For the next three months or so, the idiot box is going to be ruled one of India's biggest reality show, Bigg Boss. Bigg Boss 13, yup, we have 13 seasons of celebrities baring out their real (and mostly ugly) selves on television for the voyeuristic pleasures of the audiences, is here now. And once again, it is Salman Khan who has taken the charge of being the host and the mentor. Among the contestants this time, we have Siddhartha Dey. Care to know more about him? Read on to find out! Bigg Boss 13 Grand Premiere Live Updates: Salman Khan Seems Upset That Siddhartha Dey Left His Film.

Siddhartha Dey may be one of the lesser popular contestants in this season, but his connections to Bollywood and television industry are quite strong. Not just that, Dey also has a very strong connection to Big Boss itself! He is a popular writer for reality shows, making him perhaps the first writer to enter Bigg Boss. And we all thought it would be Chetan Bhagat who would do so, didn't we?

Anyway, Siddhartha Dey, who is an engineer by education, had started his career first into the field of sales and marketing before the writing bug bit him. He has worked with the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Ayushmann Khurrana, and Priyanka Chopra. He was also reportedly creatively involved in the first season of Bigg Boss, having written the first couple of episodes. There is also another report that he was chosen over Gandii Baat actress Anveshi Jain for the show, the reasons for which have never been disclosed. Other personal details of Dey are not very known in the public domain.

With a scriptwriter involved in the house, we do wonder if Dey uses his Bigg Boss experience and create some live skits on the show itself.

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