Bigg Boss 17 Grand Finale Highlights: Munawar Faruqui emerges winner, takes home Rs 50 lakh cash prize and car
Salman Khan has finally announced the winner of Bigg Boss 17. The comedian and rapper Munawar Faruqui lifted the winner's trophy. He also won a cash prize of Rs. 50 lakh, along with a luxurious car. Abhishek Kumar and Munawar Faruqui were the TOP 2 contestants, and with maximum votes from the audience, Munawar was announced as the BB 17 winner.
After Arun Mashettey, Ankita Lokhande, and Mannara Chopra, Bigg Boss 17 has its TOP 2 finalists. BFFs Abhishek Kumar and Munawar Faruqui are set to lock horns with each other to battle it out for the winners' trophy. Salman Khan announced that voting lines would be opened for ten minutes for final voting.
Bigg Boss 17's grand finale has left the viewers on the edge of their seats as the most awaited moment is approaching soon. Among the top 3 contestants, Mannara Chopra, Abhishek Kumar, and Munawar Faruqui, the show witnessed yet another eviction. After coming this close to the winner's trophy, the Zid actress got evicted at the third spot. Now, the competition is between the BFFs Abhishek Kumar and Munawar Faruqui.
Bigg Boss 17's Just Chill hosts Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan along with Bharti Singh join Salman Khan for a fun banter on the stage. The trio entertains the contestants as well as the viewers.
After Arun Mashettey's eviction at the fifth spot. The show got its Top 4 finalists and now, an unexpected elimination took place. One of the most talked about contestants Ankita Lokhande got evicted from the show at fourth spot. Now, Abhishek Kumar, Munawar Faruqui, and Mannara Chopra are in the race to win the trophy of Bigg Boss 17. After eviction, Salman Khan revealed that he was shocked to learn about Ankita Lokhande's eviction.
The megastar also appreciated the Pavitra Rishta actress and mentioned that she had the most difficult journies on the show across all seasons. Ankita mentioned that her victory lies in Khan's motivating words.
After his controversial stay and eviction from Bigg Boss 17, Anurag Dobhal skipped appearing on the Bigg Boss 17 grand finale episode. He took to his Twitter (now X) and revealed that he turned down the offer to appear on the show to protect his self-respect.
Abdu Rozik dons Salman Khan's look from Hum Aapke Hai Kaun and interacts with the Tiger 3 star, Madhuri Dixit, and Suniel Shetty. The Bigg Boss 16 contestant also sang songs for Madhuri and his favorite contestant Isha Malviya. As Abdu Rozik makes his exit, the megastar bids adieu to the Dance Deewane 3 judges.
Salman Khan invites good friends Madhuri Dixit and Suniel Shetty on the Bigg Boss 17 stage to promote Dance Deewane 3. The megastar introduced the TOP 4 contestants of the show to Bollywood's popular actors. Salman Khan also revealed that he has known Anna (Suniel Shetty) for many years and that he has a heart of gold.
Shaitaan cast Ajay Devgn and R Madhavan entered the Bigg Boss 17 house to promote their movie and after an interesting procedure, revealed that Arun Mashettey is the one contestant who is out of the finale race. The Hyderabadi Gamer finished his journey in fifth spot. Salman Khan appreciated his journey in the show.
In a fun segment in Bigg Boss 17's grand finale night, Salman Khan asks finalist Ankita Lokhande and her mother-in-law, Ranjana Jain to take vows in favor of each other and make promises that they'd try to fulfill. Ankita promises to never fight with Vicky while Mrs. Jain ensures Ankita that she will give her a lot of love. Salman Khan slyly takes a dig at them, indicating that the promises are hard to fulfill.
While conversing with Abhishek Kumar's father, Salman Khan asked him about his anger and whether he was as short-tempered as Abhishek. The Udaariyan actor's father replied that he was more aggressive earlier, but with time, he mellowed down. The host also noticed Abhishek's father's eyes being welled up and stated that his son does get the emotional quotient from his father.
Salman Khan interacts with the TOP 5 finalists and their family members. In a fun banter, Salman Khan compared Vicky Jain's mother to the veteran actress Lalita Pawar. Khan concluded by stating that off-screen Lalita Pawar was a beautiful person..
Family members of TOP 5 finalists express their love and send good wishes to them. Salman Khan welcomed the family members of the finalists into the Bigg Boss house. The close family members of the contestants met them and wished them luck and also gave them a good-luck charm.
Amidst fun activities, Neil Bhatt and Aishwarya Sharma get into an argument with Ankita Lokhande. When asked to vent out his anger on any contestant, Neil Bhatt chose Ankita Lokhande and mentioned that the Pavitra Rishta actress is undeserving and ill-mannered. Ankita kept on defending herself.
In another task, Aishwarya and Ankita got into a verbal spat.
International star and Bigg Boss 16 fame Abdu Rozik enters the house to entertain the contestants. Rozik reveals having a crush on Udaariyaan actress Isha Malviya. He mentioned that he'd take her to the Bigg Boss 17's grand finale party.
Bharti Singh, Mannara Chopra, and Vicky Jain perform a scene wherein the comedian plays the character of Vicky Jain's mother who's irked with his son's choice of a life partner. The scene concludes with Vicky's mother (Bharti Singh) choosing Ankita Lokhande as a suitable partner for her son.
Haarsh Limbachiyaa joins Bharti Singh to roast the contestants of Bigg Boss 17. The couple entertains the contestants with their special performance.
As Orry exits after a fun activity, Krushna Abhishek enters as the iconic actor Dharmendra. He interacts with the contestants of the show and leaves them in splits with his entertaining act.
Orry and Bharti Singh ask the TOP 5 finalists to name contestants they'd not wish to invite to their parties. Abhishek Kumar mentioned that he wouldn't invite Samarth Jurel. Ankita Lokhande took Neil Bhatt and Aishwarya Sharma's name. Arun Mashettey revealed he wouldn't party with Abhishek Kumar while Munawar Faruqui mentioned that he wouldn't have Ayesha Khan's name on his guest list.