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Shashi Tharoor Quips After ‘Pitch To Get Rich’ Judges Compare Contestant to Him

The Congress MP’s post turned a brief TV quip from JioHotstar’s fashion-entrepreneur show into a widely shared online moment.

Overview

  • During the episode, Karan Johar asked a contestant if anyone had said he looked like Shashi Tharoor, and Malaika Arora agreed on the resemblance and manner of speaking.
  • Tharoor reposted the clip on X and joked, “Must say to Karan Johar and Malaika Arora that it’s clearly been too long since they’ve met me.”
  • The exchange went viral, with many users saying the contestant did not resemble the MP and some urging a lighthearted meet-up to ‘clear the confusion.’
  • Pitch To Get Rich is a fashion-focused entrepreneurship series on JioHotstar backed by Dharmatic Entertainment and the Fashion Entrepreneur Fund, with Karan Johar, Malaika Arora, Manish Malhotra, Darpan Sanghvi, and Dhruv Sharma on the investing panel.
  • India Today notes all episodes are now streaming, and recent coverage highlights Tharoor’s ongoing pop-culture engagement, including praise for Netflix’s The Bads of Bollywood.