The idiot box is no longer the poor cousin of cinema. With nation’s biggest superstars doing their own shows and bringing the choicest of Bollywood brigade along with them, television is now as popular as the big screen. In recent years there have been many Bollywood stars who have been featured in TV shows. We name here five most successful Bollywood stars who have been showing their magic in the small screen too.
Amitabh Bachchan is the man who changed the concept of television and his fortune with the hugely popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati.The show resurrected his career and the show got an ll time high TRPS.This show became a sort of craze and it is still used as an example of how a single hit show can boost an actor’s career and image.
Abhishek Bachchan has become a household name, thanks to the popularity of the show Idea National Bingo Night’. The show is fun filled with highly entertaining games and it makes the idea of weekend even more special. The show is highly interactive and it does not require racking one’s brains in order to answer the questions.
Salman Khan is one of the biggest Bollywood stars who are equally popular on the small screen. While Salman has this image of bad boy, people had the chance to catch his real life person and it was surprisingly different from the popular image he has.
He came across a nice, smiling guy who has got a great sense of humour.He can mix with people from all walks of life and Salman Khan, the superstar never overshadows them.
Shahrukh Khan is another actor who has never been shy of trying out new things and he was at his usual self when he decided to host KBC Show.KBC was made famous by Amitabh Bacchan and people were skeptical that KBC would lose its glamour and authenticity.
However, Shahrukh gave KBC a new dimension and the show got high ratings. He later hosted another show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? which did average business.
Akshay Kumar, too, gained much popularity with the hit show Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi.Akshay loves adventure sports and his passion was evident when he used to encourage the participants and motivated them in times of emotional crisis. In fact, many of the stunts were initially performed by the man himself. He used to do so that the participants get inspired by watching him.
Apart from all these stars, celebrities like Govinda, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor have tried their luck in the small screen. The latest star to join the bandwagon is Priyanka Chopra who will host the new season of Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi.