Srinagar, Sep 14: Salman Khan showered full praise on Kashmiri contestant Qazi Tauqeer, during the latest episode of Bigg Boss 20, saying, “There’s only one rockstar amongst you all. Qazi Touqeer, the entire week you played quite well.”
Although, this season, Big Boss 20, receives mixed reaction- mostly criticism- ove an underwhelming cast, however Fame Gurukul 2005 winner, Qazi Touqeer has emerged as one of the show’s most talked-about contestants, earning overwhelming praise from host Salman Khan during the season’s first Weekend Ka Vaar.
“Let me tell you guys, no matter how many stars exist in this house, there’s only one rockstar amongst you all. Qazi Touqeer, the entire week you played quite well.” Salman Khan said on Tauqeer’s performance.
Putting the spotlight on Qazi, Salman later asked Qazi, “Tell me one thing: you got everything in life so soon; you became a rockstar, did a show with Arijit Singh, you won the show. Arijit is doing so well right now. You got this platform now, but what did you do in the last 20 years?” Qazi replied, “I did a lot of live shows.”
Further, Salman further said Qazi Tauqeer that people initially wondered how he sang and now “they cannot stop praising you now”.
The bollywood superstar said people appreciate Tauqeer’s humor and performance.
Furthermore, comparing Qazi’s struggle with Hollywood actor John Travolta and bollwood actor Bobby Deol, Salman Khan said that even the biggest stars today, went through a bad phase, but they never gave up. “Everyone faces ups and downs, and during the downtime, you have to work 10 times harder,” he said, adiing that “Sometimes in life, you get a few things very quickly, and you lose them also quickly.”
“A good thing about the bad times is that it ends, and when you take good times for granted, as I do sometimes, it also ends. I know that during the bad times, keep working hard, as Qazi Touqeer did. He achieved so much, then he lost it, but he didn’t stop working. Through all your struggles and challenges, the biggest effort was to stay mentally strong, which a lot of people can’t do. So people should learn this from you,” the host added.
Bigg Boss 20 contestant Qazi Touqeer is a singer who rose to fame after participating in the singing reality show Fame Gurukul in 2005. He went on to win the show, reportedly receiving the highest number of votes recorded for a singing reality show at the time. It was during Fame Gurukul that Qazi met Arijit Singh and the two went on to become close friends.
