Comedian Munawar Faruqui, who landed into controversy last year for allegedly insulting Hindu deities in his stand up routines, will soon be seen in Kangana Ranaut's upcoming reality show 'Lock Upp'. The format of the show will have 16 controversial celebs locked in a prison of sorts and Munawar was introduced as its second contestant.

In a recent conversation with The Indian Express, Munawar shared that this show will introduce people to his real unfiltered personality and that's why he's looking forward to it. "Honestly, there are fans who follow you, and there are people who hate you for no reason. Then, there are some who don’t reaally know you. This show is not just about me as people may tune in for the host and the other contestants. However, they will also get to know me. I have always been a real person and I think with this show, you will see my unfiltered personality," he stated.

Talking about being surrounded by controversy, Munawar said, "Firstly, I don’t think there’s anything wrong in being controversial. It only means that people did not hear your side of the story, or maybe you were taken out of context. I never wanted to be a part of controversies."

The concluded by saying, "I never went and told the media my statement to cause some bawaal (commotion). The part of my video that had hurt people, I removed it immediately. It was the public that played it around for a year and made it news. I never wanted to be controversial, they made me so. I was happy doing comedy and celebrating my 100 million numbers.”