Published 20:40 IST, September 30th 2019
Bigg Boss 13: Here's full list of contestants who'll compete to win
The 13th season of 'Bigg Boss' was launched with fanfare on Sunday, and features Koena Mitra, Siddharth Shukla, Rashami Desai, Paras Chhabra and 10 more stars.
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13 might be considered ‘unlucky’, but that’s not just the number of seasons Bigg Boss has hosted now, but also the number of contestants in the show this time. Irrespective of whether luck or bad luck comes into the picture, only one person is set to lay hands on the trophy. The thirteenth season was launched in a grand event on Sunday. Here are the celebrities who will be planning, plotting and perservering to win Rs 1 crore after close to 100 days.
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Koena Mitra
Koena Mitra shot to fame with a special song in Ram Gopal Varma’s Road and later established herself as the Saki Saki girl with her hit from Musafir. He also featured in movies like Apna Sapna Money Money, Ek Khiladi, Ek Haseena and more. Of late, she has been making news for her comments on political matters on Twitter.
Rashami Desai
Rashami Desai is among the most popular TV actors at the moment. She became popular after starring in Uttaran. She also featured in Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and Nach Baliye alongside Uttaran co-star and ex-husband Nandish Sandhu.
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Siddharth Shukla
Siddharth Shukla became a household name after starring in the popular TV show Balika Vadhu. He had also featured as the second lead in the Varun Dhawan-Alia Bhatt-starrer Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. Siddharth has also worked in reality shows like Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi.
Arti Singh
Arti Singh is a well-known TV actor and featured in serials like Uttaran, Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev, Sasural Simar Ka and many other shows. Arti Singh is also the niece of Govinda and sister of actor-comedian Krushna Abhishek
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Paras Chhabra
Paras Chhabra has won Splitsvilla season 5 and has featured in shows like Badho Bahu, Hamari Adhuri Kahani and Vignaharta Ganesh. His love life has been in the news; he was earlier dating TV actor Sara Khan and is rumoured to be in a relationship with Calendar Girls fame Akansha Puri.
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Devoleena Bhattacharjee
Devoleena Bhattacharjee is known for her role in Saath Nibhaana Saathiya and before that she was a contestant on Dance India Dance. She has also worked in the TV serial Laal Ishq.
Dalljeet Kaur
Dalljeet Kaur is a popular TV actor, who has worked in Kulvaddhu, Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? and Kaala Teeka. She even won Nach Baliye with ex-husband, actor Shaleen Bhanot.
Abu Malik
Abu Malik is the younger brother of veteran music composer Anu Malik and Daboo Malik, who has also composed in Bollywood. Abu Malik has been more involved in live shows, having been involved with it from many years.
Mahira Sharma
Mahira Khan attained popularity for her role in Bepannaah Pyaarr and Naagin 3. MTV's Date to Remember is another of her popular shows. She has also been famous for her videos of Tik Tok.
Shehnaz Gill
Shehnaaz Gill has featured in several popular Punjabi music videos of Garry Sandhu, Ranveet Singh and Guri. She has also worked in the movie Kaala Shah Kaala.
Siddharth Dey
Siddharth Dey is a writer in Bollywood, known mainly for reality shows and is considered to be close to Salman Khan. He reportedly writes the scripts for Salman Khan’s ‘Da-Bangg’ Tour, and had even written some Bigg Boss episodes in the past.
Shefali Bagga
Shefali Bagga is the first news anchor to be making her way to the Bigg Boss house. Interestingly, she had even reported about the host of the show, Salman Khan’s Black buck case.
Asim Riaz
Asim Riaz is a model and has featured in numerous advertisements. He was reportedly seen briefly in the ‘Jawaani Song’ in ‘Student of the Year 2.’
20:16 IST, September 30th 2019