Kangana Ranaut had called Lock Upp “the biggest reality show” and its participants “India’s most controversial celebrities.” The show marked Kangana's digital debut.
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Lock Upp Grand Finale Live News Updates: Kangana Ranaut’s hosted show Lock Upp has concluded its debut season. The show witnessed its grand finale on Saturday during which Munawar Faruqui emerged as the winner, while Payal Rohatgi was the first runner-up. Anjali Arora was the second runner-up. Kangana expressed how Anjali’s journey was not really impressive in comparison to Munawar and Payal.
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The show, produced by Ekta Kapoor, pitted 20 contestants against each other in a jail-like setting. It was conceived as a streaming alternative to the popular Bigg Boss, although Ekta had immediately offered differentiating factors between the two shows. In an interview with The Quint, she’d said that she wanted to de-clutter the reality show space, and who better to host than Kangana, a person who has de-cluttered Bollywood.
Over the course of the past few weeks, several contestants have been evicted from the show for a variety of reasons. These include Saisha Shinde, Poonam Pandey, Kaaranvir Bohra, Ali Merchant, Zeeshan Khan, Mandana Karimi, Nisha Rawal, Sara Khan, Vinit Kakar, Babita Phogat, Swami Chakrapani, Tehseen Poonawalla, Siddhartha Sharma and Chetan Hansraj. The prize money is said to be anywhere between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 25 lakh. The finale will stream on ALTBalaji and MXPlayer. Read less
Kangana Ranaut had called Lock Upp “the biggest reality show” and its participants “India’s most controversial celebrities.” The show marked Kangana's digital debut.
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Munawar Faruqui has become the winner of Lock Upp. Payal Rohatgi finished as the first runner-up of the Kangana Ranaut hosted show.
Kangana Ranaut eliminated Anjali Arora from the winner's race. It is now Payal Rohatgi vs Munawar Faruqui.
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Apart from Rs 20 lakhs and the winner's trophy, the winner of Lock Upp will also win a car and an all-sponsored trip to Italy.
Karan Kundrra evicted Shivam Sharma and Azma Fallah from the finale race. He announced that Payal Rohatgi has become the third contestant in top 3.
Karan Kundrra says Tejasswi Prakash is a good kisser. He also revealed he loves to indulge in PDA with her.
Tejasswi Prakash shared a clip that featured Karan Kundrra’s journey as jailor on Lock Upp. Kangana heaped praise on Karan for handling tough situations.
Kangana Ranaut asks Tejasswi Prakash and Karan Kundrra to share the complaints they have with each other. Tejasswi says Karan is "obsessed" with his phone and he loves it more than her, which she hates about him. In response, Karan tells he is always on the phone because he is always admiring Tejasswi.
Lock Upp's jailor Karan Kundrra sets the stage on fire with Tejasswi Prakash. Tejasswi made a guest appearance on Lock Upp as a warden.
Ex-contestants voted Anjali Arora as the deserving contestant to enter top 3.
Munawar Faruqui has entered top 3 of Lock Upp grand finale. Kangana Ranaut revealed he received over 18 lakh votes.
Kangana Ranaut revealed that Prince Narula was never a contestant on Lock Upp. She said the contestant, who entered as the trouble maker of the show, had signed a deal with ALTBalaji prior to entering the show. Kangana said he has signed a contract with ALTBalaji and will soon be seen on a big show on the platform.
Kangana Ranaut called Divya Dutta a "masterclass" of acting. She said the national award winner is "fantastic" in Dhaakad.
Dhaakad director Razneesh Ghai says Kangana Ranaut has outdone herself in the film. "She is on fire," the director said.
Dhaakad director Razneesh Ghai previewed a new trailer of the Kangana Ranaut starrer, which gives a deep insight of the blood-filled action-thriller.
Kangana Ranaut welcomed Dhaakad director Razneesh Ghai, Divya Dutta and Saswata Chatterjee on Lock Upp stage.
Kangana Ranaut promoted Dhaakad on Lock Upp's grand finale. She performed on the film's first track - 'She's on Fire.'
Munawar Faruqui took over the stage to showcase his talent. He performed stand-up comedy and trolled his co-contestants.
Karan Kundrra played a jailor in Kangana Ranaut's Lock Upp. He said his journey was "a roller coaster ride with its high and lows." He said during his stint as jailor he had to take tough decisions and was even summoned at night. Praising the contestants, he said that Lock Upp had the best contestants. "I have always have had a close connect with my contestants, and that happened this time too," he said.
Munawar Faruqui, Anjali Sharma and Saisha Shinde have had an interesting journey on Lock Upp. The three revisited their bond in their finale performance.
Kangana Ranaut said while there will be only one winner, Lock Upp became a successful show because of every contestant's contribution.
Sangram Singh said Munawar Faruqui and Payal Rohatgi played really well in their Lock Upp journey. Sangram said Munawar's game was driven by mind games.
Munawar Faruqui's sister said Payal Rohatgi's journey has been amazing. She said Payal played the best way she could, much like her brother.
Kangana Ranaut unveiled Lock Upp's trophy, which will be handed over to the winner by the end of the show.
Poonam Pandey said she is proud of how she performed on the show. Kangana expressed how she was vouching that Poonam will become the winner of the show. Saisha Shinde expressed how she feels the top 6 contestants are very deserving to be the finalists of the show.
Prince Narula, Munawar Faruqui and Shivam Sharma took over the finale stage to perform on 'Kukkad Kamaal Da' song, while Payal Rohatgi, Anjali Arora and Azma Fallah performed on 'Nadiyo Paar.'
Kangana Ranaut said the audience, ex-contestants and the actor herself will take the decision of who will win Lock Upp season 1.
Kangana Ranaut kickstarted Lock Upp's finale. The actor spoke about how people were wondering why she has become a part of this reality show. She celebrated Lock Upp's success and its record breaking views.
Tejasswi Prakash, who emerged as the winner of Bigg Boss 15, said had she participated, she would have won the show. She told indianexpress.com, "Yes, I would have won." Talking about Karan's stint as jailor on the Kangana Ranaut's hosted show, Tejasswi said, "Karan was loved by everyone."
Tejasswi Prakash called Lock Upp "a very challenging show." The actor, who graced Lock Upp's Friday episode as warden, said Karan Kundrra's presence on the show as jailor helped her a lot. "I had a small stint as a warden and Karan's presence really helped me a lot. I really enjoyed my time and would like hosting some day. I really enjoyed it and the episode also turned out quite well. It also made me recall my memories of Bigg Boss 15," she told indianexpress.com.
Lock Upp's finale will stream on MXPlayer and ALTBalaji from 10:30 pm onwards.
Payal Rohatgi, Munawar Faruqui, Payal Rohatgi, Anjali Arora and Azma Fallah are fighting for the winner's title in Lock Upp season 1. One of the five will be announced as the winner of the show by the end of Saturday. Apart from the trophy, the winner will receive Rs 20 lakhs as the prize money and a car.
Dhaakad starcast graced Lock Upp finale. Kangana Ranaut, along with Divya Dutta, will be seen performing 'She's on Fire' song with the Lock Upp contestants.
Ekta Kapoor praised the Lock Upp’s team for making it a successful show.
Kangana Ranaut's Dhaakad co-star Divya Dutta will attend Lock Upp's grand finale.
Munawar Faruqui and Payal Rohatgi will be seen performing on the finale of Lock Upp.
Ex-Lock Upp contestant Kaaranvir Bohra told indianexpress.com that while Payal Rohatgi and Munawar Faruqui have strong chances to lift the winner's trophy, Shivam Sharma and Azma Fallah also have a good chance of winning the show. "I would love to see Shivam or Azma win," he said, adding, "I think it’s going to be between Payal and Munawar. But there are chances Shivam could also win the show. But Lock Upp is so unpredictable, anything can happen."
Kangana Ranaut is set to host the finale of her first OTT and reality show, Lock Upp.
Kaaranvir Bohra and his wife Teejay Sidhu shared their top three contestants of Lock Upp. Kaaranvir rooted for Payal Rohatgi, Munawar Faruqui and Shivam Sharma. Teejay, on the other hand, said Azma Fallah also has an equal chance to win the show.
Karan Kundrra is geared up for Lock Upp's grand finale.
Payal Rohatgi's long-time boyfriend Sangram Singh is rooting for the Lock Upp finalist. Sharing Payal's photos on Twitter, he wrote, "Proud of your journey in show. God decision will be best. Hope you will win show. God bless you & all."
Saisha Shinde, who was evicted on Friday, joined the Lock Upp finale to root for her friends.
Tejasswi Prakash graced Lock Upp's episode on Friday. During the episode, Karan Kundrra recalled how he had asked Raqesh Bapat to give him the evileye locket gifted by Ekta Kapoor as Tejasswi wanted it. The two recreated the cute moment on Kangana Ranaut's show. Karan, who called himself possessive, said the moment was like redoing vows.
Shivam Sharma, who was one of the first contestants to secure a place in the finale, will be seen performing with ex-contestant Sara Khan on Lock Upp's grand finale.
Payal Rohatgi, who is one of the finalists of Lock Upp, will be seen performing on 'Desi Girl' during the show's finale.
Kangana Ranaut will announce Lock Upp's winner on Saturday. But as per a poll conducted by indianexpress.com, it looks like Munawar Faruqui is going to win.
As per the poll, Munawar has received 84.6 per cent of the votes. Payal Rohatgi is behind Munawar with 7.67 per cent of the votes. Anjali has received 4.49 per cent of the votes and Prince, a former Bigg Boss winner, got only 1.62 per cent of the votes. READ MORE HERE
The grand finale of Lock Upp will see performances of the contestants. Poonam Pandey, Anjali Arora, Saisha Shinde and Payal Rohatgi will let their hair down on the Lock Upp's finale stage.
Siddharth Sharma says that it is difficult to predict, but he hopes that Munawar wins.
Mandana Karimi says, "For me, someone like Munawar is a real winner in life, because after he's gone through so much in life, he has so much grace. Payal played a very strong game, but one thing I don't appreciate is that she is very bitter and aggressive---that quality won't let her be the winner."
Vinit Kakar says it will get 'too predictable' if Munawar Faruqui wins.
Ali Merchant says he wants Munawar to win Lock Upp
Talking about his fiancee's stint in Lock Upp, Sangram Singh exclusively told indianexpress.com, "Payal's journey in show has been pure, honest and ethical. She is also the same in real life. Payal is really BADASS. Apart from the few inmates, everyone likes her on the show. According to show and her positive aura, all over India should now vote her as the winner."
The former wrestler added, "Payal is now an inspiration for youth, especially girls. They can fight and achieve their goals what may come."
Chetan Hansraj tells Indian Express that he believes that the last three will be Munawar Faruqui, Payal Rohatgi and Shivam Sharma. "I feel in the end, Munawar will win," he says.
Finalists of Lock Upp are all set for the finale.