In one of the recent episodes, Asim and Tehseen Poonawalla got into a heated argument in which the latter mocked the former¡¯s profession and also mimicked him. He said that he hired people like him on a day to day basis.
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At this, Shehnaz Gill, which a lot of the viewers as well as ex-contestants think is Salman Khan¡¯s favourite on the show, was seen laughing at him and supporting Tehseen Poonawalla.
This didn¡¯t go down well with Koena Mitra, who has previously as well taken a bold stand against what she feels is wrong even if that meant going against the host of the show Salman Khan.
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Taking to Twitter, she wrote, ¡°Embarrassed!!! Big Man @BeingSalmanKhan, when will the real Salman Khan stand up? Your so called entertainer, innocent, baby Sana is an embarrassment!! And mocking somebody's profession isn't kool. #TehseenPoonawala Well, money can't buy class.¡±
¡°In the first Weekend Ka Vaar I? felt he(Salman Khan) was cold with me and when Siddharth Dey started talking rubbish and then lied about it, thank god that video was aired. I tried to keep my point, where Salman didn¡¯t give me chance to keep my point. Salman didn¡¯t give me a chance to talk. First weekend, I was obviously offended by him, I felt it was one-sided, he should have given me the chance to talk,¡± she had told us.
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"And in the second weekend, when I started talking about Shehanaaz mocking me, Salman immediately defended her saying people are loving it and when I came outside the house I saw the reality that no one is loving it. Everyone is criticising, everybody is questioning her credibility, what work has she done. No one knew about her before she entered the house, when I left the house I realised audiences reaction is exactly opposite of what Salman had said which means he was personally defending her and this didn¡¯t go down well with audiences. "
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"And when I questioned him that audiences won¡¯t like dignity, grace, strong values and principles, he said ye sabke liye alag platform hai, which means he officially said this show does not require dignity, then why are we showing it on national television. We are on national television to set an example for people. We try to inspire and motivate them so that they follow your path, that was my goal, that my personality should be appreciated and accepted and I am proud that I have done that".
"In the entire conversation, Salman was not letting me talk and whenever I was talking and making sense, he was turning it upside down and he gave an idea to the Indian audience that this show doesn¡¯t require dignified, educated, wise women. He said it,? 'Ye platform ye sabke liye nahi hai', toh ye platform kyun hai Hindustan mai? Kis cheez ke liye hai, aap kya promote karna chahte hai? When I was sitting there in the Weekend Ka Vaar, I felt Salman was against me and he was playing the guardian for Sana. I was extremely disappointed by Salman¡¯s attitude towards me", she said.