'Big Boss' leading ladies catfight

By Subhash K. Jha

Mumbai: "Big Boss", the Indian version of Channel 4's reality show "Big Brother", is whipping up similar spice - a catfight between the leading ladies.

Rupali Ganguly, who had played the "cry baby" in the Sony TV show, has accused co-star Kashmera Shah, who played the "mean woman", of being "bossy and judgmental".

Rupali, who recently started shooting her first serial after "Bigg Boss", was appalled by Kashmera's suggestion that she played the 'cry baby' on the show.

"Who is she to talk about what I was doing there? I can't talk for others she has named in her interview. But speaking for myself, every tear that I shed on 'Bigg Boss' was genuine. I came out of the experience wounded and cringing. And if I hadn't been eliminated, I'd have probably jumped the wall and fled."

In a recent interview about her "Bigg Boss" housemates, Kashmera said "Rupali should have been herself... the fact that she would cover up all her faults by crying was also very frustrating."

To compound her woes, Rupali came out of the show to find her father, renowned director Anil Ganguly, seriously ill. "From then on, it has been a whirlwind of hospitals, anxieties and prayers. Fortunately, my father is out of danger. And I'm back to work. My father is not cut out to be part of Bollywood's rat race, or to deal with the star system. He now helps me with the ad agency that I own."

She no longer cries at the drop of a hat like ...