Lockk-Upp heavily inspired by Bigg Boss??

Written By Anil Merani| Imitation is the best form of flattery. This epithet might apply to the new Alt Balaji MX Player reality show Lockk-Upp, which finally streamed last night as per schedule after a legal scare.

The format looks pretty similar to Bigg Boss at least so far, right down from the opening night gala performances, media grillings and yes, first-day nominations. Interestingly, inmates gave BB-like answers to explain their choices, i.e. we have not spoken much.

   

The similarities continue even down to jail mates baggage who have to prioritize a few items before entering. Even the telecast format is identical to the above Viacom 18 property.
The jail set has been done well poles apart from BB


To be fair to Alt, getting inspired is very common in Indian entertainment. One successful format/story always spawns clones, i.e. IGT and Hunarbazz. Even Zee TV had tried to copy KBC years back with Sawal Dus Crore Ka, which had come a cropper.

I never make the cardinal sin of second-guessing the Janta choice, so I will leave it to them to decide what they like or no.

The big difference, of course, is in the host, Kangana Ranuat, no doubt brings her bindass style to the table. Will she not get tired snapping her fingers, though?

We sure hope the tasks which are the ultimate deciders will be different, giving Lockkup a unique signature.

A big thumbs up would be the choice of names like Poonam Pandey, Sara Khan, Karanvir Bohra, whose personalities will surely light a fire.
some of them have been part of BB, so know what to expect from the format

With the backdrop being a jail, the amenities should be less, but BB too would deprive inmates of luxuries( BB15 jungle. There was also a jail.

The security guards remind me of sci-fi movies and not any regular police.
Also, why is the announcer’s voice muffled? We all liked the BB bariton agar copy kar rahe ho, to go the whole hog na

It was fun to see most inmates giving gyan to the first two contestants (Shivam Sharma and Siddharth Sharma) who had a nasty showdown to pipe down. Have we not seen similar stories in BB as well?

I am waiting for full-on political battles between Swami Chakrapani (if he last ), Payal Rohatgi – and Munawar Faruqi on the other side but will Alt risk an ideological meltdown?

Many guys will tune in just waiting to see Poonam Pandey’s bold avatar; I hope she also dwells more on the differences between adult(porn) and erotica.

All in all, good fun; let’s hope the show rocks
rating 3/5