I said no to massages: Samir Soni
Divya Pal| TNN | Nov 20, 2010, 00:00 IST
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All’s well that ends well… holds true for actor Sameer Soni who was earlier evicted from the “Bigg Boss” house for provoking co-participant Dolly Bindra (who abused Shweta Tiwari) to get aggressive.
For, the actor, who stood his ground, has been asked to stay back and will re-enter the house on Saturday. Here’s Sameer’s litany of woes before his eviction was called off.
‘Bigg Boss’ is responsible for chaos : “I’m still recovering from what led to my eviction. Frankly, I don’t have any issue with any participant but “Bigg Boss”. How could have I been put in the same league as Dolly Bindra in terms of guilt. Ideally, the choice should have been between the two of us. Why should I be held responsible? The show makers encouraged Dolly’s brazen behaviour, brining it to the level of physical assault (Khali had pushed Sameer away from Dolly). My security was in danger. Had I hit Dolly, the entire issue would have taken a different dimension.”
Who is Dolly?: “It is pitiful to have people talk about Dolly with so much interest. It is obvious that the viewers enjoyed her antics, helping her stay for weeks in the show. This gives an insight into our society’s thought process and I feel sorry for that. Not every contestant knew who she was. And Khaliji, being what he is, asked Dolly, ‘Aap kaun ho?’ when she entered the house. nobody believed her when she said she has 180 films to her credit! How come we never watched any? I was never approached by her or her event management company to attend any event, which she claims! I don’t remember seeing her in any of the parties in Mumbai. Rather I have been lucky to not hang around in those parties. Even if she passed any personal comment, i made sure i never reacted to it. For, it would be foolish for anyone to trust her.”
Why Pamela?: “I would be lying if i said I wasn’t shocked to see Pamela Anderson as the guest. The two of us did get talking about life in Los Angeles – where she stays and i studied. when you are away from family for over 40 days the last thing you would think about is Pamela’s “Baywatch” image. But she is a nice woman. However, her entry made the entire issue – my eviction – look so trivial. I mean, I couldn’t believe that I was physically assaulted on the show and the inmates were celebrating Pamela’s entry. The attention was visibly diverted.”
Veena didn’t seduce me : “‘i’m booked’ was what I announced on the very first day. and i would give a strict no to head massage on the show.”
It’s been 12 years since i met Rahul Roy: “Yes, the thought of winning the competition did cross my mind and that’s when i felt Rajlaxmi (Sameer’s first wife, now married to Rahul Roy) would be happy to see me win and say, ‘look who I was with’. According to me, Rahul won the show earlier because the format wasn’t as difficult. Contestants, who weren’t that big a hit with the viewers, would get eliminated easily. That’s not the case now!”
