Bigg Boss Kannada OTT: Is Somanna Machimada the VILLAIN in the Roopesh Shetty - Saanya Iyer story?

The Roopesh Shetty - Saanya Iyer saga continues to be the most talked-about inside the Bigg Boss Kannada OTT house. Despite the vehement denials from both Roopesh and Saanya about any budding romance between them, their apparent closeness as friends has irked a few of their housemates. 

Popular news anchor and TV personality Somanna Machimada, in particular, has addressed this matter time and again and the same came to the fore in the recent elimination episode when host Kiccha Sudeep urged everyone to speak about the tiny groups that are forming inside the house.

Somanna's accusation, so to speak, comes on the back of another recent confrontation that also involved Saanya Iyer and Roopesh Shetty. For the unversed, all the remaining 14 contestants were pitted against one another for the captaincy position which included each of them presenting a strong verbal case for themselves as worthy contenders. 

In response to Saanya's campaign, Somanna Machimada would claim that almost 80% of the house reckoned that the exclusivity of the bond between her and Roopesh is a little problematic. He would go on to add that Saanya Iyer, as a result of her focus on other relationships, hasn't managed to forge any friendship with him and, as a result, he does not see as captaincy material.

Cut to the second-week elimination episode that premiered on Saturday, August 21, and the same "issue" came to light when Somanna was implored by Kiccha Sudeep to speak his mind freely about his annoyances inside the house. Somanna would do so and speak of the Saanya Iyer - Roopesh Shetty relationship as something that lay outside the ethical practices inside the Bigg Boss house. What followed was a brief yet important dialogue between the three parties with the latter two asserting that it is unfair to isolate them.

However, many netizens have continually shared that Somanna Machimada is making calculated moves inside the competition. Most social media users reckoned that the news anchor has no right to be concerned of others' private business and that he is playing a "game" to put a strong contender like Roopesh Shetty under negative light. Many also referred to a possible synergy between Somanna and Arjun Ramesh to specifically target Roopesh.