“I’d cast Jugal Hansraj, Pankaj Tripathi, Kiara Advani as Traitors—they come across as so positive and happy”- Mukesh Chhabra gets real about betrayal, game play and losing on ‘The Traitors’

After his elimination from The Traitors, casting director Mukesh Chhabra reflects on the emotional rollercoaster of betrayal, trust, and gameplay. In this candid ETimes interview, he shares lessons learned, his willingness to return, and whom he’d cast as traitors in Bollywood. Mukesh reveals how reality TV challenged both his instincts and his trust in people.