Anshula Kapoor on The Traitors: ‘By day six, I knew I needed therapy’

Updated On: 01 July, 2025 07:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Komal RJ Panchal

Anshula Kapoor on the psychological whiplash of doing the show, The Traitors

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Being in the limelight is not a new experience for Anshula Kapoor, having lived with celebrity siblings — Arjun, Janhvi, and Khushi, and father Boney — who’ve been under the camera gaze for long. However, Amazon Prime Video’s The Traitors, hosted by Karan Johar, marked her first brush with the screen. While she had decided to enter showbiz, reality shows were not the aim. “Last year, [I had decided to do] anything that scared me. I was saying yes to things just to not let fear win,” shares Anshula, who, while not having seen the international version of the show, was aware of the game Mafia, often played by children. “BBC explained the format to me. It felt like something strategic and out of my comfort zone.”

Having now experienced the psychological pressures of being on a reality show, she agrees that “knowing it and living it are two different things”. “It felt like we were all inside a pressure cooker. You’re trying to spot flaws and cracks in people’s façades. It is intense and exhausting. And then, every couple of hours, someone comes to you saying, ‘Trust is rare, betrayal is everywhere.’ You really begin to question yourself and others,” she explains.

Anshula Kapoor (in pink) in The Traitors