5 min readMumbaiOct 7, 2026 11:49 AM IST
Virender Sehwag-hosted Rise and Fall 2, produced by Banijay Asia, started streaming on Prime Video on 26th September. While the show flaunted quite an impressive line-up of contestants, it has already seen four evictions within two weeks. After Siwet Tomar was ousted from the show, Anish Bhagat was evicted due to fewer votes. And now, Karan Patel and Tej Pratap Yadav have also exited the show. SCREEN has exclusively confirmed the news and learned the reason behind their exit.
Karan Patel and Tej Pratap Yadav quit Rise and Fall 2
According to the captive reality show contracts, any contestant who voluntarily exits the show has to pay a penalty of Rs 2 crores. But as per our sources, an exception was made for both Karan and Tej as they exited the show. According to our sources, Karan Patel has not quit the show but has exited on medical grounds. As per our source, since the actor is diabetic, he had to take insulin from time to time and also has a lot of medication. Given the schedule of the show, his health was getting impacted. Also, in the last few days, Karan was feeling unwell and had to undergo some blood tests and other medical checkups. After his reports didn’t turn out to be good, Karan was deemed unfit to continue in the game.
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As per Heena Kumawat from Film Window, Karan Patel exited the show between October 1 and 2. This is not the first time Karan Patel has had to leave a captive show midway. Last year, when he participated in The 50, Karan exited the show due to medical reasons and later returned as a wild card. Now, once again, the actor faced similar issues on Rise and Fall 2.
Tej Pratap Yadav, who captivated the audience with his fun personality on Bhojpuri Bawaal earlier this year, left the audience excited with his participation in Rise and Fall 2. Tej Pratap was loved by his fellow contestants and also became the first ‘ultimate ruler’ on the show. Unfortunately, due to some political and legal commitments, Tej Pratap also had to quit the show.
Siwet Tomar and Anish Bhagat’s exit from Rise and Fall 2
Reality show star Siwet Tomar was the first one to exit the show. Siwet was involved in a physical fight with Shehzad Poonwalla and was asked to leave the show. After his exit, Siwet took to social media and spoke about how Shehzad instigated him on religious grounds. He said in an Instagram live, “First of all, raising hands at someone is wrong, yes. But I want to know from all of you, if I go to a show and a man talks about only one thing from morning to evening, which involves religion and caste… I was being told the same thing for four days.”
Siwet further added, “Secondly, many people told me I hit him from behind. Honestly, when I was walking towards him, he turned around. So if you see the next cut, I’m face-to-face with him, and I’m holding him by the collar. Then I had five seconds with him when no one else was near us. If I wanted to hit him, I would’ve thrashed him right there. I was just holding his collar and explaining, ‘Babu, you are using religion’s name all the time.’ I never had a problem with any religion. I only have a problem with those who spread hatred. If he couldn’t be faithful to the religion he was born into, do you think he’ll be faithful to yours? I don’t like any person who uses my religion just to cause riots or fights because it’s not written anywhere.” In another clip, Siwet wrote, “He (Shehzad Poonawalla) chose to play dirty; I chose to give him what he deserved.”
After Siwet, social media influencer Anish Bhagat was evicted as he received the lowest number of votes. While Anish and Kajal Raghwani got the least number of votes, Anish was chosen by the contestants to exit the show. With four contestants already out of the game, two wild card entries are expected to enter the show soon.
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