Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; December 20, 2017)

The popular reality show, Bigg Boss, which Salman Khan hosts, kicked off its 11th season in October and the team has begun prep in Lonavala, lining up celebrity guests and planning acts with ex-contestants, for the grand finale on January 14. Earlier, the plan was to extend the season by another month. but Salman has no dates to spare.

A source reveals, “The plan was to continue till February with a few more wildcards, but Salman has another reality show lined up. The third season of Dus Ka Dum will air around May on Sony TV. He also has shoots in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for Race 3 so there will be no extension for Big Boss.”

With eight contestants still in the game, including Shilpa Shinde, Hina Khan, Vikas Gupta, Arshi Khan, Aakash Dadlani and Priyank Sharma, surprise eliminations are expected in the coming episodes.

Meanwhile, Salman who completed the first schedule of Remo D’souza’s Race 3 earlier this month, is set to flag off the second schedule on December 24 in Mumbai. In the coming year he begins work on Ali Abbas Zafar’s Bharat, a remake of the 2014 Korean drama, Ode to My Father, and the Prabhu Dheva-directed Dabbang 3 which will be produced by brother Arbaaz Khan.