Bigg Boss Telugu 7 launch Highlights: Host Nagarjuna signs off locking 14 contestants in the house - The Times of India (2024)

Curtains down for the grand premiere

Nagarjun bids adieu to audience telling he will meet them next week. He locks the house with the key.

Nagarjuna directs Naveen to the house

The actor meets the contestants through TV. He asks them to go to the activity room and bids adieu to them.

Naveen speaks about how he watched Nagarjun's films

Naveen speaks about how he watched Nagarjun's films in the Anapurna set where they are nowHe even expresses how Bigg Boss has become a part of emotions of Telugu people and thanks him for entertaining the people

Naveen Polishetty makes a grand entry

The actor is here to promote his movie, Miss Shetty and Mr Polishetty.

Amardeep Chowdary enters as next contestant

Amar says his character is very similar to Nagarjun's character in 'Rakshagan' movie. He even says that he will never give up and will have a brave fight

Prashanth brings a gift for Nagarjuna in sack

Host says his smile is very pure just like agriculture. Nagarjuna further gifts him a Mirchi plant and asks him to take care of it. He even says Prashanth will get punished if plant dies and will get a treasure if the plant grows well

Young agriculturist Pallavi Prashanth enters as the next contestant

Pallavi Prashanth Comes from agriculture background. He avers that he lost all his money and now his work as a farmer. He also says he wants to give a good life to his family. Prashanth says he needs more money for investing in agriculture and is entering the show. First time visiting Hyderabad.

Actress Kiran Rathod enters as the 12th contestant

Nag is all praise for her as she came from Jaipur and acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam. He asks if she will speak perfect Telugu by the end of the show

Special task to Dr. Guatham

The doctor will be hand cuffed. Nag asks him to act in front of any of the female contestant and they have to praise him telling he is beautiful and then he can be cuffed out.

Dr Gautham Krishna enters as the next contestant

A doctor by profession, Gowtham says he will request the contestant to not nominate him.He explains that he directed the movie, Aaakasha Vidhilo. Before becoming a docto, he revealed that he wanted to be a writer and director.

Vijay Devarakonda leaves the house after the task

Vijay to choose the bedroom facilities to the contestantsHe chooses deluxe room for Subha Shree, Teja for Deluxe and standard room for the choreographer contestants.Vijay Devarakonda leaves the house after wishing the contestants

Vijay Devarkonde enters the Bigg Boss house

Nag asks him to go inside the house for a task and Vijay says he is very scared.Contestants go crazy seeing Vijay Devarakonda in the house

Nag asks about Samantha

Vijay replies telling she went to the US and also states that because of her health she cannot move around a lot

Vijay Devarakonda joins the stage

Vijay Devarakonda enters Bigg Boss Telugu 7 stage tapping his feet to the latest sensational song ‘Aradhya’.

Who is Rathika?

Rathika is the next contestant

Rathika confesses that she enters BB to get fame and exposure. She says that she has done many films but didn’t get any big return out of it

Nagarjuna gives a special task to Teja

Nagarjuna gives a special task to Teja. He is given the task to give these three tags – boring, hot and fast to any 3 female contestants once he goes inside

Teja is here

Its not trolling

Who is Shobha Shetty?

The Kannada-based Telugu actress is best known for playing the role of 'Dr. Monitha' in the Telugu daily soap “Karthika Deepam”. The actress as Dr. Monitha gained immense popularity for her acting skills and made the viewers hate her on-screen character. Eventually, she turned out to be one of the ravishing vamps on Telugu Television.

Shobha Shetty is the next contestant

Who is Sandeep?

Aata Sandeep aka Sandeep Reddy, is a popular dancer and choreographer who gained fame through the dance reality show 'Aata'. Along with his dancing skills, he also gained attention as an actor in movies like 'Super Machi', 'Induvadana' and 'Jagannatakam'.

Aata Sandeep is here

A big surprise for Shakeela

Shakeela is the next contestant

Its 35 Lakhs!

Nagarjuna has increased the prize money to 35 Lakhs but none of the 5 contestants seem to be interested to leave the game

Nag offers 20 Lakhs!

The host offers 20 Lakhs for the first five contestants of the show. However, none of the them seems to be interested in the offer.

Subha Shree is here!

Priyanka, Damini and Sivaji reject the offer

The first three contestants, Priyanka, Damini and Sivaji have denied the offer saying that they want to play the game

The host explains the 'new twist'

For the first time in the history of the show, the first five contestants who had entered the house is given the chance to walk out of the show after taking the money briefcase. Usually, the top 5 contestants of the show is given this chance over the past seasons

Subha Shree enters as the next contestant

Stunning beauty Subha Shree enters as the next contestant of the show. Subha Shree says she does not know Telugu, but she can understand. 'I have learnt learnt dance, music , language from Nag's films,' she says

The handsome hunk is here

Here is the twist!

Nagarjuna offers the first 4 contestant the option to take the money in the briefcase available and leave immediately

Prince Yawar is here

Model and TV actor Prince Yawar enters as the next contestant in the show. He greets the host saying that he is the biggest fan of the latter

Who is the next?

The next contestant is set to enter the show

Damini gifts Nagajuna a ceramic mug

Nag questions Damini about her spiritual life

Damini says that she belives in god and loves to be in presence of the god as it destroys even ego

Singer Damini Bhatla enters as the third contestant

Host Nagarjuna Akkineni congragulates Damini for winning the National award.

Sivaji enters the Bigg Boss house

Priyanka Jain and Sivaji introduce themselves in the house. Priyanka gives Sivaji a tour of the house. She shows him the kitchen and they discuss food.

Sivaji grows emotional

Sivaji explains that his family came from a tough background. He explains they did not live a well off life. He also says he needs to buy a gold chain for his mother, Jhansi Rani.

Who is Sivaji?

Actor, politician, and dubbing artist, Sivaji is one of the known names in the industry. The actor became a sensation in the cine world with his blockbusters Missamma, Ammayi Bagundi, Swarabhishekam, Konchem Touch, Tata Birla, Lo Unte Chepta Madhyalo Laila, and many more. Now, at the age of 47, he's returning to the spotlight, but this time as a contestant on the highly anticipated Bigg Boss show.