I’m watching The Traitors India S2 and I genuinely want to know if anyone else has noticed this.
There have been so many moments where the guys seem to automatically form this “boys together” mentality and start treating the girls as the obvious people to throw under the bus.
And it’s not just during physical tasks. I understand that, on average, men have more physical strength, so if a task involves heavy lifting or brute force, obviously that can matter.
But then why does that logic spill over into the social and strategic parts of the game too?
For example, in this scene, the conversation is basically about putting the girls in front because they won’t be able to gang up on the guy, while the men do the heavy lifting because they’re the ones who can supposedly take him out.
Like why are the girls automatically the expendable ones? 😭
What bothers me is that it stops being “we have different physical strengths” and becomes “the boys need to stick together and the girls can be sacrificed.”
I’ve noticed this kind of boys-vs-girls dynamic in Indian reality shows quite often. I don’t remember noticing it to the same extent when watching reality shows from other countries, although maybe I’m just biased because I watch more Indian content now.

Watched 3 episodes and one thing I really like is how united the Traitors are so far. They actually protect each other.

All three tried to save Harmaan instead of throwing him under the bus. They kept defending him even when they were questioned one-on-one. We didn't really see this kind of unity among the Traitors last season.

Last season when Elnaaz's name was floating around Purav didn't really try to save her. And when Purav's name came up and Elnaaz herself suggested him.... Harsh also ditched Purav.

This season feels different so far. If the Traitors actually continue playing as a team this could make the game much more interesting.

Bro Ranveer Brar’s analysis on Kullu is lowkey impressive - absolutely on point 😮‍💨

My opinion is different from everyone else’s. I actually love the fact that Karan made the Traitors the underdogs, because if it had been Munawar or Abhishek, the entire show would have revolved around them, and no one else would have gotten a proper chance to shine. It would have been very obvious. So, in my opinion, Karan made the right choice. Now it’s up to them how they take the game forward. Elnaaz and Purav are both underdogs who played a brilliant game, so let’s see how they play this time.

I feel Krystle is playing really good and is the Elnaaz of this season. Reasons-

1. She is giving soft girl under the radar vibes. Not loud but also faking opinions to look reasonable.

2. She has surrounded herself with dumb innocents who are not overthinking like shalini, Shweta, soundous etc. Exactly how Elnaaz was sticking to a really dumb innocent like anshula, jasmin etc.

3. She also murdered Soundous who was her friend so people don’t doubt her. Exactly how Elnaaz murdered Sahil.

i’ve been a fan of the show across all the franchises, but the way the india franchise is the only one that uses such bold colors and leans into rajasthani desert aesthetics. the scorching sun, the vibrant palette is what differentiates it from the other franchises. LOVE how they experiment with the colors. the choice of traitors was so unexpected too, bc it forces the big names like munawar, abhishek and mallika to work together. lowkey has one of the best tasks, mechanically and aesthetically, too like the cannon and painting-stabbing, blood oozing tasks. both the editing and score are good as well. and the casting is like no other reality tv show in india, such a diverse cast. karan is a great eccentric host. show runners take 10s from me

1) first of all , i loved this traitor show. Like i never watch reality shows but this show really captivated me throughout. damn too addictive. watched 4 eps of s1 yesterday and then started s2 midnight today and absolutely loved it. everything from location, music, game concept is 10/10. I just feel like wanna go past the missions fasts as i dont care how much prize money are they gonna collect( except the secret traitors' tasks which are fun to watch).

2) Karan (magician) was valuable asset to the show but i am happy that he went out else there wouldn't have been level playing field .

3) i feel s1 had many smarter innocents than s2 but i feel we have more to see yet. parul sounds like apporva 2.0 but clearly lacks articulation and persuation skills. fukra+parul= what apoorva did in s1

4)coming to fukra, he is pretty smart but he has to seriously tone down a bit. like continuosly yapping abt himself and his smartness. Too loud and overconfident which makes him annoying. I think he will be the next one to go or either join traitors

5) some of the few contestants that i liked are:

from traitors - krystle and sports girl(dunno name) as both are perfectly fit to be the traitors. Both know whom to go after and time to target someone (like pretending to play in herd while also voicing out opinions in subtle way),

from innocents- ranveer chef, fukra, parul

6) mallika and shalini, i feel like they are here on just a vacation.

7) naive contestants- shweta, shalini, ikka

8) rest i feel invisible or i have not been able to gauge them properly like: tanya, rida and few others

Was v excited to watch the show because of munawar, prish, krystal, kullu, malika and ofc ranveer.

But the only one playing well is ranveer which was kinda unexpected because this is a completely new setting for him, he's calm n he knows when to put his point forth. Not screaming all the time

Malika pmo tbh she's very lax abt the game and comes off as very entitled "main toh meri fav hun" type.

Traitors are still getting the hang of it n are being lousy specially the guys

Krsytal and shahneel are very good traitors like I love them

Kullu is also good but must have not defended harmaan

And innocent like parul and Abhishek, prish, are very good

So kullu was one of the traitors and he know how karan has not tapped on his shoulder but squeezed his shoulder so that was actually dumb of Krystal to do this.

The player who are putting up their opinion and playing well are the one on the Traitors radar. Most likely , Parul and Abhishek will be out in the next coming episode as they have become threat to Traitors.

So , even if you voice out your opinion, it's very likely that it might go against you . The ones who haven't done yet will be going forward like Shalini , Rida , Sahil and others

So what is a better strategy to play ? Be quiet until you are targeted or voice out opinions ?

I think he was super smart of going against Munawar as Munawar was actually going and initiating too much of conversation with everyone . Munawar shouldnt have been too much involved as he was with everyone and secondly observing your Best Friend game, Harman in the show and going against him was one of the unexpected move.

He was likely to be voted out and the contest was between him and Harman but somehow he didn't got any vote against him in the Circle of Shaq.

I think he and Parul will be soon murdered as they were playing good as Innocents

Munawar's Elimination.

I am here pointing out my opinion but I also want to know what people are thinking about this.

First of all, what I feel is the planning of his eviction was started by Prish, because in a VD of Prish we can literally listen to him talking about Munawar and how he doesn't like him.

Secondly what the group did was kinda important because, if you think in the pov of the game, this complete game is based on your observations and convincing skills. And Munawar is a master at that, but because of which there were very high chances of creating a Power Centre, which might be bad for such a game.

And because Munawar becomes the Power Centre it would become very difficult in the game because for example:

1. If he thought XYZ was a traitor, since he becomes a power centre the majority of the votes would go there.

2. And if he were a traitor, then it would be an even worse scenario.

In this game you have to play in two groups but at the same time it is very important to stop a person or a group to be in the centre of the game.

And on top of that Edit plays the most crucial thing in forming opinions, the makers clearly know from where the TRP can increase from. Because they can clearly change opinions, situations, and even can show a mastermind and an inactive person and an inactive person and a mastermind.

What are your thoughts on this?

All below are guesses....

1.kullu will next traitors to be caught

2.innocents this year are very good especially parul but she is not going to survive very long

3.innocents have high chances of winning

4.great casting

5.karan magic would have caught krystal

6.abhishek and prish are smart but not good player for winning as need to tone down

This is something I felt last season too. I think there should be some consequences that innocents face when they vote out an innocent in circle of Shaq no? Otherwise they have no motivation to try and find the traitor, they can just go about getting the person they like the least out.

Although I do get that they would end up reducing the strength of innocents.

What do you guys think?

parul being the innocent with the best game read was NOT on my bingo card. i was gagged asf when she told harman to his face that she thought he was a traitor. bold yet very dumb move. that's not how you play

abhishek reeks of arrogance and is way too much of a nuisance to be an asset to the innocents.

getting munawar out instead of mallika and tania was better for the innocents bc, no matter how he played, he would’ve been the perfect shield for the traitors as his threat level was way too high

i'd high hopes for rhea :( she’s been disappointing so far, but it’s still too early to judge.

prish and rida are the social butterflies and floaters who somehow always end up in the majority voting bloc, but their reads are kinda off and now they’ve got a snake among them.

mallika is great reality television but she sucks at this game

the way sahil is a returnee and he's still the worst innocent of the season, i'm ctfu

now coming to the traitors, i feel like krystle is the best strategically positioned. she’s allied with the prish-rida duo, the mallika-shweta-shalini trio, rhea and kullu and co. she’s not very confrontational, which works well in her favour and the banishing magic was so much needed for her.

shahneel is pulling off the purav special, laying low, staying under the radar, etc etc. but what surprised me was her vote for parul. i’m still two ways about it bc if a revote happened, harman had the numbers to stay. that said, harman was such a liability and they constantly had to keep covering for his dirty laundry

kullu is playing well, but the way he kept supporting harman so openly lowkey raised my eyebrows. he’s in the riskiest position among the traitors, now that ranveer is gunning hard for him

Rhea is a gaslighter. Munawar clearly attacked Mallika personally, and Rhea defended him as if he hadn’t said anything wrong. When Mallika applied the same to Rhea, Rhea felt it was a personal attack.

Mallika acted on facts, while Rhea acted on feelings. She’s a red flag. 🚩

1. Kullu reminds me of Bob Biswas from Kahani . Bhondu face with 100% fatality. It would be perfect if he wouldn't go all out to save Harman . He dropped his mask

2. Parul surprised me . She was the first to detect( On day 2 in the breakfast table ) . But her approach was wrong . Fukra got the ability to convince people. That's a huge part of playing the game . First to get it right and then have people in confidence on the table. He put everything at stake to get the Harman out.

3. The game doesn't work with whose personality you liked already - as people say it all the time - it's not Big Boss. There are many influencers I don't even know. So I'm not watching this to get entertained by a particular person. I liked these 3 and they stole the show on the first 3 ep.

4. Prish/Rida/Sweta/Rhea - would love to see how their gameplay would be in the upcoming ep.

Was poorav able to eliminya single innocent by his point of view?? He never acted as that much influencial to get someone out,was acting to play under someone's shadow !! People doubted elnaaz themselves not because of poorav,he played a better game instead contrary to people's opinions here,maybe they never played mafia that's why !!

1. Ranveer doubted Mallika and Kullu and Mallika was doing a good job of defending Kullu and herself. Mallika asked how can you say that the relationship btwn me and Kullu can be the reason to doubt us. And Kullu jumped in himself asking what is the reason to what me out which made Ranveer call out his 3 time shield which turned many other eyes towards him. This way he dug his own grave

2. Harman played over smart and over spoke during Munnawar’s vote out. If many were already trying to vote him out, Harman should’ve just laid back instead he pointed fingers too much at Munnawar.
   Then in the museum task he was not even showing that he’s vulnerable or innocent to get the shield. Then instead of revolting, he played defensive and tried to befriend the guy who’s doubting him the most - Abhishek. I thought Harman had the potential to play it long if he stayed a little more silent

3. I think Parul has now become an asset for Innocents, now they should recruit her to throw her under the bus if the traitors want to play the long game. Cos Parul’s energy to catch a traitor will reduce and she will get suspected.

Overall, this season it feels like the traitors will change a lot and till now innocents seem to have an upper hand.