Bigg Boss 12 HIGHLIGHTS: Two contestants evicted during launch of Salman Khan’s show

Bigg Boss 12, with Salman Khan firmly in the saddle, has returned to your screens once again. India’s highly controversial reality show premiered on Sunday night at 9 with many novel changes. To begin with, Bigg Boss 12 is going one-up on its ‘Double Trouble’ theme from a previous season and giving us ‘vichitra jodis’. Literally meaning ‘strange couples’, the show will have commoners entering the house with partners, both romantic and otherwise.If that is true for commoner contestants, there is a line-up of celeb Bigg Boss contestants too who are entering the house in their individual capacity. The celebs include Dipika Kakar, Srishty Rode, Karanvir Bohra, Neha Pendse, S Sreesanth, Anup Jalota and Jasleen Matharu. Commoner contestants include Romil Chaudhary, Nirmal Singh, Sourabh Patel, Shivashish Mishra, Deepak Thakur, Urvashi Vani, Saba Khan, Somi Khan, Kriti Verma and Surbhi Rana .All the live updates from Salman Khan’s Bigg Boss 12

11:30pm IST

Bigg Boss 12 launch live updates: Salman Khan introduces Sreesanth, Nehaa Pendse, Anup Jalota and other contestants.

Sreesanth enters show, learns how to make rotis

As Sreesanth enters Bigg Boss 12 house, he gets an impromptu course on how to make rotis from Shilpa Shinde.

11:16pm IST

Surbhi, Mital evicted from Salman Khan’s show during launch

Kriti and Roshmi enter the Bigg Boss 12 house from outhouse while Surbhi and Mital leave the show during launch of Salman’s show.

Woh do sadasya jo jayenge #BB12 ghar ke andar hai #RoshmiBanik aur #KritiVerma. #BB12#BiggBoss12 @BeingSalmanKhan pic.twitter.com/SsnfjG0fwS

— COLORS (@ColorsTV) September 16, 2018

11:00pm IST

A fan-celeb jodi enters the Bigg Boss house

Gangs of Wasseypur singer Deepak Thakur enters Bigg Boss 12 house with his fan, Urvashi Vani. Deepak has a fanboy moment as he tells Salman that he is his biggest fan.

Playback singer #DeepakThakur aa rahe hai apne sabse bade fan #UrvashiVani ke saath. #BB12 #BiggBoss12@BeingSalmanKhan @TheGarnierMan pic.twitter.com/7xBoFiW2Qg

— COLORS (@ColorsTV) September 16, 2018

10:50pm IST

Sisters Somi and Saba Khan enter Bigg Boss 12 house

Somi Khan and Saba Khan, sisters from Rajasthan, are the next to enter Bigg Boss 12 house. The two say they are dabang sisters who believe in women power.

#SomiKhan and #SabaKhan do a fun task on the #BB12 stage. Tune in now to catch it. #BiggBoss12 @BeingSalmanKhan @iamappyfizz pic.twitter.com/9DXENiHuEn

— COLORS (@ColorsTV) September 16, 2018

10:40pm IST

Srishty Rode enters Bigg Boss house with friend Rubina Dilaik

Rubina Dilaik performs with friend Srishty Rode who is entering Bigg Boss 12 house. Rubina reveals that Srishty sleepwalks and housemates should watch out for her.

.@RubiDilaik is here to encourage her best friend @SrSrishty. Do you think she will rock the show? #BB12 #BiggBoss12 @BeingSalmanKhan pic.twitter.com/ksolLo1yWm

— COLORS (@ColorsTV) September 16, 2018

10:22pm IST

Anup Jalota, girlfriend Jasleen Matharu enter show

Anup Jalota and girlfriend Jasleen Matharu enter Salman’s show. While Anup introdyces Jasleen as shishya, both soon reveal that they have been in a relationship for over three years and now want to reveal it to the whole world.

Anup Jalota and his girlfriend, Jasleen.

10:00pm IST

Nehha Pendse is on Bigg Boss 12 stage

Nehha Pendse dances her way to Bigg Boss 12 stage. She says that love and friendship is possible inside Bigg Boss hose. Nehha and Salman also do a skit together where they play neighbours.

Nehha Pendse enters Bigg Boss 12 house.

9:50pm IST

I will take Sonakshi, Jacqueline inside the house, says Salman Khan

Shilpa Shinde asks which actress will Salman Khan like to take inside the house with him. Salman’s answer is Jacqueline Fernandes and Sonakshi Sinha.

9:35pm IST

Dipika Kakar’s entry inside Bigg Boss house surprises Salman Khan

Salman Khan is shocked that Dipika Kakar is entering the house within six months of marriage with Shoaib Ibrahim. She says that she has many responsibilities due to which she has taken this decision.

Dipika Kakar enters Bigg Boss 12 house.

9:30pm IST

Karanvir Bohra gets first ‘top ki salami’ in the house

Will Shivashish Mishra and Sourabh Patel get the better of Karanvir Bohra? Dibang on the panel and Salman Khan think so, leading to Karanvir getting ‘top ki salami’.

Best friends jodi #ShivashishMishra aur #SourabhPatel denge @KVBohra ko top ki salaami. Tune in now to catch all this masti. #BB12 #BiggBoss12 @BeingSalmanKhan pic.twitter.com/2CtCordRpN

— COLORS (@ColorsTV) September 16, 2018

9:20pm IST

Bigg Boss 12’s first vichitra jodi is Sourabh Patel and Shivashish Mishra

A businessman, Sourabh Patel, and a farmer, Shivashish Mishra, enter the Bigg Boss 12 house as the first jodi. How will this desi-videshi fare inside the house?

Best friends #ShivashishMishra and #SourabhPatel are the first jodi to enter the #BB12 stage. Ye desi-videsi doston ki jodi aapko kaise lagi? @BeingSalmanKhan pic.twitter.com/RqLeHk3qhW

— COLORS (@ColorsTV) September 16, 2018

9:15pm IST

Karanvir Bohra is on Bigg Boss 12 stage

Karanvir Bohra enters the show dancing to a Bollywood song. The Naagin actor had earlier said that he will not be a part of the reality show as he could not bear to be away from his toddler daughters.

Tera dhyan kidhar hai, television ka hero @KVBohra idhar hai. #BB12#BiggBoss12 pic.twitter.com/Ev4DGkqp0U

— COLORS (@ColorsTV) September 16, 2018

9:10pm IST

Salman Khan begins the show with his hits

Salman Khan introduces the four contestants in the outhouse -- Roshmi Banik, Mital Joshi and ex-Roadies Kriti Verma and Surbhi Rana -- as he begins the show.

9:05pm IST

I am dating Anup Jalota, accepts Jasleen Matharu

Before entering Bigg Boss house, singer Jasleen Matharu has accepted that she has been dating Anup Jalota for three years and the reason she has become a part of this show is to spend more time with him.

8:55pm IST

Hina Khan is part of Bigg Boss 12 grand premiere

Bigg Boss 11 runner-up Hina Khan is a part of Bigg Boss 12’s launch episode but she will not be performing on the stage.

#BiggBoss12 Hina Khan is Coming but no performances pic.twitter.com/nAKc0VwSXr

— The Khabri (@TheKhbri) September 16, 2018

8:40pm IST

Bigg Boss 12 rolls out the big guns

Here’s another ‘novelty’ on the show. Contestants will get a ‘top ki salami’, as revealed by Salman. Expect a lot of faces to be blackened by the end of the episode.

Yeh top ki salaami, yaad dilayegi sabko apni naani! Kiska muh hoga kaala? Jaanne ke liye don't forget to watch tonight at 9pm. #BiggBoss12 #BB12 pic.twitter.com/V35EaqpRjP

— COLORS (@ColorsTV) September 16, 2018

8:20pm IST

Salman Khan will be joined by Shilpa Shinde

All Bigg Boss 12 contestants will have to meet a panel comprising Manveer Gurjar, Shilpa Shinde, Dibang and Swetha Singh before they can enter the house.