Updated On: 30 December, 2025 01:09 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Imran Khan criticised Bigg Boss, calling it disturbing and dystopian. Recalling his visit as a guest, he described the house as a zoo-like setup where contestants are constantly watched, deprived of comfort, and pushed into conflict for entertainment

Imran Khan and Salman Khan
The popular reality show "Bigg Boss" has drawn criticism from actor Imran Khan, who recalled how unsettling his stay to the BB home as a guest was. He claimed that although he had been to the house about a decade ago to promote his movie, he was unaware of the current state of the set. But at the time, he remembered that the set was constructed within a massive warehouse studio, with a short corridor surrounding it where the camera operators sat and continuously watched the competitors. Imran described it as feeling like a "zoo," and he thought it was quite strange and unsettling.
In a candid chat on Samdish Bhatia`s podcast, Imran Khan revealed, "I have been a guest on the show. It is very disturbing. It is terrifying. It is the most twisted social experiment. Ye 12 saal pehle ki baat hai. I don’t know how they have built the set now. At that point they had this giant warehouse studio in Lonavala. You enter and the first thing is that you have to divest yourself of all electronic devices. You leave your phone and all. And they give you black overalls. Inside this big warehouse, the set is built. First you enter the warehouse, and in the centre you see this black mass. They have built the house in the centre. All the way around the house, in the periphery is a passageway. All the inner walls of the house are lines with mirrors."