Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 18 (ANI): When Qazi Touqeer walked into the Bigg Boss 20 home, many youthful viewers most likely had the identical response: Who is he? But for many who watched actuality tv within the mid-2000s, his face and larger-than-life character got here with a really completely different reminiscence.
Nearly 21 years after successful Fame Gurukul, Qazi is again within the reality-TV highlight, and this time, it’s his entertaining facet that’s certain making all of the noise.
Qazi was solely 20 when he grew to become one half of Fame Gurukul’s successful ‘Fame Jodi’ with Ruprekha Banerjee on October 20, 2005. The duo every received Rs 50 lakh, a Sony Music contract and a Maruti Alto. The present additionally featured a younger Arijit Singh, who was then at the start of his journey in music.
Qazi’s ‘Fame Gurukul’ journey was hardly a clean experience. He discovered himself within the “danger zone” 10 occasions throughout the competitors, placing him liable to elimination repeatedly. But every time, viewers voted him again into the competitors. Eventually, that very same public help took him all the way in which to the finale, the place he lifted the winner’s trophy alongside Ruprekha.
Now 41, Qazi has discovered himself in entrance of a totally new tv viewers as a contestant on Bigg Boss 20. When the season premiered on September 6, a number of names within the lineup had been unfamiliar to youthful viewers, and Qazi was one in all them. His dramatic antics on the opening night time drew combined reactions, but it surely didn’t take lengthy for him to turn out to be one of many housemates viewers had been speaking about.
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Inside the home, Qazi has leaned into precisely what made him memorable within the first place: his theatrical character. Only this time, there is no such thing as a singing competitors or stage efficiency. There is just Qazi being Qazi.
He has been switching between completely different personas, making jokes, reacting dramatically and infrequently turning even odd conditions into leisure. At one level, he confidently tried to clarify Gen Z courting phrases corresponding to “situationship” and “benching” to fellow contestant and boxing champion Mary Kom. The clips went viral on the web very quickly, with followers turning clips into reels and response movies.
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His dramatic drugs episode grew to become one other speaking level. After a process, Qazi loudly known as for his drugs, leaving his housemates involved. But when he reached the medical room, he advised the physician that there was nothing critically unsuitable and that he was merely “playing the game”. The revelation was fairly sudden and left followers in stitches.
Even host Salman Khan appeared to note his presence, calling Qazi the home’s “rockstar” throughout the first ‘Weekend Ka Vaar.’
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There can be one thing attention-grabbing about Qazi’s Bigg Boss journey. Fame Gurukul launched audiences to a younger singer who had the general public firmly behind him. Bigg Boss, however, is permitting viewers to see the character past the performer.
The Salman Khan-hosted actuality present is on the market on JioHotstar and Colors TV. (ANI)