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Sehwag Transforms into Newton, Yamraj in New 'Rise and Fall' Season 2 Trailer

By Harsh Tiwari

Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag will host the second season of the reality show Rise and Fall, according to a trailer released on Friday. The nearly two-minute preview opens with Sehwag dressed as Isaac Newton, offering a fresh take on the theory of gravity. "Nature has one simple rule: what goes up must come down. But is life really that simple?" he says in the clip.

Throughout the trailer, Sehwag appears in multiple characters. As a doctor, he advises a patient with high blood pressure to stay calm, warning, "Take it easy, Tau, or you will just get a one-way ticket up." He also plays a teacher and a martial artist who addresses a couple from a television screen in their bedroom.

Sehwag uses these segments to explain the show's format. Contestants will be split into two groups: Rulers, who live in a penthouse with access to luxuries, and Workers, who are sent to a basement if they make mistakes. The basement is described as a place where "pain, trouble and suffering are absolutely free." Contestants can only win by surviving their time in the basement.

Drawing on his cricket career, Sehwag notes that the sport taught him nothing is decided until the very end, describing the show as one with "no easy wins and no fixed positions." The trailer closes with Sehwag appearing as Yamraj, the Hindu deity of death.

Rise and Fall is based on a British series of the same name that debuted in 2025, hosted by Ashneer Grover. Arjun Bijlani won the first season, which similarly divided contestants into Rulers living in a penthouse and Workers staying in a basic basement, competing for a chance to rise in status.

The upcoming season will stream on Prime Video, though a release date has not yet been announced.