Salman Is the Real King!

Who is the real King Khan?

If TV ratings are anything to go by, it is Salman and not Shah Rukh! And Sallu has bested the Bollywood Badshah by a decent margin.

The game show he hosts on Sony, ‘Dus ka Dum’, was the numero uno on the first day, according to Amap’s six metro ratings. The show garnered an average TVR of 2.81 and a peak rating of 4.5. Shah Rukh’s show in Star Plus, ‘Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez hai?’ came a distant second with an average rating of 1.37 TVR and a peak rating of 2.3. ‘Paanchvi Paas’, which had begun much earlier, got punched on the chin by the IPL cricket in the beginning and has now been mopped by a muscular Sallu. Amap, a TAM rival, is a widely followed TV-rating agency.

‘Dus ka Dum’ was launched on June 6. Hrithik Roshan’s ‘Junoon — Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka’, launched on the same day in NDTV Imagine, managed only an average TVR of 0.76; the peak rating was 1.1, much less than that of the one hosted by Shatrughan Sinha in Star One, ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 4’. On day two of DKD, Salman Khan reigned supreme with an average TVR of 2.27 and a peak rating of 3.5 TVR. ‘Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez hai?’ also picked up with the ratings.

What makes Salman’s show a success? Industry watchers say there is a novelty value in seeing him on the small screen, unlike Shah Rukh and Hrithik who have come on and off. Salman’s immense popularity with Indian households is also a factor.

His followers say it is the positive energy and cheer that he brings to the table that makes all the difference.Drawn on the lines of the US game show, ‘Power of 10’, ‘Dus ka Dum’ gives the contestants an opportunity to win Rs10 crore, the biggest prize money (to date) on Indian television, by answering just five questions. The contestant has to predict what would be the opinion of the Indian people. The prize money starts from Rs10,000. Thereafter wins grow by the power of 10 and losses shrink by the power of ten.

Salman Khan, it is believed, will cost Sony around Rs 90 crore. Akshay Kumar, though he is contracted for a single 16-episode season of 'Khatron Ke Khiladi’ (a ‘Fear Factor’ take-off) for Colors, the yet-to-be-launched channel, will be charging around Rs 15 crore-20 crore. Akshay will be starting off with 13 women celebrities.

Why are these channels running behind Bollywood stars? Aren’t they too expensive for the whims of the Idiot Box? Says Colours CEO Rajesh Kamat: “It is one way of cutting through the clutter and getting into Indian homes quickly.” That was just what happened to Star Plus, whose fortunes changed all of a sudden with Amitabh Bachchan’s mega hit ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’.

On the flip side, telly success has eluded most Bollywood bigwigs, including Anupam Kher, Manisha Koirala and Govinda. Shah Rukh-hosted KBC also had to flash a sad “The End”.

Source: India Syndicate

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Clash Of the Titans!

Television programmes really like to toy with us these days. Take show timings, for instance.

Just when we're all set to watch Salman Khan's new show Dus Ka Dum on Sony Entertainment Television that starts on June 6, NDTV Imagine has decided to premiere its serial Junoon Kuch Kar Dikhanne Ka with Hrithik Roshan on the same day.


The only consolation is that Hrithik's show starts at 8.30 pm, so we have half an hour to watch him before we switch over to Sony.

While Dus Ka Dum is a game show, Junoon is a musical consisting of three teams headed by singers Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ila Arun and Anand Raj Anand.

Unlike Salman, however, Hrithik will not be appearing on the show everyday. So, next week onwards it will be Sallu's show all the way

Salman Takes a Dig at SONY TV

Salman Khan likes to take a dig at those close to him.

When his home production, Hello Brother flopped, he told reporters that he saw the film only on cable because it was in and out of the theatres so fast.

On June 2, during a promotional event for his upcoming television show, Dus Ka Dum, the joke was on Sony Entertainment Television.

When the anchor asked Salman how excited he was for the show, he replied, "I'm not excited but it's the Sony TV guys, who are excited." Watch this video for more!

Dus Ka Dum will premiere on June 6, at 9 pm on Fridays and Saturdays on Sony Entertainment Television.

Govinda has a blast while he shoots

On the sets of Bandha Yeh Bindhas Hai, its all fun and games. Director ravi chopra was recently shooting some scenes with Salman Khan, Govinda, Ashish Chowdary and Vishal Malhotra, and the amazing chemistry between Govinda and Salman was there for everyone to see. The actors were filming some comic scenes that left the whole unit in splits. Even Govinda seemed to be enjoying the whole laugh riot rather too much. No wonder he is called the King of Comedy in Bollywood.

Salman Dances At the IPL Final

Though Shah Rukh Khan was not there, fellow Bollywood actor Salman Khan danced with a bevy of starlets to popular chartbusters amid razzmatazz, setting the tempo before the start of the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) final between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals here Sunday.

Salman, always a crowd puller, had the audience swaying as he performed to songs from his forthcoming film with an entourage of 24 dancers in the background. Kim Sharma, Shamita Shetty, Dia Mirza and Sameera Reddy also shared the stage with him at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Nerul.

They also danced to the theme songs of the eight teams that participated in the first edition of the IPL.

His performance was followed by those from four trampoline acrobats, eight German wheels and eight German spinning wheels.

The multi-million-dollar IPL opened in Bangalore April 18 with similar touches of glamour, leading to the 'cricketainment' that inaugurated the new chapter in the history of the game.

A laser show with 40 giant flames, followed by four para gliders and a fifth stunt man preceded the finale which had 16 dancers, all stunt artists.

Then it was the turn of the battery of IPL commentators, who made their presence felt in multi-coloured kurta-pyjamas.

Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar led the team of commentators, which also had Ravi Shastri, Arun Lal, Damien Fleming of Australia and Rameez Raja from Pakistan.

Speeches from International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan, Indian cricket board president Sharad Pawar and IPL chief Lalit Modi over, it was time for folk dances.