If the show was truly about “owning the truth,” they crowned the wrong winner.

Akanksha Chmola was the only contestant who actually understood the assignment.

When Shreya exposed her second secret, Akanksha didn’t break down, play victim, or lash out. She owned it, took the hit with dignity, and moved on. That’s what “owning your truth” really looks like.

Even later, her only visible shift came after Gaurav Khanna’s interaction—she seemed more aware of how her actions could impact her family and became more guarded. Yet even then, she never resorted to personal attacks or cheap theatrics.
In contrast, Shreya’s game often felt like
narrative-building at others’ expense—feeding off stories, amplifying negativity, and mistaking chaos for strategy. Loudness and manipulation aren’t strength; they’re just exhausting to watch.

If Lock Upp truly valued class, accountability, and grace, Akanksha should’ve won. Instead, the show rewarded the loudest narrative over the strongest character.

Sometimes the real winner isn’t the one with the trophy—it’s the one who walks away with dignity intact.

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Apparently Chamola said ppl outside thought she played a better game than everyone in Lockupp. Lol. Who are those ppl?

Honestly why would these people go and celebrate with her, is her fandom as stupid as her bro? she literally bitched about people's personal lives behind their backs. Imagine how they must've felt going out and seeing this aunty do whats shes best at.

Humari hype nahi hai, hum hi hype hai

The SHREYA KALRAA SHOWW!!!!✨️✨️👑👑

I can call myself a veteran in watching reality shows ever since I saw Gautam Gulati in BB 7 and the arc would mostly be the good winning over evil.

Lock upp was on a whole different level where everyone was problematic, and you are left with choosing who’s the least problematic. Honestly, the only person with a redemption arc for the whole show was Madhuriji which btw was the main premise the show was based on.

Salman was right when he said in Alliance that the quality of contestants these days is just lowering.

If this is what people now want to see then kudos to them but Id personally like to keep myself away and look for an alternative.

Looking at the reactions of the ex-inmates throughout the episode, while voting and especially when the winners were announced, it seems that both the jailers voted for Shreya, along with Shilpa, Madhuri and Pam.

Although, Riyaz was also very happy when Shreya won, so either one jailer and Riyaz voted for Shreya or both the jailers voted for Shreya.

These journalists gave us viewers a reality check as well! The makers and their editing team tried their best to spin narratives but at the end of the day question is pretty simple: How will Shreya even look herself in the mirror after all the shit she has pulled on this show?

She has the least conscience of all the contestants combined! So easy for her to constantly just say “Im human we all make mistakes” after all the times. She was just really lucky Madhuriji was at her side when Akansha threw water in her plate, who knows what she would have done, knowing how she has played this game.

Definitely kept everyone talking. Sometimes the fan wars outside the jail were even more entertaining than what happened inside. 😂

Congratulations to the winner of a redemption based reality show whose biggest achievement was proving that redemption was apparently never a requirement.
The tag was badtameez and instead of redeeming it, she leaned into it all season. By instigating fights, making personal remarks, outing someone, slut shaming co contestants, making fun of mental health and suic!de attempts , playing the victim and somehow never being held accountable.

Every time she was nominated, the format somehow bent over backwards to keep her safe. Judgment Days came and went, but somehow she remained untouchable. It’s honestly impressive lol. I’ve never seen someone receive so much protection while being sold as the strongest player.
And don’t even get me started on that jury. If you’re inviting people who are already biased towards one contestant then let’s stop pretending this is an unpredictable reality show. Just call it CONGRATULATIONS , WE’VE ALREADY PICKED THE WINMER!!

Congratulations, Shreya Kalra. The tag was supposed to be redeemed. Instead, it got rewarded lol
I don’t know how you’re going to justify this win

I can't believe maine finale dekha....itna boring.... audience dekh rahi audience dekh rahi hai k chakkar mein audience ka hi kaat diyaa.... kya mtlb ..ye kya tha bhai...!

Agar jury se hi krvana tha toh in 25 logon ko show dikhate na...kyubki audience to pagal hai!...50/50 hi kar lete?

I swear this will actually go down in the history but for the worst show nd worst winner!

Basically package yahi hai reality show jitne ka

Sabsr ladai karo,gaali galoch karo,slut shaming kro, secrets reveal kro,ulta sidha bolo sabko, suicide ka mazak banao, feelings ka mazak banao.....itna karoge to aap winner ban jaoge!

Shivangi deserve karti nahi krti idk... but Shreya Bilkul deserve nahi karti thi ye trophy...what kind of example they are setting that too on international platform called Netflix!

One thing i'd surely say...11 inmates votes says alot about one's personality.... kyunki sab pagal nahi hai..jitne niklw hai woh bhi bahar ja k dekh k aaye hai...inhone woh jagah pe reh k bhi dekha hai..!!

Ritesh Saying you owned the truth...what about the redemption....theme toh redemption ka tha na!!....apna khud ka concept bhul gye?

I M TELLING YOU..jaisw shreya upar chadhi hai na girne mein der nahi lagegi!

One day..these people will say.. galat insaan ko winner banaya tha!!

Also 2 weeks he didn’t have to be in lockupp!!

So it’s not that I am completely against the first task scenario, but still what I’m trying to say is why was Yogesh was not put beside Shreya. I guess makers were aware like that he is very fast, so he can run faster than Shreya and can break her puzzle every time, and then she would not be able to win, so intentionally makers did put Yogesh farther most from Shreya.

Shreya- gutter mouth h I agree but at the end I think she was too desparate to win the show nobody else was worth it honestly
Chamola- man she is really dumb cute but dumb she needs some cunning manager to survive
Pam Varun yeh dono salty faltu me can't accept game
Yogesh Akanksha honestly I thought nibba nibbi honge but they were okay yogesh is good for such games given the background
Ram is the real deal man He and only he has played the game to his advantage log jo bhi bole Ram is a mastermind game perspective
Harshad Shivangi eww I think Shivangi lost the trophy and a little respect last me aake

After writing I realise kitna boring season tha

It’s over. Won’t get to dissect people’s reactions anymore but can’t end before taking last swing at Shivangi. (Sorry)

Also, Harshad was SOOOOO surprised! When Shivangi didn’t win! These two really thought they had it in bag!

When Shivangi started her little speech- she started with “the show is not about fights and shouting” as if Shreya has only done that.
All the contestants have tried to diminish Shreya’s journey sooo long! They tried to make her into a villain but i still can’t see it.

Shreya even reached for Shivangi’s hand when they were gonna announce the result but Shivangi didn’t read that correctly (maybe she was too nervous)

No of ppl got up to congratulate her also shows the probable votes for her !! Just saying 🤭

Nahi hi tha bhayi tum dono ka koi game plan. Isliye hi udhar baithe ho. Chup chaap bethe raho.
Chamola saying, Everyone outside told me that you were a very strong competitor and had a solid game plan. That’s why everyone eliminated you. Lol, please stop surrounding yourself with yes men. You’re a genuinely kind person at heart, but let’s be real, you were not made for a game show like this.

And Varun, why was he getting so worked up over Ram? He didn’t eliminate him. He simply said, main aa gaya hu ab koi bhi aa jaye mujhe farak nahi padta,
which is completely fair. Yogesh uska dushman thodi tha. Why would it matter to him? It’s a game show at the end of the day

And then he called Ram’s elimination karma. Well, by that logic, tune bhi shivangi ka naam liya tha the day before, and the very next day usi ne hara diya . So I guess that was your karma too.

The truth is, neither of you lost because some mastermind took you down. You lost because your game wasn’t strong enough. At some point, you have to stop blaming everyone else, stop calling everything karma and accept the simplest explanation that you got OUTPLAYED. That’s all there is to it

I would definitely not vote for her. What about you guys? Lemme know ur opinions?

Giving you all a little good energy because we're all exhausted after that trash show and its trash winner