Shilpa Shinde wins Bigg Boss 11

After entertaining viewers for three months, Bigg Boss 11 came to an end on Sunday. The show, which hit an all-time high TRP this year, concluded with Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai-fame actress Shilpa Shinde winning the title. The actress bagged the trophy along with a cash prize of Rs 44 lakh. While Hina Khan became first runner-up, Vikas Gupta was the second runner-up. 

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Shilpa, who entered the house with rival Vikas Gupta, kept the audiences engaged right from the start. Her fights with Vikas became the talking point of the season, especially in the first few weeks. However, later on she was criticised for not giving her best in the tasks and always being in the kitchen. The highlight of this year was Shilpa’s bonding with Akash Dadlani, Arshi Khan and Puneesh Gupta. They even called her maa of the house. 

Bad experience

Often, winning any reality television show translates into plum offers. But Shilpa says after ‘whatever happened’ during Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai — in which she essayed the role of Angoori bhabhi — she does not want to work on small screen.

“I would rather explore the medium of films than television. After working for so many years, the way few people of the industry (referring to the producers of Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai) treated me, I am disheartened. I do not wish to work in the TV industry anymore,” Shilpa shared.

In 2016, the actress left the show due to issues with the producers. She also reportedly filed a complaint of sexual harassment against producer Sanjay Kohli. Since the actress came out openly in the media and spoke about her experience, she faced trouble in getting new shows.

Twitter queen

Shilpa Shinde was the most-talked-about contestant of the season on Twitter, which recorded over 41 million tweets in the course of the show (October 1, 2017 - January 15, 2018). This makes ‘#BiggBoss11’ the most-talked-about season of the popular reality show to date, read a statement issued on behalf of the micro-blogging site. 

Over the weekend, tweets related to Bigg Boss 11 recorded over 5.7 million conversations (January 13-14). 

The numbers have peaked to three million tweets after she won the title. The official Twitter handle for the show garnered 5.3 million tweets across the season. The most re-tweeted post from the show garnered over 4,200 tweets and was the one where Shilpa walked down memory lane watching a video of her Bigg Boss 11 journey as a build-up to the finale.  — IANS