The couple will appear on a reality show that is expected to take off towards the end of the year
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; January 19, 2016)
It's no secret that the audience, pan-India, are glued to their TV sets every Sunday, not to watch celebrity participants on a reality show bicker, as they do throughout week, but for some gyaan and masti with their favourite superstar host, Salman Khan. Now, Mirror has learnt that Sallu is all set to sow the seeds of a new reality show which will have its participants growing real crops. The Farm will start airing in our living room by year-end, and the actor and his steady girl, Lulia Vantur, will host the show. This is the first time the duo will be seen in public together.
The show was created by a Swedish producer and sold to over 40 countries, including the UK, US and China. Like the original Bigg Boss format, titled Big Brother in other countries, The Farm brings together a group of 12 celebrity contestants who work as farmers, raising animals and ploughing the fields. The participants are judged and evicted on the basis of the physical hardship they can endure.
When contacted, a spokesperson informed Mirror that once Salman learnt about the show, he was extremely keen to bring the format to India. "At a press conference he imagined the participants milking cows and cleaning horse sheds. He is currently focussed on his films so we will move ahead with the show towards the year-end," the source added.
Lulia is presently filming the Romanian version of The Farm in the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The Indian version of the show will be retitled and tailored to suit the audience in the country.
After launching the careers of Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandez, Zareen Khan and Daisy Shah, Sallu is charged up to kickstart Lulia's Bollywood dream.
They've been living together for the last six months. She spends time with him in Karjat on weekends and rang in his 50th birthday with the Khan-daan at their Panvel farmhouse.