Akki back to Fear Factor
5 Dec 2012 12:30 AM GMT
Bollywood’s Khiladi Akshay Kumar will return as the host of action-adventure show Fear Factor — Khatron Ke Khiladi, according to reliable sources. Instead of considering other names to take over as the host of the show, the channel, Colors, has decided to wait for Akshay to get a little free.
‘The main problem was Akshay Kumar’s dates. He is busy with his films all of 2013.
Initially, we thought we would go ahead with someone else. But the general opinion is, no one can take Akshay’s place in Fear Factor. So we’re willing to wait until he gets free in 2014,’ said a channel source.
The channel officials are said to have had a long discussion with Akshay, who initially insisted they not wait. However, the officials had no problems in waiting for him.
‘Our bandwidth for reality shows is filled for the next one year. We had two options: do we go ahead with Fear Factor without Akshay in 2013? Or do we wait for him to do the show in 2014? We decided on the latter,’ said the source. Akshay’s Khiladi 786 will release Friday.
‘The main problem was Akshay Kumar’s dates. He is busy with his films all of 2013.
Initially, we thought we would go ahead with someone else. But the general opinion is, no one can take Akshay’s place in Fear Factor. So we’re willing to wait until he gets free in 2014,’ said a channel source.
The channel officials are said to have had a long discussion with Akshay, who initially insisted they not wait. However, the officials had no problems in waiting for him.
‘Our bandwidth for reality shows is filled for the next one year. We had two options: do we go ahead with Fear Factor without Akshay in 2013? Or do we wait for him to do the show in 2014? We decided on the latter,’ said the source. Akshay’s Khiladi 786 will release Friday.
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