Meet the potential 'Bigg Boss 5' housemates

Oct 02, 2011 17:45pm

With the first episode of the season going on air tonight - lets meet the tentative participants. (Text from PTI)
One of the potential participants is TV actress Juhi Parmar, best known for her role as the title character 'Kumkum'.
Another potential is Actress Shraddha Sharma, who had grabbed eyeballs for her alleged relationship with Raja Chaudhary, estranged husband of television actress Shweta Tiwari, is also participating in the show.
Known for often courting controversies, actor Shakti Kapoor is another contestant.
Raageshwari Loomba, a singer-actor-VJ, who acted in hit films, including David Dhawan's 'Aankhen' and 'Main Khiladi Tu Anari', may be a part of the 'Bigg Boss' bandwagon for this season.
Pooja Bedi, who hogged limelight with 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar', will be one of the contestants of the Bigg Boss 5. She was earlier seen in reality shows like 'Nach Baliye', 'Khatron ke Khiladi' and the most recent being 'Maa Exchange%u2019.
Mahek Chahal, who was seen in Salman Khan-starrer 'Wanted' and performed an item song in recently released film 'Yamla Pagla Deewana', is another probable contestant.
Celebrity transgender and social activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi has also made it to the list in keeping with the tradition. Earlier, the likes of actor Bobby Darling and designer Rohit Verma had represented sexual minorities in 'Bigg Boss'.
Shonali Nagrani, a model-turned-actress, has made appearances in films like 'Dil Bole Hadippa' and 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' and has hosted a couple of TV shows as well, might be on the show as well.
Nihita is the Nepalese wife of Sobhraj, who is in prison since his arrest in Kathmandu in 2003 and is notoriously called the 'bikini killer'. Nihita steps in to reality TV for 'Bigg Boss 5'.
Pooja Mishra, a model-VJ and a socialite who had earlier been part of 'The Big Switch' on Bindass channel could also be a part of the show.
International personalities like former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson...
Colombian singer Shakira...
...And former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes, are likely to enter the house at a later date.