Why so many people watch this show Bigg Boss ?

[Number]

Seems like current season is ongoing and keep hearing about it from office colleagues chat and relatives chatting about it at family functions. I stumbled upon it few years back and found everything about it so cheap. Some weird characters, staged or forcibly induced fights and arguments. It felt like lowkey voyeurism.

 

 

Edited November 8, 2025 by Number

[G_B_]

not just india

 

The original show was called big brother in uk. 

[BacktoCricaddict]

2 hours ago, Number said:

so cheap. Some weird characters, staged or forcibly induced fights and arguments. It felt like lowkey voyeurism.

There's your answer?

 

People have a thing for fake $***. I mean - WWE  WWF etc are fake sports and hugely popular.  

[coffee_rules]

Mods, Merge this topic with Sad State of India thread 

[Lone Wolf]

Cheap Jio subscription, peak unemployment are the reasons.

Afaik no one watches it on TV.

 

Indian content on Jio hotstar is extremely bad.

[bsriharsha]

Why are you so jobless to even refer this show ? 

 

Don't you have enough indian cricket highlights to watch ? Or enough stuff on OTT ?

[Laaloo]

Because indians get great pleasure in misery. They love watching others fight. They love tamasha. Bigg boss is perfect for that.

[Number]

9 hours ago, bsriharsha said:

Why are you so jobless to even refer this show ? 

 

Don't you have enough indian cricket highlights to watch ? Or enough stuff on OTT ?

Please suggest something good on ott.

[Number]

9 hours ago, Laaloo said:

Because indians get great pleasure in misery. They love watching others fight. They love tamasha. Bigg boss is perfect for that.

Owaisi was right with that "JCB ki Khudayi" thing.

[Number]

12 hours ago, G_B_ said:

not just india

 

The original show was called big brother in uk. 

Was Big Brother that popular in UK ?

 

That you could hear folks talking about it commonly ?

[diga]

29 minutes ago, Number said:

Was Big Brother that popular in UK ?

 

That you could hear folks talking about it commonly ?

Shilpa shetty won it on racist comments from her housemates .. that was big news in 2000s

[jf1gp_1]

4 hours ago, Number said:

Please suggest something good on ott.

The debate with Arnab Goswami, comes daily on republic tv and can be watched free on YouTube

 

(for those thick skulled who cant differentiate between something written in seriousness or jest, explaining above statement using an emoji => )

[zen]

I haven’t watched Big Boss so can’t comment if it can be watched or cannot be watched.

 

But it could be that people follow reality shows for a quick time pass (romance potential, gossips, fights, etc) without having to follow the story in details of a long and meandering TV show. 

[jf1gp_1]

52 minutes ago, zen said:

I haven’t watched Big Boss so can’t comment if it can be watched or cannot be watched.

 

But it could be that people follow reality shows for a quick time pass (romance potential, gossips, fights, etc) without having to follow the story in details of a long and meandering TV show. 

I am shocked to read your post. Please don't tell me you are waiting for it come to a theatre near you. 

[G_B_]

8 hours ago, Number said:

Was Big Brother that popular in UK ?

 

That you could hear folks talking about it commonly ?

yes

 

probably a decade back. Now its all about Love Island (even dumber). There was also a time when "I am a Celebrity Get me Out of Here!" where celebs were chucked into the Australian jungle, was a big thing.

 

These shows find a market globally. Saying its just about India is lazy and wrong analysis. A big chunk of these shows originates in the UK and Europe, because, unlike the USA, they simply don't have budgets, and reality TV is quite cheap to make and can fill hours of TV. From the Apprentice (also exported to USA)  to the  Dragons Den (Shark Tank). UK is that reality tv exporting superpower.

 

British people are very creative and their skills are honed in theatre acting. If you count the number of British actors in Hollywood originating from uk, you will see uk has oversized impact

[Nikhil_cric]

On 11/8/2025 at 8:01 PM, Lone Wolf said:

Cheap Jio subscription, peak unemployment are the reasons.

Afaik no one watches it on TV.

 

Indian content on Jio hotstar is extremely bad.

99% of Indian content is rubbish - whether it's Bollywood or OTT or even standups/podcasts.

 

Literally nothing worth watching.

 

I'd rather roll back the years and watch WWE than most Indian content

[BacktoCricaddict]

On 11/8/2025 at 10:00 AM, Laaloo said:

Because indians people in general get great pleasure in misery

 

[BacktoCricaddict]

1 hour ago, Nikhil_cric said:

WWE

same fake BS, no?

 

I'd rather watch old cricket clips.

[Laaloo]

2 hours ago, Nikhil_cric said:

99% of Indian content is rubbish - whether it's Bollywood or OTT or even standups/podcasts.

 

Literally nothing worth watching.

 

I'd rather roll back the years and watch WWE than most Indian content

I'm a huge fan of wrestling from 98-2002. Some ATG years and quality content week in and week out. Rewatching all the quality content from this channel.

 

https://youtube.com/@th14productions?si=P7XnQSGLiBbW0e0S

[Nikhil_cric]

25 minutes ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

same fake BS, no?

 

I'd rather watch old cricket clips.

But cricket is a proper sport.  If you consider professional wrestling as a form of entertainment and "performance", it actually holds up fairly well