{"id":473929,"date":"2026-05-08T00:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/473929\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:36:11","slug":"tanishaa-mukerji-opens-up-about-her-traumatic-bigg-boss-experience-people-used-my-familys-name-for-screen-time-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/473929\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanishaa Mukerji opens up about her \u2018traumatic\u2019 Bigg Boss experience: \u2018People used my family\u2019s name for screen time\u2019 | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tanishaa Tanishaa Mukerji<\/a> has opened up about her experience on Bigg Boss<\/a>, admitting that the reality show left her more \u201cguarded\u201d and deeply impacted because of the way contestants and even viewers dragged her family into conversations for attention.In a recent conversation with Mamaraazzi, Tanishaa reflected on why audiences may have perceived her differently during her stint on the show despite still remembering her fondly.\u201cA lot of people still remember me from Bigg Boss and say things like, \u2018Tanisha is so cool, entertaining and honest.\u2019 But definitely on Bigg Boss, I don\u2019t think I spoke out as much because I wasn\u2019t very comfortable with the language,\u201d she admitted.The actor revealed that her communication on the show was largely in English, which often did not make it to air. \u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing to say, but most of my communication was in English, not so much in Hindi. My Hindi is much, much better now than it was 10-12 years ago. At that time, a lot of my communication was cut from the show because I spoke in English,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u2018People were using my family\u2019s name for screen time\u2019<\/p>\n

Tanishaa also shared that she consciously avoided conflicts inside the house because she did not want backlash affecting her family. \u201cI consciously chose not to say a lot of things because I didn\u2019t want to get into conflicts or spaces where there could be backlash on my family. Even then, people were just finding reasons to talk about me and my family,\u201d she said.According to the actor, she only realised after exiting the show how heavily conversations around her family had been used as content. \u201cI had no idea until I came out of the house that people were using my name, my sister\u2019s name, my brother-in-law\u2019s name just to get screen time. That was my naivety. Today, I would never put myself in that position again where anybody feels they have the right to say anything about my family because of me,\u201d she added.Tanishaa said she never resorted to attacking contestants personally or bringing up their families during arguments. \u201cI never went to the camera and said things like, \u2018Woh kaisi family se aati hai?\u2019 or judged somebody\u2019s upbringing. For me, a reality show meant the camera is a voyeur looking into a real space. I always used to tell everybody, \u2018I\u2019m not in competition with any of you. My competition is with Bigg Boss,\u2019\u201d she recalled.The actor further admitted that the experience changed her as a person. \u201cThat experience definitely made me a lot more guarded because people really did go after my family. Even the channel upset me at times,\u201d she said.She also recalled being upset when questions were raised about why her family members were not visiting her inside the house. \u201cThey would say things like, \u2018Why is her family not coming to see her in the house?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018You\u2019re paying everybody here. My family members are massive celebrities. If you\u2019re willing to pay them, they\u2019ll come. Why should they come for free?\u2019 This is still a TV show. Everybody is getting paid,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Reality shows survive on trauma\u2019<\/p>\n

When asked whether the experience was traumatic, Tanishaa agreed without hesitation. \u201cDefinitely. Bigg Boss and these reality shows survive on trauma. Even the friendships there are trauma bonds,\u201d she said.\u201cTrust me, once you heal, you realise those people are not really your friends anymore because you\u2019ve healed past that trauma. Suddenly, you don\u2019t find certain behaviour or conversations interesting anymore,\u201d she added.Despite the difficult experience, Tanishaa said she believes it shaped her personality and made her stronger. \u201cThings happen in your life that shape who you become. Maybe that phase was meant to happen for me to become this person. Maybe it could have happened differently, maybe it didn\u2019t have to hurt my family so much, but it did. And you become stronger, tougher and more guarded after that,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n

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Interestingly, after Bigg Boss, Tanishaa went on to participate in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi, a decision she says came from her love for adventure rather than fame.\u201cActually, I did Khatron Ke Khiladi after that, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Colors had approached me for Jhalak at that time too, but I didn\u2019t do it because I felt it would be the same kind of space again,\u201d she shared.\u201cBut Khatron Ke Khiladi was different. I love adventure, crazy stunts, bungee jumping, skydiving \u2014 I\u2019ve done all of that. So I was excited to try it,\u201d she added.Tanishaa described the experience on the stunt-based reality show as far more positive. \u201cI did Khatron Ke Khiladi two years after Bigg Boss and I genuinely enjoyed it. I got really fit after the show too. It was a bunch of mad, fun, crazy people and we had a great time,\u201d she said.Opening up about why she initially turned to reality television, Tanishaa admitted that she hoped it would help audiences see her beyond the image attached to her film career. \u201cWith Bigg Boss, I was in a space in movies where I wasn\u2019t getting the kind of roles I wanted. It felt like something that could break people\u2019s perception of me. I was coming from a very protected and guarded environment, so I thought maybe people should get to know who I really am,\u201d she said.However, she added that reality TV did not necessarily change her career trajectory. \u201cGoing into Bigg Boss didn\u2019t suddenly get me films. It proved that it doesn\u2019t really work like that,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tanishaa Mukerji has opened up about her experience on Bigg Boss, admitting that the reality show left her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[14417,18,117,19,17,103806,207678,207676,207732,207733,207682,207731,207730,207729,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-473929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bigg-boss","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-khatron-ke-khiladi","14":"tag-tanishaa","15":"tag-tanishaa-mukerji","16":"tag-tanishaa-mukerji-bigg-boss","17":"tag-tanishaa-mukerji-family","18":"tag-tanishaa-mukerji-interview","19":"tag-tanishaa-mukerji-khatron-ke-khiladi","20":"tag-tanishaa-mukerji-reality-tv-shows","21":"tag-tanishaa-mukerji-traumatic-bigg-boss-experience","22":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116536160373778471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}