Aniyan Midhun landed in a huge controversy after one of his narrations in Bigg Boss Malayalam 5". Times of India . 24 February 2024.
8. "Kerala HC directs I&B Ministry to 'immediately address the violations' in Bigg Boss Malayalam 6". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
9. "'Bigg Boss Malayalam' in hot water — Kerala High Court steps in". cnbctv18.com. 15 April 2024.
10. "Kerala HC directs Union to immediately address violations of broadcasting advisories in telecasting Malayalam Bigg Boss Season 6". scconline.com.
11. "Former winner Akhil Marar makes shocking allegations against Mohanlal's show". ottplay.com.
12. "2022 Kerala television awards announced". the hindu. 6 March 2024.
13. "മികച്ച സീരിയലിന് ഇത്തവണയും പുരസ്‌കാരമില്ല, ഹാസ്യ പരിപാടിക്കും അവാര്‍ഡില്ല; സംസ്ഥാന ടെലിവിഷന്‍ പുരസ്‌കാരം പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു" [2022 State Television Awards declared]. Southlive. 6 March 2024.

External links

• Official Website on Hotstar
• Bigg Boss Season 2 called off
• Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 5 Coming Soon