Bengaluru: Roopesh Shetty, a Tulu actor from Mangaluru won the Bigg Boss season 9.
Host Kichcha Sudeep announced his name in the grand finale held on the night of Saturday December 31. Actor Rakesh Adiga is the runner-up. Actress Deepika Das is the second runner-up.
Shetty won the trophy and received a cash prize Rs. 60 lakh. Roopesh spent 140 days on Bigg Boss.
Mangaluru South MLA Vedavyasa Kamat and others congratulated him.