Bigg Boss 20: Rohit Shetty Promises Qazi Touqeer a Romantic Track in His Film

Qazi Touqeer walked into Bigg Boss 20 as a nostalgia act — the Fame Gurukul winner from 21 years ago. He walked out of Saturday's Weekend Ka Vaar with something nobody saw coming: a promise, on national television, from one of Bollywood's biggest directors, that a romantic film track could be his. Rohit Shetty did not just praise him. He told him, in so many words, that his time has come — and that if a future film has a romantic song, Qazi will sing it.

Quick facts first

What Rohit actually said on air

The moment came while Rohit was praising Qazi's run in the house. Viewers know Qazi's story by now: he won Fame Gurukul more than two decades ago, vanished from the spotlight, and has come back to life on Bigg Boss 20 with the kind of energy that has made him an internet favourite all over again. Rohit, hosting the weekend episode, was clearly a fan — and he said so in the most public way possible.

"Aapka time agaya hai (Your time has come Qazi). Tum nikloge toh bhaut kaam milega...bhaut pyaar milega aur wo hoga...albums milna shuru hojaenge solo....your time has come. Main national television pe bol raha hun, mujhe koi sharam nahin. Entertain kar rahe ho but just be careful," Rohit said, as reported by ANI. In plain words: your time has come, you will get a lot of work and love once you step out, solo albums will start coming — and he was saying it on national television without any hesitation. The "just be careful" at the end was the elder's advice tucked inside the praise: keep entertaining, but watch yourself.

Then Qazi asked the question every contestant in his place would ask: will he ever get a chance to work with Rohit? That is when the promise came. "Main national television pe keh raha hun…Golmaal ek comedy film hai par koi aisi film hogi jisme koi romantic track hoga toh I will give it to you. You will do the playback." Golmaal is a comedy, he said, but if there is ever a film with a romantic track, it is yours — you will sing the playback. Qazi was left teary-eyed, and the moment has been clipped and shared everywhere since.

It is worth noting how Rohit framed it, because the framing is the whole story. He did not announce a film. He did not name a project, a music director, or a date. He made a conditional promise on camera: when the right romantic song comes along in one of his films, Qazi sings it. That is a bigger deal than generic praise, and a smaller deal than a signed contract — and this article keeps it exactly there.

Why this moment landed so hard

For Qazi's old fans, this is the payoff of a 21-year wait. The people who watched and voted for him on Fame Gurukul back in 2005 are, as ANI puts it, perhaps the happiest to see his success today — for them it is not just a comeback, it is a return to the spotlight after nearly two decades. The show has given him what the industry did not: a stage, every night, in front of crores of viewers.

And Qazi has used it. In the days before this episode, he was already all over social media for his dance to Hrithik Roshan's "Ek Pal Ka Jeena", doing the song's famous hook steps with the same full-energy style fans know him for. TellyChakkar's account of the Weekend Ka Vaar interaction adds the details the wire copy skips: Rohit praised Qazi's gameplay, called his innocence a special quality, and pointed to one trait he genuinely liked — that Qazi accepts an apology with an open heart and does not hold grudges. Qazi, emotional, showed Rohit his signature hook step, the one tied to his "I am a rockstar, baby" style.

The same episode gave viewers another glimpse of why Qazi's singing cuts through. Late on Friday night, Qazi sang the Kishore Kumar classic "Aane Wala Pal" from the 1979 film Gol Maal, and fellow housemate Yung DSA broke down in tears — the song was his late father's favourite, tied to memories of hard days and little money. Housemates who fight with Qazi every day put the fights aside and comforted him. That is the thing about a singer in a reality house: one old song can do what a hundred arguments cannot.

The other promise in the same conversation

There is a second thread fans are mixing up with the song promise, so let us separate them. TellyChakkar reports that Rohit also said he would genuinely like to see Qazi on the big screen, and that if he made a romantic comedy or a film in the style of Golmaal and came across a character that suited Qazi, he would consider casting him. That is a casting hint, not a casting announcement — "consider" is doing a lot of work in that sentence, and it depends on a character that does not exist yet.

So there are really two promises from the same night, and they are different in kind. One: a romantic track's playback, promised directly — "I will give it to you." Two: a possible acting role someday, if the right character comes along. The first is the headline. The second is a nice bonus that may or may not ever happen. Viewers sharing the clips are already blurring the two into "Rohit signed Qazi for his film", which is not what happened. What happened is better, in a way: a director put his word on national TV, where everyone can hold him to it.

What is NOT confirmed yet

To be fair to everyone, including Rohit: nothing beyond the on-air promise exists right now. No film title has been announced. No music label, composer, or recording date is attached. No one from Rohit's camp has put out a separate statement, and Qazi is still inside the Bigg Boss house, where he cannot take meetings or sign anything anyway. A promise on a reality show is a public commitment, not a contract — directors have made such promises before, and sometimes the film never gets made, or the track goes to someone else, or the moment fades.

What would turn this into confirmed news? Any one of these: Rohit or his production house naming a film, a music director talking about recording with Qazi, or Qazi himself confirming a project after he leaves the house. Until then, the honest headline is the one we have used: a promise, made on air, in front of everyone. That is already a lot for a singer who waited 21 years to be heard again.

One more piece of context for readers who only caught the clips: Rohit was hosting because Salman Khan was away on prior commitments, and he has filled in for Salman before — in earlier seasons, and during Bigg Boss 19 last year, when he interacted with Gaurav Khanna and Farrhana Bhatt. He also made a point of saying he had watched the housemates himself all week. Our earlier coverage of this same episode — Rohit's "ghar par goliyaan" line and the Scout-Love grilling — covers the rest of the night, including the Mary Kom eviction.

Good to know for Indian viewers

Bigg Boss 20 airs on Colors TV and streams on JioHotstar. Weekend Ka Vaar episodes air on Saturday and Sunday, with Salman Khan as the regular host — Rohit stepped in for this week only. If you want to watch the promise moment yourself, look for the Weekend Ka Vaar episode of October 24, 2026 (Episode 49) on JioHotstar.

My take

Reality shows hand out praise like confetti, and most of it means nothing by Monday. This one is different for one reason: it was specific. Rohit did not say "we will work together someday" and leave it there. He named the thing — a romantic track, playback, his film — and said it on national television, where backing out costs something. Qazi's fans have waited 21 years for a break like this; whether it becomes a song you hear in a theatre or stays a beautiful clip, the night itself already changed his story. Now the industry has to decide whether it keeps the promise the cameras recorded.