The Battle of BiggBoss : Oviya vs Julie

Vignaesh Ram
Aug 23, 2017 · 3 min read

Past 2 weeks I started getting an impression that any of the future episodes of BiggBoss tamil could be anywhere near the first 40 days. It is not that the standard of the programme has declined. It is still the same and the tasks are even better and more in number. But the 2 main entities are missing. Oviya and Julie. They have created such a void that cannot be filled by anyone. Even Snehan mentioned that not everyone can be Oviya and that it should be in their blood. That’s 100% true. But it is not just the goodness or the attitude of Oviya. It was also the attitude of Julie that made us look at Oviya like a demi-god. Julie was constantly creating tough situations for Oviya, where she excelled hands down with all her goodness. If not for Julie, the Oviya phenom would have just stuck on to our eyes instead of leaving a deep & ever lasting impression in our hearts and brains as it has now.

It is this battle of good vs bad that has made the people take the problems in BiggBoss house personally. It is this battle that had garnered wider attention and acceptance. This battle led to the formation of social armies and navies. Only that the battles were fought without the enemy’s knowledge.

There is no denying the fact that Oviya’s attitude was a learning for all. People fell for her not because of her looks or dance but because she was able to take her stance against everyone around her for the right thing. Even if 10 people were supporting something wrong, she stood by her heart for the righteous one. Not many could do this in our real lives. Fighting alone for the truth. We were seeing a person in all the reality doing things which we found it tough to do practically in our society. We could only see such things happening in mainstream cinema or in mega serials. But it had a stronger impact when it was portrayed in reality. That’s where Oviya stands tall among the rest. She may have many obvious shortcomings. She would not have worked as hard as her other housemates. She might have sat out on some big boss tasks. Still she stands tall and will remain to stand tall because she has made us witness with our naked eyes how a person can still follow her heart, be honest to the core and stand for the good in the present societal constraints.

With all these said, end of the day it all boils down to the tricky scenarios created by Julie. Like the architect in the Inception movie, Julie created a fictional world inside a reality show where Oviya became the hero(ine) of the masses and will continue to be the hero(ine) of the masses.

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