Splitsvilla 2

MTV Splitsvilla 2 is over but still in sensation with a new controversial statement given by its one of its contestant, Swagata G Shah.

Joanna Magee and Sakshi Pradhan were accused of “pleasing” the directors and production team to get into the final.

Joana Magee is the one of the finalist while Sakshi Pradhan is the winner.

Splitsvilla 2 was the very popular show aired on MTV and got the vibrant response from the viewers for the wild exposure and offensive conversations between the contestants.

For the same reason the Government has issued show cause notice to MTV channel based on “utterance of unfair remark to another participant in Splitsvilla-2.

Now a former contestant from the show’s series 2, Swagata G Shah, alleged that the show is rigged and requires contestants to “please the big players” in order to be ‘voted in’ and get sufficient coverage.

She declared few statements:

Pool party- the platform to expose

“After the show was over, we had a pool-side party. After almost everyone had left we saw Joanna Magee and Sakshi Pradhan in the pool with Hitesh (the show`s director) and a few other men from the production team. They stayed there till the next day. I also heard a room was booked for Joanna through Cafe Mambo, a disc at Goa`s Baga Beach, where Nikhil Chinappa performs. She stayed on in Goa even after the show had ended”

A Night Stand with a Boss- Just for fame

Hitesh who works with the production house Colosseum, which produced Splitsvilla 2 for MTV, abused his position to back Joanna in return for sexual favours. “When I re-entered the show, Joanna boasted she would win it.”

I snapped, “I don’t sleep around for Rs 6,000 like you do.” ‘I had heard about Joanna from people in Chandigarh, her hometown.’

During this conversation, Hitesh pulled me out and said, ‘You get out of Splitsvilla right now. I just want this chick [sic] out of the premises.

You can’t speak anything against Joanna because Joanna se mujhe kaam hai. Tumse mujhe koi kaam nahi hai.

She jibed, “If I had slept with him like Joanna did, I wouldn’t have been voted out so early and given so little footage”.

She added, “I had seen Joanna kissing Hitesh at a party. But I am not sure if MTV was aware of these wrongdoings.”

Disclaimers

When asked from the counterpart Hitesh was in no mood on commenting the buzz, “I am not authorised to say anything,” and escalated the issue to Rajeev Laxman, the creative director of the show.

Laxman remarked, “It’s all speculation. We don’t have to explain ourselves to tabloids. I don’t know whether MTV was aware. As far as sexual favours go, I don’t think anyone is aware. I don’t need to respond to these stupid allegations from tabloids.”

Persuading the Contestants:

Swagata revealed that former participants are being persuaded to sign a contract that forbids them from revealing details about the show to the media.
She further added, ”Sharon Irani, the contestant manager working with the production company Colosseum, asked us to sign a new contract on July 24. he said three or four other contestants had already signed the contract, whereas to my knowledge, they haven’t. I have been receiving calls every day, asking me to sign it.”

Backings:

Shakshi the winner of the show uttered, “I faced two rounds of auditions and made a wild card entry. Nothing was fixed. It was a reality show and the people behind it were professionals. They were nice and friendly towards us. I don`t want to comment on what others have alleged.”

The statement declared by Swagata Shah may be a biased one to get the fame which she dint experienced over the show. Now she would be in news and for a glance, ‘Swagata Shah’ the name would be  traced by every media maniacs.

But figuring out the logics exposes many facts lighting the claims of Swagata Shah.

“Joanna did not audition for Splitsvilla 2. She was selected for season one but couldn’t participate.

So, she was given a chance in season two. Both Joanna and Sakshi seemed to be friendly not only with Hitesh, but other housemates like Suyash Kumar and Param as well,”

Cheshta Bhagat, another contestant, agreed. “I heard about Joanna’s escapades. But I am sure Sakshi Pradhan is a sl’’t.”

“We saw Joanna smoke contraband stuff many times during the show. We saw her rolling grass or coke [sic] in paper. But it was always off air. She would say she needed a strong drag before she faced the testing times.”

Swagata Shah also told that the contestants are being cheated over the show, “The Vodafone sets gifted to us during the show were taken back. We all received a certain number of clothes sponsored by Levi’s but Joanna got extra pairs.”