Tejasswi Prakash: Bigg Boss, Naagin & Beyond

How about acting?

Sometimes people come to me for a job Sometimes I go to Bandra, Bandstand with friends Randomly people are coming to me We have an ad shoot, please come for the audition My friends used to say No, no, no, don't go for the audition

Here, everything happens for the casting Don't go I'm looking at the rest of the people They're reading the script They're preparing for the audition So I was like God gave me an opportunity.

Why did you fall in love with Karan?

Initially, I didn't think he would seriously like me. I thought he must be feeling fresh, he must have talked to someone. And I said, when he says it in front of everyone, I'll think about it. On the weekend, I said it in front of everyone, Tejasvi that I like Tejaswi. She got a heart toy and she gave me that heart. Because Karan was like, let's get married, let's get married. Meera and Karan, we had a talk that we will not ever make it a compulsion.

That you will have to like my parents. And you will have to like Tejaswi.

How are you Tejaswi?

Don't call me Tejaswi. Sam Saloon's owner is sitting with us today. Jokhar Bandra has opened. No, at Juhu Tara Road. Oh, Juhu Tara Road. So, how did you become a businesswoman while doing TV and films?

Honestly, of course I love acting. And I think a lot of people love to do a lot of things and it's not necessary that you like something and it will make you like it again.

Correct.

So I think my work has made me like it and that's why it's going well. But I still feel like you can't completely rely on it. To be very honest, you both are my role models because of course, I mean like you can't completely rely on that. To be very honest, you both are my role models. Because of course, I mean this, I never lie. Because of course you started as a stand-up comedian and you as a writer. But you didn't stop at that. You just wanted to do this. That's why you all have built a beautiful empire together. Because you thought of doing something more. And I that when you have the courage to do something new,

to do something different, to do something good, then God always supports you. So now I have started a new journey. I feel that it's a good business to invest in. I am learning a lot of new things and the response is very good. Obviously, there is your support too, which is very important.

There are blessings. It's coming out great, obviously with your support which is very important Blessings, so I'm just expecting blessings

It's a good thing to take calculated risks, it's very important Not a risk, just a random risk But you should take a lot of calculated risks in life Because only then you can do something new We met Tejaswi in Bulgaria for the first time.

I thought she was some girl from the 8th class. How was she? And today when I... Which year was that?

2015?

No, no, it was 2019.

It was 2019?

It was 2019 and today it's 2025. There's no difference in money Today also it is the same What is this Bharti ji Yesterday we were on shoot So she was doing the integration of the perfume

So she thought she will do it in energy Wow what a fragrance How good fragrance is coming from you Krishna ji She went and there was no other perfume She was selling perfume at night Oh Oh, you have such a nice fragrance. Cut, cut.

I was talking in a little energy. I was talking in energy. I was talking in energy. He was saying, use this perfume at night. I copied him. Everyone laughed so much.

Something is happening. The channel told him that you are for glamour. He thought that I am a beauty blogger. I copied him and everyone laughed so much that something is being made One channel told him that you are for glamour He thought that I really don't want to cook Why are you making me cook? I am glamour right?

So I said to him that you have to make glamour food

You came in Laughter Chef and it will launch by now When is it launching?

22nd November We have a rap too After Chef on 22nd November

I don't remember the one after that

Dinner time member, dinner time member After Chef on 22nd November Excuse me, we have spent a lot on this season

But I didn't understand the song. What's the use of spending? But this time I think we spent a lot.

It's a big set.

We didn't get much money. Especially me.

I saw your queue 7.

And it's still open.

I can't talk about you. Let's move on. But I want to say one thing. Guys, we will reveal in this podcast that this is happening with Karan Kundra. Maybe you don't know.

This is the first time in our channel that I have told this.

This has been revealed today.

But when we sat down with Karan Kundra for the first time and talked about intellectual things, he is very smart.

He is a geopolit smart. He is too smart. He knows everything. He is a knowledgeable person. He has a lot of knowledge.

He doesn't look like a person who just parties and enjoys.

But deep inside he is a very smart man. He learns a lot of things. He is very fond of geopolitics and honestly he is more of an artist. In a relationship there is one who looks at the creative aspect and one who looks at the commercial aspect. So he is the one who looks at the creative aspect and I handle the commercial aspect. Like, I have to be like, we have to invest here. We have to do this, we have to do that.

We can do this business, we can do that. It's like that. And I think you guys also look like that. I learn a lot from you. Tell me, what are you?

I am creative.

And she cooks. You are a commercial artist. I am not a commercial artist. No, no. Both of these things are the same. I understand commercial and business things after a week.

What happens is, the best work that happened between us is my writing background. I did writing for 10 years, then produced and produced. creation and writing is done.

Now when creation and writing and production is with you, then you need a big star. So she became our star of the banner. In which we made shows for her, started a YouTube company, everything was done with her.

She is the one who does it by being at the front.

Thank you guys. No but Kudos to both of you. When you did it, when you also used to host, being a writer, you were so good. And whenever you used to joke on her, she is so sportingly taking it all the time.

I will tell you the truth, when we used to work together, people used to say that Bharti is funny, Bharti does something and this response is fine. But today he hosts a solo show. Exactly. We wanted to show people that both are at their best. Solo is such a big show, India's Got Talent. It's a big deal to host that.

He is hosting.

Boy, cut this line.

And comedy seems so difficult to me. You understand it once right? I am so bad I will tell you what Writing is one thing Performing it and landing it with the right timing

And it turns out to be laughter is very difficult Because I did a comedy show And I was so bad in that show My mom said don't do comedy When you all laugh at me, you laugh at me, I mean, at the way I am. If you give me a skit, I can't land a single joke. I'm telling you, it's so tough.

But I think the comedy of the future, the comedy of today is that, it's not written, it's like we are, I laugh at things. If it comes up, it comes up. Otherwise, I'll do it better.

But your brain works. What should I do to come back? I don't have fun. My brain doesn't work like that.

That's practice. That's practice. You'll get insulted on stage a couple of times. You'll go home and cry. Why couldn't I say it? next time, after 4-5 times you will start getting it. And I think for comedy, getting insulted is very important. I got insulted a lot by staying with her.

Now she is getting insulted. She is doing good. Bharti pulls your energy because she is so talented. And her talks are so powerful that until you think you can say such a line, she has already said four. And so many people were like, why is she laughing? What happened? Did she say anything? I said, no, you have to be fast.

Let's talk about comedy now.

Why did you do Big Boss?

Because Covid was going on. I'm telling you very honestly No, I'm telling you very honestly And I love working so much That even now, like I do acting Then I have a real estate business

I have opened a salon Even now if I get some free time I feel like I'm doing a lot with the time God has given me I mean, even now if I have free time Then this is wrong. You should do something.

I mean, you should not have free time. That means you are utilizing your time correctly.

Correct.

So, whenever I feel that I am very free. I like to work. So, during COVID, I was like, I was calling my friends and I was like, I don't have work. They were like, bro, it's COVID. I was like what are you talking about? And then nothing happened. I thought I was going to stay at home anyway.

I was getting paid to stay at home. So I went there and I didn't even get vaccinated. Literally, Big Boss got me vaccinated. That you go home. They only did my vaccination.

Oh my God!

So that's literally why I did Big Boss. In the end, I was backing out. I was like, should I do it or not? They were like, just do it now. You can't back out. You're on contract.

And you won.

I won.

And you didn't get vaccinated.

I forgot. I won.

I don't talk about it much.

I'll get she won. I don't talk about it much. I have got a vaccine.

After that you have done such a good job

that the winning has vanished. Many times I feel that if you become a Big Boss winner or a contestant, many people need that identity. Yes, I have done it.

I am from that season of Big Boss. I never wanted to go only as a winner or contestant. I didn't want to go only as a winner. Because I have come here to act. Like if you get 4 things tomorrow, you get money from there but you can never forget why you came to this industry and why you are here today. So I came here because of acting and I have stayed here because of acting.

And fortunately after Bigg Boss, Nagin happened and it was so good that I liked that I was known as Nagin because of my acting performance and not just like you know winning a reality show in which you have to fight or fall in love or something, you know. Like, I'm an actor and I feel really good when I'm recognized as an actor on my Instagram profile or whatever.

But it's really good. Nagin was a super duper hit. Nagin was amazing. What an experience it is to do it. Because we, as a viewer, we think many times, creator, viewer, we often think that how will this work, how will this work, but when you are doing it and you see yourself there, how does it feel?

Like half a snake is coming out of the ground.

First of all, I was under a lot of pressure because before my season, there were not so many good I got such a good response. So Balaji had decided that we won't do Nagin. And then during Bigg Boss, I had asked Ekta ma'am that why didn't you sign me for anything? She's like, I'll sign you. And then they just did Nagin.

Like in a jiffy, let's try it. And then it went so well. Like my season was very jiffy. I mean, it was discontinued. Oh, so after that Nagen came back to life.

Yes. So after that Nagen reborn.

Yes, so the first season which was obviously Monika was another level.

Yes.

But after that if someone compares it's like Nagen 6. So like, it was a lot. Because we had to prove it. Because a lot of shows are about love story or some drama, family drama, this, that, but this particular show is completely about this one girl. So like everything is on your shoulders. People change so much, characters die so much,

heroes come and go so much. characters die so much, heroes come and go, but you are you. You have to carry that on your shoulders. And I thought in the beginning that if I am not convinced that I am a serpent, the other person will never be. So in a logical way, you would be like how can a person turn into a snake and kill people.

Yes, you yourself...

But then you have to be convinced. You have to be convinced. It will be fun. Yes, and I was completely convinced. I used to go on the streets and there were a lot of peps because I just got out of Big Boss and there were snakes. So kids used to come and they used to love it when I used to hit them with my tail

So they used to say, show me how you act like a snake So I used to say, no my tail is big so everything will break

So I can't do it

How many months did it run?

2 years

2 years?

6 months

Oh my god, she took such a vaccine that she didn't stop Amazing So you spent her childhood in Mumbai

Where? Goregaon? Yes, Goregaon I still live in that house Oh

And Tejaswi cooks really well Really good

She can't cook in Laughter Chef It's very difficult But if we see the typical Mar, Indian food is very good. I have seen it on YouTube. I have seen your Tilki chutney and made it. But I made it well.

I think copying is an art.

Did Bhasta Chef win?

No.

She was in the top 3.

Or did Khatron Ke Khiladi win?

No, I quit that But I won that

Yeah, you could have won that Because I was the one who won

Everyone said that I won that 100%

I was a little crazy, I could have won anything There was a stunt where I had to go in the pool with my legs tied All the boys were losing and I went in that Rohit sir said that Harsh will do his ADA I said we have seen very few people like this I said there were some people in our stuntmen who were a little crack Sir will get in, sir will get caught in fire

He said he is like that, don't you feel scared? Either you are an ADA or you are an ADA

My belief is that either you do something Either you don't do it, then don't do it But when you start doing something If you sign up for something Then do it I have signed up for the Khatron Ke Khiladi

I know there will be stands So I have to do it It is my thing Like a purse

Everyone thought he was not scared

I used to be like of course I am scared Do you think I sleep with rats and cockroaches? Day and night And everyone thought that she was not scared at all And I used to be like, of course I am scared Do you think I sleep with rats and cockroaches day and night? Of course no one is scared I mean, I was put in a coffin Buried in the ground

And there were 700 rats inside I mean, inside the coffin with me And I had to find them Maggots and maggots were also there They had buried him properly. Everyone was like, she is not scared.

I was like, what do you mean? I am being buried in the ground. Of course I am scared.

Didn't you feel claustrophobic?

No, but I was focused. I am a little religious. I have different prayers for every god If a snake stunts me I pray to god to save me If a rat stunts me

I pray to god to save me What if a cockroach stunts you? We don't have anyone for cockroach We have I used to set up different prayers and ask god to help me

You put soil on it You know it's getting soiled It will take more time That's what scares me

I used to say that I have put soil on it If I still say abort It will take 5 minutes to remove it

Exactly Did anyone say abort? Rohit sir said abort for me When I fainted and she fell.

You are crazy.

No.

No one else would have said that.

Rohit sir said it.

Rohit sir must have said it for the first time for someone else.

What happened?

So that cubicle stent where my capillaries, I mean blood vessels burst. Red eyes. Yes, it was hemorrhaged. What happened? Hemorrhaged, blood hemorrhaged I mean, the veins in my eyes were torn

Mom, how easily you said the veins in your eyes

It was very scary I was not going to quit then My mom said, if you don't quit now I am coming there She was like, what is this madness? This is just one show

You have a whole life ahead of you You sent a girl and came back to Kerala. Mom said it's a show. There's no need to go crazy. And I said whatever I do, I'll give it 100%. But you fainted.

I blacked out and fainted. I thought I was dead. Because everything turned black. It was black and I could not remember anything. I was in danger, what am I? Nothing. And then I could see a white light from far away.

I swear, I swear I am not even kidding. You thought God came to take you right? No, I thought that I saw a white light, white light. Then I realized that I am floating. I felt like I was floating. I thought I was dreaming.

In the water?

Yes, in the water.

You were unconscious.

Yes.

I thought I was dreaming. Obviously, I won't die in my dream.

Correct.

I just kept looking at the white light. It was so beautiful. Then I realized that the water was going inside my throat like this is not a dream that's when I didn't know what to do and I started like swimming towards the white light. I thought I should get out of here and then I just went crazy and that's when like Rohit sir like aborted. Then he got me out and I came out

and I was looking at everyone like what's going on? What's going on? That's when everything came back. I'm playing Khatron Ke Khiladi. Ticket to finale, stunt, this, that, that. And then I looked back and my holding my breath is like very good. So I could have taken out all the flags at once.

And then I just turned back and I saw that I had literally just taken out one flag. And I was like, what just happened? And even in the water, I told Sarl, I thought I was going to die.

My God, that's crazy.

And I saw that with my own eyes, my eyes were red.

I was like, what is this?

So that's why they didn't let me fly to India. Because it could burst more blood vessels. Your mom would have come with a broom to the channel. I had a wax stunt too. Because of which my thighs had third degree burns.

Yes, that happened in front of us. Do you remember? No, I wasn't there. We were there. You were crying looking at Balraj.

Balraj.

Balraj was so badly burnt. It felt like someone was burning him in anger. Aargh!

Why are you doing this? Harsh. I was like, literally, it felt like someone was burning him in anger. I was like, AHHHHH! OOOOH!

I was like, why is he doing this?

Harsh?

He also had third degree.

Right?

Yes. In fact, he had more than me.

Yeah, yeah, his screams were telling me.

He had shorts to wear.

Yeah, yeah, we also had shorts and sports bra. Tejasvi? What did you think in your childhood? What do you want to do? Because since childhood you have been like this Because your face is like Heroine Ali, Heroine Ali

Yes, people used to tell me in my childhood

That if she becomes a star in the future Don't forget us, don't forget us And I used to be like, yes

And she must have forgotten you

No, I didn't have any sense It used to never make sense to me only

What are you talking about? I never made sense out of it. It never made sense to me. Who is the most beautiful girl in the house?

What do you mean?

Mom or dad?

No, both are beautiful.

You are so happy.

Both are beautiful.

What? Very pretty.

Aashay is beautiful. I will introduce you to him.

Are you alone?

No, I have a younger brother. Oh, you have a single girl. She was very much into Sundar Takis.

Oh, is that so?

And here in India, she lives alone with her parents. Her brother lives abroad, right?

Yes, he is a San Francisco.

Wow!

Yes.

Amazing! So, you've been acting since childhood?

She's been acting since 1.5 years, it's the same. Yes, it's the same. We were best friends.

Wow.

But in childhood, I was very fond of travelling. And I liked studying. But in my family, everyone is a doctor and an engineer. So I knew that I would have to finish engineering no matter what. So I did finish it no matter what. You're an engineer?

Yes.

Of what?

Electronics and telecommunication. I did everything and finished it. You're an engineer? Yes. What did you do?

Electronics and telecommunication.

And what did you do? Electronics and telecommunication. I swear.

I don't remember one thing. Because I'm telling you, it was not very easy for me. I'm telling you the truth.

Which college?

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology. Where is it?

Our Versova.

Oh. He's sitting with an engineer today. He has a saloon. He doesn't have any work as an engineer. Seriously.

I left all my engineering things and did everything.

Poonam.

Here. I'm just going to read. I'm just going to read.

I'm just going to read. I'm just to the toilet. Okay, okay. Say it fast.

Love you babes.

Love you girlfriend. Do you know I picked up the phone while walking to the podcast? You have to put this in as it is.

So that the audience can see.

Who is this Poonam? This is Poonam, creative director of Laughter Chef.

Unlimited entertainment. Co-powered by Envy Perfumes.

Envy didn't give us the money. Then we will promote the saloon. She is an engineer. I will say one thing in Laughter Chef.

She is an engineer and she doesn't know how to make a pan.

Seriously. The thing is I was not that good I was good till 10th and 12th Which is why I got in I didn't get in by giving donations I got a proper seat

What was the percentage in 10th and 12th?

In 12th

69

Basically That was a lot No In 12th when you do engineering your focus is mostly MHCET. So basically in 12th exam you have to bring above 60%. I think I had like 118 or something. Was it out of 200 or was it out of 500?

500 is 112 is very bad. But out of 200, it was 112.

It was very good. I don't remember the out of. I just remember the 18. But was it 318 or 118? I don't remember. But 12s were around 69%.

Basically, you have to bring it above 60%.

How did you get into acting?

So, which show was it? That one?

No, 26-12, very good show.

Which 26-12?

26-12, very good show. It was based on our Mumbai's 26-11 attacks. It was by Sphere Origins and our director was Siddharth Singh Gupta. Like the best first teachers I could ever get in my life. Whatever I am today is because of them. I mean Sanjay Mehmani as DOP and Siddharth Singh Gupta as the director.

On which show did this come?

Life Okay.

Oh!

Was that the first show?

That was the first show.

Did you give a proper audition for it? Yes, I did.

So, I used to go to college to study and I was in my college in Warsaw. So, we used to go to Aramnagar to eat Jumbo King Vada Pav or J&B Dosa. And a lot of people would come to me randomly and say, can you please come in for an audition you please come in for an audition Please come in for an audition Come in for an audition

From the front?

Yes

And I am literally eating And my friends would say No no no, don't go for an audition There's casting culture and everything Don't go, okay? And I would not go

I would not go Then whenever I go to Juhu People come come to me for auditions, I go to Bandra, Bandstand, with friends. Randomly people are coming to me for auditions.

Lakshmi herself is coming to apply tilak?

Yes, I didn't understand.

And you didn't act before that?

No, I didn't. But then my friend won Bombay Times Fresh Face. And she said, you participate next year, you will definitely win So clean and clear Bombay Times Fresh Face happens every year Where beautiful college students come And then they win

Like us

No, we are better than you

No, listen to me

We are correct, you are correct

We are the same

I won that. So then I got my photo on Bombay Times, Maharashtra Times, Times of India. Yes, a section. This is the fresh face of this year. Siddhant Chaturvedi is also fresh face. Sharwari is also fresh face.

So a lot of Mumbai kids know what Bombay Times Fresh Face is. It's a pretty cool deal.

Nice.

Toh phir mujhe call aaya ki aap Daily Soap ke liye audition karoge kya? Aur main literally exam ke liye jaa rahi hai, main apni seediya chal rahi hai. Main khud Daily Soap mein dekhti, I'm like a typical Bombay girl. So my mom said, let's go and see how it goes. So we went and saw. So I was like, okay, let's go. And I gave the audition like I'm standing in an allocation competition. I gave the audition like this.

They said, you have to do a little better. I gave the second take, it got better. And then they called me outside. And then they were like outside and said you are selected And you will get 8000 rupees per day

I was like what are you saying?

Are they mad? They are giving me 8000 rupees per day?

How much money will I get in a month?

We shoot for 20 days at least No, 30 days of 30 I was like this is so much fun 8000 rupees per day I was still like I am going to sit and think When I was sitting like I'm gonna sit and I'm gonna think. So when I was sitting, I saw in the audition room that a lot of people were coming in and asking what we have.

Do you have anything for us? Do you have anything for us? And they were like, no, no, we don't have anything. You come later or something like that. So that's when I'm looking at the rest of the people, they're reading the script, getting ready for the audition. I didn't even do my makeup. My mom just put lipstick on my cheeks and I was like okay, I'll leave it.

I just put a little bit of kajal. So I was like, maybe, you know, the thing that people are trying so hard for, if I'm getting it, let's see what it is.

Wow!

And then it happened.

Wow! How is this possible? That's why I believe so much that when something has to happen, it happened. Wow, that's amazing. That's why I believe that when something has to happen,

it happens. How far are you willing to go to get a show or a job? And you got it and obviously you have to work hard after that.

I would like to say that my beginning was God gave me an opportunity. But how to make that opportunity a gold depends on you. I never took it lightly. I used to work so hard on my lines, on my walking, on my crying. My hands used to look very long and thin. So I used to talk with my hands like this. I would never express with my hands. I used to always very tall and very thin. So I used to keep my hands like this and talk. Like I would never like express with my hands.

I used to always want to cover them. So like I had so many like weird things that I used to do. But there's a lot of learning that I, I never took the blessing lightly.

Very nice. That's a big thing. That's a big thing. And then you did that show with the little boy. The guard Piya's. I tease him so much about that show. Me?

But that was a good show too.

Yes, it was reversed. Bali ka Wadu was good. That's what I am saying.

And it was not like I am his protector. So legally, he has written me as a wife. Just to protect that little kid.

Like in Colors, there was a show where...

Because I got legal advantages and rights on properties, everything. No one should take a stand on that because both the parents die.

What did you do in that? Did you shut it down?

Let me give the audience some context. So there was a show in which there is a small child who gets married. To me. To Tejaswi.

To an elder girl. Tejaswi. I remember a funny reel. There was a photo of me and him. And it used to say remember this couple, look at them now. So it was a photo of me and him. Remember this couple, look at them now. Priyanka and Nick Jonas.

I swear. And I was like, okay, yeah. Karan bhai did it, right? I used to say Karan bhai. Did your son become Karan bhai?

No, he said it's not right. Yes.

Why did you make someone's show like this, Karan?

Karan bhai.

I'll go to the hairdresser and get my hair removed.

No, bro, it's not right.

What is this?

I said, no.

Karan also tweeted it. I'll go to the restaurant and get my hair cut. No bro, it's not right. What is this? Karan tweeted it. It's just an expression. How did he know it would be so big?

That's why I don't comment on things.

If you're famous,

I won't comment. Because it's a word. If someone says something about you, if you react or do something, it becomes big because of you.

Exactly.

I've noticed this a lot. If someone comments on a storyboard, they make it bigger. So I'm very particular about it. Read, scroll and move on. I don't even read. I just reply to comments from the Blue Tick.

Yes, many people have blue tick You get blue tick by spending money

No, but people who have blue tick, who I know

Not like that

Yes, not like that

I think as a celebrity When we have so many followers We should not say anything good or bad Because we are influencers It's not necessary that if 10 million people are following me Or 1 million people are following me Then whatever I think is their. It's not necessary that if 10 million people are following me, or 1 million people are following me,

then whatever I think is their opinion. It's not possible. So if someone has a movie and I really like it, then I will keep it in my mind. I won't post it saying that I really liked the movie. Millions of people are following me,

they will make their opinion. Lucky me.

What is your birthdate?

888. What is your birth date? 888. Does your birth date have a total of 6?

No.

See, she has a birth date.

I'm counting.

What's your birth date? 10th June.

Oh, 10th. Number 1.

Very good.

So, Laughter Chef can win.

No. I'm telling you, we We won't win Laughter Chef Because I'm Karan's partner And I'm cooking such a bad food They serve such a tough food And I'm not the type to cook on the spot

I can cook really good food by watching YouTube videos And I'm telling you I've told Elvish and Karan both That I don't know who will win this year, but you two won't.

Poor guys.

Because Elvish's partner is Isha and I'm Karan's partner.

Isha is going to ruin both of them.

Karan and Elvish are both ruined this season. Not even a chance. But you've done Masterchef and then Laughterchef

So these two worlds I was scared that she will cook and eat Both are food shows One is so serious where she will eat The person will check, the chef will check You will cook for a week

You will cry that I didn't get the chilies It's crazy, how serious it is And at the other place, no one is making it Someone is boiling laddoos, what laddoos are you frying? What is happening? What kind of experience is this?

First of all, during the masterchef, we are trained before the masterchef

There are classes, right?

Yes, there are classes, like how to make it, what to make, like you know, they teach you ingredients, cuttings, they teach you a lot of things. And then whenever they give you something to make, they tell you that you have to make something with cabbage. Then you can make anything. So you know, you can play a little and do something.

Here you have to make this and it should look like this. Paneer Jaleba.

Jaleba.

Yes.

And they give you those 4 things.

Yes.

I had ordered something.

Yes, this is very tough because I will tell you what. If you make one thing and if you are in Masterchef, then you can make 2-3 more things with it. They give you so many things. You make it here and you make this and eat this only. Literally, Karan and I made such a good samosa, so out of this world. They said, you don't put onions in Punjabi samosa.

I used to say this in my MasterChef, this is my version of the Punjabi samosa. Right? It's my take on the Punjabi samosa. They said, onions don't burn onions.

They're done.

Yes, Punjabi onions don't burn. So go and burn them now.

So this is very scary. I'm very bad on this show. I'm telling you.

This is true.

I'm telling Karan and Elvish that this is the first reality show in their lives.

Let's pair them up and you and Isha.

Then we are both ruined She is lucky that she got eliminated in this show

At least one pair won

Here both are losing

At least one pair won

Teja I want to ask you something Why did you fall in love with Karan in Bigg Boss? What did you like about him?

I used to He used to call a lot of comments that I like him. And I am like, if you like me, you say it. Don't do this. Weren't you scared that your family would watch it on TV? Initially, I didn't think think he would like me seriously. I thought he was just being a bit crushy.

He must have talked to someone about me. I told him that I would think about it when he would say it in front of everyone. And then on the weekend he said it in front of everyone. That he likes me. Something like that. He got a heart toy and he gave it to me.

Then he started saying that I really like you. I'm not kidding, I'm serious. And then somehow I saw that in his actions. He takes sides. that like in his actions. He's not playing smart. I like him but not like that. A lot of people from Bigg Boss say that they like him but not like that. Of course I like him but as a friend. I love him but I don't like such stupid games. That is why I was very clear. Tell me straight and then I will think of like whatever it is.

So then I like that he was very clear in his head that he likes me. Or he said he likes me without even knowing that I like him or not. So that's a huge risk when you don't know what the other person is going to answer. You still go ahead and you say it, right? Like, I like you. I don't know if you other person is going to say, you still go ahead and say it. Like, I like you. I don't know if you like me, but I like you. So, I like that. He has expressed his feelings.

And he's making it exclusive and everything. And his small, fat things, like you know, those little things. Like he says he doesn't eat curd, he has lactose problem. I used to keep curd boxes outside, I like curd a lot. After Bigg Boss, I came to know that he eats curd. He said, yes, I was less at home, so I said, you didn't tell me the whole Bigg Boss season, you eat curd?

He came out and said, I eat curd.

Seriously.

So, my birthday was big.

I used to get a bowl each. I shared it with both of us. Did he give you his curd? Yes, he gave me his curd. So, there are small things like this in a big boss.

I don't know why he gave me his curd.

You eat curd when you come out.

Yes, like...

He used to give curd When he came out, your mom said Maa ji, Mulgi ka

No, he also liked Karan, which was surprising What?

Parents are very sensitive Parents know what's going on

Yes, but still Mom was very clear Karan was like let's get married But my mom was like, because Karan was like he is getting married and getting married but my mom was like you guys just came out that means stay in the real world with each other for a year

because it's not that I doubt you but I don't even know my daughter I don't even trust her that you both need time, I am not saying that you are right or wrong she needs time because I'm not saying you're right or wrong. He needs time too. Because I'm a little fickle.

I mean, I love him. This is it. This is my world.

And this is how it happens.

Straightforward.

Yes, absolutely. So my mom says, you're a little crazy. You know, take your time. So that you can be sure. And your parents didn't say anything? They liked him. Mumbai ke mummy daddy. I've been a good girl. I've never done stupid decisions with anything. Toh waise thoda trust hai unko. Nice.

Karan ke ghar wale kaise lage? Very nice. Very nice. They're very nice.

Very nice.

And they like me also, which is a great thing. Me and Karan had a discussion that we will not ever make it a compulsion that you will have to like my parents and you will have to like Tejasi which I totally agree with when you put a compulsion on someone that you have to do it it doesn't come out naturally So, I don't get that pressure. It's not natural. Yeah, so from day one, because I did not have that pressure

that I have to impress them, that they have to like me. I was very real from day one. That I am like this, I get up late, I don't know how to cook, I don't even know how to make tea. And they liked that. I'm telling you that a lot of people have tried to impress him but you can't fake it for too long.

What time do you wake up?

I wake up at 10-11 but if I'm late I wake up at 12 noon.

You wake up at 10-11 every day?

Yes.

Very late.

I used to wake up early.

Karan and I used to sleep at 6 in the morning. Because I'm also borderline insomniac I just realized that I don't sleep at night

It's not like that It's that if you sleep early, you'll get sleep early You don't sleep after a certain time Do you keep your phone on?

No I just lie down, I don't have a phone or a TV I just lie down and watch fans For hours Literally, it's so frustrating. You know, hours pass by and sometimes you see the sunrise through the curtains

and you don't get a single minute of sleep. Seriously, there are so many nights in a week that I don't sleep at all. I mean, there's a way of saying it, that I haven't slept yet. But I actually don't sleep, not even for a minute.

How do you function function the next day? I sleep for more than 2 hours.

In the beginning, this has been happening for the last one year I think. I used to get irritated. Why didn't I sleep? I was so tired that I should have slept.

But why didn't I sleep? And my next day used to go bad. But after some time I realized that I didn't sleep yesterday. So why should I waste my next day was ruined. But after a while I realized that I didn't sleep at all. So why ruin my next day? So now I wake up and think, it's okay, I didn't sleep.

Like I slept at 6 in the morning yesterday.

But now I know that.

What time did you wake up?

I woke up at 11.15.

My God, just 3-4 hours?

And you were so sad and fresh.

No, I wake up and say, leave it, it didn't come. Let's not think about it. Now this day has to pass.

That's why you're fine in aftershave. Till late. That you don't sleep. No, I don't. Bye! I go like this, during pack up.

The biggest bye.

Yes. But it is very frustrating.

No, it's not.

When you sit like this all night, you are not watching your phone or TV, but you have an idea. Because I live in a row house, so I am on the ground floor. So sometimes the sound of birds starts. You can hear that it's been a day, and the night has gone.

Don't you want to settle in California?

California? Why?

The time there is not right.

No! I don't get sleep in the morning.

What is this?

I get sleep so late. I don't get sleep.

There are a lot of girls on TV, Instagram, in the faculty of actors, we say a lot of investment, investment you invest very well what should be done because everyone thinks that if you are done then

it doesn't happen like that but the journey of investment starts by saving little money

100%

and first of all don't spend unnecessarily not that you are staying on rent and you have bought a car for 3 crores or money. It doesn't make sense to live on rent and buy a car worth 2-3 crores. And if you can afford a car, it's better than buying a car worth 2-3 lakhs.

If you can afford a car, you can buy a house. What are your thoughts on investment? I totally agree with you. I would like to expand on what you said that you should invest in money making assets. Like if you have real estate, if I have taken a commercial property and I am using it well and good but if I don't use it tomorrow, I know for a fact that I can sit at home and get rent. So it is something that is whether the work comes every month or not, I get rent every month. So it is an income for me so your money is not going anywhere, it is in that house

it's locked right? and it's also making you money for you to have a certain lifestyle I would like to give this message to all the girls that it's very easy to get into a lot of pressure of like buying these things, I see so many young girls like wearing very expensive watches and heels and

like no no no no, it's not that you did all these things after investing a lot.

Yes, I mean I started buying this 2-3 years ago when everything was set.

No, I also ordered my Rolex recently.

You are right.

But that was not my first shop, like shopping thing. Like it was not the first thing I bought. And if I can invest in a business today, then you will be very stupid if you think that I can't buy a watch. Or I can't buy a bag. Like it is very obvious that it's her decision to not take that bag and rather invest in a business. Or rather start a real estate business and

you know make like different properties and everything. So like, the one who is actually intelligent will never judge you. Like I know you will not judge me if I am not wearing anything branded. You know my worth.

Correct.

Correct. Somebody who is not intelligent enough will judge me because they are so superficial that they are living on what they see and will live on that. And it's just unfortunate.

And I also feel that the young people who follow us they see us and say Tejasvi is roaming in a car worth 2 crores. I will also buy. So the first money she gets is that she will buy a car. But she doesn't know that Tejasvi has bought 5 houses first, then bought the car. Because she knows that if nothing happens tomorrow, then I know that rent will come from home.

If the car is on EMI, then it will go on EMI, otherwise no one cares.

Seriously, like honestly I like my big car, but I take my i20 out many times. Because it is so convenient You can take it out quickly because you don't have to park it You don't have to worry about getting your hands scratched in a small lane I think it's better to take out my i20 because it's so fast It fits everywhere and it's a beautiful car to drive So I think it's very practical

My iPhone is also 3 years old I don't have to buy a new one every year I don't care I really really don't care. I really really don't care. Do you want to say something? No, the thing is that my parents say that Tejasi, take it easy. You don't have to be so driven.

Now focus on your personal life. Travel a little. Spend a little on yourself. You have settled us. So I feel that when God gives you, it is important to enjoy it. That's what Karan does.

And you started doing it when everything was settled.

Yes.

Karan also does it.

Talking of expenses, talking of physical expenses, Karan Kundra.

I have been waiting for a long time to see which Range Rover is coming. Fizulkar ji, Karan Kundra, Bhai sahab, I am telling you he will do business, I don't think he is going to do good business because he is grown up, he comes from a well to do family, so look at the Sikh life, they say everything is fine, let it be, no problem, let it go, let it go, let it go, I think to start a good business you need to start from poverty When you take care of small things, people let small things go but you get a seriousness that nothing will go from here I have seen it, it's so good It's very good But I am telling you that he spends it Which is fine

My mom is also saying If you do so much When will you enjoy it When God gives you should enjoy it I am trying to learn it To be honest

I think it's my mistake So you go for a walk? Yes I go, but now I will go out, shop, buy good things. It's really difficult for me. It's very difficult for me. Because I feel that if I had put 10 lakhs here, what would have happened? If I had bought 1 stock then what would have happened to the 5 lakhs? And when the bags' leather goes, I feel that

this is such a stupid decision. But now I am going to do that now. And now I will spend. Now I will do it.

No, no. She will do it.

It's a plan. It's a plan.

You have to motivate me. She will do it when she wins. Her money...

Ask her too.

Next time, you take me for shopping.

She has taken a 360 degree turn. When our relationship started, at that time, this girl could afford but she didn't buy a single bag in 2014, I gifted her an LV bag and she was like why?

I said no no no no no this is a cut to now for 2-3 years, I don't know what's wrong with her she needs 100 bags

she has gone somewhere guys I don't know what's wrong with him. He wants 100 bags. He's gone somewhere.

Guys, I don't have a Chanel bag. You guys like and share this podcast as much as possible.

So that he can get his money and I can buy a Chanel bag.

We have so many bags that we don't have space in our house to keep a bag.

But there's no Chanel.

There's another one that we can't buy.

Birkin. But you can't buy Burkin Burkin

But you can buy it from the sales You don't need to buy retail There are sellers too

Really?

But why do you want to buy a cat that costs 15-20 lakhs What's the use?

No, there is a bigger size too

Don't do it Tell me, how much it cost? Depends.

It starts from 15 lakhs and goes upto 4 crores.

Now tell me. Should we sell the bungalow? Should we sell it?

Should I buy a 3 BHK bungalow?

No. We won't get any profit from it. We will never buy it. We won't buy it even if it happens.

Lokhandwala Esbeda. Esbeda. We will never take it. We will never take it. We will never take it even if we get money.

Lokhandwala is a fool.

We get copies in Lokhandwala, we will wear copies. We will make our economy grow. We will make Lokhandwala's economy grow. Why to give work in? Where will an outsider take money and give it to us?

I don't even know the name. Work in? It's nonsense for me. So guys, I really enjoyed podcasting with Tejasvi. And the girl is very intelligent. She is a little bit naughty, but she is a business woman. I really liked it.

I mean, I will get content in Laughter Chef. She is an engineer too.

Oh my god!

She will get your engineering book.

She will wake up your nights. This perfume She used to do like this How sweet, it was nice for the future Teja, many good wishes Thank you

You always keep working And keep moving around with Karan

Karan is very excited

And now marriage

It will be in 2026 Yes, they are saying that We are talking about such things

Marriage is fine, but when we have a baby

You will have so much fun

I am telling you The biggest happiness of life If I could I would have I swear

How many kids will you have now? 3-4

Until he is unconscious Until she is unconscious

No, just one more The one in the womb And after that? And after that if we make a mistake in our innocence

But there should be 2-3

Yes

But if there is one more There should be one more 2-3 like this. Yes, but if there is one kid, you'll think there should be another one.

How cute! Can I eat this? And the amount of carrots Karan doesn't eat, he eats a lot. He has eaten carrots from every plate. In the langar. He loves carrots. We sat in everyone's plate and Langar and ate everyone's carrot

Oh my god!

And I literally thought of Karan like, oh my god! Bharti ji has two carrot guys in her life Gola and Pola

Gola will look the same when he grows up White, tall

No, he will look even better

Don't spend so much money like Karan does First let the car get old, then buy a new one Yes, yes

He buys 3 cars in a year.

Yes.

Whatever new car comes, we buy it.

Yes, he needs a Defender too. I told him, there are not so many people in the house. We have so many cars. We have Wrangler, Range Rover. I have two, i20 and Q7. If we don't get one, there won't be enough people in our house. Karan and I will drive.

What about the cars?

He has his own taxi stand.

It doesn't make sense to me, but okay.

But he's living life. Yes, he's living life. He's a worker, he buys cars. And don't miss this podcast.

Thank you so much Tejeshvi. Thank you so much Tejeshvi. Thank you so much for coming and thank you so much for being wonderful.