Bigg Boss, Big Entertainment, Big trouble

After the spectacular success of Season 1 and 2, Bigg Boss has again hit the television screen. The show is being aired on Colours and the host is none other than the Big B himself. It is a big comeback for Amitabh Bachchan, the Big B of Indian cinema, to the small screen after the huge success of Kaun Banega Crorepati.



Bigg Boss is the Indian version of the UK reality show, Big Brother, which was won by Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty 2 years back.

The show has run into trouble with the Information & Broadcasting ministry issuing a notice against the producers of the show. The series is under fire due to the telecast of certain objectionable scenes. Apparently, Aditi Govitrikar and Tanaaz Irani were shown pulling down the shorts of Raju Srivastava which amounts to vulgarity in India where celebrities are looked upon as role models. The I&B ministry has asked the producers to refrain from showing such stuff on TV; otherwise, the show will be pulled off the air.

The 13 participants include: television actors – Aditi Govitrikar, Bakhtiyar Irani, Tanaz Irani, Bollywood actresses - Shamita Shetty, Poonam Dhillon, Sherlyn Chopra, Vindu Dara Singh-the grandson of Dara Singh, and Raju Srivastava; singer Ismail Darbar; German model, actor and singer Claudia Ciesla; fashion designer Rohit Verma; Kamal R Khan- director and actor of the movie Deshdrohi; and Jaya Sawant – mother of item girl Rakhi Sawant.

The show has been in the news recently because Kamal R Khan has been of the show. This is the first time in India that any contestant has been shown the door because of his violent behaviour. It is learnt that the producers of Bigg Boss took the decision after all the participants threatened to walk out of the house if actor-director Kamal R Khan of Deshdrohi fame was not evicted.

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Boss is now thinking of bringing in Bollywood actor of yesteryears, Rajesh Khanna as a wild card entry. The actor will enter the house in a week or two, say insiders. Rajesh Khanna was the first choice for the show but due to procrastination at the eleventh hour by the actor, the show’s owners withdrew their offer. Going by what show officials have to say, Rajesh Khanna was reluctant to enter the house because he was not allowed to drink inside the house. Now, after the opprobrious exit of Kamaal Rashid Khan, the channel is once again trying to sign up the actor.

Although the producers are trying to make sure that the show breaks all records of popularity by roping in some the biggest names in Bollywood and Indian television, viewers think that the 2^nd season of the show was better than the present one. They feel that the show does not seem to show any of the spark or sizzle that Bigg Boss 2 undoubtedly had. Call them scripted or not, but the fact is, the deadly trio of Rahul Mahajan, Sambhavna Seth and Raja Choudhary were a class apart, setting really high standards for the show with which, sadly, Season 3 of Bigg Boss is hard put to compete.