These contestants are set to enter Salman Khan's Bigg Boss 12 house, today
Season 12 of Salman Khan's popular show 'Bigg Boss' is all set to premiere on September 16 and here's the final list of contestants.
Famous comedienne Bharti Singh and her writer husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa were the first celebrity contestants to be confirmed. Host Salman had himself announced their names at the grand launch of Bigg Boss 12 in Goa. Shoaib Ibrahim recently put a end to speculations by confirming his wife and popular television actress Dipika Kakar's entry.
The makers released short teaser videos of two more 'Vichitra Jodis' on Thursday. 'Moora' (Gangs of Wasseypur 2) singer Deepak Thakur would be entering the show with his fan Urvashi Vani. Another confirmed jodi is that of Nirmal Singh (cop) and Romil Chaudhary (lawyer). Scarlett M Rose and Tanushree Dutta almost confirmed their entry by posting cryptic notes on social media.
Here's a look at all the participants who will be seen inside the glass-walled house -
1. Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa
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Comedy queen Bharti Singh is on a roll. After hosting 'Dance Deewane' and shooting 'Khatron Ke Khiladi 9', she is now set to enter the Bigg Boss 12 house along with her writer-husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa. Salman Khan himself confirmed their entry at the Goa launch event. Talking about her participation, Bharti said, “Harsh has a lot of work. Even if he gets eliminated, I want to win the show.” When asked why do they want to do Bigg Boss, the comedienne quipped, "for money". The couple's combined fee would reportedly be somewhere around Rs 50 Lakh per week. “Ever since I got married, Colors has taken care of the bills,” Bharti joked at the event.
2. Shaleen Bhanot and Daljeet Kaur
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TV actor Shaleen Bhanot is expected to enter the show with his divorced-wife Daljeet Kaur under the category of exes. Daljeet had earlier accused Shaleen of domestic violence and physical abuse.
3. Dipika Kakar
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'Sasural Simar Ka' fame Dipika Kakar, who recently made her Bollywood debut with JP Dutta's 'Paltan', will be entering the show solo. Her husband Shoaib Ibrahim confirmed the reports a few days ago. The makers tried hard to rope him in aswell but he reportedly refused to be locked in the glass-walled house. She was earlier considering entering the show with her mother but that also didn't work out.The actress will apparently get a whopping Rs 14-16 Lakh per week (similar to Hina Khan), as per latest reports.
4. Deepak Thakur and Urvashi Vani
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'Moora' (Gangs of Wasseypur 2) singer Deepak Thakur, who hails from Athar village of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar, will be entering the show with his biggest fan - Urvashi Vani. Deepak has also sung for Anurag Kashyap's 'Mukkabaaz'. He comes from a farming background and is the only singer in his family.
"Hum inki bahot badi fan hain. Isliye risk lekar, ghar walon ko bina bataaye inse milne chale gaye the. Bigg Boss mein maa-beti, bhai-behen ye sab aayenge, lekin ek celebrity aur fan ka jodi ye unique hai," Urvashi can be heard saying in their introductory video.
Sharing the clip, Urvashi, who appears to be a huge fan of Shah Rukh Khan, confirmed her entry into Bigg Boss 12 saying, "Hello Everyone, So here I am revealing the surprise, AA RAHI HOON...#BiggBoss12"
5. Nirmal Singh and Romil Chaudhary
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Nirmal Singh, a cop by profession, will be entering the show with Romil Chaudhary, who is a lawyer. Romil reveals in the promo that Nirmal has anger issues and that he doesn't hesitate in calling a spade a spade. "Nirmal galat ke saath galat aur sahi ke saath hai, kyunki gussa iski naak par baitha rehta hai."
Nirmal on the other hand says that Romil is quite smart and manipulative. "Romil bahot badmassh kism ka aadmi hai, judge ko to aise baaton mein le leta hai, jaise usi ke saath crime hua ho." Who knows they might turn out to become the next Manveer and Manu (Bigg Boss 11).
6. Scarlett M Rose
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After being a part of several youth-based shows like 'Splitsvilla', 'Kaisi Yeh Yaarian' and 'Warrior High', Scarlett is now ready to raise the temperatures inside the Bigg Boss house. She was earlier supposed to participate with good friend Ryan Peterson but she will now make a solo entry, we hear. Two days ago the Splitsvilla winner posted a picture of herself with the caption, "Something Exciting coming up Guess what ???" She wrote this with the Bigg Boss hashtag, thereby confirming her entry into Salman's how.
7. Tanushree Dutta and Ishita Dutta
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Tanushree Dutta and Ishita Dutta will be entering the show as a jodi under the sibling category. Tanushree, who has been missing from the limelight since eight years, recently returned to India. Her airport pictures went viral on internet within no time and her tranformation became one of the most-talked-about topics on social media. Tanushree is single and there is a lot of curiousity around her life. Ishita, on the other hand, is married to actor Vastal Sheth and is quite active in both Bollywood and television industry.
"And they said that I was over...but I havent even started yet...still waking up from a dream..a dream within a dream..Are you?? #somethingnew...Then it will be finally over #home," Tanushree posted on Instagram on Thursday. Ishita was also invited to Salman Khan's Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, this year.
8. Ssumier Pasricha
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Ssumier Pasricha aka Pammi aunty will be one of the solo celeb contestants on show. Apart from making viral videos, Ssumier, who is also believed to be Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's doppleganger by some, has starred in Indian and international movies, TV soaps and theater musicals.
9. Srishty Rode
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'Ishqbaaz' actress Srishty Rode is considered to be the first celebrity who signed season 12 on the dotted line. She was earlier going to enter the show with boyfriend Manish Naagdev, but the actress will now make a solo entry like Dipika and Scarlett.
10. Anup Jalota
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Bhajan singer Anup Jalota is looking forward to enter the Bigg Boss house. He says he won't be staying inside for long as he has concerts lined up. During the course of his stay, he plans to lose weight, cook and entertain people. He says in the case of any fights, he will say the truth but in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's diplomatic style.
11. Neha Pendse
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'The May I Come In Madam' actress too is all set to enter the Bigg Boss 12 house. She was last seen on the small screen co-hosting 'Family Time With Kapil Shrma'. She has been in the entertainment industry for more than two decades and has appeared in movies like 'Pyaar Koi Khel Nahi', 'Daag: The Fire' among many others. On television, she has been a part of shows like 'Hasratein', 'Padosan' and 'Meethi Meethi Baatein'.
12. Subuhi Joshi
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MTV Splitsvilla contestant and comedian Siddharth Sagar's girlfriend DJ Subuhi Joshi will also enter the show solo.
13. Sreesanth
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After trying his hand at dancing in 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa', making his Bollywood debut with 'Aksar 2' and conquering his fears in 'Khatron Ke Khiladi', controversial cricketer Sreesanth is now set to enter the Bigg Boss house.
14. Karanvir Bohra
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'Naagin 2' actor Karanvir Bohra had earlier confirmed declining the 'Bigg Boss' offer but there is strong buzz that he will be paired up with Dipika Kakar in the show, as both of them will be entering the house without their beloved spouses.
