It is a surreal feeling honestly because as I said I have done so many reality shows but it has
never happened that I haven’t made friends with anyone and I don’t have a strategy
Salman Khan, I love you, I respect you but sorry if I go wrong
or I go rude because I will say what I have to say
Bro you are talking to me like that? So, I think he tried to understand me throughout because
I could see a little bit of behaviour change in shift weekend by weekend
Firstly, Divya welcome to Pinkvilla and congratulations on winning the Big Boss OTT.
That’s the trophy and thank you so much you guys also, you guys have worked day and night
on you know raising everybody’s voices, all these personalities you guys have helped,
everybody so thankful to the journalism team as well.
Thank you. How does it feel firstly winning the
It was fun. Honestly, it is a surreal feeling honestly because as I said I have done so many
reality shows but it has never happened that I haven’t made friends with anyone and I don’t
have a strategy but it feels great that you know just believing in myself has got me here.
It is crazy, there was no game, there was no strategy, there was no connection, nothing like that.
And just believing in yourself and getting there is a different achievement which I learnt from
Big Boss OTT you know and its feels amazing I mean just believing in yourself is so easy.
You can ignore everything around. It’s great
And when you were entering the house did you expect that you will be the winner?
When I entered the house, the confidence was like I am going to be the winner and obviously
it came across a little arrogant also now when my team tells me Divya what was wrong with
you in the first week? Why were you being so arrogant in every statement, you were like you
know better, I have done reality shows and where you coming across like that? I am like so
duffers what do I do? They are all my competition. I have to scare the out of them or either
annoy the out of them. So, there were only two choices and either I would have like fought on
utensils, which for me is so useless, like I can’t do that, you know fighting on chores. And
then the second thing would be like defaming, demeaning everybody for their attention which
wasn’t my game plan at all like I cannot do it just for the show and I don’t even know these
people, how do I say things about them initially? So, I said let’s do this, lets only talk about
yourself and you are only responsible for your image, your personality and nothing goes
wrong. So, I think that was my strategy but I think it took a really wild turn when everybody
was so scared or probably so done with me that they have just finally you know boycotted me
out of the house but you know being yourself, believe in yourself that only made me win the show.
What was the biggest challenge of being in the house for 6 weeks?
Oh God it was just normal living, breathing. That was my biggest challenge there because
anything people were throwing at me maybe for example like my friends, Nishant and
Raqesh you know just being my friends but I mean I used to ignore everything going around
because I know that they are in a game show and they have to be a certain way and they have
to probably make decisions in a certain way. I was okay with it. But my regular life there
was a point in the show that nobody even used to come and sit next to me. So, when if you
have something going on in your head, good, happy, bad, sad, bitching, gossip whatever. I
wasn’t able to do that. I wasn’t able to connect on a humanitarian level, that was difficult for
me and on the top when all this was going on, even in that zone whatever efforts I was
putting so just be in cordial relationship with everybody, usually in shows you have a fight
but later you are working together, you talk generally. You are just not fond of that person.
That didn’t happen with me. So, it felt very bad and that was like suffocating for me.
You know I believe you must be following Big Boss for a long time like even the seasons
before. How different was the world, this OTT world as
compared to what we used to see on the television?
I don’t think so there was much difference honestly because Big Boss voice and the way the
challenges are done and it worked exactly the same way and the tasks were fun, they were
very challenging and entertaining at the same time. The contestants this time were amazing.
Everybody had a different personality and I don’t think there is much difference in both the
houses but I would just like to say like this season Big Boss OTT, as a season, not talking
about Colors or Voot is different. This was Big Boss, we felt it there like it was Big Boss and
it was a great feeling. And it was just for a shorter period of them so that was those 6 weeks
will go by fast and I don’t know how people spend three months so that one aspect I have that
three-month v/s six weeks, it is a difficult thing. Here people weren’t talking to me for
6 weeks so it was like this, what will happen when it happens for three months. So that I give it to them.
Correct me if I am wrong now you will be going on the three-month Big Boss as well, if I am not wrong
I don’t know, that is what I am trying to figure out because 2-3 days now, channel, crew,
contestants all will be sleeping because we all have worked so hard till yesterday night and
today is a little breather day we guys are talking that’s why I am not dressed or winner
something. I am just casually dressed; I am at home now. What Divya Agarwal you saw
inside the house with all the styles and statements were all my team, they did a really good
job, fantastic job. My only, I had only one job to carry it nicely, that I will give it to myself.
So actually, I am waiting for the call once they call and say they are doing it and you have to
do it because that was in the thing I would do it I have no option bro
If you, do it, there will be Salman as the host you know
See I have had that experience, people will ay she keeps talking about her old show but I had
two experiences, one was like the Mastermind one was like Karan Johar. Karan Johar was
huge like okay and my that first Weekend Ka Waar really went bad for me like either I have
literally screwed myself like majorly or I have done something too right, I was always under
that pressure. So, I don’t know with Salman I need to keep my calm a little. But that will not
stop me from saying anything that I want to say because my face says it all. You know my
expressions are so like natural even if I want to control them. I cannot control them whatever
I feel I say it so I just hope that I keep my calm but I will not stop myself from saying
anything so Salman Khan, yes, I love you, I respect you but
sorry if I go wrong or I go rude because I will say what I have to say.
Perfect. Okay. And how was your experience of interacting
with Karan like? All through the six weekends
I think this relationship was quite, it started with a fight and also in real life when you fight
with someone you really want to know that what is this person doing? Like really, what are
you fighting for? And I think he must have seen that in me and that must have dragged his
attention a bit that bro, you are talking to me like that? So, I think he tried to understand me
throughout because I could see a little bit of behaviour change in shift weekend by weekend.
I was like okay, thank God he is trying to understand me as a person and that is also very
remarkable from him because honestly him being such a big name you know trying to
understand some feelings and emotions, for me, was a big thing. And I think he is understood
by the end of the show, okay this is Divya she will speak and I
just have to take it coolly. She doesn’t mean disrespect or anything.
Do you expect the same thing from Salman as well when you, if you go on the TV?
I hope that I just, as I said I just hope that I be a little calmer this time and with calmness if I
try and you know just say it whatever it is I think it will help me but definitely I will not
restrain because if I go in that zone and also if he is saying some things about me which
aren’t true then sorry bro, I have no other choice but to protect myself and fight for
myself. Then its nobody in the front of me.
And last couple of questions who are your best friends from
the Big Boss house you know with whom you will maintain equation outside?
I think Raqesh and Nishant
You will be in touch with them even outside of the
Raqesh, Nishant and Moose. If you talk about the game towards the end, we all started
talking, it was never a situational talk so I love Milind and Akshara also because they were there with
me but with these people I had some bond since day, week 1 and I think I tried to maintain it
and we were not talking about the game, mostly Moose,
Nishant and Raqesh we were talking about regular life and regular things. I mean that’s friendship, right?
Task is task. You are there individual; you play and that’s it. Normally when you drink tea,
tea with somebody in the show, you talk about outside world, you talk about the weather and
things like that, that’s friendship dude, that little thing
of life. So, I think I am going to maintain that with them
And lastly who are the people with who you would not want to speak at all?
Dude, I forgive but not forget so I think I will speak to everybody and anybody whoever I
meet or probably whoever calls me or if there is any WhatsApp group that we are going to
create or something like that, I am going to be actively participating in it but I will never
forget but never point at them for doing something like that. It was a game show I understand
the emotions very well, I understand the plans very well, why and what. They all were there
for themselves. I was there to earn so much that I can save it and get a house or do something
like that. Do something meaningful in life. You know what I mean.
Isn’t it the same goal? Its just a common goal, right? We all humans have this race so I know
their purpose of life and purpose of game its just going to be like I am going to learn a lot of
things from them, not forget and next time something like this happens with me what
happened in the house. How I am going to react and how I am going to you know tackle that
situation outside in real world is a lesson for me. I will talk to everyone
Perfect. Thank you so much. It was lovely talking to you. I hope you get into the Big Boss house.
I don’t know, let’s see bro. Let’s see.
I am sure you will.
I am still in that zone like I can crush this, no problem.
Yeah. Perfect. Bye.
Bye.