Genre Reality, Stunt Show Original language(s) Hindi Camera setup Multi-camera | Country of origin India No. of seasons 7 | |
Presented by Akshay Kumar (1, 2, 4)
Priyanka Chopra (3)
Rohit Shetty (5, 6)
Arjun Kapoor (7) | ||
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi is an Indian stunt/dare reality game show, based on the American Fear Factor. The series was first launched as Fear Factor India on Sony TV in 2006 by the Programming team of Tarun Katial and Anupama Mandloi where it received a great response from the viewers; however, the channel discontinued the series after one season. The channel gave up its rights to Colors TV and the series was relaunched as Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi on 21 July 2008.
Host
The first two seasons were hosted by Akshay Kumar. He was replaced by Priyanka Chopra in the third season due to scheduling conflicts. However, Akshay Kumar was roped in again for the fourth season. For season 5, Rohit Shetty replaced Akshay Kumar as he had family problems. Arjun Kapoor was decided to be the host for Season 7