Subhash K Jha (DNA; December 23, 2014)

Television and theatre actor Praneet Bhatt, who was evicted from the Bigg Boss 8 house this weekend, says he has evolved as a human being after his stay there. “In three-and-a-half months, I’ve learnt more about life and experienced more facets of human nature than I have, all my life. Believe me, I’ve come away from Bigg Boss 8 a wiser man.”

Praneet, who was part of the notorious P3G gang inside the Bigg Boss house says, “Puneet, RJ Pritam Singh, Gautam Gulati and I — the P3G — bonded better than the rest of the contestants. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t get along with the rest of the house-mates. I am, by nature, a friendly and positive person. I made friends with Sushant and Sonali. And we’ll continue to be friends even after the show is over.”

So, what is the best and worst experience Praneet has come out with? “Worst, I’d like to forget. The best, by far, was the weekly interaction with Salman Sir. Every Saturday, I used to wait to talk to him. And we’d also wait for the home-made food that Salman Sir sent for all of us contestants in the Bigg Boss house. It is not a small thing to get ghar ka khana from Salman Sir’s home.”

Praneet came out from Bigg Boss with a clean working slate. “I will now be looking at work on television and of course, in movies.”