Munawar Faruqui might have backed out of?Khatron Ke Khiladi 12, but he is reportedly doing Bigg Boss 16. If reporters are to be believed, the comedian who won the Kangana Ranaut-hosted reality show Lock Upp, is the first confirmed contestant of Salman Khan-hosted and most controversial TV show Bigg Boss.?
As per TellyChakkar, other celebrities who have been approached for the show include, Arjun Bijlani, Sanaya Irani, Shiny Ahuja, and Divyanka Tripathi. While these celebrities haven't given their consent as of now, Munawar Faruqui as per the report, has been finalised already.?
This time as well Salman Khan is returning to host the new season of the show. He had planned to leave many times in the past but has returned always. Wondering how much is he charging? For BB 16, Salman Khan will reportedly take home?Rs 1050 crore, as per a report on the Times Of India. It's triple the salary he got for BB 15. For Bigg Boss 15, he was paid?Rs 350 crore as fees.
Scheduled for July 15th and 16th, 2022, the stand-up comedian's shows in Pune have been cancelled?after Hindu organization Jai Shri Ram Sena?submitted a memorandum to Pune's commissioner of police requesting cancellation?of the show.?
"We are an organization named Jai Shri Ram Sena Sanghatan, working towards the welfare of underprivileged Hindus.?We are writing to inform you that Munawar Faruqui, a self-proclaimed comedian from Gujarat and an accused in an ongoing criminal case lodged for his offensive speech against Hindu deities is visiting Pune on 15th July 2022 for performing his Talk Show titled ¡®Dongri to Nowhere¡¯ (a name inspired from most wanted criminal Dawood Ibrahim¡¯s biography Dongri to Dubai)," their statement said.
Munawar took to Instagram to say, "Doston kuch reasons ki wajah se, Aaj aur kal ke Pune shows cancel ho gaye hain".