As Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan get ready to host the fifth season of Bigg Boss, they believe that it is their comradery and their life’s experiences that will add to the show’s popularity.
After the much-publicised alleged spat between actors Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt almost a month ago, the two now seem to have put the past behind.
Having signed to host the fifth season of Bigg Boss together, the two were at Mehboob Studios on Thursday to promote the show. Dutt was the first one to arrive and Khan soon followed. After greeting each other briefly and sharing a few personal jokes, they parted ways for the interviews. While Dutt preferred to talk to the journalists in his vanity van, Khan, in his trademark style, sat outside the van with sister Alvira Khan and manager Reshma Shetty in tow. He looked fit after his facial nerve surgery and exclaimed that he is happy to be back home.
Khan, a Bigg Boss veteran, having hosted the previous season of the reality show, said that it was the channel’s decision to get Dutt on board. “My duty was to convince him. Since we trust each other a lot, he instantly agreed,” said the maverick actor. Dutt confessed that he had many television offers in the past, but he stayed away from them because they did not excite him. “Salman kept forcing me to take up television when I met him during 10 Ka Dum. I asked him to tell me when he finds something exciting for me. So when he came up with the offer of co-hosting Bigg Boss alongside him, I was thrilled,” said Dutt.
The Bigg Boss house, known for fights among contestants and abusive language, was in some sort of trouble last season, when the Information and Broadcasting Ministry asked them to can the show if they did not adhere to the ministry’s rules. But Khan dismisses the fear of any such problems this time. He said, “The language is beeped and about the fights, don’t we see our mom and dad fighting at home. So what’s the big deal?”
Indian television, known for its gruelling work hours, has always made Bollywood actors a little apprehensive about taking up shows that require a lot of time. “Once you are on the set, then you are shooting continuously for five hours, unlike films, where we take a break after each shot. But then, once you are committed to a job, you have to give your everything,” said Khan. Dutt, however, insists that the schedule of Bigg Boss will not be as tough. “This is pretty easy. It is only one Saturday,” he said.
However, Khan wanted to send the journalists inside the house because he felt they ask him too many questions. He himself wouldn’t mind staying in the house. “As long as you are fine with your own being, you shouldn’t have a problem staying anywhere. Sanjay and I have been to places similar to Bigg Boss,” smiled Khan. Dutt, on the contrary, wouldn’t stay inside the house, because his three years in jail have sort of made him detest confinement. “But I would love to send David Dhawan in and starve him,” he laughed.
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