Rise and Fall (Indian reality series)

Rise and Fall
Genre	Reality Game show
Presented by	Ashneer Grover
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	36
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Amazon MX Player
Release	6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) – present
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Rise and Fall

Rise and Fall is an Indian reality series streaming on Amazon MX Player, based on a British show of the same name. It premiered on 6 September 2025 and is hosted by Ashneer Grover. ^{[1] [2]}

Contestants divided themselves into the "Rulers" and the "Workers". While the Rulers lived in a luxury penthouse making the decisions, the Workers lived in the basement, carrying out tasks to win money for the prize pot. ^[1]

Series overview

Season	Contestants	Host	Cash Prize	Episodes		Originally released			Winners	Runners-up
						First released	Last released	Network
1	16	Ashneer Grover	₹50,00,000	43		September 6, 2025 (2025-09-06)	October 18, 2025 (2025-10-18)	Amazon MX Player	TBA	TBA

Contestants

Rise and Fall contestants

Contestant	Occupation	Entered	Exited	Status
Aarush Bhola	Youtuber	Day 1
Akriti Negi	Reality TV Personality	Day 1
Arbaz Patel	Content Creator	Day 1
Arjun Bijlani	Actor	Day 1
Dhanashree Verma	Choreographer	Day 1
Manisha Rani	Actress	Day 22
Nayandeep Rakshit	Journalist	Day 1
Sachin Bali	Rapper	Day 1
Aditya Narayan	Singer	Day 1	Day 35	Eliminated
Kiku Sharda	Comedian	Day 1	Day 35	Eliminated
Kubbra Sait	Actress	Day 1	Day 28	Eliminated
Anaya Bangar	Content Creator	Day 1	Day 21	Eliminated
Aahana Kumra	Actress	Day 1	Day 21	Eliminated
Pawan Singh	Actor	Day 1	Day 14	Walked
Sangeeta Phogat	Wrestler	Day 1	Day 8	Walked
Noorin Sha	Actress	Day 1	Day 7	Eliminated

Twists

Housemates allotment

	Week 1		Week 2			Week 3		Week 4				Week 5			Week 6
	Day 1	Day 3	Day 10	Day 11	Day 16	Day 18	Day 20	Day 24	Day 25 (Takhta Palat)	Day 27	Day 28	Day 32	Day 34	Day 35
Aarush	Worker↔							Ruler↑	Worker↓
Akriti	Worker↔								Ruler↑		Worker↓
Arbaz	Ruler↔		Ultimate Ruler↑			Ruler↔	Worker↓		Ruler↑				Ultimate Ruler↑
Arjun	Worker↔	Ruler↑	Worker↓						Ruler↑	Ultimate Ruler↑			Ruler↔
Bali	Ruler↔	Worker↓										Ruler↑		Worker↓
Dhanashree	Ruler↔							Worker↓	Ruler↑
Manisha	Not in the Tower							Ruler↔						Worker↓
Nayandeep	Ruler↔	Ultimate Ruler↑	Ruler↔			Ultimate Ruler↑		Ruler↔	Worker↓
Aditya	Ruler↔								Worker↓
Kiku	Ruler↔	Worker↓		Ruler↑					Worker↓
Kubbra	Worker↔				Ruler↑				Worker↓
Anaya	Worker↔
Aahana	Ruler↔				Worker↓
Pawan	Ruler↔
Sangeeta	Worker↔
Noorin	Woker↔

Voting History

#R&F01	Week 1			Week 2			Week 3			Week 4		Week 5		Week 6
	Day 4	Day 6	Day 7	Day 11	Day 13	Day 14	Day 18	Day 19	Day 21	Day 24	Day 28	Day 31	Day 35	Day 40	Day 42 Grand Finale
Nominees for Ultimate Ruler	None	Aahana Nayandeep Pawan		Aditya Arbaz Arjun			Kiku Kubbra Nayandeep			None	Arjun Dhanashree Manisha		Arbaz Bali		None
Ultimate Ruler		Nayandeep		Arbaz			Nayandeep				Arjun		Arbaz
Vote to	Nominate	Fall	Evict	Fall	Nominate	Evict	Fall	Nominate	Evict	Nominate	Evict	Nominate	Evict	Fall	WIN
Aarush	Not eligible	In Basement	In Basement (Saved via audience vote)	In Basement	Aahana Arjun Kubbra	In Basement	Not eligible	Arjun	In Basement	Aditya Nayandeep	In Basement	Akriti Aditya Nayandeep
Akriti	Aarush	In Basement	Nominated	In Basement	Aahana Arjun Kubbra	Nominated	Aditya Arbaaz Dhanashree	Blocked	In Basement (Saved via audience vote)	Kiku	In Basement	Akriti Nayandeep Nayandeep
Arbaz	Safe	Kiku Bali	Noorin	Not eligible	Bali	Aahana	Bali (to evict)	Safe	In Basement	Aarush	Kubbra	Aarush
Arjun	Akriti	In Basement	Noorin	Aditya	Akriti Kubbra Bali	In Basement (Saved via audience vote)	Aditya Arbaaz Dhanashree	Not eligible	In Basement (Saved via audience vote)	Kubbra	Kubbra	Kiku
Bali	Safe	Aditya Arbaaz	In Basement	In Basement	Aahana Arjun Kubbra	Nominated	Aditya Arbaaz Dhanashree	Aahana	Nominated	Aditya Nayandeep	Nominated	Kiku
Dhanashree	Safe	Bali Kiku	Noorin	Not eligible	Bali	Aahana	Nominated	Safe	Aahana Anaya	Kubbra	Kubbra	Aarush
Manisha	Not in Tower									Bali (to evict) Kubbra	Kubbra	Kiku
Nayandeep	Safe	Pawan (to save) Aahana (to fall)	Noorin	Aahana Dhanashree (to save)	Bali	Akriti	Not eligible	Anaya	Aahana Anaya	Aditya Kiku	In Basement	Akriti Aditya Aarush
Aditya	Safe	Kiku Bali	Noorin	Arjun	Bali	Aahana	Nominated	Safe	Aahana Anaya	Kiku Kiku	Nominated	Akriti Nayandeep Nayandeep
Kiku	Safe	Arbaaz Dhanashree	In Basement	In Basement	Bali	Aahana	Not eligible	Safe	Aahana Anaya	Aditya Aarush	In Basement (Saved via audience vote)	Akriti Aditya Nayandeep
Kubbra	Not eligible	In Basement	In Basement	In Basement	Arjun Aahana Aarush	In Basement	Not eligible	Safe	Aahana Bali	Kiku Kiku	Nominated	Evicted (Day 28)
Anaya	Sangeeta Noorin	In Basement	In Basement	In Basement	Aahana Arjun Kubbra	In Basement	Not eligible	Not eligible	Nominated	Evicted (Day 21)
Aahana	Safe	Aditya Bali	Noorin	Not eligible	Bali Anaya Akriti	Nominated	Not eligible	Akriti	Nominated	Evicted (Day 21)
Pawan	Safe	Kiku Bali	Noorin	Not eligible	Bali	Aahana	Quit; Political Emergency (Day 15)
Sangeeta	Not eligible	In Basement	Nominated	Quit; Family Emergency (Day 8)
Noorin	Not eligible	In Basement	Nominated	Evicted (Day 7)
Notes	1	2	None		3	4	5	6 7 8	None	9 10	None	11	12
Nominated for Eviction	Aarush Akriti Sangeeta Noorin			None	Aahana Akriti Arjun Bali		Aahana Akriti Anaya Arjun Bali		None	Aditya Bali Kiku Kubbra		Aditya Akriti Kiku Nayandeep
Walked	None			Sangeeta	None	Pawan	None
Evicted	Noorin			No Eviction			Aahana Anaya			Kubbra		Kiku Aditya

Notes

• ^1 : On Day 3, Rulers had to choose three workers who would become eligible to nominate for eviction.
• ^2 : On Day 6, Ultimate Ruler Nayandeep had the power to save a Ruler from the Fall and directly nominate a Ruler to Fall.
• ^3 : On Day 13, Each worker nominated three workers, and the Rulers had to mutually decide to cancel one of the three nominations. Lastly, Bali and Kubbra received equal number of votes and were tied, the Rulers had to mutually decide to nominate one of them, they chose Bali.
• ^4 : On Day 14, Aahana was eliminated but was saved by the Silver Suitcase.
• ^5 : On Day 18, Ultimate Ruler Arbaaz choose three workers Bali, Akriti and Arjun who mutually nominated three Rulers for the Fall.
• ^6 : On Day 18, Ultimate Ruler Arbaaz had three special powers; Block from Rise, Direct Nomination for Eviction and Block from Nominations process. He chose Arjun to block from Rise, Directly nominated Bali for eviction and chose Akriti to block from Nominations process.
• ^7 : On Day 19, In nomination process, Bali being nominated started the chain until four workers were nominated.
• ^8 : On Day 19, Ultimate Ruler Nayandeep had the power to nominate a worker for Eviction.
• ^8 : On Day 24, Wildcard contestant Manisha had a special power to directly nominate a worker for Eviction. She chose Bali.
• ^10 : On Day 26, In nomination process, Firstly worker nominated one among themselves followed by Rulers nominating one and lastly workers again nominating one worker.
• ^11 : On Day 33, In the first three rounds of nominations process, the workers had to mutually decide and nominate one worker in each round. In the fourth round, the Rulers had to mutually decide and nominate a worker.
• ^12 : Arbaz won "Ticket to Finale" task against Bali.

Reception

According to Variety, the series had a strong opening week and received positive response. ^{[3] [4]} However, The Indian Express found the show confusing. ^[5]

References

1. Kochra, Nawaz Javed (9 September 2025). "Rise and Fall first impression: Awkward Ashneer Grover brings no Shark Tank sass, strong contestants stuck in a confused concept". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
2. "Rise and Fall | Release Date, Reviews, Cast, and Where to Watch". Times Now. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
3. Whittock, Jesse (23 September 2025). "'Rise And Fall India' Lands Big For Amazon MX Player, Relegating 'Millionaire', 'Wednesday' & 'Great Indian Kapil Show'". Deadline. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
4. Ramachandran, Naman (12 September 2025). "Inside the Indian Adaptation of Reality Hit 'Rise and Fall': 'It's a Pure Social Experiment About Power and Status'". Variety. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
5. "Rise and Fall first impression: Awkward Ashneer Grover brings no Shark Tank sass, strong contestants stuck in a confused concept". The Indian Express. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.