As per reports on social media, Sana Makbul and Naezy are the Top 2 finalists of Bigg Boss OTT 3 on JioCinema. The BFFs have had different journeys on the show. While actress Sana Makbul was tagged as a 'Naagin' (snake) by rival fandoms, rapper Naezy has been 'lazy' as per a majority of viewers. Sana Makbul has worked in the Telugu film industry and done television shows such as Khatron Ke Khiladi 11 and daily soaps. On Bigg Boss OTT 3, fans have liked Sana Makbul's fashion sense. She is the most well-dressed woman on the reality show.
Naezy, who hails from Kurla in Mumbai, is a rapper whose life was one of the inspirations for Zoya Akhtar's popular movie Gully Boy (2019). After rapper MC Stan, who won Bigg Boss 16 on Colors, Naezy is the second member from India's desi hip-hop scene to be a Bigg Boss contestant.
Sana Makbul’s Journey in Showbiz
Sana Makbul Khan is a model and actress who was born in Mumbai on June 13, 1993. The actress has Malayalam roots, as her mother hails from Kerala. Sana has worked in Indian TV shows as well as Telugu and Tamil movies. In 2021, Sana Makbul was a semi-finalist on Khatron Ke Khiladi 11. Way back in 2009, she did Vish on Colors with Debina Bonnerjee and Vishal Vashishtha. Her debut movie in the Telugu industry, Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya, was a hit. She got her first TV show after being on MTV Scooty Teen Diva.
From 2009 to 2019, Sana Makbul had a good career in TV and films. She has worked for the Red Chillies Entertainment and Disney Channel project Ishaan: Sapno Ko Awaaz De. The other popular fiction shows in her kitty are Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? and Arjun with Shaleen Malhotra.
In 2012, Sana even participated in the Femina Miss India pageant, where she won Miss Beautiful Smile. Sana has a hit film called Rangoon in the Tamil industry with actor Gautham Karthik. It was directed by Rajkumar Periasamy. The actress has also featured in music videos of popular singers like Gajendra Verma, Devi Negi and Stebin Ben. During Khatron Ke Khiladi 11, Vishal Aditya Singh and Sana Makbul became BFFs. The two denied being in a relationship. She is currently rumoured to be dating entrepreneur Srikanth Bureddy.
Anil Kapoor Praises Sana Makbul’s Beauty on 'Bigg Boss OTT 3'
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After Vish in 2019, Sana Makbul was affected by a dog bite. It seems a Beagle dog bit her lips, which resulted in all the skin tearing off from her Cupid's Bow. Sana said on Bigg Boss OTT 3 that she needed 121 stitches to rectify it. She began to cry, and Ranvir Shorey, who made fun of her lips, apologised to her.
In 2021, Sana Makbul was diagnosed with liver disease though she does not consume alcohol. She said on Bigg Boss OTT 3, "I've non- alcoholic Hepatitis- a liver disease. I'm one of those people who have never tasted alcohol in my life but has yet been diagnosed with it. People get to know about their liver disease mostly when they are in the last stage of it. I've been lucky in that case, as I got to know about it pretty early."
Naezy, Second Finalist of ‘Bigg Boss OTT 3’
Like Sana Makbul, Naezy, whose real name is Naved Shaikh, was also born in 1993 in Mumbai. He is an Indian rapper whose claim to fame is the song "Mere Gully Mein" featuring DIVINE, from the movie Gully Boy. His personality inspired Ranveer Singh's Muraad in the film. Way back in 2015, Naezy did a song called "Birju" in the 2015 film Hey Bro. The song featured actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Ajay Devgn and Prabhu Deva, with the film's lead actor being Ganesh Acharya. On social media, he has dissed Pakistani rapper Talha Anjum.
Naezy and Armaan Malik Physical Fight on ‘Bigg Boss OTT 3’
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Naved Shaikh's family hails from Amravati in Maharashtra but he has grown up in Kurla in the Ram Bachan Chawl, a housing complex for the working class. In his teenage years, he had a run-in with the police. Post that, he concentrated on his music career. His song "Aafat!" is supposed to be the first track of the underground rap scene in Mumbai. A documentary on the lives of Naezy and DIVINE, titled Bombay 70, won Best Short Film in MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2014. Naezy was the first rapper on the music platform JioSaavn. He composes songs on social and political issues.
Who will win Bigg Boss OTT 3 - Naezy and Sana Makbul? Find out tonight in the Grand Finale on JioCinema.
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