Bigg Boss 7: I regret not living up to Salman bhai's expectations, says Rajat Rawail

While most Bigg Boss contestants enter the house for the long haul, Rajat Rawail is happy to be out in the second week itself. No, he had no issues with his  co-contestants, but his health started playing up. He was having a tough time battling problems of acidity and depression. “Yes, I was worried I will have a nervous breakdown,” avers Rajat.

When the actor entered the house he had a joie de vivre about him. He talked nineteen to the dozen with the host Salman Khan, not giving a chance to his fellow contestant Kushal Tandon get a word in edgeways.

Two weeks into the house, the scene changed totally.  Says Rajat, “The first week was great though I did have issues with the quantity of food, especially because the tasks were difficult. Also, a Pratyusha Bannerjee and Rajat will not be consuming the same quantity, right? I told Bigg Boss about it and  the rations did increase but by then I was suffering from acidity, and couldn’t hold anything in the stomach.”

It all started when Rajat expressed his wish to see his daughter. Hardly three days away from his family and Rajat started missing his eight-year-old daughter, so when he was given an opportunity to wish for something, he promptly said he wanted to meet his daughter. “Since then I started feeling low. Salmanbhai tried to cheer me up but I just couldn’t slip out of it,” says Rajat whose biggest regret is he couldn’t live up to “bhai’s expectations”.

The show, has been a kind of reality check for him. “I know I need to diet and make my body fit,” he says. As for his inmates in the house he feels Andy and Gauhuar Khan are trying to gain  mileage by using other contestants.

“They are losing their normalcy and playing to get ratings,” he observes. He sees Tanisha, Armaan Kohli and Sangram Singh fighting it out till the end. “I also give Elli (Avram) a long shot,” he adds. Ask him, given a chance would he come back as a wild card entrant and he quips, “Only if I am fit.”