IANS Exclusive Interview with Poker Player Nikita Luther | Reality Show The Traitors | Karan Johar  - video Dailymotion

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Mumbai: In an exclusive interview with Poker player Nikita Luther, where she shared her experience on the reality show ‘The Traitors,’ where she used strategy and observation to win people's hearts. She discussed the show's unique format, her interactions with fellow contestants, and the intimidating presence of host Karan Johar. Nikita emphasized the importance of respecting intelligence and professionalism in reality shows and expressed her admiration for potential collaborators like Aamir Khan and Anurag Kashyap.   #NikitaLuther #PokerPlayer #TheTraitors #KaranJohar #ExclusiveInterview #RealityShow #Trending #BollywoodNews #BollywoodGossips #BollywoodUpdates #BollywoodNews #Bollywood #Bollywoodcelebrity #BollywoodHindiNews #IANS

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00:00Thank you so much. It's my pleasure to be here.

00:05Nikita, what do you think about the reality shows?

00:11I never thought that I would get a platform like this.

00:17I would get a platform on showbiz where everyone comes to drama.

00:21And here I can use strategy to showcase that I am a different contestant.

00:28So, it's been a surreal journey. I am very grateful for the opportunity.

00:35What do you think about cards or contestant?

00:39Definitely contestants.

00:42Because when we bluffed in cards, it's hard to win.

00:47If we don't win, then we won't win.

00:51Or we don't bluff with chips, we don't bluff with words.

00:56So, definitely contestants.

01:08If you don't like poker, do you have any bluff with chips?

01:13Definitely.

01:15I have understood a lot of outsiders.

01:21I don't know who it is.

01:24Because all of them are from showbiz.

01:26And I didn't accept much of it at the beginning.

01:29So, slowly slowly I started winning people's heart.

01:32I started playing a strategy.

01:34You know, I don't feel very harmful.

01:36And everything else.

01:39When people came to perform,

01:41came to get attention of camera,

01:43I came to play games and I came to play strategy.

01:46So, definitely. Yes.

01:48Yes.

01:49Do you have any contestant with your rivalries or friends?

01:55Look, I don't want to give spoilers.

01:58But you will see that in the beginning,

02:00many people are far away from me.

02:02Because someone doesn't understand.

02:04First, people thought it was very dangerous.

02:06The strategy game.

02:07Some people thought it was very dangerous.

02:09Because the strategy game is played in the business world.

02:12And others thought it was irrelevant.

02:15Underestimate her.

02:16It's not a habit of the camera.

02:18We are far more than it is.

02:20Who are they?

02:21So, there are two types of people.

02:23And you will see that some people are made.

02:25Some people are not.

02:26But I have to work with all of them.

02:28You know, I have to work with all of them.

02:31Do you think that women in India,

02:34do you respect more women?

02:37I think that women,

02:41men, poker players,

02:44have more respect.

02:45It is not that.

02:47It is that,

02:48that a woman has made its mark in a male-dominated field.

02:52People are giving more value.

02:55People are respecting more today.

02:58Because in such a time,

03:00like in the 1970s,

03:02women weren't even allowed to have a bank account.

03:05They were dependent on all the males.

03:08Today, women got so much independence,

03:10freedom, power.

03:12And when they come to the male-dominated field,

03:14they prove themselves.

03:16So, people appreciate that.

03:18And this is, I think,

03:20a very good time to be alive in.

03:23Today,

03:37these people,

03:38You know, they play with Tash and Patos, but those who are playing professionally, they are training for the poker game as a mind sport.

03:49It is a mind sport, you know, in the West, ESPN and Sports Channel, they play poker.

03:54Those who play, they know that it's a strategy game.

03:57Gambling is less in long term.

03:59Gambling doesn't mean that there are games of skill, the courts have ruled, Gujarat court, Karnataka court,

04:07they have ruled it as a game of skill.

04:09It is taught in MIT and Harvard, the world's smartest universities, Harvard or MIT.

04:14And in that, poker is taught in a credit course.

04:18So, if it's gambling, then what is it, if it's a chance game?

04:23So, the theory of poker, people learn how to conquer the corporate world by applying the same strategies and theories.

04:34So, I will argue that a restaurant is a lot of gambling or a business is a lot of gambling.

04:39In long term, only 10-15% of businesses are actually making it.

04:4375-80% of businesses are failing.

04:47It is more of a gamble.

04:48So, what is it, or not, is it a different question.

04:53Poker is a strategy game.

04:55And, like we play as professionals, we train as athletes and play as a mind-sport.

05:02Traitors, I will tell you 100% of honesty, it was not scripted.

05:19It was a completely different reality show.

05:22I will tell you, it was different on three counts.

05:27Number one, it's a captive reality.

05:29When we went there, we took our phones.

05:32It was filming for two weeks.

05:34When I was eliminated, when I was eliminated, I couldn't give spoilers.

05:38It was filming for two weeks, two weeks, we took our phones.

05:42And, it's not that at night, we are going back to the hotel room, we can check it at night, but there are no cameras.

05:47They told us for two weeks for two weeks.

05:52And, also, it was absolutely unscripted.

05:56What is going to happen in the show, we had no idea.

05:59Everything was unfolding as it was happening.

06:03Secondly, the other reality shows are very toxic.

06:09There are dramas, people are telling themselves, they are telling themselves, they are killing them.

06:14There was nothing allowed in Traitors.

06:16Traitors is a very hot reality show.

06:19Where, with intelligence and strategy, it was a drama.

06:23It was a good drama.

06:24But, within the rules, it was a drama.

06:26So, it was a very strategy game.

06:29It was to focus on people's minds.

06:33It was a social experiment.

06:35People interact with each other, with pressure.

06:39And, you know, and a social experiment like this show, they have made it.

06:45So, it was completely unscripted.

06:48So, for the first time, I have told you this show, I'm from the first time.

06:56So, I think that was a great advantage.

06:59But, the disadvantage was that I felt very uncomfortable.

07:02Look at the beginning, as I have told you, I am outside of the showbiz, okay, so I think that was a great advantage of me.

07:11But the disadvantage was that I felt uncomfortable, that I didn't accept it.

07:16Like my friends, I think at the beginning, my friendship was Maheep, Lakshmi Ji, Raftar, Sudhanshu.

07:26So, you know, there were groups that they were afraid that they didn't show much friendship with me, that they didn't become an enemy.

07:35Because there were groups formed, like, I don't want to give spoilers.

07:39But there were a lot of people who already have a reality background, like Jasmine and Guayurfi.

07:44So, they didn't accept me much in the beginning.

07:48So, you know, it was very, very interesting, but this is my, I think, the biggest advantage.

07:54Because I was underestimated, and I was outside of the showbiz.

07:57Because there was no one's read, and I was reading all of them.

08:02You have a lot of camera shooting.

08:04Okay.

08:05So, do you have to do more attention from sports?

08:09Actually, I don't have much attention.

08:13You will see the show, you will understand.

08:15I don't have much attention from the camera, but I always rise to the occasion.

08:21I have given an opportunity, so I am enjoying it.

08:25But you will see, my social media is not so active.

08:29Now, you will see the show in the camera.

08:32I am not doing anything with my camera.

08:34People have watched me at the showbiz,

08:36that they are sitting in a corner in the showbiz.

08:38I didn't play the camera in the camera.

08:41I didn't play the game in the showbiz.

08:43I was playing the strategy of the showbiz.

08:45I was listening to our showbiz.

08:46Can you say that every video of the showbiz?

08:55Definitely, bit-real was great.

08:58My friends and actually, there was a scene in the trailer.

09:02I have been crying.

09:04At that time, I was very hurt.

09:06But it was good,

09:08and sometimes...

09:10I was feeling very sad for a bit.

09:12at that time, I was very hurt, but it wasn't for me, it was for a friend, you will see.

09:17Because what happens with me, I don't have to worry about anything,

09:21but somebody I care about with someone, and I feel bad for them.

09:26So, there was a lot of dark shows, there was a lot of emotions,

09:32there was a lot of betrayal, and one thing happened,

09:36and why it hurt so much is because past life, I mean, past experiences in life,

09:41they also come up, that we have a betrayal in the past,

09:46so it feels bad, yes.

09:51Karan, who came in a new shape in this show,

09:56he was very strict, very scary, very, you know,

10:01he was not himself, because he's always so, you know, playful and friendly,

10:05and friendly, and he was very strict, cold,

10:08very steel-cold vibe.

10:10In fact, I have seen in the press conference,

10:13that he was saying that Maheep,

10:15that he was so scared of me,

10:17because I didn't even say hi to Maheep,

10:19and Maheep, they are so good friends,

10:20they know each other from the years,

10:22but they came in a very cold, scary,

10:25and he was a completely different avatar,

10:30he was a completely different avatar,

10:32and all, so he was supposed to be somebody to be feared,

10:35which was a new thing for Karan Jor,

10:36and I definitely enjoyed it.

10:38Because,

10:45I mean,

10:48the game was a challenge,

10:50people, you know,

10:53The people were smiling behind him and the people were silently standing behind him.

11:02Everything, nobody was as it seems.

11:06He can't trust anybody now because he has seen all the games behind the camera.

11:14If you want to know a big boss and reality shows, how do you want to know about it?

11:23The other reality shows, when I got a phone call from Amazon Prime,

11:28that we are looking for a world class strategist,

11:31to play a show, between people who are reality TV stars,

11:36we want to see how a strategist operates,

11:40how they perform in drama.

11:43At that time, I said,

11:45I have spent so many years in building my reputation.

11:50I have worked very hard to be where I am.

11:53I don't want to expose myself to such negativity, toxicity.

11:57People are killing each other.

11:59I don't want that only.

12:02I am from a respectable profession, background.

12:07I take a lot of pride in what I do.

12:09The rest of the world is what I feel like.

12:11But whatever I want to do,

12:15I don't want to take a name,

12:17but whatever it is,

12:19but if I get a guarantee,

12:21that I am not going to be subject to this toxicity,

12:24then drama, yes.

12:25Within the rules of the game, drama, yes.

12:27But I don't want to expose myself to me.

12:30Because I play with my mind,

12:33and I play with my intelligence.

12:34I see my value.

12:35I don't want to play drama.

12:37So I want to tell you.

12:38Hi.

12:39Good morning.

12:40Good morning.

12:41Hi, why here?

12:43I want to talk about this.

12:45That's just a little bit more interesting.

12:47No.

12:48Most likely, no.

12:50Because I like to play intelligent games.

12:52How about doing great games?

12:54Okay.

12:55And lastly,

12:56how could you find other players such as I am 12 or 12?

13:01If there is such an opportunity to share.

13:04I think they were very strong players, they have a lot of respect in the industry, so they know what to say and how to say, they will be scared.

13:21It's a tough question, but I think Karan Kundra, Raftar, Maheeb has so much experience in reality shows, so Maheeb definitely.

13:32Lakshmi is a very good person at heart as well, so these are my picks for the win.

13:40I am really enjoying the cameras and limelight definitely.

13:52Let's see, I don't have any plans yet, but I am definitely open to thinking about it.

13:58I would love to work with Aamir Khan.

14:00Yes, I am really enjoying the cameras and limelight definitely.

14:04Let's see, I don't have any plans yet, but I am definitely open to thinking about it.

14:12I would love to work with Aamir Khan definitely.

14:28Director Anurag Kashyap, he is a little bit off.

14:40What did you say to your fans?

14:42My message to the fans is that, don't be scared of being underestimated.

14:48Underestimated is a quiet power, when you rise above from it, when you fight through it.

14:56The success is so much more sweeter and that the greatest revenge is success.

15:02So if you have to get revenge from people, then you will become successful.

IANS Exclusive Interview with Poker Player Nikita Luther | Reality Show The Traitors | Karan Johar

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