After preventing for fundamental requirements for 70 days, Munawar Faruqui has been introduced because the winner of Lock Upp. The Kangana Ranaut present additionally had Payal Rohatgi, Anjali Arora, Azma Fallah and Shivam Sharma as finalists. Along with the trophy, Munawar additionally took residence Rs 20 lakh money prize and a model new automotive.
Unlike most actuality reveals, this one zeroed on its winner not solely on the idea of votes. The host was given the chance to have the final phrase. Munawar obtained the very best votes, however Kangana additionally picked him as the last word winner.
Munawar entered the present on the heels of his controversy. He had spent a month in jail final 12 months for allegedly “insulting Hindu gods and goddesses” throughout one among his reveals. After he was launched on bail, a lot of his reveals have been cancelled. In an announcement, the comic had later mentioned, that he was put in jail for a joke he had by no means made. He additionally hinted that he was accomplished with comedy. “Nafrat jeet gayi, artist haar gaya (hate has won, artist has lost). I’m done, goodbye. Injustice,” he had written.
Before coming into the present, Munawar interacted with indianexpress.com and mentioned Lock Upp will put him out of his consolation zone. However, after we requested him what made him select a present that’s prone to thrive on controversies, he mentioned, “Firstly, I don’t think there’s anything wrong in being controversial. It only means that people did not hear your side of the story, or maybe you were taken out of context. I never wanted to be a part of controversies. I never went and told the media my statement to cause some bawaal (commotion). The part of my video that had hurt people, I removed it immediately. It was the public that played it around for a year and made it news. I never wanted to be controversial, they made me one.”
Known because the mastermind of Lock Upp, Munawar Faruqui was hailed for being sensible and enjoying the sport. His friendship with Anjali Arora was additionally lauded by followers, who even nicknamed them as ‘Munjali’. Celebrity designer Saisha Shinde additionally expressed her love for him on the present. However, Munawar confessed of being in love with somebody outdoors the present. The comic additionally opened up about his previous, be it his divorce, his mom’s suicide or him being sexually assaulted as a baby. His journey, and rise from poverty additionally struck a chord with the viewers, who trended ‘Bad**s Dongriwala’ and ‘Munawar For The Win’ for him.
While Munawar took residence the title, Payal Rohatgi and Anjali Arora have been introduced as the primary and second runner up, respectively.