Bigg Boss Tamil: The real contestants revealed

The first season of Kamal Haasan's Bigg Boss Tamil kick-started yesterday, 25 June. The inaugural episode was a grand event that introduced all the contestants to the audience. While it was earlier said that there would be 14 contestants, the audience we in surprise and there was a 15th contestant who made it into the house.

Here is the list of inmates, who have entered the first season of Bigg Boss Tamil.

Shree
Young actor Shree of Mysskin's 'Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum' fame was the first to enter the Bigg Boss house. Fresh from the success of his latest film 'Maanagaram', the smart looking boy is expected to be a strong contestant and also ideal to win the hearts of the audience.

Anuya
The 'SMS' actress made an entry with a dance performance on the show. Despite having acted in few Tamil films, this second contestant did not know the names of quite a few actors who later enterted into the house.

Vaiyapuri
The comedian who had worked with the likes of Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Vijay and Ajith amongst others looked happy entering the Bigg Boss house. His son, who was present among the audience shared that his father had been away from home the most, while shooting for 'Mumbai Express' with Kamal Haasan himself.

Gayathri Raghuram
Choreographer and actor Gayathri Raghuram who has also turned into a director with 'Yaathumaagi Nindral', who stunned the audience doing split on Kamal Haasan's request was the 4th contestant who entered the house.

Bharani
Bharani of Naadodigal fame who has done a lot of supporting roles in films also made a mark on the small screen with a reality show on Vijay TV. He was involved in some fight with the other contestants in that show, which we could expect in Bigg Boss as well. An ideal contestant for the show's format.

Raiza Wilson
She is a model and contestant of Miss India and has also been crowned the Femina Miss South Beautiful Smile. The pretty and young Raiza is totally new to the Tamil audience and it would be interesting for them to see how she is in the house with the other well known celebritites.

Snehan
The popular tamil lyricist who has written more than 200+ songs in tamil movies is making his small screen debut with his show. Will he be able to win over the inmates and the audience with his talent as a lyricist or is there another side to him that will come out in the show?

Oviya
Actress Oviya of 'Kalavani' fame was the 8th contestant who had even worked with Kamal Haasan in 'Manmadan Ambu'. The pretty actress sizzled with a dance performance on the stage before having a fun chat with Kamal Haasan and entering the house.

Aarathi Ganesh
The popular female comedian revealed that she chose to be in the show only for her father who wanted see how she would fare living without him. She was her funny best on the stage saying that her husband would be happy that she is gone for a 100 days and also continued with her comic dialogues into the house.

Aarar
The young and handsome looking model from Trichy is hoping to make a entry into the filmdom through this show. Despite having done more than 100+ ads and playing a small role on Vijay Anthony's 'Saithan', Aarar is looking to make a mark in the Bigg Boss house.

Ganja Karuppu
Comedy actor Ganja Karuppu is another interesting candidate who would add nativity to the show. He was more than happy to be in the house without cell phones which he said are the one that create trouble. While he was happy to see lyricist Snehan in the house, he was also struck a chord with Oviya, who has worked with him in 'Kalavani'.

Julian
The Jallikattu protests fame girl was a shocking and interesting inclusion among the other celebrities in the Bigg Boss house. Looks like there is some to take a strong stand on issues and be vocal about it. She was also smart enough to start addressing the men in the house as brothers to avoid any contorversy and calling the ladies as sisters to create a bond.

Ganesh Venkatram
For Ganesh Venkatram, who shared screen space with Kamal Haasan in Unnaipol Oruvan, it was nostalgia. Kamal said though they have no combination scenes together in the film, he had watched the scenes that involved Ganesh. Ganesh was accompanied by his wife Nisha, who apparently, had been crying for a week. This is the first time that the duo were about to stay apart from each other after one and a half years of marriage.

Shakthi Vasu
Shakthi surprised the audience when he said that his real name was Prashanth Vasu and that he changed his name to Sakthivel before he made his entry into films. And guess where did he draw inspiration for his name? From none other than Kamal, who played Sakthivel in Devar Magan. “I am a Kamal Veriyan,” said the Sivalinga actor. He added that Kamal Haasan had held his son when he was just 28 days old and that it was sheer bliss.

Namitha
Namitha turned out to be surprise entry as the 15th contestant. It looked like even Kamal Haasan wasn’t aware of her entry. The actress, who recently has taken to spirituality, said that the reason she chose to be on the show was to show change the image of hers among public.