As reported earlier Big B Amitabh Bachchan will soon be back on the small screen, this time to host Season 3 of the controversial reality show Bigg Boss.
The fact that Bachchan is now also officially the highest paid presenter on TV, is sure to add to the buzz surrounding his return. Brought in as a replacement for Shilpa Shetty on Bigg Boss, the ‘Shahenshah’ of Bollywood will take home Rs 1.5 crore per episode. Multiply that by 84 episodes and what you get is a staggering Rs 126 crore paycheque for Bachchan.
It’s a new high even for Big B himself. For Bigg Boss, he is being paid nearly twice of what he got for Kaun Banega Crorepati. But there’s an important difference between then and now. When KBC happened, the Bachchan brand was at its lowest ebb. Today the actor is among the country’s top five celebrity endorsers.
If Shilpa Shetty with her minor fan following and no films to promote could get Bigg Boss a 2.2 TRP, Bachchan with his enormous brand value and at least nine releases in the pipeline, could certainly better that. Or at least that’s what the show’s producers would be hoping for.
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