Third week's luxury budget task of 'Panchathanthiram' continued for the whole night of day 16 as well as Day 17 and 18 in the bigg boss tamil 5 house. As several twists and turns took place with the coin task, several major fights and misunderstandings also broke out among the contestants.
Day 17 also saw heated conversations happening between Akshara and Pavni Reddy about the former writing a letter about a contestant inside the house. When Priyanka confronted Akshara about writing something to Mathumitha and flushing it in the toilet, she agreed and told her that it's a one-time incident.
Pavni Reddy entered the room and and lashed out at Abhinay for talking behind Varun's back and mentioning that Varun spoke many bad things about her. She also told Akshara saying that she was informed by Abhinay that Akshara had written in a letter instructing to nominate Pavni. Later, Abishek and Priyanka spoke to Akshara saying that whatever letter she wrote was against the rules and that she shouldn't have done it. After the quarrel, Akshara felt distraught and broke down and said that she wanted to go home.
At the end of Day 17, Akshara was called to the confession room by Bigg Boss. When he asked her as to how she is and what is wrong, she starting crying and said, "I get scared when someone speaks in a higher tone. I feel like Priyanka and Abishek will change me. I cannot be manipulative or increase my tone like them. I feel scared looking at the changes happening in me. I wanted to help Mathumitha and that was my mistake. I should've been selfish."
When Bigg Boss said all the 16 contestants have an opinion and that this is a reality show, she explained that she is not being herself. "They're forming a huge group. Priyanka, Niroop and everyone join hands together and are supporting themselves. Not even one person wants to do something for me or support me. I don't know whether to be with them or not. I can't fight against so many people. They say that I shouldn't have the coin. I don't have it, but they say they should take only mine. Why me?"
She added that she can't stay like this and wants to go home. "I don't think anybody likes me. I don't have a strong story like others. They feel that I haven't undergone much hardship in life and don't like me because of it. I can't change my past. I don't know if people will only like you if you've undergone great hardship in life." She left the confession room after bigg boss consoled her and asked her to be herself while playing the game.