Munawar Faruqui was one of the most recognisable names in the celebrity line-up in The Traitors Season 2 . After winning Lock Upp season 1 and Bigg Boss Season 17, he was expected to be a strong player in the game of deception, hosted by Karan Johar. However, his shocking eviction in the first circle of shaq left many viewers surprised.
Because he was a strong player, in an exclusive chat with Hindustan Times along with other evicted contestants Harman Singha, Karan Singh Magic, and Soundous Moufakir, Munawar has now opened up about his eviction, and admitted that he was targeted by the other contestants.
The remaining contestants after episode 3 include Aaditya Kulshreshth (Kullu), Abhishek Malhan (Fukraa Insaan), Ansh Chopra, Ikka Singh, Krystle D’Souza, Mallika Sherawat, Parul Gulati, Prish and Ranveer Brar. Because that is part of the game and everyone cannot win, now I am over it,. Even after Munawar was eliminated from the game, the third episode had many contestants discussing why his name was dragged into the middle and it was the traitor’s trick to take him out after all. Parul Gulati, Ranveer Brar and Rhea Chakraborty also slammed the herd mentality that resulted in the eviction of Munawar. Many of them even termed it as a ‘surgical strike’ against Munawar to target him on the very first day. Bura laga (I felt bad), specially for a few people. Only one can take the title and if one group has targeted me then what can I do? I tried my best on the circle of shaq and it was never that I was quiet over there… I defended myself as much as I could. But that did not work in my favour. But I am okay now I am over it (smiles) I am bigger than that. Rhea Chakraborty, Rida Tharana, Sahil Salathia, Shahneel Gill, Shalini Passi, Shweta Tiwari and Tanya Puri are also saved so far. New episodes drop every Thursday on Amazon Prime Video.
Munawar agrees when I bring this up and says, “In the third episode it almost seems like I am still present inbetween them!
