MUMBAI: Actor Rayya Labib today hit out at Bigg Boss 17 wild card contestant Ayesha Khan, saying her fainting bouts during her stay in the house are all pre-planned and a “natak” or publicity stunt to garner attention on the show.

Speaking to this website, Rayya Labib claimed that one of Ayesha Khan’s close friend has personally told her that Ayesha even rehearsed these acts before going into the house. “Ayesha rehearsed her fainting acts before going in the house. She has planned these stunts well in advance before entering the show. It is all “natak” or drama and a complete publicity stunt,” Rayya Labib said.

According to media reports, Bigg Boss 17′ wild card contestant Ayesha Khan was rushed to hospital on the evening of December 29 due to a medical emergency. She fainted unexpectedly. After a quick checkup, she was brought back inside the house.

Rayya Labib alleged that Ayesha Khan is faking illness to get noticed by the cameras, just like another contestant tried to fake a pregnancy.

Ayesha Khan entered ‘Bigg Boss 17’ as a wildcard contestant. Her entry sparked tension and controversy amongst the contestants. She tried to pull off another stunt when she claimed that Munawar Faruqui was double dating her and Nazila Sitaishi. Joining the show as a wildcard entry, she directly addressed this issue with Munawar, which Rayya Labib has alleged are nothing but a publicity stunt and a “natak” or drama to hog the limelight.

MUMBAI: Former senior Crime reporter, Business and Tech journalist Flynn Remedios who has covered several beats, including Fashion and Entertainment in a career spanning over 25 years and worked for publications like the Times of India, The Economic Times, Asian Age, Free Press Journal and others, today alleged that Adv. Sana Khan, presently a contestant in the Bigg Boss house, is “doing grave injustice to her clients”.

According to Flynn who spoke to media persons in Mumbai today, he was arrested after a non-bailable warrant came to be issued by a magistrate since he failed to attend court hearings. “I was unwell and since I suffer from asthma, diabetes, hypertension and other cardiac ailments I could not attend court. After arrest I was remanded to judicial or magistrate custody and lodged at the Mumbai Central Prison at Saath Rastha, popularly known as the Arthur Road Jail.”

“There I came in contact with many undertrials who used to share their case details with me since word got around that I was a journalist. I realized there were some undertrials who had engaged the legal services of Adv Sana Khan who is presently a contestant in the reality show Bigg Boss, season 17. They were languishing in jail because their lawyer was on a reality show and unable to attend to their cases. There was one particular case of a POCSO undertrial who had charges under section 376 of the Indian Penal code as well. This particular undertrial was languishing in the prison for over 18 months without bail, when a subsequent DNA report by the Government Forensic Laboratory had clearly exonerated him from being responsible for the pregnancy of the victim. The DNA report clearly stated that the alleged accused undertrial had not fathered the unborn child of the victim; and to the best of my knowledge of law, the accused should have been granted bail due to this discrepancy in the complaint There were discrepancies in the evidence of the victim as well as her age (being a minor). However, since Adv. Sana Khan is unable to attend court, this undertrial is not getting the much-needed legal attention and justice, which in my opinion is a question of professional propriety that the ethics committee of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa should seriously look into,” Remedios told media persons today.

Another lawyer had also filed a complaint against Adv Sana Khan and we wonder what she has to say to all this? We will definitely get our readers her response and feedback to these allegations, when she is out of the Bigg Boss house.

Stay tuned for more updates on this developing story.

MUMBAI: A little birdie tells us that Dj Dolly Sinha or better known as Dj Dolly is all set to enter the Bigg Boss 17 house in the coming weeks.

Now for those who do not know or cannot recollect who Dj Dolly is, she is the same spunky lass who exposed and stripped bare the haughty participant from Bihar – Manisha Rani on the Bigg Boss OTT show, which concluded last month.

Dj Dolly and Manisha Rani were former roommates and stayed together in the same flat at Oshiwara in suburban Mumbai about two years ago. They were also the best of friends, but broke off and are not on talking terms with each other for the last year or so.

According to sources and Dj Dolly’s own admission in her interviews earlier, Manisha Rani cheated her (and several others) and used her and others to climb the ladder of success by using their contacts, getting introduced to top artistes and then bad-mouthing or dumping them.

She made several high-voltage allegations against Manisha Rani and even accused her of cheating people for money.

Now, according to our sources Dj Dolly is all set to enter the Bigg Boss house soon – it is not clear if she will be part of the initial premier show or will go in as a wild card entry – but she is expected to further expose Manisha Rani and a couple of other Bigg Boss contestants as Dolly has several secrets hidden up her sleeves.

Bigg Boss fans must get ready to welcome the crazy, yet funny Dj Dolly who will also enthral audiences with her Hindustani and Bihari rap music as well as other scores.

MUMBAI: Popular Bollywood disc jockey, Dj Dolly Sinha has once again upped the ante against her former “friend and flatmate” and Bigg Boss OTT season 2 contestant Manisha Rani and will address the press and media in a couple of days.

According to Dj Dolly Sinha, “Manisha Rani did not return the clothes, make-up items and other things that she borrowed from her. Not just that, she did not even have the courtesy to say ‘thank-you’ or acknowledge the favor. She is a self-centred, selfish woman who uses everyone for her own work and success. She does not bother to thank people or appreciate what they do for her. She takes everyone for granted,” Dj Dolly said.

There are allegations that Manisha Rani cheated a Bihar-Patna-based businessman of Rs 10 lakh, promising to return the money within a few months, but blocked  his numbers instead on getting the amount.

The same aggrieved businessman had also approached the Mumbai police with a written complaint with a request to register an FIR. According to reports the police are investigating the case and, will take appropriate action in the matter. However, Dj Dolly alleged that there are several cases where money taken on some pretext or the other has not been returned or even accounted for and more than 5-6 individuals have lost varying sums of money or fallen for the sweet talk of Manisha Rani.

As reported earlier, a merchant from Patna had complained to the Mumbai police that Manisha Rani allegedly borrowed Rs 10 lakh as a loan for some work and never returned the money. She later on allegedly blocked his phone number and stopped taking his calls and even denied that she received the money as claimed by the Bihar businessman.

Manisha Rani was not available for comment about these allegations against her by various persons. We will update this post with her inputs when Manisha Rani responds to us with her side of the matter. Meanwhile we have learnt that Manisha Rani may be summoned by the police for recording her statement in this case. Let’s wait and watch…

MUMBAI: Model and actress Prathibha Sonal Singh from Mumbai has come out in support of a Bihari businessman who was allegedly cheated by Bigg Boss OTT season 2 contestant Manisha Rani. The businessman had gone public with his allegations and spoken to a section of the media, alleging that he was cheated of Rs 10 lakh by the Bigg Boss contestant.

As reported earlier, a businessman from Patna had complained to the Mumbai police that Manisha Rani allegedly borrowed Rs 10 lakh as a loan for some work and never returned the money. She later on allegedly blocked his phone number and stopped taking his calls.

Now Pratibha Sonal Singh has come out in support of the aggrieved businessman and alleged that Manisha Rani is a chronic liar who has cheated several others. She said she is ready to speak out publicly in support of the Patna-based merchant and make sure that justice is done.

Who is Pratibha Sonal Singh?

Pratibha Sonal Singh is an upcoming actor who has been signed on by Vrindaavan Films to play the lead role in a South historical Tamil film to be directed by Maneesh Singh. She is also doing a couple of mythological web series for an OTT platform.

The 24-year-old Pratibha who is of mixed descent and presently based in Mumbai has done several modelling assignments, print shoots and social media platform promotions.

She was also seen in a Punjabi rap music video and in other Hindi music videos and songs.

MUMBAI: Presently Assam-based model and actor Ishika Borah today alleged that Bigg Boss OTT season 2 contestant Manisha Rani has several “sugar daddies” and has been keeping her kitchen fires burning by entertaining them “on and off”.

Ishika Borah who is very well entrenched in the modelling circuit in Mumbai for the last several years said, “Manisha was earlier working in a dance bar/restaurant in Kolkata and came in contact with several rich gentlemen. She later on mastered the art of balancing friendships and had cultivated many sugar daddies. These people ‘funded’ her day-to-day expenses and even sponsored her Bigg Boss OTT sojourn,” Ishika alleged.

According to Ishika Borah, Manisha spent more than Rs 15 lakh on her social media promotion during her stay in the Bigg Boss OTT house, hiring more than two social media firms to promote and boost her on various platforms. This exercise for about 2 months cost more than Rs 15 lakh and this amount was funded by Manisha’s sugar daddies.

Manisha was not available for comment on these allegations. We will update this story when Manisha responds to us.

Meanwhile Manisha Rani visited Abhishek Malhan in hospital where he is being treated for dengue.

According to media reports, the two shared hugs and chatted for a bit, as captured in a video shared by Manisha on her Instagram account.

MUMBAI:  According to sources, actor and model Rayya Labib who was seen in the film projects “It’s Over” and “Lakme” may be one of the contestants in the Bigg Boss season 17 show.

While not much information is available and Rayya Labib was not available for comment, sources said that she is one of the confirmed participants.

Who is Rayya Labib?

Rayya Labib hails from Nalbari, Assam where she was born on 11th February 1996. After finishing her schooling, she went to Guhahati for higher education and also came to Mumbai for modelling and acting assignments now and then, but was not permanently based in Mumbai at that time.

Rayya Labib is originally of Turkish-Iranian descent or ancestry, but was born and brought up in Assam in North East India. Her great, great grandparents were from Turkey and Iran, she has claimed.

She completed her schooling and college in Assam with her schooling in Nalbari where she was very active in cultural activities and also did modelling and ramp shows in nearby towns, even occasionally travelling to Mumbai and Delhi for work.

After completing her education, she moved to Mumbai permanently where she is now based, but often travels to Assam to meet her family.

In Mumbai, she started with print shoots and smaller modelling assignments doing various campaigns and even episodic roles in serials like CID, Crime Patrol and the like.

She acted in Sanjay Khandelwal’s venture Lakme and worked with director Maneesh F Singh in the festival film Green Terror, which was partly shot in Pakistan. She has also featured in director Dhiraj Kumar’s film “It’s Over” and is doing a series of mythological web series for an OTT APP.

Hollywood director Lynn Baxter has signed her on for an untitled project on the “City of Joy” in Kolkata. The project is at an initial stage and not much information is available right now according to a news report.

Rayya is 26 years of age and is currently single. Her hobbies include listing to music, watching movies and sports.

MUMBAI: In a new development, a day before the finale of the Bigg Boss OTT, Season 2 reality show, popular contestant Manisha Rani from Bihar has been accused by a Patna-based businessman of allegedly cheating him of Rs Ten lakh, which, according to a written complaint submitted to the Mumbai police was taken as a loan for a business project, which Manisha Rani never repaid and blocked him when he started demanding the money.

We have accessed a copy of the written complaint and the contents of the letter. The well-known Bihari businessman has approached a suburban police station in Mumbai with a written complaint alleging that Manisha Rani allegedly conned him of Rs Ten Lakh, promising to return the principal amount along with a “profit” within 3 months. The money was taken as “investment” in a business project, but neither did the project see the light of day, nor did Manisha Rani return the money, the complainant alleged in his written complaint.

“As soon as she got the money, which was paid in three instalments, she blocked my number and stopped taking my calls,” the businessman has alleged in his complaint, adding that he has all the evidence to prove his case in court.

While we were not able to contact Manisha Rani for her version of the story, as she is ensconced in the Bigg Boss house,  the businessman Santosh Gupta who spoke to this reporter, alleged that the Bigg Boss contestant is a professional con-woman who has cheated several people of their hard-earned money, by promising them hefty profits and lucrative returns and disappearing after getting the money. The police are investigating the matter and will summon Manisha Rani after she is out of the Bigg Boss house. We will update this story after speaking to Manisha Rani for her version of the allegations.

A police official who spoke to this reporter said they have received the written complaint, but cannot comment on it as they are yet to investigate the matter. “We have to verify the complaint and the allegations made therein. We cannot comment on this matter right now. Please contact us or our superiors after few days,” the official said.

On the other hand, the aggrieved businessman is hell-bent of recovering his money and has said he will move the appropriate court if the police do not take action. We are trying to contact Manisha Rani’s family to comment on the matter and this post will be accordingly updated when we have more information.