Bigg Boss 19: Days after Bigg Boss Season 19 came to an end, finalist Tanya Mittal has found herself at the centre of a controversy. Her stylist, Riddhima Sharma, has publicly accused the social media influencer of failing to clear her payments, keeping expensive designer outfits, and behaving disrespectfully towards her and her team. Tanya, who finished as the 3rd runner-up, made headlines throughout the season for her luxurious lifestyle, bold statements, and her fondness for stunning sarees and lehengas. Salman Khan himself called her one of the most viral contestants of the season during the finale.
Riddhima Sharma took to Instagram and shared a detailed note outlining her disappointment. She stated that she had always stood by Tanya in interviews, voting appeals, and public appearances, but did not receive the same respect in return. “I have always supported Tanya in every interview — you can check all my interviews, the bytes I recorded, the celebrity voting videos, the supporting videos… even in her own interview, I was supporting her. Mere s hi kapde source krwake hume hi attitude,” she wrote. According to Riddhima, she provided all the outfits Tanya wore for an entire week-mostly expensive sarees and lehengas from well-known brands. Yet, none of them have reportedly been returned.
Tanya Mittal's stylish Riddhima Sharma's Instagram Story (Image: instagram/@tanyamittalofficial/@riddhimasharma__)
Riddhima wrote further, “And let me make one thing very clear: there is a big difference between a designer and a stylist. I am the stylist. For one whole week, every saree and lehenga was sent by me, and they were all expensive. You can check the brands yourselves. Till now, nothing has been returned. They loved the clothes, but not even once did they appreciate it. And now she is making faces and talking about tailors and designers? What an attitude. Big claps. Is this what respect looks like?”
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Furthermore, Riddhima Sharma also revealed that Tanya’s team often demanded outfits at the last minute, despite knowing how difficult it can be to source designer garments at short notice. She shared an example from the day Tanya visited Mumbai’s Siddhi Vinayak temple after Bigg Boss 19 ended. She said, “What is this behaviour? Yesterday they had to go to Siddhi Vinayak at 1:30 PM, and at 11 AM I got a call saying they need an outfit. I still arranged everything within an hour. Even the Porter delivery payment was done by me.” She claimed that despite the high value of the clothes including a lehenga worth Rs 58,000, she charged very little and still faced disrespect. She stated, “In Bigg Boss, the payment for one week is 50k. All the outfits I sent were expensive yesterday’s lehenga alone was 58k. And still, I’m charging very little.”
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The stylist said she refused to arrange an outfit one day because she was travelling, after which Tanya’s team threatened to withhold pending payments altogether. She said, “When I said I couldn’t source today because I’m in a different city, she said, ‘If today’s outfit doesn’t come, then the payment won’t come at all. And then within ten minutes, she made the 50k payment for one week.’” She also questioned the whereabouts of payments for earlier outfits. “What about the last 2weekend war outfit? It was mine where is that payment? For the Grand Finale, I styled her brother’s outfit where is that payment? What about yesterday’s outfit payment? Where is it?”
Riddhima ended her note by expressing disappointment but also gratitude for the fashion community. She concluded, “Well done Tanya and the whole team. May God bless you all. Thank you. I respect and salute all the Designers, Tailors as she mentioned and Stylist Lots of love.”
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About Tanya Mittal
Tanya Mittal has gained significant attention due to her Bigg Boss 19 journey. Known for her spiritual image and her claim of carrying around 800 sarees into the house, she quickly became a talking point throughout the season. After the show, she has secured an acting project with Ekta Kapoor and is preparing to begin her acting career.
As of now, Tanya and her team have not released any statement addressing the allegations.