Bigg Boss (Season 3)
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Bigg Boss Season 3 in 2009 was the third season of the Indian reality TV
programme Bigg Boss. It began airing on 4 October 2009 on Colors with Amitabh Bachchan
as the host and aired for 84 days concluding on 26 December 2009. Vindu Dara Singh
won the show while Pravesh Rana
was declared the first runner-up and Poonam Dhillon
was declared the second runner-up. Vindu was awarded with a prize money of Rs. 1 crore
. He was also announced the most stylish and bold contestant and won a Chevrolet Cruze
. This season, the house was located the city of Karjat
in the Indian state of Maharashtra
.
, who has won Mr. India 2008, and cricketer Vinod Kambli
entered the Bigg Boss house on Thursday 5th and Friday 6 November respectively, with the help of wild card. They have replaced 1970's actor Rajesh Khanna
, who was earlier reportedly slated to make a wild card entry in the Bigg Boss House. Pravesh Rana
became the first finalist courtesy the hand grenade used by Claudia.
Highlights
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Rohit was chatting with Shamita when he said he wasted some points last day for some unworthy performances(ref - Day 16:Tasks), and that he assumed he donated those points for charity and will get over it. Kamal took offense and threw a bottle at Rohit. Raju opined that Kamal should have talked to him if felt bad about the remark, hitting Rohit wasn't called for. Big boss called Kamal to the confession room and advised him to calm down. The housemates were not happy about no action being taken on Kamal. They planned to leave the house if no action was taken against him. Kamal was subsequently thrown out of the house for such violent behaviour.
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Vindu Dara Singh was sent to the jail. Raju Srivastav was asked to spend his day on a floating bed in the Swimming Pool. Rohit suffered the most, as he was put inside a cage like a bird. The cage was lifted in the air by a crane. They were prohibited from talking to each other.
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
programme Bigg Boss. It began airing on 4 October 2009 on Colors with Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
as the host and aired for 84 days concluding on 26 December 2009. Vindu Dara Singh
Vindu Dara Singh
Vindu Dara Singh Randhawa is an Indian film and television actor.He was born in the Jat Sikh family of veteran Indian actor and wrestler Dara Singh. He is the winner of the third season of Bigg Boss.-Career:...
won the show while Pravesh Rana
Pravesh Rana
Pravesh Rana is a male model and Mr. India 2008, and a reality TV show personaility. In 2009, he participated as a wild card entry in the reality TV series, Bigg Boss.-Early life:...
was declared the first runner-up and Poonam Dhillon
Poonam Dhillon
Poonam Dhillon is an Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. She is best known for her 1979 film, Noorie, for her six films with Rajesh Khanna Red Rose, Dard, Nishaan, Zamana, Awam and Sohni Mahiwal , Samundar Saveray Wali Gaadi and Naam .- Early life :Dhall was born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur,...
was declared the second runner-up. Vindu was awarded with a prize money of Rs. 1 crore
Crore
A crore is a unit in the Indian number system equal to ten million , or 100 lakhs. It is widely used in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan....
. He was also announced the most stylish and bold contestant and won a Chevrolet Cruze
Chevrolet Cruze
The Chevrolet Cruze is a General Motors automobile, spanning two unrelated models. The original iteration, a subcompact crossover SUV, was manufactured by Suzuki in Japan between 2001 and 2008 under joint venture with GM...
. This season, the house was located the city of Karjat
Karjat
Karjat is a city, a Municipal Council, a Tahsil and a sub-district in Raigad district, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-Geography:...
in the Indian state of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
.
Housemates
The Housemates of Bigg Boss Season 3 are :- Vindu Dara SinghVindu Dara SinghVindu Dara Singh Randhawa is an Indian film and television actor.He was born in the Jat Sikh family of veteran Indian actor and wrestler Dara Singh. He is the winner of the third season of Bigg Boss.-Career:...
- Poonam DhillonPoonam DhillonPoonam Dhillon is an Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. She is best known for her 1979 film, Noorie, for her six films with Rajesh Khanna Red Rose, Dard, Nishaan, Zamana, Awam and Sohni Mahiwal , Samundar Saveray Wali Gaadi and Naam .- Early life :Dhall was born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur,...
- Ismail DarbarIsmail DarbarIsmail Darbar is an Indian composer and violinist, a popular name in Bollywood.-Career:Ismail Darbar is from Surat, Gujarat. He worked for several years as a session violinist for leading music directors Laxmikant Pyarelal, Kalyanji Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Rajesh Roshan, Anand-Milind,...
- Sherlyn ChopraSherlyn ChopraSherlyn Chopra is an Indian model, singer and actress.- Early life :...
- Kamal Rashid Khan
- Bhakhtiyaar M Irani
- Tanaaz B IraniTanaaz CurrimTanaaz Irani is an Indian actress. She has acted in Bollywood films and Hindi television serials. She has also been credited as Tanaaz Lal, her maiden name, and Tanaaz Currim .-Career:...
- Aditi Govitrikar
- Jaya Sawant
- Shamita ShettyShamita ShettyShamita Shetty is an Indian actress. She is the younger sister of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.- Early life :Shamita is the second and youngest daughter of Surendra and Sunanda Shetty...
- Claudia CieslaClaudia CieslaClaudia Ciesla is a German model, actress, and singer of Polish descent.-Early life:Born in Wodzisław Śląski, Poland, she grew up in Buków, part of Silesia, five miles from the Czech border...
- Rohit Verma
- Raju Srivastav
- Vinod KambliVinod KambliVinod Ganpat Kambli is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa.He is childhood friend of ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar...
- Pravesh RanaPravesh RanaPravesh Rana is a male model and Mr. India 2008, and a reality TV show personaility. In 2009, he participated as a wild card entry in the reality TV series, Bigg Boss.-Early life:...
Wild card entry
Pravesh RanaPravesh Rana
Pravesh Rana is a male model and Mr. India 2008, and a reality TV show personaility. In 2009, he participated as a wild card entry in the reality TV series, Bigg Boss.-Early life:...
, who has won Mr. India 2008, and cricketer Vinod Kambli
Vinod Kambli
Vinod Ganpat Kambli is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa.He is childhood friend of ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar...
entered the Bigg Boss house on Thursday 5th and Friday 6 November respectively, with the help of wild card. They have replaced 1970's actor Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....
, who was earlier reportedly slated to make a wild card entry in the Bigg Boss House. Pravesh Rana
Pravesh Rana
Pravesh Rana is a male model and Mr. India 2008, and a reality TV show personaility. In 2009, he participated as a wild card entry in the reality TV series, Bigg Boss.-Early life:...
became the first finalist courtesy the hand grenade used by Claudia.
Guests in house
- Akshay KumarAkshay KumarAkshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...
entered the house in the second week for the promotion of his film Blue. He came in the activity area and watched the dance performances of female housemates on the song "Chiggy Wiggy".
- Bhakhtiyar's son Zeus Irani entered the Big Boss House in week 7. He was there to spent some time with Bhakhtiyaar on latter's birthday
- Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Sameera ReddySameera ReddySameera Reddy is an Indian film actress, primarily working in the Hindi film industry and Tamil industry. Apart from Bollywood, Reddy has also appeared in a number of Telugu, Bengali and Malayalam films.-Early life:...
and rest of the De Dana DanDe Dana DanDe Dana Dan is a 2009 Hindi comedy film directed by Priyadarshan. The story is a partial adaptation of Priyadarshan's own Malayalam film Vettam. This film is also inspired by the 2000 Hollywood comedy flick Screwed. The film has a huge star cast which includes Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Katrina...
team entered the Big Boss House on 54th Day and spent time with the housemates. Akshay Kumar carried letters from the housemates to their families.
- After being ejected for his behaviour, Kamal Rashid Khan re-entered the house as a guest for three more weeks without letting the housemates know that he was actually a guest, not a wild card entry.
Guests on show
- Ritesh Deshmukh and Jacqueline FernandezJacqueline FernandezJacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress and model who works in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen who won the Miss Sri Lanka Universe in 2006...
for the promotion of their film AladinAladin (2009 film)- Reception :Zoom TV has given Aladin 2.5/5 saying that "Aladin fails to enchant". They have also criticized that Jacqueline has been put in the cast for the sake of an actress and she hasn't got much to do. However according to the scale 2.5/5 is an average. They have praised Amitabh Bachchan for...
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- Ranbir KapoorRanbir KapoorRanbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies.Making his acting debut in the 2007 film Saawariya, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, Kapoor went on to earn critical praise for his performance in Wake Up Sid...
and Katrina KaifKatrina KaifKatrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011...
for the promotion of their film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab KahaniAjab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani-Track listing:-Reception:The soundtrack received generally favorable reviews from critics. Samir Dave of Planet Bollywood gave it a rating of 7.5/10 and said, "If you are looking for an enjoyable potpourri of different musical styles, and melody, then you will love what Pritam has served up for,...
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Hand Grenade
Just like in Big Brother 2008 Australia, it is the power given to the evicted person before leaving the Big Boss's House. The evicted person has to choose a task from two given options and also the member(s) who will be performing this task for one week. The task options are announced by Big Boss before the evicted person's departure.Weekly Summary
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Hum (film) Hum is a 1991 Hindi Language film directed by Mukul S. Anand. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Govinda, Kimi Katkar, Shilpa Shirodkar, Deepa Sahi and Danny Denzongpa. This was the last successful film for Bachchan in the early 90s before he announced his temporary retirement immediately... ) together when an alarm is set off by Bigg Boss. Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",... chose Poonam as the best dancer in the group. |
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Sherlyn Chopra Sherlyn Chopra is an Indian model, singer and actress.- Early life :... |
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Diwali Diwali or DeepavaliThe name of the festival in various regional languages include:, , , , , , , , , , , , , popularly known as the "festival of lights," is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-December for different reasons... weekend. |
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Shilpa Shetty Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been... wedding. |
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Highlights
Week 1
- Day 5: Vindu and Bhakhtyar's fight almost came to blows over spilled milk in the Gym area. Vindu took offense when Bhakhtyar asked him to clean the spillage, assuming that Vindu created the mess.
- Kamal shouted at Poonam, Kamal felt she was referring to him when she said 'some' people are shameless and turn up at the table to eat without helping in the kitchen.
Week 2
- Kamal went on a hunger strike claiming that he would not eat or drink until Claudia says "I Love You" to him. After a day Big Boss set off the alarm in the middle of night when Kamal was trying to have food secretly.
- Kamal and Bhakhtyar were sent to jail, as they were found without their mikes for several hours.
Week 3
- Day 18: Kamal hit Rohit Verma with a bottle which hits Shamita instead and went on to fight with Raju Srivastav for supporting Rohit. Kamal used highly offensive language, swearing at Raju and Rohit. Kamal was ejected from the house after all the fellow contestants started revolting against him for physical fights.
Rohit was chatting with Shamita when he said he wasted some points last day for some unworthy performances(ref - Day 16:Tasks), and that he assumed he donated those points for charity and will get over it. Kamal took offense and threw a bottle at Rohit. Raju opined that Kamal should have talked to him if felt bad about the remark, hitting Rohit wasn't called for. Big boss called Kamal to the confession room and advised him to calm down. The housemates were not happy about no action being taken on Kamal. They planned to leave the house if no action was taken against him. Kamal was subsequently thrown out of the house for such violent behaviour.
Week 4
- Day 22: Rohit was not allowed to speak. Shamita was asked to interpret Rohit's actions and convey the message in Hindi language only, failing which both would be jailed. They will have to continue until Big boss orders them to stop.
Week 5
- Day 31: After watching the first part of the short film 'Agar, Magar, Lekin', Big Boss declared it to be a flop. Housemates were given a second chance to preapare a better film with good story, music and typical Hindi film masala.
- Day 32: Aditi was sent to jail by Shamita on account of speaking in English. Second short film 'Milke Judaa Na Hon' prepared by the housemates was appreciated by Big Boss and was thus declared a Superhit.
Week 6
- Day 35: Pravesh and Claudia were sent to jail (for one day) by Bigg Boss as they were found talking in English for a long time.
- Day 36: Bigg Boss declared that Shamita did not justify the role of 'Mahanideshak' and with the consent of housemates Raju was chosen as the new 'Mahanideshak'.
Week 7
- Day 43: Bigg Boss banned Vindu, Rohit and Raju from nomination on basis of planning and plotting. For the first time Six housemates are nominated for eviction.
- Day 44: Vindu, Raju and Rohit were punished for discussing nominations and plotting against other housemates.
Vindu Dara Singh was sent to the jail. Raju Srivastav was asked to spend his day on a floating bed in the Swimming Pool. Rohit suffered the most, as he was put inside a cage like a bird. The cage was lifted in the air by a crane. They were prohibited from talking to each other.
- Day 46: Claudia and Pravesh were ordered by Bigg Boss not to speak each other as they were caught talking in English multiple times. Kamal re-enters the Bigg Boss house on wild card entry this week. Bakhtiyar is badmouthing Claudia. Bakhtiyar cries.
Week 8
- Day 52: On the basis of Dr. Poonam's analysis (in the weekly task of mental asylum), Aditi's and Claudia's roles of patient and nurse respectively, were interchanged. Big Boss showed Rohit's video this time capturing his nicer side. Bakhtiyar keeps repeating that he is wanting Vindu and Raju out of the show.
Week 9
- Day 57 Bhaktiyaar is safe from being nominated.Raju nominated Bhaktiyar to be safe but Bhaktiyar nominated against Raju. Kamal being a guest does not have the right to nominate or get nominated.
- Poonam, Raju, Aditi, Bakhtiyaar and Pravesh are sent to jail for rules that were broken by housemates while they were the prime ministers of the house. Housemates break rules to ensure that all go to jail one by one and so that its fair to everyone.
Week 10
- Day 62: Kamal has a sudden bout of depression and suffers high blood pressure
- Day 67: Kamal Khan left the house.
- Day 68: Claudia is evicted from the house and Vindu Dara Singh has been sent to a secret room in the house where he can watch the other contestants.
Week 11
- Day 71: Bakhtyaar is already nominated as he got a hand-grenade from Vindu; Vindu, Aditi, and Poonam are also nominated for this week
- Day 77: Aditi is evicted from the house.
Week 12
- Day 78: Baktiyaar left the house in the final week when Big Boss offered any one contestant to take 10 lakh rupees and leave the show if he is insecure about his victory. Baktiyaar accepted the offer and took the money and left the house. Now the three finalists are Poonam Dhillon, Pravesh Rana and Vindu Dara Singh. The hand grenade, given by Aditi to Bakhtiyar, is transferred to Pravesh.
- Day 79: Pravesh tries to excite Vindu by asking him that why is he acting fake, and throws all the food in the swimming pool.
- Day 81: Pravesh has taken an oath for not drinking water and eating food as a penance for throwing food in the pool.
- Day 84: Vindu wins the car and wins the final of Bigg Boss-Season 3.
Nominations table
| | Week 1 | | Week 2 | | Week 3 | | Week 4 | | Week 5 | | Week 6 | | Week 7 | | Week 8 | | Week 9 | | Week 10 | | Week 11 | | Final Week 12 |
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| Vindu |
Jaya Rohit |
Poonam Tanaaz |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Sherlyn Ismail |
Bhakhtiyaar Tanaaz |
Bhakhtiyaar Tanaaz |
Banned | Rohit | Pravesh Claudia |
No nominations |
Aditi Poonam |
Winner |
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Not in house |
Exempt | Bhakhtiyaar Aditi |
Rohit | Vindu Raju |
No nominations |
Vindu Poonam |
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| Poonam | Kamal Rohit |
Kamal Ismail |
Kamal Vindu |
Ismail Aditi |
Tanaaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Tanaaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Aditi Pravesh |
Vindu | Pravesh Claudia |
No nominations |
Vindu Aditi |
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| Bhakhtiyaar | Jaya Kamal |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Vindu Kamal |
Sherlyn Vindu |
Vindu Ismail |
Rohit Claudia |
Rohit Claudia |
Vindu | Vindu Raju |
No nominations |
Vindu Poonam |
Walked (Day 79) |
| Aditi | Sheryn Jaya |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Sherlyn Ismail |
Vindu Ismail |
Shamita Poonam |
Pravesh Vinod |
Rohit | Raju Vindu |
No nominations |
Vindu Poonam |
Evicted (Day 76) |
| Claudia | Jaya Ismail |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Sherlyn Aditi |
Tanaaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Bhakhtiyaar Tanaaz |
Bhakhtiyaar Aditi |
Rohit | Vindu Raju |
No nominations |
Evicted (Day 69) |
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| Raju | Jaya Aditi |
Poonam Bhakhtiyaar |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Sherlyn Ismail |
Tanaaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Shamita Tanaaz |
Banned | Aditi | Pravesh Aditi |
Evicted (Day 62) |
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| Rohit | Jaya Claudia |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Kamal Vindu |
Vindu Sherlyn |
Tanaaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Tanaaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Banned | Vindu | Evicted (Day 55) |
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| Vinod | Not in house |
Exempt | Pravesh Bhakhtiyaar |
Evicted (Day 48) |
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| Shamita | Jaya Sherlyn |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Sherlyn Vindu |
Vindu Ismail |
Rohit Vindu |
Walked (Day 42) |
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| Tanaaz | Jaya Sherlyn |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Vindu Sherlyn |
Sherlyn Vindu |
Vindu Ismail |
Shamita Poonam |
Evicted (Day 41) |
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| Ismail | Aditi Claudia |
Tanaaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Tanaaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Tanaaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Tanaaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Evicted (Day 34) |
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| Sherlyn | Kamal Tanaaz |
Taanaz Bhakhtiyaar |
Vindu Kamal |
Vindu Claudia |
Evicted (Day 27) |
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| Kamal | Jaya Poonam |
Poonam Bhakhtiyaar |
Tanaaz Rohit |
Ejected (Day 19) |
Guest (Day 47-Day 68) |
Re-ejected (Day 68) |
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| Jaya | Kamal Sherlyn |
Evicted (Day 6) |
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| Nominated | Jaya Kamal Sherlyn |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Kamal Sherlyn |
Sherlyn Vindu |
Bhakhtiyaar Ismail Tanaaz Vindu |
Bhakhtiyaar Tanaaz |
Aditi Bhakhtiyaar Claudia Pravesh Rohit Vinod |
Rohit Vindu |
Pravesh Raju Vindu |
Aditi Bhakhtiyaar Claudia Poonam Pravesh Vindu |
Aditi Bhakhtiyaar Poonam Vindu |
Bhakhtiyaar Poonam Pravesh Vindu |
| Walked | none | Shamita | none | Bhakhtiyaar | ||||||||
| Ejected | none | Kamal | none | Kamal | none | |||||||
| Evicted | Jaya | none | Sherlyn | Ismail | Tanaaz | Vinod | Rohit | Raju | Claudia | Aditi | Poonam Pravesh |
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