Shark Tank India: Anupam Mittal jokes about being in all episodes of the show, calls himself 'faaltu aadmi'

Anupam Mittal, founder and CEO of People Group and Shaadi.com, gained more popularity after appearing on the show Shark Tank India and he seemed to be enjoying it. Probably, that is why he was determined to appear on each and every episode of the show. The business tycoon recently spoke in an interview about how he was determined not to let go of even a single episode.

While speaking about his rapport with the other judges on the show, Anupam said that he could bond well with everyone since he has been a constant on the show while others came on the show on a rotational basis. According to Hindustan Times, Anupam jokingly called himself ‘faltu admi.’

Speaking with Siddharth Kannan, Anupam said: “Shark Tank ke saare episodes mein main hoon, kyun ki main faltu admi hun. Main aake baith gaya, karlo jo karna hai, main kahi nahi jaane wala." He continued, "Baaki sab thode rotate hote hain. Ek hafta yeh nahi hai, do hafta yeh nahi hai, teen hafta yeh nahi hai" 

He called it a privilege to be able to get to know his co-sharks on the show and said it was a fun experience. He said he now knows everyone quite well, except Ghazal. He said, “Toh main sabko bariki se, Ghazal ko chhor ke, kyun ki woh pregnant hai, kaafi achhe se jaan gaya main. I think it's been a privilege for me. Mazaa aya.” The other sharks on the show include Ashneer Grover (co-founder and managing director of BharatPe), Peyush Bansal (Lenskart co-founder and CEO), Namita Thapar (executive director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals), Aman Gupta (co-founder and chief marketing officer at boAt), Vineeta Singh (CEO and co-founder of SUGAR Cosmetics) and Ghazal Alagh (co-founder of Mamaearth). All the sharks wrapped up the finale week of the show with a party, recently hosted by Mittal and his wife Aanchal Kumar. The party was attended by all sharks with their spouses. 

Anupam had earlier spoken about getting popular because of the show. While speaking to Hindustan Times, he called it an exciting phase and that he would be lying if he said that he did not enjoy it. "It's great for the brand, great for us. So thoda ajeeb hai, but mazaa aa raha hai," he had said. He had also said how he would be addressed as 'shark' by the boys at his gym. "Ab toh bas shark hi identity ho gayi hai,” he had added.

The show Shark Tank India is adapted from the US show Shark Tank and was hosted by Rannvijay Singha. It is a business reality show where budding entrepreneurs made their pitches to the sharks or investors for funding in their projects. Season one of the show ran very successfully. The finale was held on February 4.