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Sustainability Takes Centre Stage: JioCinema’s Bigg Boss OTT Season 2 Delivers A Unique House of Recycled Wonders
Mumbai: Bigg Boss OTT has been making headlines ever since JioCinema announced the eagerly awaited second season. With only two days remaining until the show’s grand launch, the platform has taken the anticipation to new heights by unveiling the extraordinary house, leaving fans in awe! Expertly designed by art director Omung Kumar and production designer Vanita Garud Kumar, this season, the ‘strange house’ theme takes center stage with its captivating design, featuring recycled elements that redefine innovation. Right from the entrance and the bedroom to the grand dining area, every corner tells a story of artistic sustainability!
Plastic bottles have found new life in the grand entrance Bigg Boss eye, seamlessly blending with other decorative elements like lamps and chandeliers. The kitchen, a central part of the house, showcases innovation by incorporating egg cartons on walls, adding a touch of quirkiness through their unique shape and texture. Kitchen utensils such as spoons, spatulas, and kadchis are transformed into captivating art pieces, while the dining area creatively utilises springs and clip hangers, giving a colourful twist to the space. The bedroom embraces psychedelic tones and patterns, creating a cool and fun vibe. This remarkable house inspires sustainability, reminding that beauty can emerge from unexpected places. Within the eccentricity of “The Strange House,” the bathroom takes on a unique twist with toilet seats creatively placed on walls, complemented by mirrors, while loofas, brushes, and even repurposed garbage bins ingeniously transform into eccentric lighting fixtures.
This season of Bigg Boss OTT will feature multiple lounge zones, including a lively black love area where housemates can creatively arrange pillows adorned with letters on the walls, allowing them to form words and express their thoughts. Additionally, the garden area boasts not only a refreshing pool and a fully equipped gym but also a distinctive jail setup, adding an intriguing element to the overall experience.
Commenting on the thought and the creativity behind the house, Omung Kumar said, “The ‘strange house’ of Bigg Boss OTT Season 2 is designed with the vision of creating something youthful and relevant in today’s times. We took an unconventional approach to discover art in everyday things, proving that even the most unexpected items can become extraordinary works of art. This house is nothing less than an art museum of recycled materials, where discarded items are given a new life and transformed into visually stunning pieces.”
Offering non-stop entertainment and multi-cam action for free, Bigg Boss OTT Season 2 is set to stream from 17 June with iconic superstar Salman Khan as the host. This season gives the audience the ultimate power to influence the game, under the tagline ‘Iss Baar Janta Hai Asli Boss’.
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WhatsApp may soon let users to pick who sees their status updates
The messaging giant is borrowing a page from Instagram’s playbook as it pushes to give users finer control over their social circles.
CALIFORNIA: WhatsApp is quietly working on a feature that could make its Status function considerably smarter and considerably more private.
According to reports from beta tracking platforms, the app is testing a tool called Status lists, which would allow users to create named groups such as close friends, family and colleagues, and control precisely which group sees each update. It is a meaningful step up from the platform’s current blunt instruments, which offer only three options: share with all contacts, exclude specific people, or manually select individuals each time.
The new feature draws an obvious comparison with Instagram’s Close Friends function, and the resemblance is unlikely to be accidental. Both platforms sit within Meta’s family, and the company has been nudging them toward a common logic of audience segmentation for some time.
The move also fits neatly into WhatsApp’s broader privacy push. The platform has been rolling out enhanced chat protections and is exploring the introduction of usernames, which would allow users to connect without exchanging phone numbers. Status lists extend that philosophy from messaging into broadcasting.
Meanwhile, Status itself has been evolving well beyond its origins as a simple photo-and-text slideshow. The feature now supports music stickers, collages, longer videos and interactive elements, pushing it closer to the social-media-style story format pioneered by Snapchat and refined by Instagram. In that context, finer audience controls are not merely a privacy feature. They are a precondition for people sharing more.
The feature remains in development and has not been confirmed for release. WhatsApp routinely tests tools that are later modified or quietly shelved. But the direction of travel is clear: the app wants Status to be a destination, not an afterthought. Letting users decide exactly who is in the audience is how it gets there.
