Locking up strangers together, with no access to the outside world, and filming them 24 hours a day is the hallmark of a classic psychological experiment. I always wondered how, year after year, a motley group of strangers give up their personal life to spend weeks in an environment riddled with mind games and voyeurism.

So, a week before the show aired, when the opportunity to spend a day in the Bigg Boss house came my way, I joined in - a decision that stemmed from part curiosity and part excitement. In keeping with this season's theme of jodis, I was accompanied by my brother-in-law Harshal Karania in an adventure that saw two other jodis and 11 single people.