One of the key highlights of the first season of the ongoing reality show Bigg Boss Marathi is Resham Tipnis and Rajesh Shringarpure's romance. While Resham is a divorcee, Rajesh is very much married. Naturally, their love saga gave the show the much-needed masala and a kickstart like no other. While most Marathi households found this romance disgusting and unacceptable--and Rajesh was kicked out of the show, early on--it goes without saying that it's this affair that gave the show a TRP boost like no other. But was this love affair staged? We asked a very vocal and recently eliminated contestant.

"Rajesh and Resham bonded big time inside the Bigg Boss House. It was Rajesh who invoked the romantic in Resham, not the other way round. Resham might have been high handed and would love to throw her weight around as a senior actor, but she was not that shallow to give a married man much encouragement. It was Rajesh who did it masterfully and then things, as well know, went out of control," revealed the Ex BBM contestant who witnessed Rajesh and Resham's love story unfold inside the glass walled house.

So was it all natural? Or was it staged to stay ahead in TRP race? "One could see their chemistry, that's for sure. But Bigg Boss too, in my opinion, leveraged that spark. Some situations were created by the means of which Rajesh and Resham were either clubbed together or were separated from each other after coming close. This coming close and then separating drama only made the matter worse for the two! But guess what! This worked in the show's favour!" added the individual with the condition of anonymity. Exclusive! Megha Dhade to Win Bigg Boss Marathi? Host Mahesh Manjrekar and BB Are Not Happy About It, Reveals Eliminated Contestant!

"Resham and Rajesh made the biggest mistake by exaggerating their love story which did not go down well with most Maharashtrian households. There was nothing subtle about it. At times they just wanted to act it out to show the other contestant that they are a team. Bigg Boss too did the big mistake by keeping Rajesh in Agyaatwaas. He felt lonely there and would think about only Resham as his support system. Naturally, when the two were united after Rajesh's agyaatwas got over, the episode kind of reignited the old flames," revealed the source!

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