Highest Paid TV Star? Bigg Boss, Roadies & Marriage Debate | Karan Kundrra Podcast!

You have studied in USA. You have studied business.

Yes, a little.

But you have good chemistry with the actresses.

Yes, correct.

How is this possible?

This is a God gift.

You are considered the highest paid actor in the TV industry. So, tell us how much zeroes you have spent on a show?

I think my biggest paycheck was for the show. They were like, we need Karan. I was so angry and then they...

How angry?

I was so angry.

How angry?

There's not as many people in the Taliban as the amount of money I got from my brother.

He'll get us killed.

Why are you posing as Raj Kundra instead of Karan Kundra? Tell me, what's the point of studying in the US if you don't know the Mubaraka script?

I've heard that you've broken Prateek's head.

No, no, no.

I haven't seen that episode but I heard the voice.

I've also heard your voice.

You're the first one whose boss lost and still got the trophy. So how does it feel after seeing the trophy? That the trophy is mine and so is Tejasvi.

I have made a scheme.

Big Boss people have a strong scheme.

When are you getting married? I think it should be done before Elvish. Who do you enjoy with the most in Laughter Chef?

Elvish Yadav or Tejasvi Prakash?

Elvish Yadav or Supercar? Elvish Yadav.

If you have to dedicate a song to your relationship, which song would it be? Mistake by mistake. How many mistakes? Emotional torture. I have seen it happen.

If you have to stay with one of them for six months, who will you stay with? Kirtika Kamra.

Anusha Dhandekar.

Big Elvish.

Hello everyone. Welcome to Fordcast with Elvish Yadav Season 2 Bhaichara on Talk. Our guest today is a TV industry star. He has done so many shows and done so much work that if you write his name on the Great Wall of China, even that will be three times smaller. Big actors touch his feet by seeing his acting. Please welcome Karan Kundra. Welcome Karan Kundra bhai.

Applause! How are you?

I'm good. How are you?

How was the introduction?

I feel like I'm in Great Wall of China.

I just saw that Split's new season has come. Congratulations for that.

To us!

To us! Congratulations! And both of you are amazing. We have won Laughter Chefs Season 2. And today we are going to destroy them. Who all are we going to destroy today? Today we are going to destroy everyone.

Let's go. Sit down. So let's complete our podcast ritual. In every podcast I ask where did your journey start? This is the most difficult question. Where did you start?

First of all, I am telling you that this is literally my first podcast in my life. I've never sat on any podcast before. And I did one with my friend. And his... His condition was bad.

What happened?

What do you call it?

Not that.

His condition was bad. So I came on the podcast for the first time. And my journey started from Facebook. Okay. In the end of 2008, I was just messing around. I reached one of the ladies' Facebook page. And she saw me and said that I'm looking for a particular look.

I said I don't know any acting. I'm from Punjab. I'm in construction. So she said, come. I'll take care of the rest. That's how the game started. I was on shoot on the third day. Later I realised how difficult the struggle is. You have to give auditions, people have to queue up.

I didn't see all that. Do you consider yourself lucky that the world is in a hurry for auditions...

...and you're like this?

Yes, 100%. It was written. People may or may not believe it but I say destiny. It was written here. It had to change. Because I was running my call center.

I had to take over my dad's business. I am the only son. I had to take over construction. I had almost finished it. That this is done. Shopping complex is ready.

So, such a drastic change. Overnight, everything changed. It was written, this was to happen. And it's not like I had ever thought or dreamed that I would become an actor. It's not like that. Everything changed overnight. You have studied in USA.

Majorly.

You have studied business.

Yes, a little. But your chemistry is good.

With the actresses. Yes, correct. How is this? This is a God gift. Just like I was watching your music video and you picked it up. This chemistry automatically goes high.

Slowly. Right?

Tell me one show of your career that gave you everything. It changed your luck. You got fame, everything.

It all happened slowly. I never got a launch that made me feel like he made me. It's always been slow and steady. But I think the turning point in my career was Bigg Boss. Because before Bigg Boss, there was a different audience and fan following.

I used to watch you before Bigg Boss.

When you used to come on V Channel Before Bigg Boss, I used to watch you. Yes.

When you used to come on V Channel, Correct.

Bigg Boss was not there.

No, no, no.

Bigg Boss was done in 2021, right? At the end. So how did it change? I am telling you, the changeover that came, Because what used to happen earlier, Earlier people used to watch, He has loved a lot, he does love school, he does roadies. So that was the view that he is a host or an actor.

After that people were attached to my characters and then they were attached to me.

After Bigg Boss.

In Bigg Boss they see your vulnerable side.

Bigg Boss gave me everything.

Yes.

You are considered the highest paid actor in the TV industry. So tell me how many zeros are you have spent on a show. I have got this much amount. Don't tell me the name of a particular show. No, I'll tell you. I think my biggest paycheck was from Bigg Boss.

We had made history there. Being at the right place at the right time. We were talking for 4-5 years. And at that time, Covid was over. And this season of OTT was 2 seasons before yours.

Which season was yours?

15. 15? So, they were like, we need Karan. So, I said, I am a bit angry. Don't take me. So, in the end, I think I little angry person. So don't take me with you. So in the end, I think

I tore my face and then he

tore his face.

He tore a good face.

Viewers are standing and watching

what happened. The main people who I won't name, they told me with their glasses down I think, I don't remember, he said that whatever you asked for No one has asked for this much in history

So you don't want to go to Salman bhai? No, not that much, no, no, no, according to my status Are you watching Salman bhai? No, no, no, no, his brother is on a different level Because around that time, because I was also behind camera Because we were behind camera.

We had done a lot of things as co-producers. So I knew how much to talk. So I talked a lot.

Heavy.

Bro, are you listening to the income tax people? No, I have paid.

I have to keep my commission ready. I have brought a man.

No.

A lot of money.

Yes, I have paid. I have done everything big man with me. I have brought a lot of money. I have paid it. I have paid it. I have done everything quietly.

80 years.

Brother, there is not as much population of Taliban as the payment of my brother is zero.

He will get us killed.

I am thinking that we are less. Tell me a show where I will also get angry.

The amount of loot you have kept at this time is interesting. Yesterday you did one show. Day before yesterday you did one show. You did Splitsvilla with me. You have a laugh track. Which show is coming next? After that you have a show on Amazon. The combined amount of us is the same.

No, touch wood.

You have done Splitsvilla and Roadies. What is thrilling? Which one is good? Which one is fun?

Choose one.

The worlds are different. Correct. There are different worlds. Daily soap has a different world. It's a different zone. Films have a different zone. Temptation Island is a different show. But I liked the last roadies in 2017 or 2018.

At that time, I, Ran, Vijender... We genuinely went from Ud from here to Bhutan. From Ayodhya to Bhutan.

By riding it yourself?

By riding it. And it was so much fun. I met Ran in Dubai. We were talking about how much fun we had. We used to go together after the shoot. You know, we used to explore the area.

Eat and drink.

Yes. I was riding my bike and he took me. Zoom, zoom, zoom. I thought he's a rider. And he was riding in front of everyone. And he said Neha will sit behind me. I know how to ride a bike. I thought he will make me fall. He was bothering me from behind. He was like listen, ride properly.

So I was like, yeah, yeah.

You look ahead.

Neha is also fun. We had a lot of ahead. Neha is also fun. We had fun with her. When the shoot ends, Ran and I used to go on a journey.

How is Sunny Leone?

She is a good girl. I know your expression.

I have a serious question.

She said you are cute. Did you go on a date or not?

No.

I've been a fan of his since childhood.

Since childhood? I mean, yes. That's why you're still a kid.

I'm still a kid. Everyone has a big journey.

I have a serious question for you.

Okay.

On one hand, Sunny Leone is a very nice person.

Yes.

But, I have a question. On one hand, Sunny Leone is a very good person. But wherever he comes from, whatever background he comes from, do you think that no matter what profession it is, a person matters? A person matters 100%. A person matters.

Right?

A person matters. And how many… I have been working for 17 years. I have seen people who have made a name and status, who have earned money, but they are not two-bit people. I have such people who are my 17-year-old friends, who may not have grown up to that level in life, but I know that if something goes wrong, I know what to say to someone

that this person will stand by me. And I say that only your nature works, that matters, that makes your legacy. You know, there are people, you have made companies worth 8000-8000 crores. But...

This is a big name, a big man.

But he is saying, what people say about you from behind, it doesn't matter.

Bro, I had a POV about Neha Dupia, that when her song came out, It's her choice. It's her choice. So my POV changed, I thought, this is different. And when I met him at Roadies,

Yes. When you meet someone, I thought...

No. I knew he was a bad person. That he is bad. I knew he was bad. I knew his perception was bad. I knew he was bad. I knew his perception was bad. But yes, your intuition your perception says something else

your intuition says something else

and reality is something else. How do you feel about Neha ji's feminist form? What is your POV?

There are two types of feminists. I am not talking about Neha ji. One is genuine feminist. And the other is pseudo-feminist. The biggest problem of our country is these pseudo-feminists and fake liberals. This is the biggest problem of our country

because they are aping west. They don't have their own... Our own history...

He's the one who's openly speaking. He's the one who's openly speaking.

People don't speak like that.

Sometimes I say in such situations that a woman's biggest enemy is a woman. And a feminist's biggest enemy is a pse is a woman. Okay? And the biggest enemy of a feminist is a pseudo-feminist. And the biggest enemy of a liberal is a pseudo-liberal. They are copying what is happening in the West. And the West has become hollow from within.

They have finished. And if you look at the gap of a generation, In that, India has a history of 6000 years. In that, China has a history of 6000 years, China's history of 6000 years, and in that, the US came and left like this. What is this? Their history is 200-300 years. And they are at the brink of complete cultural loss.

It's our history, we have our own ways, our own customs, our own ways of doing everything. According to that, I am a feminist. According to that, I am a feminist and a liberal according to that. But I am not the liberal guy you see around.

Pakistan's history is good. 50 years of history. Their kids pass in all the history.

I was watching their podcast and they said that their book starts from here. We were not told who they are. They are going through an identification crisis. They sometimes become Arab, sometimes Turkish. They have never become Indian. They were like that before. They are still the same.

What are you eating? Are you eating potatoes, cauliflower and roti? Or have you started eating meat? Are you wearing a kur cauliflower and roti? Or have you started eating hamas? Are you wearing kurta and pyjamas? Your language is Urdu, right? Which has come from UP.

So your history, your identity is Indian. Their Deobandh is also from Sarangpur, UP. Absolutely. See, the Afghans are recognizing that. They are coming. They know him.

If you don't know your history, you don't know anything. You should know where our forefathers came from, where we came from, what our history is, what our culture is, what we have gone through. You should know. Bro, we have a new segment called Comment Baji.

Okay.

There are photos and videos of you Okay. There are comments under your photos and videos. We highlight the strongest comment and ask for your reply. Done. Done. Done. We show you the comment and you reply to it.

Okay.

I'm going to show you the first photo. I'll read the comment below and show you the photo. What kind of photo is this? It's a very old photo. It show you a photo. And I'll read the comment below. I'll show you the photo. What kind of photo is this?

It's a very old photo.

It's a bad photo.

This is... Arjun clicked this. Arjun clicked this? We were shooting in the mountains. So, the comment is... Why are you posing like Raj Kundra instead of Karan Kundra?

The second one was who pulled the string? Let's take Arjun's name. Yeah, Arjun is Arjun's work. This is from that time. We were shooting somewhere in the cold. I was sleeping and he entered my room. He took my phone and said,

I didn't wake up.

People are getting exposed at this time. This is a long time ago.

We have been exposed a long time ago.

This is the second photo. This is a strong photo. Look at this photo.

Yes.

There must be something funny in this too. Tell me, what's the point of studying in the US when you haven't read Mubaraka's script? Whoever wrote this, you are my friend. It's absolutely true. You are my friend. You have written the truth. And I want people who speak the truth.

Secondly, this is not a book. This is Tejasvi's monthly makeup bill. Makeup bill. That's why Tejasvi opened her salon.

I messaged her. I opened my skin clinic. I told her to follow me. I opened my skin clinic. She said, come to my salon first.

She is very chatty.

I said, I'll come. She said, first come to my salon.

I said, yes, I'll come.

I got a call today. I asked, where is it? I said, Elvish, where am I? She said, no, tell her to come here first. I said, I'll take you there an hour and a half and then I'll come and shoot a podcast. I said, okay.

How's the salon going? If you're in Delhi, go to Tejasvi's salon. Sam Salon Juhu. Sam Salon Juhu. Chandigarh Mohali. Is it there too? Yes, I followed you. Dharma Edge. Sector 7 Chandigarh.

Next photo is this.

Oh, this is also very nice.

This is an expensive photo. Who is this on?

Karan Kundrakam looks like Rani Zada from Udaipur. This is an expensive photo. It's expensive. It's on this, bro. Comment. He'll get us killed.

Karan Kundra looks more like the queen of Udaipur. Show me.

The queen of Udaipur.

The queen of Udaipur has such a beard and moustache. I don't want to comment on this. Don't focus on this. Bro, stop looking at men's necks.

There's no cleavage here. Bro, whoever thinks she's a queen, go to the salon, Sam Salon. Yes, get it fixed.

She made me a queen with such a beard and moustache.

Bro, the next picture is this.

I know what comments have come on this. These people are such scoundrels.

The comment on this is, why are you wearing Jimmy Choo and doing Jimmy Poo?

This was good. Jimmy Choo first. This is Versace. Versace and Jimmy Pooh. Very creative. Very creative people.

One more comment. In western dress,

Indian style, talent is lacking.

He is our guy.

Next photo is going to be a similar photo in the next video.

Be careful.

Be careful. Bro, it's nothing. I am just signing on the fan's t-shirt.

How is he fumbling after this photo? No, it looks weird in the first instance. This video is going on Sam Salomon's TV. Yes. There is a comment on this. It's fine behind the back of a girl.

But what's going on behind Tejasvi's back? He was giving an autograph. This is from the time of Rohdees.

Oh, this is from Rohdees. Bro, next. This is your photo.

What is this? This is your picture.

How do I look in this? Penguin. Be careful, don't put a brinjal in the pan in Laughter Chef. Yes. When is this photo from? This is from Laughter Chef.

You have recovered again.

It depends on how many parties we have at night.

This is my condition.

Same.

It's below.

This is from 2018. I think it's from 2018 or Yeah. This is from 2018. I think. 2018 or 2017.

It's from Rhodes. There's a comment on this. Do Rhodes and Splitsvilla separately. Don't do the romance in Rhodes with Splitsvilla. What's happening down there?

I can't romance. Look. It's looking like this. Looking at it from that perspective, it looks like he's going to kiss me.

What was the story?

I don't remember the story. It was something weird.

We've seen this too. So did you talk to him? Is everything normal?

You know what happens? You've done Roadies. When we... The time we shoot there is 5 minutes in the edit. So they think that we're got angry for no reason. They don't get angry for no reason. No one gets angry for no reason. I was like that too.

Delhi shoots are 24 hours long. Correct? And it's 2 days. 48 hours, literally 48 hours. Out of the 40 hours of shooting, one hour's episode is made. So, how much is edited?

So, when it gets stuck on a brink, then they put the other one on edit. I didn't watch that episode but I heard the sound. I saw your voice too. When you hid the camera. You did wrong with me. I told you to hide the camera and you did wrong with me.

Your voice was louder.

There's another comment on this. I was standing outside and I thought there were claps.

Later I found out that the contestant was playing. Where was he standing? Bro, that was a great comment. But this tells us that you are angry at some point.

Anger?

Bro, be it Roadies or Bigg Boss, people have seen your anger in Bigg Boss too. In Bigg Boss, they used to say, give the mic to all the contestants. Leave Karan, he's making noise inside.

He's making noise inside.

We've heard that you've broken Prateek's head.

No, no.

I think initially... Prateek is a very nice guy. He came here too. He's a nice guy. He's a very good guy. He came here too. He is a very sweet guy. The best part about him is that he is very aspirational. He wants to do very well in life.

You have to respect him. He works hard. He was in a love school earlier. He came to Rhodes and didn't get selected. He got selected in a love school. He came to do a behind the scenes in his next season.

I met him there. So I think there was a relationship between me and Prateek. But people around him were very much trying to instigate him. I am saying this on the face. That he was instigated to not let him get into trouble. I am not that kind of a person. I came here today and I used to say that we are all equal here.

There is no big star here. I am not that kind of a person. I am not that kind of a person. I used to say that we are all equal here. There is no big star or small star here. This is a big boss house. The one who plays well here will become a star in the future.

So I think the people around him They gave him a lot of respect. And slowly, I started feeling that this guy is going to the negative zone. And then after a point, I also start feeling bad. So that was the situation.

By the way, I remember the last day of Big Boss. I think only 4 people were left. Me, Teju, Prateek... and one more person. I don't remember at this time. And then the whole house... you know how in the last film,

we are going to the stage one by one. So, Prateek and I had a long talk that day. And that's where it all sorted out. Because he also realized by the end of it... that you have been with a guy for 4 months, he'll know what a guy is. You've sorted it out.

Sort? I mean...

No, no.

Yes, there's nothing like that. It's not an enmity. It's spur of the moment, heat of the moment. I mean, I have it. Okay? It comes out.

People were saying that you made him so happy that Aamir Khan got happy. They were saying that his surname is Fogat now.

I will take him in Dangal 2.

Oh man, I remember the task. The task that was happening. So, what happens is... Like we produce. We don't let anything unfair happen. Correct?

If something is unfair, we stop it. That this is wrong, don't do this. If you go into Bigg Boss, anything go unfair. If something is unfair, we stop it. We don't say, this is wrong. If you go to Big Boss, anything is fair. Because there is no host to speak. Like, you know,

this is the rule, we have to follow it. So my thinking was, whatever has to be done, the way it's said, we have to do it. In Big Boss, you cheat in a task, or do something in a different way... That is also allowed. I understood that later.

So I was doing the task in a very... You know, in that way. But I later realised that...

You know...

You can slap or snatch. That's when I got this reaction. And I think... I didn't even realise when I picked up the... Dangal 2.

I'll send the same he... Dangal 2.

I'll send the same clip for Dangal 2 casting. But he's a good boy. That way. You said in a joke that you played Splitsvilla in Bigg Boss. Because you made such a good bond with Tejaswi.

From there till now there's a hashtag Tejran. Where did it start? Touchwood, we live together in Laughter Chefs. Where did it start?

It started in Bigg Boss. I met him once or twice. I think I met him for the first time at a talk show. I thought he was sweet. But when I started observing her properly... ...she was in Bigg Boss.

And I used to enjoy watching her. She was doing something different. She was doing something different. So, I used to... First it was amusing for me. Then it became...

...that she was having fun. Then it became... You know, it's fun. Then I said, I want this girl. So, it started there. And we didn't put this Tejran hashtag. When Rakesh Bapat came in, he told me

that this hashtag is going on. I was like, what is this? You are the first one who lost Big Boss and still got the trophy.

Yes. So, how does it feel to see the hashtag? You are the first one whose trophy came to your house even after losing Bigg Boss. Yes.

So how do you feel after seeing the trophy?

That the trophy is mine and so is Tejas.

I have put a scheme.

You have put a strong scheme.

You took the most money.

I wanted money.

You took the most money.

The trophy is at home. The girl is at home.

Everything is done.

What else? When I signed Big Boss, I swore to you that I thought I would be done with the game in a month or so. Okay. I...

Like we cut the GST, the service tax cheque or the salary cheque. I genuinely cut it for 6 weeks. I thought I would be back in 4 months.

That's all I would do. I didn't know I would be there for 4 months. Because I wasn't in the mood. I didn't know anyone inside. I thought I have a mood. I didn't know anyone inside. I was bored.

And... He said that...

...I should leave on this basis. But thankfully, you were not fired. People understood. I remembered Salman Bhai. Salman Bhai's level is the question. When are you getting married? Elvish had said that I will get married in December 2025.

Okay.

And then I saw a ray of hope. That if it's my younger brother's wedding, I'll have to do it before him. Otherwise, I'll be humiliated. He said, I'll do it first, then you do it. When are you doing it? I'll do it after you. So, this is what's going on. If Elvish wants to do it, on. I think it should happen. It should happen before Elvish.

Bro, you get married.

I want to get married too.

That's why you're stopping.

I'll get married when Karan bhai gets married on the internet. I'll get married after a month.

Done. I'll call Teju right now. To fix the date. Call him and tell him that he's getting married.

And when are we getting married?

He must have decided the date. No, this year. But there's a discussion about it. So... Good luck.

We'll do it.

Do you know who's the head of that discussion? Vicky.

What kind of a discussion? Vicky!

What kind of discussion is this? We are forming a separate group. What to do, how to do it, where to go. Is the name of the group Vicky Donor?

Vicky is a great man.

Vicky is a great man.

So now we have a new segment called Tabard Tod. Tabard Tod.

First question. Answer it carefully.

Yes.

Who do you enjoy working with the most in Laughter Chef? Elvish Yadav or Tejasvi Prakash?

🎵

Elvish Yadav.

No.

Yes.

Sam Salon.

Sam Salon.

Is Tejasvi a better the actress better or the girlfriend? I think I would say the actress is better. Because she is my girlfriend. But for her, the hard work she has put in to reach here, where she has come from, you know. You have to understand that If I keep her passion Lower than my girlfriend

It's not fair on her.

She is a very passionate actress. If you have to dedicate a song to your relationship Which song would it be? First Mistake by mistake Second Em emotional torture.

Emotional torture. I have seen it happening. I would like to dedicate this to Modak Nahi Bandhan.

This is the song of the relationship.

You know him, you have seen him. He is a crazy guy. If you can go to only one show

again, then which one would you go to?

I don't want to go back to any show.

Laughter Chefs or Traitors?

Traitors was a trauma. It was a shock. That show. I didn't watch it. What happened? The show that happens in Bigg Boss in 4 months,

happens in 13 days. I didn't understand myself. I didn't know What was going on. How many days did you come out? How many episodes were there?

8.

I was out on the 4th episode. It was like this in the 4th episode. It's a very fast paced show. I had another jolt at that time. Which subdued me completely. My personality was very different at that time.

We didn't start Laughter Chef with you.

Oh, it was before that.

Yes, it was before that. This is the end of the first season. When Laughter Chef's first season was ending. We did Traitors. It was a 13 day shoot. There was a gap of 1 day.

So 6 and 6 days. It was a gap of 1 day between 3 days. So 6 and 6 days. 12 days of shoot. It got over in 13 days. Imagine the pace. In the morning something else. In the afternoon something else. In the evening the story changes. It was like Among Us.

Mafia type.

Yes, mafia. Choose one mafia. It was fun there. But it's very stressful. Laughter Chef is like therapy for us. We wait in Laughter Chef is like a therapy for us. Laughter Chef is like a last kick. You get tired but it's fun.

Which show is scripted according to you? Big Boss or Traitors? Neither.

Not at all?

Not at all. I've done both. Traitors was so bad. We were given rooms at night. So our mics would go off, TV connections were off, phones weren't there. Correct? Outside the doors of our rooms, they would put wind chime.

Did you understand? This is the door. Our guy was sitting here to check if he was going somewhere. And if that guy sleeps, they would also put a window to prevent wind chime. There was so much strictness there. There were many more examples of strictness.

Okay.

Next question. If you have to stay with someone for 6 months, who will you stay with?

What can be the first option?

I don't know. I'm already dreading this question.

The first option is... Kritika Kamra.

Yes.

The second is Anusha Dhandekar. Big Elvis. The twelfth one, who looks less educated.

Rahul Mehdia.

How many percent of boys avoid video calling their parents in Bangkok?

100%

100%

How many percent of boys feel like having an affair as soon as they enter a relationship?

50%

35%

How many percent of boys think of kissing the girl in their mind on the first date? 100% 100% 90% of the boys think of kissing the girl on the first date.

100%

100%

Do you feel the same on the first date? Do you feel the same on the first date?

What was the question?