After the humongous success of Shark Tank India, Sony Entertainment Television greenlit the second season almost immediately. The show went on air on Monday with entrepreneurs Anupam Mittal, Vineeta Singh, Peyush Bansal, Namita Thapar and Aman Gupta returning as 'sharks'. The first episode of Shark Tank 2 saw some interesting pitches from different corners of India. But, when a pitch about a makeup brand called Recode was rejected, netizens didn't waste a minute to slam the sharks.
'Sharks' Namita and Aman refused to invest in the makeup brand for the sole reason that it was Vineeta's brand Sugar's direct competition. While the pitch managed to impress the sharks, they turned it down just for the sake of Vineeta's friendship. This left netizens and fans of Shark Tank disappointed. Slamming the practice of rejecting pitches for the sake of friendship, people called out the entrepreneurs for not giving equal chances to lesser-known and new entrants in the market.
How could you say no to someone because of another shark in the same industry.
Feel for RECODE #SharkTankIndiaS2 pic.twitter.com/gPFOBWKE5Z— Adarsh singh (@AdarshRo45) January 2, 2023
"I don't invest in my friend's competitor."
This is disappointing and such a backward-thinking process.
The world is big enough that there is room and opportunity for everyone.
What are your thoughts on the first episode of #SharkTankIndiaS2? @namitathapar @amangupta0303
— Kumar Yalavarmath (@KumarYalavrmath) January 4, 2023
@SonyTV After Watching #SharkTankIndiaS2 Feeling very sad for #Recode These guys had very good Sale's but they didn't get any offer for Sharks. Wtf isko nahi mila matlab kisko milega. After watching this feels program is biased They are not Sharks like USA They are family 1/1 pic.twitter.com/DxkYiVoYi3
— Sudhanshu Snehal (@sudhanshu7908) January 2, 2023
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Soon after netizens slammed the sharks and Shark Tank 2, Namita shared her opinion on Twitter. Reacting to the trolling, she wrote, "Being a shark doesn’t mean we are not entitled to our independent values & speaking candidly so if I don’t invest in a fellow sharks competition, that’s me, no regrets & if I call out toxicity & don’t join the ignorant that celebrate people w lack of integrity.. that’s me :)" She further added, "Who is the toxicity comment about? Samajhdar ko ishara kaafi"
Being a shark doesn’t mean we are not entitled to our independent values & speaking candidly so if I don’t invest in a fellow sharks competition, that’s me, no regrets & if I call out toxicity & don’t join the ignorant that celebrate people w lack of integrity.. that’s me :)
— Namita (@namitathapar) January 3, 2023
Who is the toxicity comment about ? Samajhdar ko ishara kaafi
— Namita (@namitathapar) January 3, 2023
Shark Tank 2 returned without Ashneer Grover and the audience is certainly missing him. He has been replaced by Amit Jain, the CEO & CoFounder of CarDekho.
(Source: Twitter)
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