‘Bigg Boss 11’ house design: What you need to know

Filmmaker and art director Omung Kumar, who has designed the Bigg Boss 11 house, says the effort was to play with a mix of colours to create an environment that plays with the contestants’ mind.

Bigg Boss 11, hosted by Colors, features superstar Salman Khan as host. This time, the stand-off will be between gharvale (residents) and padosis (neighbours), with new elements added to the mix including an aakhara (wrestling ground) and a kalkothri (prison).

During a tour of the show, Kumar said: “This year we wanted to create a good looking house and we designed it accordingly. But at the same time, the core idea of Bigg Boss is to create an atmosphere that can make the participants feel difficult to survive psychologically.

“So, we played with colours to create a mood and play with their psyche. It shouldn’t be such a good looking house that participant would be feeling that ‘I want to stay here forever’.”

Kumar and his wife, designer Vanita, worked with a team of 200 people for around 66 days to build the Bigg Boss house this year.

While the main house comprises a living room, open kitchen, confession room, bedroom with accommodation of seven beds and an open garden area, there is a twist in the neighbouring house, keeping the theme of the new season in mind.

The neighbouring house also has a small garden area and washroom, but no kitchen space. Since the interior of that house appeared quite dull in black, white and grey, Kumar: “We have done it purposely. The suffocation needed to be created.”

While the living area is a galaxy of colours that at times create visual noise and spacious walls are decorated with pop art, the bedroom wall is quite interestingly designed. One side of the wall is covered with monochromatic photographs where every frame plays with lines, forms and shapes, the opposite side of the wall is covered with an innovative mirror.

The ceiling has been designed to give a ‘disco’ feeling.

According to Kumar, this year around 90 cameras will be capturing every movement of participants.

“One of the twists we attempted to bring is ‘kalkothri’, the jail. We build it a few feet under, because I wanted a Sarbjit jail,” he added, referring to his film Sarbjit.

The show will see a mix of celebrities and non-celebrities living together as neighbours for more than 100 days.