As Bigg Boss Marathi Season 5 will premiere on Sunday, July 28, take a look back at Bollywood stars who turned hosts of Bigg Boss and how much they paid for their stint.
Bigg Boss has become one of the biggest reality shows on Indian television. With 17 seasons of Hindi on television, three seasons on OTT, and multiple seasons in different languages. As Riteish Deshmukh becomes the latest actor to host Bigg Boss, let's take a look back at different hosts of the Hindi language and their reported fees.
1. Arshad Warsi
)
Arshad Warsi, the host of the first Bigg Boss season reportedly charged Rs 20 lakhs per episode.
2. Shilpa Shetty
)
The host of season two, Shilpa Shetty reportedly charged Rs 15 lakhs per episode.
3. Amitabh Bachchan
)
Amitabh Bachchan, the host of Season 3 was reportedly paid Rs 126 crores.
4. Salman Khan
)
Salman was reportedly paid Rs 2.5 crore per episode for Season Four, Five, Six. As per the media reports, he was paid double for Season Eight and Nine. Then he was paid Rs 8 crore per episode for Season 10 and Rs 11 crore per episode for Season 11. As Pinkvilla reported, he was paid Rs 12 crore per episode for Seasons 12 and 13, and Rs 20 crore per episode for Seasons 14 and 15. For Bigg Boss 17, he was reportedly taking Rs 12 crore per week.
5. Sanjay Dutt
)
Sanjay Dutt was part of Bigg Boss Season Five, and he was reportedly paid Rs 1 crore per episode.
6. Anil Kapoor
)
The new host of Bigg Boss OTT, Anil Kapoor reportedly charges Rs 2 crore per episode.
The DNA app is now available for download on the Google Play Store. Please download the app and share your feedback with us.
