Shahrukh Khan set to be the highest paid celebrity on TV



Has Shah Rukh Khan been offered Rs 5 crore per episode for his television comeback? The buzz seems to suggest as much even as the superstar gets set to host the Indian version of Wipeout , which airs from the end of January 2011.

The 5- crore per episode amount for the show, which will be on air for about eight weeks, makes SRK Indian television’s highest- paid star. With this, he will beat Salman Khan who was paid Rs 3.5 crore per episode for Bigg Boss 4 . Among other Bollywood superstars on air recently, Akshay Kumar received around Rs 1.5 crore for MasterChef India , while Amitabh Bachchan took home around Rs 2 crore for Kaun Banega Crorepati 4 . Priyanka Chopra remains the highest paid woman celebrity on Indian television.

She pocketed around Rs 1.2 crore per episode for Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 . The official spokesperson of the channel airing Wipeout confirmed that SRK will soon be flying off to Argentina to shoot the episodes. Refusing to confirm the amount, he said: “ We cannot divulge the exact amount he will be getting per episode but it is an astronomical price for sure. All we can say it reiterates SRK’s position at the top of the pile.” Wipeout is originally an American reality adventure show in which contestants compete in what is billed as the world’s largest obstacle course. The watersport based contest premiered in 2008 on ABC. The show is a superhit with television viewers across 22 countries.

Khatron Ke Khiladi 3 winner Shabbir Ahluwalia, Bigg Boss 3 winner Vindoo Dara Singh, and TV actors Narayani Shastri and Gaurav Chopra have been confirmed as the participants on the show so far.

SRK was last seen on the small screen in 2008 when he appeared on Kaun Banega Crorepati 3 and Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hai? Neither show lived up to the superstar’s stature and received lukewarm TRPs. With solid competition between Bollywood superstars on TV these days, it remains to be seen what the response to Shah Rukh’s new show will be.

SRK and Sameer Nair, head of Imagine TV have been friends for long. In fact, Nair was instrumental in roping in SRK for KBC 3 during his stint with Star TV. A source says: “ The actor agreed to do Wipeout as his kids love the show. They watch Wipeout regularly. It is an adventure show with loads of action and comedy”.




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