Eijaz Khan has recently come out of Bigg Boss 14 house to shoot for the web series. While he is desperately waiting to reenter the house of Bigg Boss he shares his learnings in the house during an interview with BT.
He starts by sharing the changes in his life after he came out of the Bigg Boss house. He says, “Now, people recognise me even when I am wearing a mask. Recently, a man looked at me and thumped his chest the way I do. He said, ‘Eijaz bhai, well done’. I have won. Now, I want to win the show for them.”
While being in the show the actor felt many times that people have used his personal information, shared by him to settle scores with him. He explains, “Some people don’t share so much. I see them for what they are and what they show me. According to the norm, I overshare, but I believe that I am only sharing. Isme chhal kapat nahi hai. Unfortunately, whatever I shared in good faith was used against me. I realised that I wasn’t trained on how to react when someone uses that to trigger me. I get confused. And because I don’t know how to react to that, it becomes a trigger point and results in anxiety.”
It took him some time to realize that no one is perfect and that the co-contestants are using the limited info they have against him. He adds, “They used it against me because I shared the information with them. Compassionate people will help that person be at peace, whereas contestants on that show will use it against you, and I accept it. I don’t blame them anymore. They can and will use it against me if I serve such details about my life to them on a platter. I used to hate that about them and feel victimised, but once I accepted the fact that human beings are not perfect, I was fine with the cacophony. The evolution happened in phases. I felt light after sharing some deep dark aspects of my life, but I was trolled for it inside the house. However, I eventually accepted that my concept of sharing about my life and experiences may not align with theirs.”
The actor further shares his experience and says that just like the real world there are no permanent friendships and enmities in the Bigg Boss house aswell, “The audience watches a compressed version of what happens inside the house through the day. There are looks exchanged between contestants inside the house, making one feel that everyone is conspiring against him. We live that life and can’t be judged on the basis of an edited hour-and-a-half long show on TV. In the real world, you fight and resolve your differences with people. The same happens inside the house. Eventually, woh ranjish khatam hone lagti hai. However, people outside the house want fights between two inmates to reach their peak. I would just say that treat us like human beings and not like objects.”
He further adds, He continues, He continues, “There are times when you bury the hatchet and start getting close to a person, who was once your enemy. But the flipside is that your perception of that person becomes distorted. So, one has to take two steps back for a clearer picture and a right perspective. That’s when you start realising that though the person is treating you well, she/he is treating others wrongly. It takes time. I am not that smart. However, once I stepped back and watched people fight sitting on a sofa in a corner, I started understanding a lot of things about human behaviour – from exchanging glances, fighting to being righteous.”
When asked who in the house seems like they are playing righteous, he said, “Rubina ji. I don’t know if that is her basic constitution, but I can spat through it. She spat out a laddoo during a task. Kuchh bachcho ka poora bachpan nikal jaata hai aur unko laddoo taste karne nahi milta jo unhone thooka hai. Yeh unki asliyat hai. Nobody is perfect. She is playing a character that was designed by a creative team, I don’t know how she carries it off. She definitely deserves an award and trophy for carrying off that character even in real life.”