Kashmira Shah - In Bigg Boss 5, everyone was trying to be Dolly Bindra

Juhi Parmar won the Bigg Boss 5 reality show last weekend, but did she really deserve to win?

Several readers, and even former contestants are quite divided on her win, many opting for Sky instead.

We decided to ask some former contestants of the show, and see what they had to say about Juhi, and the other housemates.

Kashmera Shah

I liked everything about Bigg Boss season 5 because everybody reacted when they were attacked, unlike in previous seasons.

I liked Sky the most because he was honest. Pooja Missra was entertaining with her antics but towards the end, she started picking fights unnecessarily.

I somehow didn't like Shonali Nagrani after she blamed Pooja (Shonali raised a hue and cry when Pooja Missra snapped a broom by hitting it on the floor. Shonali alleged that a fragment of the broom flew into her eye and demanded Pooja's eviction).

Juhi deserves to be the winner. She didn't keep quiet but stood up when she had to. She was expected to win but I wanted Sky to win.

The allegations made against Amar were uncalled for especially coming from an adult movie star like Sunny Leone.

Bollywood is my Dream Destination - Puja Gupta

There will be Saif Ali Khan, Vir Das and Kunal Khemu, and one Puja Gupta! The one-film-old actress says she is not at all insecure about being cast with three male actors in her next film, Go Goa Gone. In her debut Bollywood vehicle F.A.L.T.U. as well, the former beauty queen was the only female among the boys — Jackky Bhagnani, Ritesh Deshmukh and Arshad Warsi.

“I’m just happy with my character. And insecure? Not at all! Being the only girl on the sets, it’s just second time lucky for me! It’s a lot of fun shooting with them,” Puja said. After winning the Miss India Universe crown in 2007, the 25-year-old went on to represent the country at the Miss Universe 2007 competition in Mexico. She didn’t make it to the top five, but the platform opened many doors for her. She bagged the chance to model for brands like Mario’s Hair & Care, Pantaloons, Coca Cola, Monte Carlo, Bausch & Lomb as well as the Lay’s Tango campaign with Saif. In her upcoming film, produced by Illuminati Films, Puja plays a college girl.

“In the movie, I play a young college girl, who is very independent and believes in herself strongly. She is a very easy going yet adventurous person and that’s what brings her to Goa with her friends in the movie,” she said. The movie is being directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK of Shor In The City and 99 fame. Puja has already shot the first schedule of the film.

So has she had any crazy and adventurous experience so far? “I do get to hold the real gun! We are just finished with the first schedule right now, and we have one more schedule to shoot. So there’s much more adventurous and bizarre things coming my way. I’m absolutely thrilled about it,” she added.

So far the crew has shot at a place named Chorla Ghat, which is on the Goa-Karnataka-Maharashtra border. She says it was beautiful. “The place is surrounded by wildlife and greenery, cottages, not much civilisation, there were no phone signals and so no BBM (BlackBerry Messenger)… so it was a huge deal for me,” said Puja, who admits Bollywood has always been a “dream destination”. But, as she says, there’s a “long long way to go”

Juhi Parmar - Winner of Big Boss 5

TV artiste Juhi Parmar has finally been announced as the winner of the controversial reality show Bigg Boss season 5. Along with Juhi there were four other members like Sky aka Akashdeep Saigal, Amar Upadyay, Siddharth Bhardwaj, Mahek Chahal in the house. But Juhi has beaten everyone in the grand finale of the Bigg Boss 5 on this Saturday. With this, she has bagged the prize money of Rs.1 crore.

Juhi Parmar entered the Bigg Boss 5 house with the first 13 contestants on October 2, 2011. Although the Kumkum star indulged in many arguments in Bigg Boss 5 house, she made sure that she play the game more safely and patiently. She faced lot of hardship for her friendship with Sky and Sunny Leone, but she never cared for those criticisms. Finally, her patience has been paid off with the Bigg Boss 5 title.

However, Juhi Parmar, who is married to TV personality and businessman Sachin Shroff, has earlier participated in other reality shows like ‘Pati Patni Aur Who’ and ‘Maa Exchange’ and many others. She has won the Miss Rajasthan title in 1999. She has also bagged the Best Actress critic (Female) at the Indian Telly Awards in 2005 for her character ‘Kumkum’ of STAR Plus's Kumkum (TV series).

Here is the photo gallery of Juhi Parmar.