‘Shark Tank India’s Anupam Mittal says ‘humiliating someone’ on the show is unacceptable

The second season of ‘Shark Tank India’ is all set to return on Sony TV next month. The first season of the show had faced criticism by a section of the audience for being unkind to some of its contestants. Now, in a recent interview, investor Anupam Mittal said that there is a difference between constructive criticism and insulting someone. Speaking with Film Companion, he said that some people in their team were given ‘a lot of leeway’ last year.

‘I’m not going to talk about specific sharks but as a team we gave a lot of leeway to people in a lot of pitches last year. This year, you might see that change a little bit,’ he said.

For those who haven’t watched the show, in the previous season, during one pitch, former ‘shark’ Ashneer Grover told an entrepreneur to ‘make a mop’ out of the clothes she was selling because he found them ‘so bad.’

Anupam further said that a person could have a bad idea but that doesn’t mean that they are a bad. He said, ‘I think there is a difference between being critical and insulting someone. You might have a bad idea or a bad business or a terrible business plan but that doesn’t make you a bad person. So I, and I think everybody, draws a line at criticising your business and your idea and your plan and to give you a reality check and to show you the mirror because this is Season 2.’

He concluded saying that humiliating somebody is not acceptable and anybody who does that, does not deserve a seat on ‘Shark Tank’.

Anupam Mittal, Peyush Bansal, Namita Thapar, Aman Gupta, Vineeta Singh and Amit Jain will be in the panel this year.

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