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Reception and Viewership
The indian rendition of the format began airing in India on Sony TV in late 2006 with well-known celebrities mostly from the field of television. The show fared well in ratings for its first time run and garnered enough share of the audience to render its run successful. However production ceased for unknown reasons when Sony refused to renew the show for another series. To expedite the process of renewal indian Bollywood starlet Shilpa Shetty was cast as housemate in British installment of the show. Upon receiving rather averse criticism for the controversies the series was surrounded by Shetty emerged as the winner and returned to India to host the newly revived series of Bigg Boss. The series was soon bagged by Colors and began airing in the summer of 2008. The show fared better than its previous season and became a household name.