No use crying over spilled oil

“Bigg Boss 4” may have reached new levels of inanity — in just the first week of the show’s new season — as contestants Veena Malik and Hrishant Goswami got into a fight over the use of cooking oil.

Malik burst into tears after their argument. The spat was initiated by the fact that Malik was planning to re-use the cooking oil in which eggs had been made to cook other food. However, Goswami pointed out this would not be acceptable to strict vegetarians who don’t eat eggs, and also said that she used too much oil. As this was a reality television show, the issue obviously exploded as a spluttering Malik and surly Goswami cribbed throughout the episode over the issue.

But their squabble was overshadowed by other issues on “Bigg Boss 4”. The cast members argued about determining how much time had passed (they have to monitor a sand clock), who slept during the day and housemates who were neglecting their duties. At the end of the episode, the two-member Pakistani contingent added yet another feather to its cap as Ali Saleem aka Begum Nawazish Ali was elected captain of the house.

Published  in The Express Tribune, October 9^th, 2010.