Really impressed with Asim/Umar's camera friendliness under pressure

So, I've been accused of being an Asim apologist here before. Its true that I have grown to like him as a contestant over the last month, and since Koena left I wasn't feeling strongly enough to support anybody until Asim came into his own. He has lots of shortcomings, many of which are similar to Shukla's own weaknesses, perhaps that explains their bond - which no matter how much I can't stand Shukla on the show anymore, I must admit does look real. But there is one thing in the last Weekend ka Vaar that kinda really impressed me about Asim, and that was his confidence and ability to articulate his thoughts without getting emotional, rambling, or missing the point.

When Asim and Sid were both in the katgheras, even a huge Sid fan must have felt at least somewhat bad for Asim when he was counting down the times he has felt disrespected in the name of sarcasm or jokes intended to be harmless. On the flipside, Sid, who is a successful, well-trained media personality who has been in the spotlight for a number of years was seen getting overly excited, squirming, lost in defense, and sort of struggling to defend himself. He did do it, I will agree, and he addressed all of Asim's points, but he had a harder time keeping his cool - which even Salman pointed out about how excited he gets when he starts getting emotional and talking fast. I was quite impressed by Asim, for a relative media unknown just a month and a half ago, to hold his own with the country's biggest star and a house full of people openly disagreeing and cutting his points down - especially Paras, who was given full reign to interrupt as much as he wanted.

But after last night I'm even doubly impressed by Asim's brother Umar. This guy is TOTALLY un-trained for the media, is a doctor by profession I think someone said, and the way he handled himself with so much patience and calm, yet confidence and strength was really commendable. He even brought up things Asim didn't, (like how the act of coming up to someone's face and screaming was something Sid has been doing for weeks) and even Salman agreed with him that Asim's pushes shouldn't be counted as violence the way Shukla's were. Really impressed with these Riaz boys! Don't know if Umar has any showbiz plans, but no matter how things work out for Asim in the show, I do hope he has a good career longterm. This kind of natural patience, swagger, and calm is rare for people who have never been on TV and been around so many stars - which in itself is intimidating as hell to see people like Salman in person after seeing him on screen for decades.

Well said Sid can never have control over his temper even discussing about himsnshi diamond ring and serum prices he said out of context and Himanshi actually explained what happened the way he explained seems like Himanshi was showing off but in reality she was not

Yes his brother was very well spoken. Great view points. Glad salman agreed with him

Salman definitely did a great job this weekend. Its well documented around here that I am not a fan of bhaijaan at all LOL, but credit where its due - he handled both days of the weekend in a great way! Especially on sunday, he seemed to be totally at ease with the situation since the bashing was over with, and he was just putting forward his personal views while chatting with the panelists.

Also, I have a conspiracy theory - based on how he was agreeing and interacting with Umar and with Parag, I have a feeling Salman likes Asim and Shefali as contestants. He's just under channel obligation to present the channel's views instead of his own, so this time around, he kinda gave it to Shefali. Also, its pretty clear that Salman thinks Paras is a cheapo, and his interaction with Paras's girlfriend when he was trying to get Paras into trouble as a joke was really hilarious! Overall, this week was really terrible and exposed the show as the double-faced biased circus that it is, but at least Salman's work in the weekend was objectively fun and (as much as it is allowed) unbiased.

He actually spoke better than all the other panelists and also people in the house.

Yes both both brothers have the ability to articulate well 😎

Very well said 👏 Also a small thing I want to mention. When Salman was offering snacks to the guests, Umar was the only one who stood up while taking it. To me these little gestures speak a lot about someone's personality. Reason why I started liking Asim. Looks like it runs in the family

Yes, I thought Umar Riaz was really polite, well behaved and put his points strongly.

I liked him😳

I agree. I was very surprised by Asim’s skill of articulation but he actually managed to put his points across well. But Umar was the cherry on the cake- he never lost his calm, put his points across so well that at the end both Mahi and Jai were left floundering for comebacks.

Honestly this was the most unbiased weekend episode I’ve seen on this show this season. Even fo me it seems like Salman likes both Shefali and Asim, even Rashmi but he has to do the channel’s diktats. But Salman really doesn’t like Paras at all. Lol.

I totally have a soft spot for Asim esp since rest aren't even worth rooting for! ... From many posts I am sure I'll enjoy Sunday's Ep which I haven't done so - can't wait for Umar's POVs!