Poonam Pandey to focus on KKK

Poonam Pandey, who grabbed headlines with her promise to go nude to celebrate team India's World Cup win, has been flooded with offers from Bollywood but the swim suit model says she will not strip onscreen.

The model attracted criticism with her offer, which she claims was declined by BCCI. But it has helped her land a spot on stunt reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi on Colors.

The model says she has been offered film roles and item songs in Bollywood but does not believe that her bold image will have a negative impact on her acting dreams.

"I don't think that my bold image will hamper my career. My decision to go naked was for my nation and not a cheap publicity stunt. That does not mean that I will strip in Bollywood. I want to act just like any other actress," Poonam told PTI.

The 19-year-old claims that despite some brickbats, many people came out to support her decision.

"After I said that I will strip, there were a lot of people who supported and understood my sentiments. I don't understand why few people had to behave like the way they did and create an issue out of nothing," she said.

Poonam, who faced the camera for the first time during Gladrags and went on to become a Kingfisher model, says she is keen on working in films and wants to become a successful actor.

For now, Poonam wants to focus on Khatron Ke Khiladi 4, hosted by Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar. The show will be shot in Cape Town, South Africa.

"I am preparing myself for the show, I practice underwater swimming. It is very different from other reality shows. They are just fake," she said.

Poonam Pandey unzips all the way

While she hasn't yet gone nude despite making big claims, Poonam Pandey gave a glimpse of her stripping streak at a recent event.

If anyone at all was actually disappointed with Poonam Pandey's 'no-show' after the World Cup, this could make them partially happy. The bigtime wannabe became an overnight star after she offered to go nude before Team India if they won the Cricket World Cup. However, the actress who is yet to fulfill her commitment gave a glimpse of her stripping streak recently.

The entire publicity stunt won her an entry into the latest season of stunt-based reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi hosted by Akshay Kumar. At a recent event, when Poonam Pandey was introduced as the contestant on the show and media bombarded her with questions regarding her no-show after India's victory, she gave a trailer of her yet-to-release picture. She unzipped her jacket to reveal a black bikini top much to the surprise of the shutterbugs who went gaga clicking her. And Miss Pandey seemed to be enjoying all the attention.

If rumours are to be believed Poonam Pandey is being paid a whopping Rs 50 lakhs to be on the show. Also we won't be surprised if she bags another popular reality show Bigg Boss, which is also played on the same channel. Personalities like Poonam Pandey are perfect fodder for the Bigg Boss house!

Poonam Pandey comes at a handsome price

She has done it again! We are talking of model Poonam Pandey and her penchant for breaking promises.
The former Kingfisher model might have chickened out of her promise to bare all for Team India if they won the World Cup. But riding the popularity she gained through her gimmick, she is missing no opportunity to make her bank balance fatter.

The buzz is that the 19-year-old Mumbai-based model is being paid Rs 50 lakh to participate in the adventure-based reality show Fear Factor-Khatron Ke Khiladi, season-4. And so, she has ditched the makers of another television reality show.

Poonam was offered the show Comedy Ka Mahamuqabla aired on Star Plus and had signed on the dotted lines. But when offered a higher pay cheque for Khatron Ke Khiladi, she promptly went on to sign the show, to be aired on channel Colors.

Poonam's last-minute volte face left the production unit of the comedy show in a lurch.

She had earlier readily given dates to start the shooting of the show. She did not even bother to personally call up the producers and inform about her decision to back out of the show, but simply sent an email at the last moment.

"Poonam was to shoot for the ninth episode of the comedy show and was supposed to be part of Raveena Tandon's team. However, she backed out at the last minute which created tension in the shooting schedule," a source said.

Poonam, who came into the limelight with her publicity stunt of offering to strip at the time of World Cup, is making the most of her popularity by way of her TV outing. "I will be seen on the small screen, but at the moment I do not want to discuss the name of the show I will appear in," she said.

But she will be joining the gang of 13 other B-list celebrities who have already been signed to appear in the fourth season of Khatron Ke Khiladi.

The celebrities who will be part of Akki's show are VJ Bani, VJ Niya, cricketer Anjum Chopra, singer Mauli Dave, model Alecia Raut, Diandra Soares, actress Aarti Chhabria, item queens Kashmera Shah and Sambhavna Seth and Bigg Boss participant Vindoo Dara Singh's wife Dina Singh.

According to the buzz, actress Neena Gupta's fashion designer daughter Masaba Gupta was also approached for the show, but she turned it down.

The 16-episode show will be shot in Cape Town and Poonam will get to share the screen space with superstar Akshay Kumar - the anchor of the show. "She will be flying to Cape Town tonight to join the other girls to shoot for the show. She will be undergoing the training session before the shooting starts," a source said.

Well, she has already shown she is capable of pulling stunts. But it remains to be seen how Poonam fares on a real stunt show.

Poonam Pandey on Khatron ke Khiladi 4

Model Poonam Pandey, who grabbed headlines after declaring that she will strip in public if the Indian cricket team won the World Cup, will be among the 13 celebrity contestants in Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi - Torchar.

Apart from Pandey, actresses Aarti Chhabria and Kashmira Shah, Sambhavna Seth, former national women cricket team skipper Anjum Chopra, TV stars Aashka Goradiya and Smita Bansal, are the other prominent names who will be seen in the fourth season of the reality show.

Models Diandra Soares and Aliesia Raut, Dina Singh, wife of Vindoo Dara Singh, VJ Bani, VJ Mia Uyeda and singer Mauli Dave will take part in the show, along with 13 men from various walks of life.

Actor Akshay Kumar, who had hosted the first two editions of the action-based programme, will return as the host for the fourth edition which will be shot in Cape Town in South Africa.

Actress Priyanka Chopra had hosted the previous season of Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi.

The show will be aired on Colors from May.

Making the announcement here this evening, Ashvini Yardy, head of programming Colors, said, "The fourth season is going to be more torturous and dangerous than the earlier ones. Hence the name Torchaar."

Poonam Pandey on National TV

Kingfisher model Poonam Pandey has become a household name ever since she pledged publicly to go dare-bare for the Indian cricket team.

And now, the lasso is very much back in action. Don't worry, she has not made any more pledges to strip.

Reportedly, Poonam Pandey will soon be seen featuring in the adventurous reality show 'Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 4' on Colors, to be hosted by the Bollywood Khiladi himself, Akshay Kumar.

Poonam ditches 'Comedy Ka Maha Muqqabla' for 'KKK 4'

You might find difficult to digest that Poonam was all set to begin the shoot for the humorous reality show 'Comedy Ka Maha Muqqabla' on Star Plus from April 11.

However, she dodged the show at the end moment alleging that she was contractually bound by the channel in question for 'KKK 4.'

A source familiar with the matter told TOI, “Poonam was all set to shoot with us starting Monday and her entry was expected to air in the ninth episode but we just received an e-mail that she can't do the show as she is exclusively bound by the channel that airs Khatron Ke Khiladi.”

While a source from the Colors channel revealed, “There were two to three names like Maria Gorretti and Veena Malik which weren't locked. We contacted Poonam after things didn't work out between the channel and the already approached names. She was signed on last night."

Poonam Pandey's “suspense” revealed?

The 19-year-old hottie has been tweeting, on the micro-blogging site Twitter, since yesterday about a “suspense” that she will be revealing soon.

She wrote, “We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story.”

“Hey guyz whtz up? u Sounding bit Disappointed, dont be so.. i will be Back in Action.. Just stay tuned ... muaaaah Luv u all!!!!!!!!!!!,” she later added.

“Will open the Suspense soon!!!,” the model posted two hours ago.

Mulling over the latest reports about Poonam starring on 'KKK 4,' it seems her suspense has been revealed.

Other contestants on 'KKK 4'

The other contestants, who will be seen competing for the 50 lakh prize money are VJ Bani, former cricketer Anju Chopra, reality show singer Mauli Dave, models Alesia Raut and Diandra Soares, Kashmera Shah, Aarti Chhabria and Dina Umarova (Vindoo Dara Singh's wife).

'Khatron Ke Khiladi 4' is all set to go on floors in the third week of April in Cape Town.

Let's see what Poonam has in store for us on the show!

Promised a "str*p show", ends up in a reality show

A ‘strip’ act promised by a 19 year old model Poonam Pandey has catapulted her fame to an extent that she is all set to appear on national TV reality show. Buzz has it that Poonam has been roped in as one of the participants of popular stunt based reality show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ season 4.

No wonder the girl enjoyed instant fame post her adulterous claim. The Kingfisher model had promised that she would go nude following with a strip act for the team India if they lift the Cricket World Cup this year. Although Poonam didn`t keep her `naked promise`, she got all the eyeballs in her direction.

She grabbed a plump offer by a channel to participate in a popular reality show. Speaking to a daily, a source said, “It is always good to have masala in reality shows. More the spice, more the possibility of garnering eyeballs. TV viewers would definitely like to see Poonam Pandey and her antics in their drawing rooms.”

Apart from Poonam, an array of celebs has been chosen as participant for KKK4, a reality show hosted by Akshay Kumar which goes on floors in the third week of April.

Sources confirm that besides Poonam Pandey, Aarti Chhabria, Dina (Vindoo Dara Singh`s wife) and VJ Bani (linked with Shahid Kapoor), the other 9 names included are Kashmera Shah, Sambhavna Seth, Diandra Soares, Alecia Raut, Smita Bansal, Aashka Goradia, Mauli Dave, VJ Mia and Anjum Chopra.

Kashmera, Sambhavna, Celina Jaitley on KKK 4

Apart from Vindu Dara Singh’s wife Dina and MTV VJ Bani, supposedly the new girl in actor Shahid Kapoor’s life, we’ve stumbled across at least four other names in contention for the Season Four of Khatron Ke Khiladi. One of them is actor-dancer Kashmera Shah who was last seen semi-nude on a calendar, and on Love Lock-Up with boyfriend Krushna Abhishek.

Kashmera, along with another actor Aarti Chhabria, last seen in a desi avatar in the Manoj Bajpayee starrer, Dus Tola, and model Diandra Soares are expected to up the glam quotient.

The sixth name who was in the list of probables is Mauli Dave, discovered in 2007 on Zee TV’s reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and touted by judge Bappi Lahiri as the Indian Shakira.

Besides these six, seven other so-called celebrities are being lined up for Khatron Ke Khiladi Torchaar. It will see actor Akshay Kumar return as the anchor after a break last season when Priyanka Chopra came on to up the fear factor with 13 daring dudes.

If the buzzvine is to be believed, talks for the Colors show are on with Pakistani model-actor Veena Malik, who made her Indian telly debut in Bigg Boss 4 and model Lisa Hayden who made a big screen beginning in Aisha.

Actors Celina Jaitly, Payal Rohatgi and Shamita Shetty, item girl Sambhavna Seth and badminton player Jwala Gutta are some of the others. Actor-anchor Maria Goretti, who is Arshad Warsi’s wife, fashion designer Masaba Gupta who is Neena Gupta’s daughter and actor Shaurya Chauhan have apparently turned down the show. A channel insider informs that since Rakhi Sawant dropped out, Kashmera Shah stepped in.

The show goes on the floors around April 20 in Cape Town, South Africa, and will be shot in a start-to-finish 20-odd day schedule. It will go on air towards the end of May or the first half of June. Contracts are expected to be sealed by the end of the week.

Vindoo's wife in KKK 4

If Akshay Kumar had his way, buddy Vindoo Dara Singh would also be a part of his latest TV outing, Khatron Ke Khiladi 4.

It's a well-known fact that the A-Lister recommends his dost for all his films.

However, since the reality show in question has only female contestants, Singh obviously cannot be included! So, Akki did the next best thing. He has roped in Vindoo's wife Dina Umarova as a participant!

Says a source, "The channel is locking in the names of the women on the show. They want glam girls who are willing to take on new challenges. A model and fashion designer, Dina fits the bill."

Though the list will be declared officially later, Dina's presence is a certainty.

Dina, who is from Novosibirsk in Siberia, met Vindoo through friends. She later married him. The couple has a young daughter Amelia.

In related news, the source insists that the channel is paying Akki a premium to host the fourth season of the show.

Ashvini Yardi of Colors claims, "Akshay was the first and the only choice for the show. We actually signed him much in advance.

"Danger Time" for VJ Bani

The Roadies participant is now a contestant on Akshay Kumar's adventure show

With the original Khiladi of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar hosting the upcoming season of Khatron Ke Khiladi, the list of participants has to be laced with hot, steamy and bold beauties.

Amongst the 13 participants is the popular VJ Bani, who till now was busy having her cuppa coffee with jilted lover, Shahid Kapoor. She will now be seen slugging it out at Cape Town with other beauties. Bani had participated in reality show Roadies and took to hosting later. This shoot will commence from the third week of April. Time to catch Bani catch Akshay over a cup of coffee in Cape Town amidst all the action.