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Bigg Boss 13 gets five-week extension, Salman Khan to get 2 crore extra per episode: reports

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent
Jul 30, 2020 10:00 PM IST

Encouraged by the popularity of Bigg Boss 13, Colors and Endemol have reportedly decided to extend the show for another five weeks.

Bigg Boss 13, which was originally set to conclude in January, has reportedly been extended by another five weeks. The grand finale will now be aired in February.

Bigg Boss 13 host Salman Khan is being reportedly paid <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2 crore more per episode for the extension.
Bigg Boss 13 host Salman Khan is being reportedly paid 2 crore more per episode for the extension.

As per a report in Bollywood Hungama, the channel and Bigg Boss producers Endemol are paying Salman Khan a whopping amount – an extra 2 crore per episode – to continue as host. An insider told the website, “Salman made it very clear that he didn’t want to extend his stint on Bigg Boss due to his other film commitments (post-production of Dabangg 2, shooting of Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai). However the channel Colors lured him to stay on with added zeroes on his paycheck.”

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It was earlier reported that Salman, who has been the host of Bigg Boss since season 4, is being paid 13 crore per week ( 6.5 crore per episode). With the fee hike, his new remuneration will be 8.5 crore per episode, and he will take home a hefty sum of more than 200 crore for the entire season.

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The source said that Salman is given a bigger paycheck to come back as host every year. “Each year he initially refuses to return to Bigg Boss. Every time he’s lured back with an enhanced remuneration. He gets paid more to anchor Bigg Boss per season than all the other anchors in regional languages put together get for all the seasons put together,” the source revealed.

Unlike earlier seasons, Bigg Boss 13 features only celebrity contestants and no commoners. Currently, Arti Singh, Asim Riaz, Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Himanshi Khurana, Mahira Sharma, Paras Chhabra, Rashami Desai, Shefali Jariwala, Shehnaz Gill, Sidharth Shukla, Vikas Fhatak aka Hindustani Bhau and Vishal Aditya Singh, are fighting it out to win the top honour.

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