"Dabbang' Salman Khan & "Munnabhai' Sanjay Dutt to hosts Bigg Boss 5

one of India's leading GECs, today announced its BIG plans for its marquee format show ' Bigg Boss. This year, the channel has signed both, the "dabbang' Salman Khan as well as the "Munnabhai' Sanjay Dutt as hosts for Bigg Boss Season-5. This is the first time in the history of Bigg Boss in India that 2 top Bollywood superstars would be hosting the season.

Confirming Bigg Boss Season-5 plans, Raj Nayak, CEO ' COLORS, said "Bigg Boss is one of our flagship shows which has been successfully running on the channel over the last 4 seasons. It's a unique format that provides brands an exciting and innovative platform, spread over more than 3 months. This year with two of Bollywoods biggest Super Stars , Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt as hosts we're confident of making Bigg Boss even bigger & generating both - higher revenues as well as stickier eye-balls ."

Bigg Boss Season 4 was a runaway hit as over 90 million viewers from across the country tuned in for the series, the finale episode itself generated a TVR of 6.7. In fact, the TVR generated by the Bigg Boss Season 4 finale episode also managed to shadow the 6.1 TVR garnered by IPL final cricket match. The show has been growing from strength to strength right from its inception.

"Bigg Boss' presents the unique combination of reality and real unscripted drama. It is the ultimate reality show where 14 handpicked strangers are locked in a house, for close to 96 days ' with over 50 cameras following their every move 24x7 and Bigg Boss, the ultimate authority in the house who ensures that their stay is anything but comfortable. As the 14 hand-picked contestants vie with each other to survive in the Bigg Boss house, irritation, backbiting and backstabbing reach its prime. This is one show that brings out the best and the worst side of contestants.