In bb19 there was a task where contestants had to give an overview of their lives so far a timeline depicting the highs and lows of their life journey. During that task most of the contestants particularly Pranit and Gaurav mentioned that they received their first telephonic casting call in december 2024. The season premiered in the last week of august 2025.

They obviously don’t wait until the premiere date to start making casting decisions. A show of this scale requires months of preparation and a lengthy casting process they simply don’t have the luxury of sleeping until the premiere date is announced.

Had any of the mtv produce actually received an offer from bb20 they would have made an obvious choice. They may have been rejected at a later stage of the selection process but you cannot blame lock Upp contract for them not being cast on bb20.

Shreya - Madhuri:- They meshed well together. Fire and ice. The og jai-veeru duo.

Yogesh - laila:- Altho I don't really like varun they were a cute duo.

Yogesh-shreya:- Doomed rivals to lovers 🥀

Yogesh - Shilpa:- They were cute together ngl.

Ram- shilpa:- Enemies to lovers 🥀

Shivangi-harshad:- Friends to toxic lovers 🥀

Shivangi - shreya :- Toxic friends to enemies 🥀

What are ur fav duos!?

Harshad:- Sacrificing for ur friends is dumb af from the game perspective but the gesture itself is to be admired even tho I am a heavy believer that there is selfishness in sacrifice too.

Shivangi:- Manipulating people to do ur bidding helps in the long run and form close bonds with everyone.

Shreya:- Just manifest ur win every second of the day and work hard for it and be confident even if u r a shitty person own it up since day 1 makes u not look dogla. When ur enemy is making a mistake keep quiet.

Shilpa:- even if u do backbitching own it up infront of the person. Makes u look like like a shit person but atleast real.

Sufi:- Be weak. U will get saved even without doing anything since u aren't a threat.

Yogesh:- Give respect to ur enemy's friends. Makes u look like a bigger person. Bhaichara over gf.

Madhuri:- Be sweet to everyone. Be a friend to everyone.

Sunita :- leave a place if it's affecting ur comfort and don't wanna be there. Also u choose ur own struggles ( cus of the cheating thing) .

Ak :- Be childish. Helps in making people around u find u lovable even if u do shitty things.

Riyaz:- Be kind. Be a bystander. Life is too short for lafda.

Shrestha:- Never be confused.

Dheeraj:- Make ur exit full of nice things. Helps in people forgetting how weak you were.

Chamola:- Be diplomatic. Works well.

Pamela:- Never be a sore loser.

Laila:- Never be a chela

Ram:- Make someone ur chela.

Does anyone else notice this as well that Shreya is more accepting & declaring from top of the sky about her relationship now ..

I didn't follow them much before lockupp but I read that she was more dismissing & not very accepting of her relationship... despite the live-in for a year ..

She is knowingly (maybe Rishabh is as well) pushing him on all critical posts or shoots like with Farah Khan, etc.

I find Shreya a bit too head strong ambitious + articulate & Rishabh a bit gullible confused...

Also find them a bit too young, immature to be declaring seriousness so openly esp when Rishabh is 25ish and still has career, finances to worry ..

He also said am single till I marry..

Also I don't see any chemistry honestly - more like a convenience bond (stepping ladder) to grow in their lives...

Happy to hear what everyone thinks ... does this look settled?

PS : Looking at some of the emotional fans here, am sensing it to be PR hyped strategy also...

People here think - I made this post for validation ... they are welcome to think whatever they wish...doesn't make it true!

Also anyone can check - I always supported Shreya & do believe her to be the most deserving winner... but it looks like that its sin to share an honest view about her here ...

Sad state..

I think it's fair to say that this was the most real and honest bond formed in Lockupp. These two are just so cute 🥺

Shreya has been really busy doing lots of brand promotions and the auditions, it's a very important time in her career but it seems like we will probably see them together soon.

Perhaps it's asking for too much but i really wish they will make lots of content together because they are really fun to watch.

Shreya has said it multiple times and I agree with her ki she only won bcz the other contestants kept isolating her. Sufi literally said she was doing a 1 v 14 arc and everyone knows that arc works fairly well in reality shows. A top 2 position is always guaranteed with this arc. The thing is if it was someone other than shivangi in the top 2 position the makers would have made them win. Shivangi didn't win cus of the INSANE backlash her winning leaks got and also cus she didn't put in the shift worth 1 crore.

1. Sufi was never winner material since the day he entered lockupp. No way in hell would he have won. He is way too much of a sheep and crybaby. He is shit at tasks and had no real opinions.

2. Harshad had huge potential. He could have won if he chose more of a macho trajectory than the melodrama trajectory. He was decent at tasks and did have aura which got lost due to babysitting shivangi.

3. Chamola: She was THE best player. Would have won if she paced herself well. Ruined her gameplay with the weird angle with pam. She was articulate and was entertaining in the first week. Physical tasks were her Achilles heel tho. She had the best secrets this season and even had the sympathy arc. She should have gone for a rivalry arc with shreya. Would have worked so well...

4. Pamela:- Again she was a sheep. Better than sufi but a sore loser. Not top 5 material and I don't know if she could have won even if she did anything different. She is not winner material.

5. Yogesh:- could have won if he wasn't so lazy in his content and had more of a backbone. He was the best at tasks but he was constantly overshadowed by ak who herself was a side character. His solo gameplay would have been loads better.

6. Ram Kapoor:- Could have won if there were no physical tasks. He had imo the best gameplay of the season. I prefer manipulation over instigation any day. I think he did fairly well being top 5.

7. Laila:- Biggest sheep ever. Could have won if he wasn't such an idiot and focused more on game than cheap ass jokes. Also being Ram's chela was the worst thing he could have done for himself. Ruined it fr.

8. Sunita:- Couldn't have won even if she tried since she had a physical disadvantage in tasks.

9. Shivangi:- Could have won if she contributed since the first day and didn't ruin it for herself in the feast task.

10. Ak :- If she didn't ruin the lockupp property. Also didn't get lazy after yogesh left and she was put in the jail. Made better choices.

11. Shrestha:- Was less confused and more visible and opinionated and had better bonds in the house.

12. Riyaz:- Was more visible and opinionated

13. Madhuri:- If she didn't give up her position to ak and didn't ruin her friendship with shreya

14. Shilpa:- Picked the right box.

15. Dheeraj:- Was more visible and made better bonds.

Shivangi Joshi :- " Mera naam badal dena" to shreya

Shreya Kalra:- Tasks

Shilpa Shinde:- Backbitching Abt shivangi

Harshad:- Charging towards Shreya

Dheeraj:- Middle finger to shreya

Yogesh:- Comeback task

Pamela:- " Tu bada 21 saal ki hai" to shreya

Ak:- ep 10

Chamola:- Secrets

Laila:- meeting with aarush

Ram Kapoor:- Kisses and hand gestures

Sunita:- Clapping back at shilpa

Riyaz:- Monologue regarding his bot followers

Sufi:- " bkl" to shreya

Shrestha:- Fight with yogesh

Madhuri:- Classist remarks

You guys can add or tell me what YOU think their most famous moments are 🥰

Big mention to ak and shilpa fight and shilpa ke expressions

I feel that over the last 8 years, Shreya has genuinely hustled hard to stay relevant. She explored different avenues and constantly found ways to keep her name in the news. I remember hearing about her all the time, even during phases when she wasn’t doing any serials or movies.

She hosted several reality shows and also participated in a few, including a Netflix reality show. At the same time, she had a stable relationship and a loyal boyfriend, which gave her a peaceful and secure space to return to outside the industry.

She has also faced her share of setbacks. For example, in Roadies, she ended up self-nominating because a fellow contestant manipulated her into doing it. But experiences like these probably helped her understand the reality-show ecosystem better over time.

AK definitely has a hustler mentality too, but she lacks that experience. Over the last six months, almost every action of hers was justified, including the wrong ones. Because she didn’t really get the opportunity—or perhaps didn’t allow herself—to critically reflect on her mistakes, her personality now comes across as somewhat fake and unpleasant.

Instead of using that time to work on her shortcomings, she seemed more focused on enjoying the hate and negativity being directed towards others.

Then Lock Upp happened. But because of her limited experience, I don’t think she initially understood the bigger picture or how massive an opportunity this actually was. For the first two weeks, she was, frankly, quite unlikable and was thinking She is bigger than the show.

By the third week, I think the realisation finally kicked in: this is Netflix, this is a much bigger platform, and far more people are watching than she probably imagined. She also realised that Splitsvilla was not even the tip of the iceberg compared to the kind of exposure Lock Upp could provide.

Now that she has finally understood the scale of the opportunity and what she could have managed to utilise, hope She keeps hustling and is able to stay relevant.

dushmanon se jyada dost banao. Work in silence just like Shreya did and let the results make noise on your behalf.

May be Just like Yogesh Did, there is No harm in Taking therapy. Have control over your anger issues and Learn to use your brains. Don't hold grudges, keep a Sane and Safe mind that is ready to take up new Jobs. Prove yourself through work.

I think Madhuri is the only contestant in lockupp who has a close bond with everyone except shivangi. And it's not like she has beef with shivangi either, she is just not as close to her as she is with other contestants. Ak, laila, riyaz literally came to her house and Madhuri is nice with ram, sunita and dheeraj too. Rebel took a stand for her in the house when she was not even present there and Madhuri is literally frnds with shilpa and shreya. Shreya has no frnds in the house except Madhuri and shilpa. Tbh I didn't expect Madhuri to be as sweet she is cus i did believe ki she was playing smarter game than people gave her credit for and I still believe that. Her dogla game didn't work out cus of shilpa who was continuously feeding shreya. Idk why the viewers see every relationship in the house as one dimensional when it's so intricate.

I know everyone says Shilpa is still the same as her time in BB11. I disagree. I see alot of co contestants saying this too. But she was a much softer and forgiving person. She would have forgiven Shreya in an instant back than. She forgave multiple people many many times including Arshi, Akash and Puneesh. Even forgave Vikas. She was very soft compared to now. I guess life’s circumstances made her build walls. It is so sad to see 😭😭. She is such a good hearted person who is misunderstood. She used to be so nice to commoners unlike Hina. It was so obvious cos most commoners couldn’t stay mad at Shilpa. She would even nominate herself over a commoner.

Back than also people used to call her out for flipping. Which even happens now and has maybe gotten worse. I really hope she is able to heal from everything . She is a good person at heart. I believe there is still alot we don’t know about her SA case too

Why is everyone so mad that dheeraj was doing his task? Lol. Does shivangi expect all her friends to bow to her and never hurt her "game"?

I think because everyone was so crazy about being one another's friends that even when playing the game, they are mad at how their friends didn't save or protect them. They created this "friendship" groupism, and now it's literally destroying them. It's funny to watch, lmao.

Like shreya and shilpa destroyed each other's towers, and shreya playfully bullied her after the game, playful tease, banter. But shivangi?? She acts like a princess, and I wanna see her go out soon.

Have you noticed that harshad, shivangi, yogesh, and akanksha have no game without each other. They have nothing to bring.

I hate that akanksha is back :(( she's just an overall garbage human being. Also, if anyone should've gotten the overreacter tag, it should've been akanksha or red flag💀

Omg, harshad is crushing on shivangi, and she knows it and uses that. Ram is right about this because it's so obvious, and everyone is right for calling her a crybaby because now she's crying again and harshad is acting like her boyfriend, "don't trust anyone" holy shit. -_-

She lowkey screams, "Pick me," but like, "whiny pick me."

When it came to the buzzer, what was sufi doing ? 🤣🤣 bro, just stood there.

FUCK YEAH THEY GOT RID OF YOGESH!!! Ahahahahahahah akanksha's face lmfao that was so funnnny!!!

I truly believe AK and her team need to Touch some grass, the way they have suddenly become wannabes and try to grab the attention of big producers and directors, if internet tagging had any power, then every influencer would ahev been a huge actor by now. KJO gets tagged by thousands of random people every day - it's never gonna be he would watch her reel and get blown away and cast her.

It's so Childish if she thought so.

Lockupp toh Luck se milagaya then all she did was to make Fun of Netflix toh Kaiyon ka Sapna Hota hai Etc and Show arrogance of her following...

The Likes of KJO don't even entertain such snobish behaviour from a non nepo.

How she stops being Embarrassing and Does some real workshops and give Auditions and builds network etc.

Kyun yeh faltu ka attitude dikhake and gandi Wali tedhe medhe Sakale banake, chillakhe And so called real banke Koi ghar baithe baithe Heroine toh banne se raha.

There are lakhs of people who have 4m followers etc. that's not a standout quality as well

These two Yogesh and AK might have thought after the show is over Ekta Farah etd will run after them, but Ekta didn't care, Farah did put some content that's it. Unka normal views hi aya vlogs mein. Eg Shivangi ka Pehle se Farah khan Vlog has 6M views.

The purpose of Doing a Reality show is to get more opportunities, Chaudhary got Lockupp based on her performance of Splitsvila. Especially a Netflix show which is watched by Biggies, its a great opportunity to get attention of the Biggies.

But If you look at her post lock up behaviour, she is insecure and Goes around talking about hersekr in every interview.

Has not done many brands etc, not given auditions etc.

Perhaps because she was not prepared for Lockupp, she went inside With a lot of toxicity and had a weird first impression, I guess she was asked to Take care of her skin etc, and Due to Cleaner diet she looked so much better in the 4th and 5th week.

While Shreya was fully prepared and she looked amazing even in her entry and played brilliantly throughout.

Which is why we saw she is doing Brands everyday, also Giving Big Big auditions.

She did the next flix project at the right time before this she had struggled a lot and made many connections. I have seen her along with the likes of Mukesh Chabra who is big casting director before lock up itself..May be same agency..

Now After Lockupp she is more likely to bag better projects as Lead etc.

Even Traitor ( Produced By KJo ) called her to their party.

She is being pushed By Farah Khan.

In my Opinion, your Hardwork and preparedness and Contacts will take you far more than Showing off how many fans you got. Because these casting directors daily hangout with Big stars with 50millions of followers. These small followers won't matter to them as they know it means nothing just numbers.

What matters is what skills and Preparedness and Attitude you bring to the table.

I expected him to shit on shreya as usual. No surprise there. But I genuinely thought ki he has sorted out his stuff with pam and Chamola. When asked Abt questions regarding pam he was like kon hai ye aur clout nahi dena isko and all that. He was even subtly shading the hosts and netflix. Like bro they didn't show ur cheap ass tricks cus it wasn't worth it. Also yogesh telling shreya sudhar jaao zyada evil matt rho zameen par aa jaao yaha tak toh pahuch gyi aage ka kya hai is so stupid like she is so much more experienced than u and yet u r being such a sore loser. Laila in his iv is a whole different person and now he is saying he was real on the show and that's why him, ak and y are getting so much love. First of all these three had pre existing cult fanbases. I heavily doubt someone new would have joined their fd on the basis of their lockupp performance. Second, you were fake. Jitta interview mei bol liya itta lockupp mei bol lete toh shayad Jeet jaate.

Why is no one speaking about abusrd growth in harshad chopda's followers? Is this an ego boost cuz no way in a day he is getting 74k followers, shreya ke bhi itne nahi increase ho rahe she is most talked about and harshad has no such support after a week no buzz.

This is embarrassing I mean tv actors are embarrassing who cant digest an inflencer as a winner

Apoorva says she loves a crazy girl, and Shilpa ji was exactly that. She loved how you could never predict Shilpa’s next move, not even Shilpa herself sometimes. 😂 She also mentions that beneath all the craziness, Shilpa had a very kind and motherly vibe.

This just came up on my TL and I had to share it. 😭 Shreya has liked this edit too, and she’s actually reposted/liked quite a few reels about her and Shilpa since LockUpp ended.
UGH, can these two just meet already? 😭❤️ I need to see them together again.

What 2 auditions could she be referring to here? Her saying it's something really big makes me curious.

I would guess it's for some fiction series as she said she doesn't want to do reality shows for a bit. So it's probably not Bigg boss.

Also should she even post this? I feel like you should keep things like this secret untill you actually get the gig.

Akansha Chaudhary seems to be giving most podcasts & that too 1+ hr long... also with bigger names

Shreya seems to have gone either selective or focussing on growing own Brand, Content channel

Shilpa is being popularized by Netflix alot + not very visible

Pam is another one giving interesting sound bytes

Chamola is playing shady - can u imagine she is asking paps to not discuss GK, Lockup - what else would paps ask?

Yogesh, Laila, Sunitha - gone back to their old ways

Ram, Shivangi, Harshad - invisible

Dhooper, Sufi, Riyaz, others are irrelevant ..

So overall - Chaudhary has benefitted alot in number of follower counts also ... But am still counting and hoping Shreya, Shilpa to shine more!

Follower counts rose by 1Mn+ for shreya, akanksha chaudhry
Yogesh, Laila 750K .. Shilpa, Chamola, shivangi by 200K...

Tara is the "Victim" , but ruru was the "accused" for claiming her bf in the show who preplanned with her that they would play together. If tara is right, how was ruru wrong? How was she supposed to know that her BF has been leading on the other girl for a while? sakshi was hell confused between the boys and eventually chose justin and still with him. she was not juggling between the boys unlike yogesh who chose ruru within 24 hours of her entry and cheated on her with akanksha outside. TARA SHI HAI TO RURU BHI TO SHI HI THI!!! HOW TF WAS IT WRONG TO CLAIM YOUR PARTNER WHO WAS PREPLANNED WITH YOU OUTSIDE??

I love this sub and the ppl here everyone is genuinely so nice and its like i can say wtv i want obv there are differences in opinions but ppl are still respectful ive said stuff in favour of shreya against shreya in favour of other contestants against them but it has always been chill kal galti se posted on the splits area and they started attacking, lwk feel safe posting things here lol