112-515: Bigg Boss is an Indian reality show franchise based on the Dutch reality show Big Brother . It is produced by Endemol Shine India (now merged with Banijay ) through Viacom18 and Disney Star Networks. Subsequently, the various versions of the show are made internationally available through the OTT platforms JioCinema , and Disney+ Hotstar with 24/7 live stream. Bigg Boss originally started in
224-527: A Comic Role . Warsi played an airport manager opposite Mahima Chaudhry in Samar Khan's Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye (2005). His performance in Sehar was positively received by critics and Sanhita Paradkar of Rediff.com wrote that: "finally [he is] in a much-deserved lead role". In the same year he appeared as a supporting actor in the romantic comedies Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? and Salaam Namaste . For
336-771: A Comic Role and Apsara Film Producers Guild Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role for his performance in the comedy drama. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi . Warsi played an important role in the Amrit Sagar Chopra-directed sex comedy Rabba Main Kya Karoon (2013). He starred as the titular detective in Samir Tewari's comedy Mr Joe B. Carvalho opposite Soha Ali Khan . Panned by critics,
448-476: A Comic Role, IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor , Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role and Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor . His portrayal of a cameraman kidnapped by the Taliban in the counter-terrorism drama Kabul Express (2006), from Kabir Khan, won appreciation. H S Bunty wrote that Warsi "steals the show". Warsi appeared in the box office success comedy Dhamaal (2007). He played
560-417: A chance to join the house again, and in the thirteenth season , with six potential housemates competing for two places in the main house. A dividing wall from the ninth season was reused in the fourteenth Brazilian season , when mothers and aunts of the housemates entered for International Women's Day and stayed in the house for 6 days, though they could not be seen by the housemates. Every season brings back
672-556: A common man who saves the life of a goon who is fatally shot. Ronjita Kulkarni wrote that he gave a "winning performance". In 2003, he rose to fame when he starred as Circuit to Munna Bhai ( Sanjay Dutt ) in Rajkumar Hirani 's comedy Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. which turned out to be a huge box office success and gained him much critical acclaim and a nomination at the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor . He won
784-568: A courtroom drama directed by S Ramanathan, is still unreleased. Arshad Warsi's latest release was in March 2022, the Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon starrer ' Bachchan Pandey '. Warsi was the co-host of the dance show Razzmatazz (2001) on Zee TV . He starred opposite Karisma Kapoor in the TV serial Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny from 2003 to 2004. It aired on Sahara One . He hosted
896-399: A limited ration of food were provided, luxury items were often forbidden. This added a survivalist element to the show, increasing the potential for social tension. Nearly all later series provide a modern house for the contest with a Jacuzzi, sauna, VIP suite, loft , and other luxuries. The format has become an international TV franchise. While each country or region has its own variation,
1008-471: A newly built house was constructed at Annapurna Studios , Hyderabad is being used for the show. All the Seasons so far have had ₹ 50 lakh (US$ 60,000) as the prize money. Bigg Boss Non-Stop , a spin-off Indian Telugu-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Disney Star 's streaming service platform Disney+ Hotstar . The digital edition hosted by Nagarjuna and
1120-592: A penalty. A similar punishment used on Big Brother Africa was called the Molotov Cocktail, Dagger or Fuse. The fifteenth American season allowed viewers to vote for a house guest to be made M.V.P., who then secretly nominates a third houseguest for eviction (in addition to the two selected by the Head of Household). In a further twist introduced part-way through the MVP twist, the viewers themselves decided who
1232-501: A person reacts from the outside (through the constant recording of their actions) and the inside (in the Diary or Confession Room). The Diary Room is where contestants can privately express their feelings about the game, strategy and the other contestants. The results range from violent or angry confrontations to genuine and tender connections (often including romantic interludes). In 2011, Brazilian sociologist Silvia Viana Rodrigues wrote
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#17327908789201344-1231: A place in the luxurious half. The Dutch version continued this concept to the end of its fourth season . Other versions later followed and introduced a similar concept, of which some have their own twists: Africa (in 2010 , 2011 , 2012 and 2013 ), Albania (in 2010 ), Australia (in 2003 and 2013 ), Balkan States (in VIP 2010 and 2011 ), Brazil ( 2009 –present), Canada ( 2013 –present), Denmark (in 2003 ), Finland (in 2009 and 2014 ), France (in 2009 , 2011 – 2017 ), Germany (in 2003 , 2004–05 , 2005–06 , 2008 , 2008–09 and since Celebrity 2014 ), Greece (in 2003 ), India (in 2012 and 2013 ), Israel (in 2009 ), Italy (in 2006 and 2007 ), Norway (in 2003 ), Philippines (in 2009 , Teen 2010 and 2011 ), Poland (in 2002 ), Portugal (in VIP 2013 and 2016 ), Slovakia (in 2005 ), Slovenia (in 2008 , 2015 and 2016 ), Scandinavia (in 2005 ), South Africa (in 2014 ), Spain (in VIP 2004 , 2008 , 2009–10 and 2010 ), United Kingdom (in 2002 , Celebrity 2007 , 2008 , Celebrity 2013 and 2016 ), United States ( 2009 –present) and Tamil Nadu, India ( 2023–24 ) In 2011–12,
1456-731: A popular award show Sabse Favourite Kaun (2004) for STAR Gold . He was the host of Bigg Boss 1 (2006), the Indian version of the reality television series Big Brother which was aired on Sony Entertainment . Warsi won the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Anchor—Game/Quiz Show for this. He has also done a small cameo on Disney Channel 's television show Ishaan: Sapno Ko Awaaz De (2010). Arshad Warsi married Maria Goretti on 15 February 1996. They have two kids, son named Zeke Warsi, born in 2005 and daughter Zene Zoe Warsi, born in 2007. Zeke also, made
1568-462: A refused order resulted in the nomination for eviction. If nobody picked up the call, the whole house would be nominated for eviction. Since Big Brother 2 , the British series has opened with a twist. This has included having potential Housemates being voted upon by the public for one to enter the house ( Big Brother 2 & Big Brother 13 ); public voting for least-favourite housemates, with
1680-518: A reward for winning at a task). In most versions of the program, books and writing materials are also forbidden, although exceptions are sometimes made for religious materials such as the Bible, Tanakh or the Qur'an . Some versions ban all writing implements, even items that can be used to write (such as lipstick or eyeliner). Despite the housemates' isolation, some contestants are occasionally allowed to leave
1792-464: A secret room in the house, the Revenge Room. Severi and Lind-Hansen could see who nominated them for eviction and were given the opportunity to wreak havoc upon the house and those who nominated them by constructing extravagant tasks for the housemates to complete and for making mess in the house when they were not looking. Severi and Lind-Hansen returned to the house in a live special on Day 10. In
1904-597: A secret room. In the adult edition of the tenth Philippine season , two housemates, and later three more, were fake evicted after failing in two different Ligtask challenges and temporarily stayed in the task room until the end of their weekly task. The concept of the fake-eviction was incorporated into the Australian series for the first time in the sixth Australian season , when housemates Camilla Severi and Anna Lind-Hansen were both fake-evicted in Day 8 and were moved into
2016-486: A separate prize of $ 100,000. However, in a reset twist, they opted to join the normal game alongside the other house guests. The seventh Argentine series incorporated a red button into the Confession Room, which would sound an alarm throughout the house. This button was to be used when a contestant wanted to leave the house voluntarily, and the contestant would be given five minutes to leave the house. A red button
2128-1084: A song in Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993). Warsi made his acting debut in 1996 with Tere Mere Sapne , which was a box office success. His portrayal of Circuit in the comedy film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), and its sequel Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role marked a turning point in his career. He featured in several commercially successful comedy films , including Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet (1999), Hulchul (2004), Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? (2005), Salaam Namaste (2005), Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), Dhamaal (2007), Krazzy 4 (2008), Golmaal Returns (2008), Ishqiya (2010), Golmaal 3 (2010), F.A.L.T.U (2011), Double Dhamaal (2011), Jolly LLB (2013), Golmaal Again (2017) and Total Dhamaal (2019), and received critical recognition for his work in films including Sehar (2005), Kabul Express (2006), Dedh Ishqiya (2014) and Guddu Rangeela (2015). He
2240-568: A special appearance in Salaam Namaste . During his school days, Warsi was a national level gymnast. In March 2023, Arshad Warsi was accused by India's securities regulator SEBI to have participated in a stock market scam. He, however, did not make any money in the process. Warsi considers himself a better serious actor than a comic one. He's also an avid biker and was part of a bikers' gang in school. Actor Naseeruddin Shah said that: "He
2352-427: A specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. The name is inspired by Big Brother from George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four , and the housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the course of the competition, they are voted out (usually on a weekly basis) until only one remains and wins
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#17327908789202464-466: A spin-off Indian Kannada-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Viacom 18 's streaming service platform Voot . The digital edition hosted by Sudeepa and the show premiered its first season on 6 August 2022. Bigg Boss Bangla is the Bengali version of the show which was produced by ETV Bangla with Mithun Chakraborty as the host while the first season of
2576-530: A stripped back-to-basic environment, evictions, weekly tasks and competitions set by Big Brother , and the "Diary Room" (or "Confession Room") where housemates convey their private thoughts to the camera and reveal their nominees for eviction. The first version of Big Brother was broadcast in 1999 on Veronica in the Netherlands . In the first season of Big Brother , the house was very basic. Although essential amenities such as running water, furniture, and
2688-450: A team to complete tasks (determined by public voting) for a cash reward; this continued for the entire season despite the eviction of a team member. The fourth Argentine series added a telephone in the living room. This telephone rang once a week for ten seconds, and the person to pick up the receiver was given an order or news from Big Brother (which typically no other housemate could hear). The order could be beneficial or detrimental, but
2800-587: A thesis at the University of São Paulo analyzing reality shows as spectacles that proliferate rituals of suffering. She analyzes such rituals in various cultural products from Hollywood and Brazilian television , with special attention to Big Brother Brasil . When investigating the openly eliminatory and cruel face of the game, Silvia Viana points out that such characteristics are liable to be entertainment with great and crucial public engagement because such processes of elimination, competition , exclusion,
2912-557: Is also used in Secret Story series, however, in this case whoever presses the button will try to guess someone's secret. In Celebrity Hijack UK , evicted housemates were given the opportunity to choose if a "ninja" delivered good or bad gifts to the house. Later that year, the eighth Australian series introduced the Housemate Hand Grenade, where an evicted housemate decided which remaining housemate received
3024-409: Is easily the best all-round actor in this generation", while Vidya Balan said of Warsi: "He reminds me of the great European actors who can fit into any role. But he is completely under-utilised". In his book Hero Vol.2 , Ashok Raj has called him "one of the most talented actors among today's breed". A well known actor, Warsi does not prefer giving auditions. Bhawana Somaaya has called him "one of
3136-470: Is widely regarded by many as one of the most underrated actors in the Hindi film industry . In addition to acting in films, Warsi has hosted the dance show Razzmatazz in 2001, Sabse Favourite Kaun in 2004 and the first season of the reality television show Bigg Boss for which he was awarded the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Anchor – Game/Quiz Show . He starred opposite Karisma Kapoor in
3248-454: The American version adopted a different format since the second season, where the contestants are encouraged to strategize to advance in the game; in this format, the contestants themselves vote to evict each other and a Jury of Evicted contestants vote for the winner. Occasionally, individual game twists and format changes may allow for some viewer voting, usually to give a game advantage to
3360-606: The Bigg Boss reality TV show and telecasted by Star Maa in 2017. The first season Jr NTR is being hosted the show and the Lonavala house was used for the show. The second season was hosted by Nani . From third season onwards Nagarjuna continued as a host for the show. Ramya Krishnan and Samantha Akkineni appeared as a guest host in Season 3 and Season 4 respectively in the absence of main host. From second season onwards
3472-551: The Golmaal series. His next release was the comic thriller Anthony Kaun Hai? , directed by Raj Kaushal. The film drew from many Hollywood and Bollywood films and Warsi won praise from critics for his role of a conman. Raj Lalwani opined that the film "belongs to [him]" and that he was "one of the most underrated actors around". He once again teamed up with Rajkumar Hirani and Sanjay Dutt for Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), which won him his first Filmfare Award for Best Performance in
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3584-443: The Hindi language, and has since been extended into seven Indian languages , including Kannada , Bengali , Tamil , Telugu , Marathi and Malayalam . There have been seven versions of the show in different languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. The first show of the franchise was Bigg Boss in Hindi , which debuted in 2006 through Sony TV , and from season two onwards it moved to and continues on Colors TV . In 2013,
3696-543: The September 11 attacks , and the COVID-19 pandemic . Contestants have regularly scheduled interactions with the show's host on eviction nights. Throughout each day, the program's producer, in the "Big Brother" voice, issues directives and commands to contestants. Some versions of the show allow private counselling sessions with a psychologist. These are allowed at any time and are often conducted by telephone from
3808-504: The Sufi saint Waris Ali Shah . Arshad is the half-brother of singer Anwar Hussain and actress Asha Sachdev from his father's first marriage to actress Ranjana Sachdev. His father being a Punjabi from Lahore , Warsi used to speak both Punjabi and Urdu while growing up. He did his schooling at a boarding school, Barnes School , in Deolali , Nashik district , Maharashtra . He
3920-603: The Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role for the same. Warsi said in an interview that had the film not worked, his career would have finished. His only release in 2004 was the comedy Hulchul which earned him the GIFA Best Comedian Award and nominations for the Screen Award for Best Actor , Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role and IIFA Award for Best Performance in
4032-518: The eighteen Brazilian series , Gleici Damasceno was similarly fake evicted, put into a small private apartment, and returned after 72 hours with immunity from eviction and with the power to put someone to eviction. In the first Turkish series , there is a fake eviction in week 10. The Indian version Bigg Boss sees frequent fake evictions. In Bigg Boss Kannada season 4 , winner Pratham and co-contestant Malavika were kept in secret room after fake eviction for one week and they were both allowed in
4144-434: The fifth American season introduced twins who were tasked with secretly switching back and forth in the house; they were allowed to play the game as individual house guests after succeeding at the deception for four weeks. This twist was reused in the seventeenth American season without the deception element – the pair simply needed to survive five weeks without being evicted . HouseGuests who discovered this twist could use
4256-445: The fourth Bulgarian series , and an all-male premiere was used on Big Brother Africa 4 . The second Belgian season was used a similar twist in 2001, where eleven male housemates and one female housemate entered the house on launch night and the second female housemate entered the house on the third day. The fifth British series introduced fake evictions, where Big Brother misleads housemates that eviction has taken place, only for
4368-414: The seventh Argentine series added La Casa de al Lado ("The House Next Door"), a smaller, more luxurious house which served multiple functions. The first week it hosted 4 potential housemates, and the public voted for two of them to enter the main house. The second week, two pairs of twins competed in the same fashion, with only one pair allowed in. Later, the 3rd, 4th and 5th evicted contestants were given
4480-478: The tenth Australian season , Benjamin Zabel was fake evicted for 24 hours before being returned to the house with immunity from eviction for that week. In the eleventh Australian season Travis Lunardi was fake-evicted and received advice from Benjamin Zabel for 24 hours; Travis returned to the house after a 3-day absence with immunity from eviction for that week. In the thirteenth Brazilian series , Anamara Barreira
4592-421: The "evicted" housemate to reenter the house sometime later. In the eighth British series , one housemate was evicted, interviewed and sent back into the house. In the fifth Philippine season , four housemates were fake-evicted and stayed in a place called bodega . In the second batch of the eight Philippine season , four housemates were fake-evicted due to losing their duel challenge and temporarily stayed in
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4704-645: The Bigg Boss house. Similarly, in Bigg Boss Kannada season 5 , firstly Jaya Srinivasan and Sameer Acharya were put into the secret room after fake eviction for one week and then Sameer Acharya was allowed into the house, but Jaya Srinivasan was evicted from the secret room itself. In the same season, the runner up Divakar was put into the secret room after fake eviction for one week. The fourteenth American season had four house guests from past seasons return to coach twelve new house guests, playing for
4816-735: The Diary Room. Due to the intelligibility of certain languages across several nations, it has been possible to make regional versions of Big Brother . All of these follow the normal Big Brother rules, except that contestants must come from each of the countries in the region where it airs: Big Brother Albania of Albania and Kosovo , Big Brother Angola e Moçambique of Angola and Mozambique , Big Brother Africa of Africa (includes Angola, Botswana , Ethiopia , Ghana , Kenya , Liberia , Malawi , Mozambique, Namibia , Nigeria , Rwanda , Sierra Leone , South Africa, Tanzania , Uganda , Zambia and Zimbabwe ), Big Brother: الرئيس of
4928-596: The Housemates selected by the viewer vote. Big Brother Canada , introduced in 2013, also follows the American format, while the Australian series also used an American-styled format when the series was rebooted in 2020, with the winner being decided by Australia's vote among the Finalist. Other international versions have included aspects of the American format. In 2011, the British version controversially adopted
5040-817: The Indian audience paved way for its expansion into other Indian languages . After the sixth season wrapped in 2013, Kannada and Bengali adaptations were created by Endemol through ETV Network . Sudeep hosted the Kannada version, and Mithun Chakraborty and Jeet hosted the Bengali version. While the Kannada version continued with new seasons annually, similar to Hindi, the Bengali version completed only two seasons in six years and did not turn out to be as successful. In 2017, upon completion of ten seasons in Hindi, four seasons in Kannada and two seasons in Bengali, Endemol Shine India extended its presence in South India by creating Tamil and Telugu versions of
5152-623: The Indian dance competition, followed by the fourth prize in the Modern Jazz category in the 1992 World Dance championship, London, at the age of 21. Soon, he started his own dance studio, "Awesome" with that money and also formed a dance troupe. It was here that his future wife, Maria Goretti , a St. Andrew's College student, joined him before she became a VJ. He was also associated with English theatre group in Mumbai , choreographing shows for Bharat Dabholkar and got an opportunity to choreograph
5264-417: The Kannada version was wrapping up in 2013. The second season was aired on Colors Bangla in 2016 and was hosted by Bengali actor Jeet . The Lonavala house used for Hindi version was used in both seasons and the prize money for the show has been lesser than the other adaptations with ₹ 20 lakh (US$ 24,000) and ₹ 35 lakh (US$ 42,000) respectively for the first and second seasons. This is the only adaptation of
5376-559: The Middle East (includes Bahrain , Egypt , Iraq , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Oman , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Syria and Tunisia ), Gran Hermano del Pacífico of South America (includes Chile, Ecuador and Peru ), Big Brother of Scandinavia (includes Norway and Sweden) and Veliki brat of the Balkans (includes Serbia , Montenegro , Croatia , Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia ). The British version of
5488-412: The TV serial Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny (2003) and featured as a judge for Zara Nachke Dikha in 2010. Warsi is married to Maria Goretti since 1999 with whom he has two children. Warsi was born into a Muslim family in Mumbai . His father, Ahmed Ali Khan (Ashiq Hussain), was a poet who had also worked as a musician in Hindi films and adopted the name Warsi after he became a follower of
5600-469: The United States has English- and Spanish-language versions of the show. The Pakistani television program Tamasha recently became a part of the franchise. Initially produced by ARY Digital , a Pakistani TV channel, the reality show's first season garnered significant success and audience engagement, with its different twists and tasks being the main concept of the show. During its second season,
5712-405: The affirmation of the war of all against all , of self-management and personal self-control through socio-emotional skills , entrepreneurship , the banality of evil , the naturalization of torture , the "battle for survival" logic and the incorporation of Nazi language and elements are already part of contemporary social life, especially in the context of work under neoliberalism . The thesis
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#17327908789205824-530: The black-comedy Ishqiya . He appeared alongside Naseeruddin Shah and Vidya Balan. He produced and acted in Hum Tum Aur Ghost . The film received negative reviews and performed poorly financially. He once again collaborated with Rohit Shetty for the comedy Golmaal 3 . It was a commercial success. Raja Sen opined that "Warsi [was] killing all the streetside-cred he's built up with bhai-sidekick roles by overdoing it." His 2011 releases include
5936-448: The cash prize. As of 5 August 2023 , there have been 508 seasons of Big Brother in over 63 franchise countries and regions. English-language editions of the program are often referred to by its initials BB . At regular intervals, the housemates privately nominate a number of their fellow housemates whom they wish to be evicted from the house. The housemates with the most nominations are then announced, and viewers are given
6048-546: The choice of staying on their way out and they competed for the public's vote to reenter the house. Months later, after one of the contestants left the house voluntarily, the House Next Door reopened for four contestants who wanted to reenter and had not been in such a playoff before. The House Next Door was also used in other occasions to accommodate contestants from the main house for limited periods of time, especially to have more privacy (which of course could be seen by
6160-505: The comedies F.A.L.T.U and Double Dhamaal , which were both above-average grossers. The former was directed by Remo D'Souza and was inspired by the 2006 American comedy film Accepted , directed by Steve Pink . Preeti Arora called the latter a "huge disappointment". His only film role in 2012 was in a guest appearance in Ajab Gazabb Love . CNN-IBN wrote that Warsi was "good and effective". His first release of 2013
6272-682: The comedy Golmaal Returns (2008). His first release of 2009 was Kisse Pyaar Karoon , followed by Ek Se Bure Do . He played lead role in Neeraj Vora-directed comedy Shortkut , a remake of the Malayalam film Udayananu Tharam (2005). In 2010, Warsi won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor and the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor for
6384-487: The common theme is that the contestants are confined to the house and have their every action recorded by cameras and microphones and that no contact with the outside world is permitted. Most international versions of the show remain quite similar: their main format remains true to the original fly on the wall observational style with an emphasis on human relationships, to the extent that contestants are usually forbidden from discussing nominations or voting strategy. In 2001,
6496-418: The discussion of nominations before reversing this rule after a poll by Big Brother broadcaster Channel 5 . From a sociological and demographic perspective, Big Brother allows an analysis of how people react when forced into close confinement with people outside of their comfort zone (having different opinions or ideals, or from a different socioeconomic group). The viewer has the opportunity to see how
6608-461: The earlier series of Big Brother , there were 10 contestants with evictions every two weeks. However, the British version introduced a larger number of contestants with weekly evictions. Most versions of Big Brother follow the weekly eviction format, broadcast over approximately three months for 16 contestants. The contestants are required to do housework and are assigned tasks by the producers of
6720-518: The film failed to perform well at the box office. He starred in Abhishek Chaubey's Dedh Ishqiya (2014). He suffered a head injury while shooting an action scene for Manish Jha's comedy film The Legend of Michael Mishra . Ashish R Mohan 's comedy Welcome to Karachi (2015) featured Warsi alongside Jackky Bhagnani and Lauren Gottlieb . Rohit Vats and Shubha Shetty-Saha lauded Warsi's acting and comic timing. Warsi's next superhit
6832-568: The franchise extended its presence in Kannada through Colors Kannada and Bengali through ETV Bangla , later rebranded as Colors Bangla . In 2017, it extended its presence in Tamil through Star Vijay and in Telugu through Star Maa . In 2018, it ventured into Marathi through Colors Marathi and into Malayalam through Asianet . Though only celebrities were selected to be as housemates in
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#17327908789206944-402: The glass house. Some editions also featured an all-white panic room, where contestants were held until one of them decided to quit the show. In the fourth English-Canadian season , two house guests were evicted and moved into a special suite where they were able to watch the remaining house guests. A week later, the houseguests were required to unanimously decide which of them to bring back into
7056-472: The host in the second season of Bigg Boss . From the second season, the show's broadcast moved to Viacom 18 's Colors TV . For third season Amitabh Bachchan hosted the show respectively and Salman Khan continued as a host from fourth season onwards, while Sanjay Dutt also hosted for fifth season along with Salman Khan . Farah Khan hosted the spin off season of eighth season in absence of main host Salman Khan . The show's acceptance and success among
7168-475: The house as part of tasks. Contestants are permitted to leave the house in an emergency. News from the outside world may occasionally be given as a reward. Additionally, news of extraordinary events from the outside world may be given to the Housemates if such information is considered important, such notable past examples include that of national election results, (along with Housemates being able participate in said elections, for countries with compulsory voting)
7280-492: The house in exchange for a cash reward. It was repeated in the tenth American season for a week. The eleventh American season featured Pandora's Box, in which the winning head of household was tempted to open a box, with unintended consequences for the house. The twelfth American season featured a saboteur, who entered the house to wreak havoc with tasks suggested by viewers. The sixteenth American season featured "Team America", in which 3 houseguests were selected to work as
7392-407: The house, contestants are continuously monitored by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. The program relies on techniques such as a scripted back-to-basics environment, evictions, weekly tasks, competitions set by Bigg Boss , and the “confession room” where housemates converse with Bigg Boss and nominate the housemates they wish to evict from the house. The housemates with
7504-518: The house. In 2004, the fifth British series introduced a villainous Big Brother with harsher punishments, such as taking away prize money, more difficult tasks and secret tricks. This concept has also been used in Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, South America, Scandinavia , Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Philippines and Mexico. In 2004,
7616-518: The housemate. Such characters include Marsha the Moose (from BB Canada ) and Surly the Fish (from BB Australia ). The third Belgian season introduced a mole. This housemate was given secret missions by Big Brother . The eighth American season introduced "America's Player", where a selected house guest must complete various tasks (determined by public vote) in secret for the duration of their stay in
7728-513: The housemates choosing between two nominees to evict ( Big Brother 3 ); first-night nominations ( Big Brother 4 & Big Brother 13 ); suitcase nominations ( Big Brother 5 ); Unlucky Housemate 13 ( Big Brother 6 ); Big Brother Hood ( Big Brother 7 ); an all-female house and a set of twins as contestants ( Big Brother 8 ); a couple entering as housemates, who must hide their relationship ( Big Brother 9 ); housemates having to earn housemate status ( Big Brother 10 , with an altered version of
7840-422: The initial seasons, members of the general public have been chosen to be on the show in the latest seasons of Hindi , Kannada , Telugu , and Malayalam versions of the show. Contestants called "housemates" live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. Housemates are voted out, usually on a weekly basis, until only one remains and wins the cash prize. During their stay in
7952-400: The last housemate becoming the Head of House ( Celebrity Big Brother 6 ). A common opening twist is to introduce only a cast of a single sex on the premiere of the show while having members of the opposite sex introduced over the next few days. The eighth British series first used this twist with an initial all-female house, adding a male housemate two days later. The same twist was used in
8064-542: The latter, he was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor . He played a computer hacker in the Vivek Agnihotri-directed suspense thriller film Chocolate . Indrani Roy Mitra of Rediff.com said that Warsi gave a "commendable [performance]" in Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! (2005). Warsi collaborated with Rohit Shetty for Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), which was the first installment of
8176-537: The level of sexual explicitness allowed to be shown in broadcast and Internet-feed varies according to the country's broadcasting standards. Big Brother contestants are isolated in the house, without access to television, radio, or the Internet. They are not permitted routine communication with the outside world. This was an important issue for most earlier series of the show. In more-recent series, contestants are occasionally allowed to view televised events (usually as
8288-431: The main house housemates past ( Big Brother 17 ); Jackie Stallone entering a house containing her son's ex-wife Brigitte Nielsen ( Celebrity Big Brother 3 ); a "fake celebrity" (a civilian contestant pretending to be a celebrity) in a celebrity edition ( Celebrity Big Brother 4 ); a visit from Jade Goody 's family ( Celebrity Big Brother 5 ) and unlocked bedrooms allowing housemates to immediately claim beds with
8400-428: The most nominations are then announced, and viewers are given the opportunity to vote via SMS or online through social media and smartphone applications for the nominee they wish to save from eviction. The last person standing is declared the winner. The contestants are required to indulge in housework and are assigned tasks by the omnipresent authority figure known to them as Bigg Boss . The tasks are designed to test
8512-405: The opportunity to vote via telephone for the nominee they wish to be evicted or saved from eviction. The last person remaining is declared the winner. Some more recent editions have since included additional methods of voting, such as voting through social media and smartphone applications. Occasionally, non-standard votes occur, where two houseguests are evicted at once or no one is voted out. In
8624-465: The program feature variations of the housemates competing in pairs: Secret missions are a common element of the show since their introduction during the sixth British series . During these missions, one or more housemates are set a task from Big Brother with the reward of luxuries for the household and/or a personal reward if the task is successful. Some versions of Big Brother have secret tasks presented by another character who lives in plain sight of
8736-557: The public). The ninth Brazilian season featured the "Bubble": a glass house in a shopping mall in Rio de Janeiro where four potential housemates lived for a week. Later in the season, a bubble was built inside the Big Brother house, with another two housemates living in it for a week until they were voted in and the glass house dismantled. The Glass House was reused in the eleventh season , featuring five evicted housemates competing for
8848-525: The role of a Pakistani footballer living in London in the sports drama Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007). In director Jaideep Sen's comedy Krazzy 4 , Warsi a person suffering from intermittent explosive disorder . The film failed to generate favourable reviews. Ameeta Gupta praised Warsi's performance in Deepak Shivdasani's comedy Mr. Black Mr. White (2008). He reteamed with Rohit Shetty for
8960-545: The show (who communicate with the housemates via the omnipresent authority figure known to them only as "Big Brother"). The tasks are designed to test their teamwork abilities and community spirit. In some countries, the housemates' shopping budget or weekly allowance (to buy food and other essentials) depends on the outcome of assigned tasks. The term Big Brother originates from George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four , with its theme of continuous oppressive surveillance. The program also relies on other techniques, such as
9072-637: The show are available on the ott Disney+ Hotstar digital platform. For second, third and sixth seasons, house shifted to EVP Film City in Chennai. The fourth and fifth seasons, the house being in Film City, Mumbai . Big Brother (franchise) Big Brother is a reality competition television franchise created by John de Mol Jr. , first broadcast in the Netherlands in 1999 and subsequently syndicated internationally. The show features contestants called "housemates" or "HouseGuests" who live together in
9184-534: The show consecutively since sixth season until present. A lavish purpose-built house, with annual modifications was built in Lonavala , Mumbai for the show. A new house was built at ND Studios in Karjat , Pune for the fifth season. The house at Lonavala was rebuilt and used again from the sixth season. The prize was reduced to ₹ 50 lakh (US$ 60,000) since the fifth season. A spin off series, Bigg Boss: Halla Bol
9296-434: The show for nine consecutive seasons. All the seasons so far have had ₹ 50 lakh (US$ 60,000) as the prize money. Commoners were allowed to be a part of the show from the fifth season through auditions. Three artists have been the 'voice' of Bigg Boss as of fifth season - Amit Bhargav for the first two, B M Venkatesh for the third and Srinivas Prasad since the fourth season. Bigg Boss OTT (or Bigg Boss: Over-The-Top ),
9408-445: The show in 2017 with Kamal Haasan as the host on Star Vijay . This has been the only version to have none of its seasons shot at Lonavala . The house was constructed at EVP Film City, Chennai and is being used since the first season. All the three seasons so far have had ₹ 50 lakh (US$ 60,000) as the prize money. Halfway through season 5, the main host actor Kamal Haasan fell ill and was replaced by actress Ramya Krishnan to host
9520-581: The show officially adopted the original format of Big Brother . As of 2023, it stands as the sole franchise of the Big Brother format in Pakistan , with the show being conducted exclusively in the Urdu language . In 2001, Big Brother 3 of the Netherlands introduced the "Rich and Poor" concept, in which the house is separated into a luxurious half and a poor half, and two teams of housemates compete for
9632-563: The show premiered its first season on 26 February 2022. Bigg Boss Marathi is the Marathi version of the show and the first season is being aired on Viacom 18's Colors Marathi . The Lonavala house is being used for this version and Mahesh Manjrekar is playing the host. From the 2nd season onwards house is made in Goregaon film city, Mumbai . This is the first and only adaptation of Bigg Boss so far to have its language affiliation in
9744-468: The show previously accepted Irish applicants, however the terms and conditions of ITV2's reboot state you must reside in the UK. On the other hand, some countries have multiple franchises based on language. Bigg Boss of India has the most regional-based versions Hindi , Marathi , Tamil , Bengali , Telugu , Kannada and Malayalam language versions; Canada has French- and English-language versions; and
9856-505: The show that does not follow the annual format and the seasons have been produced once in 3 years. The reality show however has been discontinued after season 2 but a leading Bengali TV channel is planning to launch its new season and discussion about copyright issues is still on and show makers are yet to finalise it. Bigg Boss Tamil is the Tamil version of the show and the second south Indian adaptation of Bigg Boss . Star India produced
9968-468: The show until he recovered. Bigg Boss Ultimate , a spin-off Indian Tamil-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Disney Star 's streaming service platform Disney+ Hotstar . The digital edition hosted by Kamal Haasan but later he replaced by Silambarasan and the show premiered its first season on 30 January 2022. Bigg Boss Telugu is the Telugu version of
10080-431: The show with Star India . The Tamil version was hosted by Kamal Haasan , while the Telugu version started with Jr NTR as the host, and later for the second season Nani became the host. From the third season onwards Nagarjuna became the host. In 2018, the show was adapted into Marathi under Viacom 18 and hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar later from fifth season Riteish Deshmukh hosted show. The next language adaptation
10192-418: The show's official name. The prize money is announced to be ₹ 50 lakh (US$ 60,000). Bigg Boss Malayalam is the Malayalam adaptation of Bigg Boss , produced by Star India and broadcast on Asianet . Veteran actor Mohanlal has been roped to host the show and the Lonavala house was used for the first season. The prize money for the first season was announced to be ₹ 1 crore (US$ 140,000). All episodes of
10304-561: The teamwork abilities and community spirit of the housemates. The luxury budget is a weekly allowance to buy luxury food items other than the supplied essentials which depend on the outcome of assigned tasks. Bigg Boss is a Hindi language adaptation of Big Brother created in Netherlands by John de Mol Jr. , largely based on the Celebrity Big Brother model owned by the Endemol Shine Group . The show
10416-557: The third nominee would be, with the HouseGuests still thinking one of their own is the MVP. Like many such twists, this was ended halfway into the season as the pool of contestants shrank. The sixteenth and seventeenth American seasons featured two Heads of Household every week and had four houseguests nominated for eviction. There was also a "Battle of the Block" competition where the two sets of nominees competed to save themselves;
10528-705: The title track for the film Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993). During this time he was offered a role by Jaya Bachchan for Tere Mere Sapne . He got his first offer to act in Amitabh Bachchan 's production company, Amitabh Bachchan Corporation 's first production Tere Mere Sapne in 1996. Before that he had made a small appearance as a dancer in a song in Aag Se Khelenge . He followed this by roles in films such as Betaabi (1997), Mere Do Anmol Ratan and Hero Hindustani (both 1998). His performance in P Vasu's Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet (1999)
10640-1075: The twins to their strategic advantage. This twin or triplet twist was used in several countries. Some made modifications to this twist; others have had twins in the house together without this element of secrecy. The following are the countries that have featured twins or triplets: Australia (in 2005 ), Germany (in 2005–06 ), Brazil (in 2006 and 2015 ), Bulgaria (in 2006 , 2012 and VIP 2017 ), United Kingdom (in 2007 , Celebrity 2011 , Celebrity 2012 , 2013 , 2015 , 2016 and Celebrity 2017 ), France (in 2007 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 and 2016 ), Spain (in 2007 and 2013 ), Poland (in 2007 and 2019 ), India (in 2008 ), Africa (in 2009 ), Balkan Region (in 2009 and 2013 ), Philippines (in 2009 , Teen 2012 and 2014 ), Portugal (in 2010 and 2012 ), Israel (in 2011 ), Ukraine (in 2011 ), Argentina (in 2011 and 2016 ), Albania (in 2013 , 2017 , Celebrity 2021–22 and Celebrity 2022–23 ), Greece (in 2020 ) and Kosovo (in Celebrity 2022–23 ). Several versions of
10752-514: The twist appearing in Big Brother 21 ); a mole entering the house with an impossible task ( Big Brother 11 ); Pamela Anderson entering as a guest for 5 days ( Big Brother 12 ); a professional actor posing as a housemate and a mother and daughter as contestants ( Big Brother 14 ); one contestant gets a pass to the final ( Big Brother 15 ); first night eviction ( Big Brother 16 ); two houses with "the other house" featuring enemies from
10864-459: The video stream. In some countries, Internet broadcasting was supplemented by updates via email, WAP and SMS. The house is shown live on satellite television, although in some countries there is a 10–15 minutes delay to allow libelous or unacceptable content (such as references to people not participating in the program who have not consented to have personal information broadcast) to be removed. Contestants occasionally develop sexual relationships;
10976-631: The winner, $ 75,000 for second, and $ 50,000 for who was voted by the viewers to be America's Favorite HouseGuest. Arshad Warsi Arshad Hussain Warsi (born 19 April 1968) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the recipient of several awards including a Filmfare Award from five nominations and is noted for acting in varied film genres . Before making his acting debut, also served as an assistant director to Mahesh Bhatt and ayam bhardwaj films in Kaash (1987) and also choreographed
11088-530: The winning pair not only saved themselves but dethroned the Head of Household who nominated them, who was then vulnerable as a replacement nominee if a veto was used. It is also used in specific weeks in Brazil since Big Brother Brasil 16 where the HOH's have to choose which HoH will get R$ 10,000 and who is the one that will win immunity. In the American version, each season there are three cash prizes: $ 750,000 for
11200-535: Was Golmaal Again in 2017, in which he reprised the role of Madhav from previous Golmaal films, starring alongside Ajay Devgn , Tabu , Parineeti Chopra , Shreyas Talpade , Kunal Khemu and Tusshar Kapoor . It went on to become one of the year's highest grossers and was a blockbuster at the box office. After Golmaal Again , he went on to star in Bhaiyyaji Superhitt , Fraud Saiyaan , Total Dhamaal , Pagalpanti while film Zamaanat ,
11312-436: Was Malayalam , which was produced by Star India and hosted by Mohanlal . In 2021, another version was adopted called Bigg Boss OTT . Its episodes were shown on Voot later on JioCinema and hosted by Karan Johar , Salman Khan , Anil Kapoor . Female Winners Male Winners Bigg Boss is the Hindi -language and the first version of the franchise. The first season premiered in 2006 on Sony TV It
11424-491: Was constructed at Innovative Film City in Bidadi , Bengaluru and is being used since the third season. Sudeep's contract to host the show was extended to five seasons starting with the third season which returned to Viacom 18's Colors Kannada . The fifth season moved to Colors Super , a sister channel of Colors Kannada . It is notable that the Kannada version is the only adaptation where the host, Sudeep alone would be hosting
11536-432: Was fake evicted. She was removed and put into a small private apartment without the other housemates knowing she was still in the house. After 24 hours, she returned to the house as Head of Household and with immunity from eviction that week. In the sixteenth Brazilian series , Ana Paula Renault was similarly fake evicted, put into a small private apartment, and returned after 48 hours with immunity from eviction that week. In
11648-458: Was hosted by Arshad Warsi . The prize money was ₹ 1 crore (US$ 120,000) The license for Bigg Boss was acquired by Viacom 18 and the next season was aired on Colors TV with Shilpa Shetty as the host. Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan was roped in to play host for the third season while Salman Khan appeared as the host in the fourth season. The fifth season was jointly hosted by Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan while Khan alone continues to host
11760-413: Was hosted by Karan Johar and the show premiered its first season on 8 August 2021, Season 2 was hosted by Salman Khan which premiered on 17 June 2023 and Season 3 was hosted by Anil Kapoor which premiered on 21 June 2024. Atul Kapoor has been the voice of Bigg Boss since the first season for both versions. Bigg Boss Kannada is the Kannada version of the Bigg Boss reality TV show and it
11872-478: Was later published as a book. The show is notable for involving the Internet. Although the show typically broadcasts daily updates during the evening (sometimes criticized by viewers and former contestants for heavy editing by producers), viewers can also watch a continuous feed from multiple cameras on the Web in most countries. These websites were successful, even after some national series began charging for access to
11984-491: Was launched and merged into the eighth season with five finalists from the eighth season and five previous runner ups which was hosted by Farah Khan . All subsequent seasons were then hosted by Salman Khan . Bigg Boss OTT (or Bigg Boss: Over-The-Top ), a spin-off Indian Hindi-language reality digital series of the show Bigg Boss that aired exclusively on Viacom 18's streaming service platform Voot (Season 1) and JioCinema (Season 2 and 3). The digital edition's Season 1
12096-400: Was named Bigg Boss and a house was constructed for the show at Lonavla for season one to four and six to twelve, in Karjat for season five and in Goregaon from season thirteen onwards. Bigg Boss debuted on television in 2006 through Sony TV with Arshad Warsi as the host. The show gained popularity after Shilpa Shetty emerged as the winner in Big Brother 5 and replaced Warsi as
12208-657: Was orphaned at the age of 14 and struggled for a living in Bombay during his early days. He left school after 10th standard. Financial circumstances forced Warsi to start work as a door-to-door cosmetics salesman at age 17. Later he worked in a photo-lab. Meanwhile, he developed a keen interest in dancing and received an offer to join Akbar Sami's Dance group in Mumbai , which started his dancing and choreographing in Thikana (1987) and Kaash (1987). Then in 1991, he won
12320-514: Was praised by Rediff.com's Suparn Verma. Warsi's next release was Madhur Bhandarkar 's directorial debut Trishakti (1999). Completed in 3 years, the film performed poorly at the box office. His only film appearances of 2001 were in Ghaath , followed by Mujhe Meri Biwi Se Bachaao (2001) and Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002). Most of these failed to do well at the box office. In Shashanka Ghosh's Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II , he played
12432-606: Was the action-thriller Zila Ghaziabad in which he played the role of a gangster. Charu Thakur criticised the film but praised Warsi's performance. He played a lawyer in the Subhash Kapoor-directed Jolly LLB , his first solo hit. Raja Sen wrote that he was "earnest to a fault". He was awarded the BIG Star Entertainment Award for Most Entertaining Actor in a Comedy Film (Male) and the IIFA Award for Best Performance in
12544-466: Was the first south Indian adaptation of Bigg Boss . Actor Sudeep was roped in by ETV Kannada to play the host of the show for the first season in 2013 and for second season Star India acquired the license of the show and aired on Suvarna with Sudeep continuing his role as the host of the show. The Bigg Boss house at Lonavala which was used for the Hindi version was also used for the first two seasons of Bigg Boss Kannada . A new and bigger house
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