Concept
A bunch of celebrities are locked up in a house and are
forced to live without any contact with the outside world. Each one is assigned
a few tasks. On completion of tasks certain rewards are given. Apart from this,
fun games, skits etc are conducted. It’s mandatory for every member of the
house to nominate two fellow members for eviction. Eviction is based on the
results of SMS based audience poll. One person will be evicted each week. The
last person to remain in the house wins the game.
*Life-like-life is
shown un-tampered*
In a normal motion picture (be it serial or drama or live
theatre or movie), * the soundness and
practicality is but severely limited by the sensitivity and emotional quotient
of its creative director. The director’s directorial abilities create a huge
gap between the concept and its implementation. The Actor’s acting limitations
could further the gap between concept and execution The viewers are aware of
the fact that thousands of gimmicks and emotion manipulation techniques are
employed to improve TRP’s and audience approval.
But the concept of this reality show removes all of these
and other unfortunate liabilities in making a movie. The cameras present in Big Boss’s house capture reality for a change.
No concept of dramatizing. No theme or
moral is substantiated. No projection of heroism. No discrete explanation of
philosophy that justifies the events. No special effects to improve emphasis. No
music in the background to forcefully trigger involvement; just a voice
occasionally intruding to explain the sequence of events
What is shown is an open human drama …
Life-like because ...
Unlike real life, the drama that unfolds is controlled by
factor called ‘Nominations’. In normal conditions, in spite of differences in culture, social
class and even ideologies, mere acquaintanceship between people slowly changes
to friendship after mutual trust is established. Here, a person’s trust on
another is destroyed when the person gets nominated. Even if winning the game
is not an issue, the fact that somebody has nominated a particular person
becomes an issue of ultimate betrayal to that person.
The nominated person feels angry and prosecuted. Nomination
becomes a matter of shame. Since, no one wants to be nominated, stress related
to thinking about ‘Nominations’ torments them all. A few start playing mind
games to avoid being nominated. A few yield. And the rest become skeptical. From
then on, each person tries to eliminate those who scare them the most; the ones
they are skeptical about.
Nomination is not the end of the world! And
everybody knows it. Most of the celebrities
living inside have a wonderful life outside. Yet, the fear of being disgraced
by Nominations is always there. The ‘Fear of Nominations’ introduce the kind of
stress absent in real life. Except that the other conditions are normal.
Like-life because ..
Apart from ‘Nomination’ related debacle, Big Boss is an
excellent place to observe simple human follies, idiosyncrasies of relationships,
strange individual perceptions and other complexities of human nature. It’s
sometimes astounding and sometimes amusing to watch the straight, crooked,
curved and tangential thought processes of the human mind.
The slowly developing friendships; our own changing perceptions
about various people; the silly tiffs and apologies; the typical individual
imaginations, prejudices and conclusions; expressed and unexpressed insecurities,
egos sometimes suppressed, sometimes flaring; sensitive points that trigger
unexpected behavior and intentions behind behavior; and more …The camera shows
it all.
The best part is that the darkest possible events that could
happen are not scandals, murders, abortion, plastic surgery, bomb blasts or
other irrecoverable dangerous events but, simple back biting, illogical hatred,
jealously etc .. Far better than those idiotic serials particularly the ones
produced by ‘Ekta Kapoor’
Conclusion
‘Big Boss’ is a house of learning. It’s a place which teaches
invaluable life lessons; lessons of the kind which one usually has to
experience to understand. These lessons reveal themselves to those who want to
learn. It’s for those eyes that see …