It is quite evident that while other housemates – who don’t belong to a major film family like Tanishaa does – become the subject of his snide remarks and a few have even become the butt of his quirky jokes, when it comes to Tanishaa and Armaan, the bindaas host mellows and suddenly gets more civilised and polite. And our argument is solidly supported by so many instances.

For instance, when Tanishaa and Armaan got up close and personal with each other in the glass-walled house, Sallu bhai – in a very civilised manner – warned the lovebirds about the presence of 84 cameras inside the house. Now if it had not been Tanishaa-Armaan and someone else instead, would Salman have treated them so gently? We certainly don’t think so!

When Tanishaa got into a war of words with Pratyusha Banerjee recently about Armaan, Sallu took Kajol’s little sister’s side and told her that it was not worth getting into a fight with the Hindi TV soap star. Does that mean the other contestants inside the glass walled house are not worth talking to? Well, that’s what the bhai seems to think.

So that leads us to wanting answers – why is Salman not being his regular wicked self when it comes to Tanishaa? Or even to Armaan? Why are his harsh words reserved for all the other contestants but these two? Is Salman playing favourites? More interesting, is Salman playing it safe?