Last night(Sunday, September 16)Salman Khan kick started the 12th season of controversial reality show Bigg Boss and as expected the season promises unlimited fun with a mix of 17 celebrities and commoners. And on top of it the show hit the controversy button on the grand premiere itself with the most vichitra jodi of legendary bhajan singer Anup Jalota and his 28-year-old girlfriend Jasleen Matharu.


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The guru-shishya pair disclosed that they are in a relationship from the last 3 years, in-fact they chose the Bigg Boss 12 stage to disclose their love affair.

Salman Khan introducing Anup Jalota and Jasleen Matharu on Bigg Boss 12 stage

The couple's confession not only shocked host Salman and the other panel members including senior journalists and previous seasons winners- Shilpa Shinde and Manveer Gurjar but soon took the internet by storm with social media users posting hilarious memes and jokes surrounding the unusual pair!

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Jasleen-Anup's affair shocked the Bigg Boss 12 panelists, (from left to right) senior journalist Dibangg, Shweta Singh, Bigg Boss 11 winner Shilpa Shinde, Bigg Boss 10 winner Manveer Gurjar

Jasleen Matharu is a singer, performer and actress who is 37 years younger to Jalota, who is 65 year-old and their age difference is the reason the couple has been trending on Twitter and other social media websites and we bring to you some unknown facts about Jasleen Matharu:

  • Jasleen who was born and brought up in Mumbai  reportedly, started learning classical and western music at the tender age of 11.

  • She has also performed with singer Mika Singh’s troupe for over 3 years.

  • Jasleen is a trained dancer in Bharatnatyam, Hip-Hop, Salsa and Belly-Dancing.

  • Love Day Love Day is Jasleen’s solo debut album as singer and performer and the video was directed by none other than her father, Kesar Matharu.

  • The Bigg Boss 12 contestant Matharu is also a brown belt in kickboxing and has been practicing it for the past 7 years.


At launch episode itself Jasleen mentioned that she was never bothered about the age difference between her and Anup Jalota and says their souls are connected. They first met when she started learning music from Jalota and soon cupid struck the two and the lovebirds are now inside the Bigg Boss 12 house.

Anup Jalota is the music teacher of Jasleen Matharu


Fans are expecting a lot from the couple and social media users believe that they will give the desire TRPs to the show, meanwhile some hilarious memes are also floating on social media, check them below:

BIGG BOSS 12: Anup Jalota-Jasleen Matharu's HILARIOUS memes on twitter will make you go ROFL