Anupama and I are together: Aryan Vaid
Rachna Kanwar
Casanova turned lover-boy, Aryan Vaid talks about his special bond with Anupama Verma, life after 'Bigg Boss' and his views on the wild card entry:
What are you up to post Big Boss?
I am shooting for a movie called 'Apne'. That's it right now. Not taken up too much at the moment. I made some mistakes in the past with all those movies; I definitely don't want to do the same mistakes again.'Bigg Boss' was God sent in more ways that one.
How did you feel when Anupama was voted out?
Honestly? I don't want to make lofty statements. I felt very good. See, if I go for Mr. India and I win it what will it prove, that I am good looking and have great physique. If you go for a 'Jhalak Dikhla Ja' or 'Nach Baliye' and win, it proves that you are a good dancer. What do you prove by winning 'Bigg Boss' that you are a good politician? That you are a survivor? But at what cost? I always believe that it is not necessary to win at all cost.
So was it a mistake to be a part of 'Bigg Boss'?
No, I am very happy for the experience. But I can't resort to the dirty politics that people there were indulging in. Carol Gracias is such a big model and she is giving massages to Ravi Kissen, Amit and Rahul Roy. What is this nonsense! I can't do all this. I can't be taking massages from these girls there so that I don't get nominated.
But a lot of people felt that you and Anupama also made a spectacle of your relationship.
We had some connection. Whatever Anupama and I shared was very real. I wasn't doing it so that Anupama doesn't nominate me. There's a huge difference here. We were doing it out of the bond that formed between us. These people were doing it as a part of their strategy.
A lot of people felt that your love story was one-sided.
People have even said downright cheap things that there was nothing between us and that we did it for the television. Even if people think it is one-sided and as long as they respect the fact that it was real, I am fine with that. As far as it being one-sided is concerned, I'll just ask people to give time and they'll get all the answers that they want. I said it in my eviction interview also and I will repeat it that Anupama doesn't have to tell me what she feels for me; I can feel it.
So, are you guys together?
(Silence) If it was a normal relationship that had started in its own private space I would not have reacted but now that it has been public, people want to know and I understand it. There is definitely a bond between Anupama and me and it's a very honest bond. And yes we are together. But now we don't want to make it any more public. We don't want to create pressures for ourselves. When a relationship is in the public eye it already creates a lot of pressure. So we are together, that's all I can say right now.
As you people were aware of the cameras everywhere, did that make you conscious?
I never did anything disrespectful towards Anupama or to her parents or my parents. If I am hugging a girl, it doesn't mean that I am doing it out of lust.
I meant generally doing regular things around the house?
Yes, after a point it happens. People like Ravi Kissen only talk for the camera. It is the house of fakes; house of evil. Do you think people like Carol Gracias and Ravi Kissen will connect in the real world? Can you imagine Carol Gracias giving even a Milind Soman a massage? It is weird.
Who is being genuine there and not acting out a strategy?
I think Deepak Tijori is genuine. I love the guy and hats off to him. The others are all acting. Rupali! Oh my God! That girl is a torture. On the third day she told me that you are my brother. What qualities in me inspired her to say that? That's another strategy. If she becomes my sister then how do I nominate her.
From a Casanova you became a lover boy, are you happy with the image?
Thank God that the Casanova tag has gone! See, I didn't do that deliberately, but I am really happy. For Anupama and me the show has been very positive.
Ragini has said on the show that you flirted with her.
See, on the first day I said that I find her cute. But after that it was she who was flirting with me. Every time I reached out for something from her hand, her fingers would clasp around mine. For a guy like me it is not everyday that someone like Anupama will come my way. There is no way that I would ruin that.
How did 'Tere Mere Sapne' become your song?
I sang it to her once and she said can you sing it again. Then at the swimming pool I sang it to her. On Rakhi's birthday, we had fought and they started playing the song. Anupama and I just froze; we were just looking at each other. It may sound very corny and filmy, but it was beautiful then.
Your personal life became public and that too on national TV, do u feel awkward after coming out of the show?
Oh yes! The first two days I could not step out as I had cried in front of the camera after coming out. The last thing I wanted was to go out with the world looking at me and saying, 'Oh, this is the guy who cried.' There were women coming to my house to see if I was alright. I've got such overwhelming response. I have got fan-mail and gifts from people. It was a little embarrassing. But people have loved my sensitive side.
You met your co-contestants recently. All of you had said something or the other about each other. How did u guys deal with it?
I never said anything about the people who have been evicted. Initially in the first week I didn't know Deepak ji and I later went to the confession room and said that I made a big mistake by nominating him. He is a very nice guy. He has so much love for people.
You tried to create a group with Kashmera.
That was just one day. The way it was presented was not right. I was just as much a party to it as Kashmera. When I saw the episode now, it looks like Kashmera is trying to lead me on. Poor girl!
What do you think of Rakhi's re-entry?
She made a mistake by going back. She came out with so much love and adulation. She became a brand name. Why go in a place where you are definitely going to stain your reputation. She had managed to wipe off the Mika controversy, then why go back in again for a few lakhs. I met her once after I came out and she said 'Aryan I am going to go in and give a punch to Ravi Kissen and Carol', but when I saw the episode when she went in she is hugging Ravi and calling him a superstar. She knows the game now as she has seen everything. She can't be herself anymore.
Who do you think should have gone in?
I think Kashmera should have gone in. Even if she plotting, planning, scheming, she is making the show more interesting. Now what do you watch? The love-story is out, the plotters are out. I can't possibly watch Ravi boasting about himself. Deepak is too nice a guy to create any controversy. Rahul Roy doesn't talk. Amit Sadh is full of himself. He'll be tearing his clothes and breaking the furniture.