As she says: "A show of this production value and this kind of magnitude and this kind of scale needed to be seen with maximum reach of people and as much as we can. OTT platforms are coming up in India and especially homegrown ones and MX player has an incredible reach, different gamut of audience and subscribers so does ALT. And they clubbed and combined together and decided to do it in a bigger way. I was game for that."
When asked, if the show is going to be a family watch, she replies: "Yes, it is definitely a family watch but by family do you mean children? I'm not sure about that. But the beauty of OTT is that it is a very personalized experience. You can have your headphones on and you can see it with your partner, your girlfriend and if you have a certain comfort with your parents."
"It is something that can be enjoyed with likeminded people. And the nature of the show is such that a lot of controversial people are going to be put together under testing circumstances. So, nobody really knows where it can get. But it is going to be unpredictable. So, there is no definite answer to it, yes or no. But at the same time I feel that one should see which way it goes," she adds.
There are a number of controversial people parts of the show and dealing with them as a host can be tricky sometimes. How Kangana will deal with them if they show any kind of disrespect towards her or create drama.
The 'Queen' actress answers: "They're very edgy controversial celebrities. And yes, some of them have been a part of major controversies. Of course, when you go to correct them and if you scratch the surface they get volatile, they get absolutely completely into the attacking mode and they do not see who comes before that and it can be the host also. In TV, they might delete a showdown like that, but in digital, it is not going to be deleted because that is the nature of digital so I am quite aware that some of these celebrities are going to lose control."
"And they're going to be all over the place and some might even subject me to their volatile nature, some sort of wrath. I'm not going to have anybody tell me what to do and I am the host and I should have the last word and I know how to exert my place and I know how to, you know for the lack of better word, I know how to be a 'queen'."
Moving ahead Kangana replies to her show being compared to 'Bigg Boss' and like 'Bigg Boss' has been recently blamed for favouring few contestants, 'Lock Upp' will also have some favourites of her.
Kangana says: "See 'Bigg Boss' and all are TV shows and they have contestants on them. We are not talking about contestants here, we're talking about 'kaidis' and they are in jail. I will have the final word and I will choose the winner."
(IANS)
