Bigg Boss Malayalam 8: Shijin Apologises to Nowfina as Viral Clip Reopens Remark Row

A circulating apology video changes the Shijin–Nowfina dispute

A disagreement that left Nowfina emotional during Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 8 has taken a new turn. Reporting published on Thursday, October 29, describes a video circulating online in which fellow contestant Shijin apologises to her and bends to touch her feet. The clip has brought renewed attention to an allegation about words said during team selection for the programme’s 50th-day celebrations. It does not, on its own, settle precisely what was said in the original conversation.

The distinction is important because two developments are being discussed together. Nowfina says a remark hurt and humiliated her. Shijin has said he did not intend to hurt her and has repeatedly maintained that he cannot recall using the words as described. The new material is his apology and her response, not a newly verified recording of the entire earlier exchange.

What Nowfina alleged during the weekend discussion

The dispute became a prominent part of the weekend programme when host Mohanlal asked about tensions in the house. Nowfina described an argument over an eviction-free-pass task and said Shijin had tried to silence her when she disagreed with his preference for Gautham. She then raised a separate incident involving preparations for a celebration, when contestants were being selected for dance teams.

According to Nowfina, Mridhula had suggested placing her on Shijin’s team, and Shijin responded in a way that implied he was being given people nobody wanted. Mridhula supported Nowfina’s account of the comment during the on-air discussion. Shijin did not accept that he had knowingly made a hurtful remark and said he did not remember the exchange in the way it was being described.

The apology shown in the later clip

The October 29 Times of India report describes Shijin approaching Nowfina, touching her feet and asking for forgiveness. In the video account, he says he did not mean anything badly and that he finds direct communication difficult. He also repeats that he does not remember making the alleged comment. Those two parts of his response need to be read together: an apology for causing hurt is not the same as a detailed admission that every word in the accusation is accurate.

Nowfina, for her part, is reported to have accepted the apology while saying she could not forget the words that had upset her. That response is neither a total rejection nor proof that the original dispute has been fully resolved. It acknowledges the gesture while making clear that the emotional impact, in her view, has not disappeared.

Azif keeps the subject alive inside the house

The same account says Muhammed Azif repeatedly brought up the alleged remark when Shijin spoke about other matters. Those references appeared to distress Shijin, who was also reported to have asked Bigg Boss to call him into the confession room. The argument therefore continued to affect the house even after the apology was offered.

This is a familiar problem in a shared competition: a disagreement that begins with one comment can become a recurring test of whether other housemates trust the speaker. Repeated reminders may be seen by one contestant as accountability and by another as a refusal to let the matter end. The available report establishes that the topic was raised again, not that the producers had issued a formal penalty or reached an independent judgment on the original wording.

Why the full conversation still matters

A key uncertainty remains the context of the words attributed to Shijin. Times of India notes that the full exchange was not shown in the weekend episode, and clips circulating later have prompted some viewers to question exactly whom the remark referred to. That is not a basis for declaring Nowfina dishonest or for dismissing her distress. It is a reason to distinguish an allegation, a corroborating account from Mridhula and an incomplete record of the exchange.

A reality-show edit can make a conversation appear more definitive than it is by showing a reaction without the full lead-up. The responsible account is therefore narrower than either side’s most forceful online interpretation. Nowfina says she was hurt by the comment; Shijin says he did not intend that harm and cannot recall saying it; the subsequent apology was reported from a circulating clip.

A public reaction, not a measurable verdict

The new report describes social-media discussion and calls from some viewers for the full footage to be shown. It does not provide a representative poll, verified trend ranking or an audited count of people taking either side. Claims that the entire audience has condemned Shijin, or that most viewers have decided Nowfina misunderstood him, would go beyond the available evidence.

The viral nature of the apology gives the story current reader interest because it is a new action by one of the people directly involved. It also gives viewers something more concrete to discuss than a recycled allegation. What it does not provide is a final production ruling, a confirmed eviction or a formal apology statement issued outside the programme.

The disagreement remains open despite the gesture

Shijin’s decision to apologise could ease relations with Nowfina, but the reported continuation of arguments shows that a gesture does not automatically reset the group’s dynamics. Whether the two contestants can work together in later tasks will be visible in subsequent episodes, not settled by predictions made after a short clip.

The next material development would be a fuller broadcast of the original conversation, a direct clarification from the participants or an official decision by the programme. Until then, the October 29 video is the news: an apology has been offered and accepted in a limited sense, while the meaning of the earlier words remains disputed.

Reporting references: Times of India, October 29, 7:15 p.m. IST · Times of India, October 28 context.