Actor Imran Khan has offered a searing critique of the long-running reality show Bigg Boss, describing it as a ‘twisted social experiment’ that deliberately pushes contestants to their psychological limits for entertainment. Speaking on podcaster Samdish’s show, the actor shared that he has visited the Bigg Boss house three times as a guest — and each visit left him “deeply disturbed.”
“I have been a guest on the show. It was very disturbing,” Imran said, explaining that the design of the set itself is engineered to provoke and exploit human behaviour under pressure. “According to me, the house is engineered to observe, provoke, and exploit human behaviour under pressure,” he said.
Imran compared the environment to a zoo. “It’s like a zoo. They’re deprived of food. They’re trying to create an environment where people will be reactive and lash out,” he said, adding that the show thrives on emotional exhaustion and confrontation.
During their conversation, Samdish echoed this sentiment, calling the show a form of ‘social experiment’ that tests ‘how far people are willing to go to get ahead.’
Imran agreed but emphasized that it also exposes a larger truth about ambition and desperation in public life.
He then went on to describe the Bigg Boss house in unsettling detail. “All the way around the house, around the periphery, there is a passageway. All the inner walls are lined with mirrors,” he revealed. “Behind those mirrors, camera crews sit and observe the contestants continuously. That’s why we wear black, so they don’t see us. There’s glass there, and we can sit this close and watch two people.”
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The actor didn’t mince words about the manipulative nature of the show. “They should be exploited. Unko naga kar ke bhuke rakho. Throw one chicken on the ground and say ladoo lado (Strip them naked, keep them hungry, throw one chicken and say, ‘Fight, fight’),” he quoted, referring to how the show manufactures chaos.
Imran described the entire process as “deliberately dehumanising,” stripping people of comfort and dignity, keeping them hungry, and then provoking them into confrontation purely for spectacle.
While Bigg Boss remains one of India’s most-watched reality shows, it continues to face criticism for normalising humiliation, aggression, and emotional breakdowns in the name of entertainment.
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