MUMBAI: Endemol India?s big-ticket reality show Bigg Boss is set to enter the regional space with ETV Kannada bagging the format rights to produce it in Kannada.

This shows a growing trend of big shows travelling to regional-language markets. Star India, for example, has shown Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) across many of its regional channels.

With Southern superstar Sudeep as the host of the show, the Kannada version will see its local newsmakers and celebrities from all walks of life entering the Bigg Boss House.

Bigg Boss Kannada will be aired on ETV Kannada in March.

ETV Kannada Programming Head Parameshwar Gundkal said, "Television content is all about story telling. It deals with emotions and drama of everyday life. Bigg Boss deals with this fact in by far, the biggest way. This is the best show available for the viewers to get up close and personal with their favorite celebrities."

Endemol India CEO Deepak Dhar further elaborated saying, "Bigg Boss has connected extremely well with Indian audiences because it showcases reality in its truest, unadulterated form. Season after season, it has been the talk of town and to maintain the same amount of fanfare in its Kannada version, we have incorporated a gamut of innovations and new ideas based on our observations and learning from the Bigg Brother Format world over."

The group of celebrities who will be living together for 14 weeks will bring out the best and worst in each other as they struggle to keep their calm and survive in the Bigg Boss house confines. The Bigg Boss house will not have any kind of entertainment or sources of communication with the outside world.

With cameras tracking their every move 24x7, the contestants will have to do without basics that they hold dear like a television, books, internet or their phones.

MUMBAI: Television actress Urvashi Dholakia has won in the sixth season of celebrity reality show Bigg Boss.

Successfully completing her stay of 98 days inside the Bigg Boss house, Dholakia walked away with the cash prize of Rs 5,000,000 and Bigg Boss Season 6 trophy.

Dholakia is the third female contestant to have won the title after Shweta Tiwari in 2010 and Juhi Parmar in 2011.

Dholakia is a television actress, best known for portraying the role of an antagonist Komolika in Ekta Kapoor?s ?Kasautii Zindagii Kay? on Star Plus, which ran from 2001 to 2008.

Dholakia?s co-contestants Imam Siddique and Sana Khan emerged as the first and second runner up of the show that was presented by Vodafone.

Colors weekend programming head Manisha Sharma said, "With Bigg Boss Season 6, we have changed the game - right from the treatment to the format to introducing never done before elements. This season was created to attract more family audiences that pushed us to constantly innovate, adding a lot of ?parivarik? punch with the mix of celebrities to the variety of tasks. Besides this, Salman?s charm and audience connect has worked in our favour and taken brand Bigg Boss notches up. Looking back, we are happy that we?ve managed to achieve what we set out for."

Endemol India CEO Deepak Dhar said, "This season, we have innovated, taken risks and introduced surprising elements that differentiates this season from its previous editions. Be it the new padosi house, or bringing the family members in the house, that created controversy, panic room, flash mob, LVA tests, Bigg Boss Season 6 has always been one step ahead of the viewers and has lived by the philosophy of expect the unexpected. And as we close this season, we are proud of the content and the high achieved with this show, making it truly an unpredictable and unparalleled format on Indian television."

The Grand Finale night of Bigg Boss 6 witnessed performance by the host of the show Salman Khan, joined by Prabhudeva and Remo D?Souza who came to promote their upcoming film- ABCD (Anybody Can Dance). Emraan Hashmi also joined Khan on television and spoke about his upcoming movie - ?Ek Thi Daayan?.

Additionally, there were performances by the ex-contestants of the show and television actors like Rashmi Desai Sandhu, Rati Pandey and Pooja Gor.

Neha Dhupia and Tushaar Kapoor added to the fun by giving a sneak peek into the hilarious gags that will be seen on their upcoming comedy show - ?Nautanki - The Comedy Theatre?.

MUMBAI: With curtains set to come down on the season 6 of Bigg Boss, Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) Colors is replacing the big-ticket reality show with two new fiction shows. This includes introducing second season of a fiction, a first for the channel.

In order to bolster its prime-time line-up, Colors will air Sanskaar ? Dharohar Apnon Ki and season 2 of Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha from 14 January.

Sanskaar, which highlights keeping family first, will air from Monday to Friday at 9 pm while Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha will be televised at 9.30 pm.

Colors Weekday Programming Head Prashant Bhatt said this is the first time the season?s format is being introduced and if successful the channel might try hands with other properties.

?For the first time in a week, we have extended our prime-time viewing from five days a week to six days a week. So this is the first new thing that we have done in 2013 and the second new thing we are doing is format,? says Bhatt.

The broadcaster had recently extended its prime-time programming to six days a week by extending its top-rated shows like Sasural Simar Ka, Balika Vadhu and Madhubala to Saturday.

?If people have loved the show from Monday to Friday, the idea is to extend the entertainment by one more day. Then at least they know what to do on a Saturday evening also,? he asserts.

According to Bhatt, Indian soaps have the key ingredients for a successful season?s format as there is loyalty for characters and stickiness. ?So we felt ?why not do seasons here since we have both the things,? he avers.

And the key to building stickiness is to take up story ideas based on real life experiences. ?It basically is to observe things around you, people around you and situations around you and then you put them in your shows because that makes your shows more relatable. The connectivity increases day by day, so that?s how we maintain stickiness,? he explains.

These are baby steps for the four year old channel, admits Bhatt. ?From programming point of view, we are taking baby steps as far as making changes is concerned.?

MUMBAI: Colors is all set to replace its popular reality show Bigg Boss-6 with two fiction shows titled ?Sanskar- Dharohar Apnon Ki? and ?Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha-2?.

The channel will air the finale of the Salman Khan-hosted show on 12 January while the two shows are launching on 14 January.

?Sanskar? and ?Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha-2? will air Monday to Friday at 9 pm and 9.30 pm respectively.

Sanskar will take the viewers on a journey of ?des? India as well as ?pardes?, bringing alive the importance of family while living in a different country. The show will feature Jay Soni as the lead.

Meanwhile, introducing the second season to the unusual love story of Megha and Mohan, Na Bole Tum Na Meine Kuch Kaha - Season 2 will take the story forward albeit with a twist. Viewers will get to see their old characters building relationships with newer characters, while keeping the essence of the show alive, the channel said.

The channel is also launching a comedy reality show ?Nautanki?. However, the time slot for the show has not been finalised yet.