Overview
- Shehzad Poonawalla was declared the winner of Rise & Fall Season 2 on Friday, November 6, taking the trophy after six weeks of competition.
- The finale reached a Top‑3 deadlock that was broken when the remaining contestants voted to choose the champion.
- Poonawalla pledged his ₹35 lakh prize to relief funds for people affected by floods in Assam and Bihar.
- The season featured high‑profile conflict that affected game outcomes, including a physical altercation in which Siwet Tomar was evicted for violating the show’s no‑violence rule.
- In the hours after the finale a deleted post by Tej Pratap Yadav alleged vote theft and political favouritism without presenting evidence, and Poonawalla publicly apologised for calling Priyanka Chahar Choudhary a ‘gold digger.’