Sony's new adventure daredevil reality shows, Fear Factor India and Paisa Bhari Padega, are going further, removing their stars from the confines of the studios, sans makeup, sans image. Fear Factor, produced in India by Endemol and hosted by Mukul Dev, flew 36 TV stars to Malaysia, including Chetan Hansraj, Akashdeep Sehgal, Vikas Bhalla, Manav Gohil, Mandira Bedi and Shweta Kawaatra. Starting March 10, the stars will battle for the Rs 10 lakh prize offered at the end of each episode. Interspersed with the celeb episodes will be those with regular contestants, "The celebrity episodes are great fun to watch because you never imagined a Tina Parekh or Shweta Salve getting into a glass case filled with real snakes. They do, and you marvel at their courage," says Mandloi. And the stars were so excited about doing the show that they did it for free.
The other reality show is Sony's Paisa Bhari Padega, a format created by FBC India (who produced Lakme Fashion House). Hosted by Sandhya Mridul and Purab Kohli, the show has contestants competing in a hurdle race with a backpack of money, reducing their load by giving away cash during the race (literally paisa bhari padega). Whoever finishes with the maximum money wins. The show features some 30 TV stars such as Achint Kaur, Shraddha Nigam and Gaurav Gera competing in Rishikesh, where it was shot with regular contestants as well.
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