Rajeev will host moment of truth

Spicezee Bureau

Mumbai, April 01: Just one movie old, Rajeev Khandelwal is already filling some big shoes. The actor, who set the screen on fire with his debut performance in 'Aamir', is returning to the small screen replacing Shah Rukh Khan to host the desi version of the most controversial show 'The Moment of Truth'.

Even as reports of King Khan hosting the Indian remake of the show do rounds, buzz has it that Rajeev is steps ahead of SRK as he has already shot the initial episodes of the show in Madrid, Spain.

While the original show hands lugs of money to commoners who give away their most guarded secrets on national TV, the Indian show will have celebrities; actors, politicians and sportspersons as contestants.

Not willing to divulge much about the show, Siddharth Basu, the Indian mind behind the show, told a news daily, "A pilot was shot in Madrid, on the sets of the Spanish version of the show, and focus tested here in India. We are looking for candidates, celebrities or otherwise, who have lived a full life, and who are open, courageous, and honest enough to see how far they can go with the truth"

And what do our celebrities get for revealing their ghastly secrets. Well they'll be rewarded with kind showers of moolah. "The rewards for telling the truth on difficult questions are handsome", adds Basu.

Grapevine also states that the first episode of the show will have Vinod Kambli and Urvashi Dholakia in the hot seat telling their truth.