It’s been a week since Manikarnika actress Kangana Ranaut's reality show Lock Upp has premiered on an OTT. With 14 controversial celebrities, all locked up in a prison that is being run by Ranaut, the show was bound to create a stir of TRPs and controversies, and it very well has. 

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However, the audience has had a different reaction towards the show, one where they have managed to compare it to two different hit shows - Bigg Boss and Squid Games.

The Korean thriller-drama that took the world by surprise with it’s concept, Squid Games was one of the most popular and viral TV shows, and well for good reason. However, when fans compared Kangana Ranaut’s Lock Upp to Squid Games, it wasn’t as flattering as one may think.

Aaj Kangana ki court mein, @munawar0018 ne serve kiye roasted contestants.

Don’t miss the Judgment Day episode with #KanganaRanaut tonight at 10:30 pm.

Play the @LockuppGame now. pic.twitter.com/nhNaaoZ3Oa

— ALTBalaji (@altbalaji) March 5, 2022

Calling it a ‘sasti copy’, Ekta Kapoor’s reality show was dissed by people on twitter who were simply not impressed and called the concept of the show ‘unoriginal’.

For the uninitiated, the show requires all the contestants to be locked in jail for 75 days, where they have to cook their own meals, perform tasks and just somehow make the ends meet until they can be let out. 

Kangana's #LockUpp is so irritating couldn't watch for more than a minute

— Gabbar - The Artist (@prash_prince) March 6, 2022

One user wrote, “Kangana ki clap bhut irritating he but i like her as host,” while another went ahead and said, “Sasta bigg boss with lite squid game wale bande bana rakha hai yeh.”

#LockUpp is mixed of squid game & bigboss

And that shit voice tho
Is irritating like robot got extra bass boom volume

Bb voiceover was best#KKundrraSquad

— Krystal (@Krystal74924331) February 27, 2022

And yes this LOCKUPP is sasta version of Squid games+#BiggBoss

Creatives will be restricted to jail theme only, but Bigg Boss can have variations in theme every year

— Anubhav (@Anubhav_Memerz) February 28, 2022

#SquidGame or #BiggBoss ko mila do

ban gaya #LockUpp

Kangana ki clap bhut iratating he but i like her as host.

overall the show is giving good Reality Show Vibe bigg boss ki taker deskta he.

— Owais - U Can Call me RUMI (@iamrealowais) February 27, 2022

#LockUpp is giving squid game vibe with those uniforms and handcuffs (except he murder part)#KaranKundrra #KKundrraSquad

— (@NavxBiggboss) February 27, 2022

Someone even commented, “#LockUpp is mixed of squid game & bigboss. And that shit voice tho Is irritating like robot got extra bass boom volume. Bb voiceover was best,” while comparing the ALT Balaji reality show to Salman Khan’s Bigg Boss.

Scripted+BigBoss+Squid Game+Zero Acting+Unreal Hosting+Politically Motivated+ Rough Screenplay= LockUpp #LockUpp #Lockup
Selection of contestants to just make hype of the show
(Television की भाषा में T.R.P) #KanganaKaLockUpp #Squidgame #BiggBoss #TheFameGame #JustSaying

— Vipin Lyricist (@LyricistVipin) February 28, 2022

Meanwhile, some people have even criticized the selection of the contestants, claiming that they have all been picked out strategically to just create a hype for the show. A user named Vipin Lyricist wrote, “Scripted+BigBoss+Squid Game+Zero Acting+Unreal Hosting+Politically Motivated+ Rough Screenplay= LockUpp #LockUpp #Lockup Selection of contestants to just make hype of the show (Television की भाषा में T.R.P).”

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