Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (season 4)
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Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi Torchaar 4 is the fourth season of India
's reality series Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi. The fourth season premiered on June 3, 2011, on Colors, and is hosted by Bollywood
actor Akshay Kumar
who earlier hosted the first two season of the series. The season is introduced as 'Torchaar'. Th Bollywood
film actress and a former model Aarti Chabria won the fourth season.
along with co-host Andrea Tus as Sheila.
The stunt involves a horse drawn carriage being pulled around a gravelled and muddy course. The male partner boy is holding on to the ropes attached to the carriage. The lady partner is tied to the boy’s feet. The boy has to hold the ropes attached to the carriage and pull the girl along with as he gets pulled by the horses. While they both are being pulled around the course the girl has to knock off marked road cones with a pole which are strategically placed around the course. The team with the highest number of cones knocked out will be the winner and the one with lowest number would be eliminated from the competition.
Episode 2 - Stunt 2 - Khiladi Up, Tu Meter Down
The stunt 2 was a head on challenge, between two male contestants. Both men had to get on to a platform suspended in mid air over the sea and jump unto a bonnet of the car, which was 6 ft away from the platform. The sea below was formidable. Yellow and black flags were strategically placed all around the taxi. The men had to jump on the taxi and pull out one flag at a time and run back to the platform and stick it on the panel given there. After the last flag has been pulled out and stuck on panel the contestant had to go back till the boot of the car, take out Thums Up bottle placed there, run back to platform and place the bottle in a holder. After a bottle had been placed there, both the platform and the Taxi upended, dropping both the contestants in 8 degree centigrade sea water.
Episode 2 - Stunt 3 - Kulfi Jamai
The stunt was on an old dilapidated ship. On the ship, an acrylic pipe was jutting out of a hole in the wall. The pipe was surrounded by a container filled with ice cold water where the girl had to stand with her head in the pipe and her hands tied outside the pipe. The pipe, intermittently kept gushing out large quantities of water onto girl’s face. At the same time the partner (guy), had to climb into the pipe and see a lock combination number which is hanging around the girl’s neck on a string. After that he had to get out of the pipe and on the outside of the pipe is a lock which he had to open with the help of the combination.
Episode 3 - Stunt 4 - Shatru- Murg
The stunt was the partners had to jump into an enclosure which had some ostriches and go over to other side of it and pick up one ostrich eggs each that had a number written on it. Those eggs then had to be placed on a rack given on the side the partners had jumped into the closure from. Under the wings of ostrich were the individual numbers as on the eggs. The contestants had to look for their numbers under the wings of the ostrich and after that push the same numbered ostrich in a smaller enclosure within the main enclosure. Finally when both the ostriches were in the small enclosure, one of the team members had to then ring the bell which was placed just at the edge of the small enclosure. On tolling of the bell stunt time got over.
Episode 3 - Stunt 5 - Khul ja swim swim
In the stunt, there was a water tumbler suspended in the air by the cables. After the male contestant went into the tumbler, it was lowered in very cold, chilly sea water. Once in water the tumbler started to rotate and slowly submerge in the sea, as it was rotating and submerging, the contestant opened 6 locks, and slid open the door, after that he swam to other end of the tumbler to pick up “Thums Up” bottle, swam back towards the door, got out of it and swam toward a platform where his partner was waiting. On reaching platform, he gave bottle to partner, she then jumped into the sea and swam towards a floatation device, which had on it a bottle stand. She on reaching the floatation device, she planted the bottle in the holder and that’s when the stunt got over.
Episode 4 - Stunt 6 - Dus Maar Khan
The stunt was called “Dus Maar Khan” since 10 teams would be participating in it. It was a head on challenge between the men. The girls were exempted from it. The rigged helicopter hovered over the water body, under which were 5 chains in row opposite each other, for each of the contestants to hang onto it and reach “Thums Up
“ bottle hanging at the end of the chains. Whichever contestant reached bottle first, grabbed it and jumped with it in water would be the winner.
Safety Bands were given to
Episode 4 - Stunt 7 - Razia Phasi Paani Mein
There were 3 containers. One glass container had Crayfish in murky water; other had eels and a barrel that has live croaking frogs. The lady member of the team was hung upside down and was immersed first in crayfish container where to start off she took out a crayfish and put it in a basket. She was dunked again, wherein she then picked out a ball, and placed it in a beaker next to the container. She then was submerged in a barrel filled with water and frogs and had to take out yet another ball, which again she placed in the beaker. Lastly she was submerged in a container full of eels, where she took out yet another ball and placed it in the same beaker. This process was repeated till there were 6 balls in the beaker. The process of dunking the girl and angling her over the containers was done by the male contestant. Hence his speed of doing the things also effected the time taken over the stunt.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
's reality series Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi. The fourth season premiered on June 3, 2011, on Colors, and is hosted by Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actor Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...
who earlier hosted the first two season of the series. The season is introduced as 'Torchaar'. Th Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
film actress and a former model Aarti Chabria won the fourth season.
Season summary
13 Indian Divas, teamed up with 13 people to perform daring stunts. Each episode opens up with a new stunt which all teams have to perform. The worst performer in the stunts is eliminated on the spot.Host
The fourth season is hosted by Akshay KumarAkshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...
along with co-host Andrea Tus as Sheila.
Contestants
- Aashka Goradia, television actress who gained popularity with the show KkusumKkusumKkusum... Ek Aam Ladki Ki Kahani was a popular daily Indian television drama telecasted on Sony Entertainment Television and produced on Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. It premiered in May 2001 and concluded in November 2005. The show was written by different writers at different times...
and Laagi Tujhse LaganLaagi Tujhse LaganLaagi Tujhse Lagan is an Indian television series that airs on Timing 8:30 Mon-thu Colors TV.It is a love story set in rural gangster background of Nakusha, a beautiful girl who is forced to hide her beauty with black makeup due to circumstances.The show was extremely popular with Indian audience...
; Sunit Bhatia is her partner in the show.
- Aliesia Raut, model and Actor, born in Moscow, Russia and a mother to four year old boy. She has acted in the movie FashionFashion (film)Fashion is a 2008 Indian film co-produced, co-written, and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. The film has a massive star cast which includes Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and newcomers Mugdha Godse and Arjan Bajwa. Based on the dark side of the world of fashion, the movie depicts it through the...
; Shashwat Seth is her partner in the show. Eliminated
- Anjum ChopraAnjum ChopraAnjum Chopra is a member of the India national women's cricket team. She was born in New Delhi. She made her debut in One-day Internationals on 12 February 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand, and made her debut in Test cricket a few months later, against England at Eden...
, Delhite who has represented India in many World Cup for Indian National Women’s cricket team. Sandeep Sachdev is her partner in the show. Eliminated
- Aarti Chhabria, Bollywood actress. She has acted with Akshay KumarAkshay KumarAkshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...
in Awara Paagal DeewanaAwara Paagal DeewanaAwara Paagal Deewana is a 2002 Bollywood action comedy directed by Vikram Bhatt. The film's music was composed by Anu Malik, and the lyrics by Sameer. It was a moderate success at the box office.-Plot:...
. Dhaval Thakur is her partner in the show. Winner
- VJ Bani, Gurbani Judge has been a MTV Roadies’ participant and MTV VJ from Chandigarh. Amit Mehra is her partner in the show. Eliminated
- Diandra SoaresDiandra SoaresDiandra Soares is an Indian model, anchor and actress who stars in Bollywood films.-Career:After being crowned the winner of the Miss Bombay beauty contest in 1995, Soares pursued a modeling career. She went on to become one of the leading models of the ramp, and starred in numerous commercials...
, Model and Actress, started her modeling career after wining Miss Mumbai in 1995. She has also worked in movies like BoomBoom (2003 film)Boom is a Bollywood film that was released on 19 September 2003. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Padma Lakshmi, Madhu Sapre, Katrina Kaif and Zeenat Aman. The film is directed by Kaizad Gustad and produced by Jackie Shroff's wife, Ayesha Shroff...
and Fashion (film)Fashion (film)Fashion is a 2008 Indian film co-produced, co-written, and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. The film has a massive star cast which includes Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and newcomers Mugdha Godse and Arjan Bajwa. Based on the dark side of the world of fashion, the movie depicts it through the...
. Ahran Chaudhary is her partner in the show. "Eliminated"
- Dina Singh, Model of Russian origin and wife of Bollywood actor Vindu Dara SinghVindu Dara SinghVindu Dara Singh Randhawa is an Indian film and television actor.He was born in the Jat Sikh family of veteran Indian actor and wrestler Dara Singh. He is the winner of the third season of Bigg Boss.-Career:...
. Dina is a fashion designer and mother of 4 yr old daughter Amelia. Pramod Dahiya is her partner in the show. Eliminated
- Kashmira ShahKashmira ShahKashmira Shah is an Indian actress and model. She is the granddaughter of noted Hindustani classical singer, Anjanibai Lolekar. She has appeared in numerous Hindi and Marathi films. Shah is a half Maharashtrian and half Gujarati...
, model, actor, known for her bold and glamorous image, Kashmera has worked in movies and television shows. Last seen in Bigg BossBigg Boss (Season 1)Bigg Boss in 2006 was the first season of the Indian reality TV programme Bigg Boss. It aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 3 November 2006 to 26 January 2007, a total of 86 days...
as a participant. Sumit Suri is her partner in the show. Eliminated
- Mauli DaveMauli DaveMauli Dave was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 and was also recently crowned Miss Teen India Texas 2007.Dave is also a professional dancer who was a finalist in Sony Entertainment Television's "Boogie Woogie Chalo America" in 2003....
, singer turned actress was born in Ahmedabad and brought up in US. She has won Miss Teen India Texas in 2007 and created sensation with her singing talent. Dhiraj Amonkar is her partner in the show. "Runner-Up"
- VJ Mia, 27 year old Mia is an actress / model of Canadian origin. She has also been hosting a lot of shows on MTV and is a well known VJ. Sangram Singh is her partner in the show.
- Poonam PandeyPoonam PandeyPoonam Pandey , born on 11th March 1991, is an Indian model and a self-proclaimed cricket fan. -Career:Poonam Pandey is the Kingfisher Calendar girl for year 2011....
, model based out of MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. Praveen Jain is her partner in the show. Eliminated
- Sambhavana Seth, actress, dancer and TV personality, Sambhavana Kumar Seth is known for her bindaas attitude. Winner of Dancing Queen and an exBigg BossBigg Boss (Season 2)Bigg Boss Season 2 in 2008 was the second season of the Indian reality TV programme Bigg Boss. It began airing on 17 August 2008 on Colors. Shilpa Shetty replaced Arshad Warsi as host of the show...
participant. Khalid Chowdhary is her partner in the show. (Eliminated 1st day on 3 June 2011).
- Smita BansalSmita BansalSmita Bansal is an Indian Television and film actress. Her most notable roles are in the Zee TV soaps Amanat, Aashirwad and Sarhadein. She has also acted in the 2008 Bollywood film Karzzzz. She is currently acting in the soap Balika Vadhu in Colors TV...
, television actress last seen on the popular show Balika VadhuBalika Vadhu-Plot:Balika Vadhu—Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte is a highly popular Indian television series that airs every Monday to Friday at 8pm on Colors TV. It is also telecast in Raj TV as Man Vasanai in Tamil and Chinnari Pellikuthuru in Telugu...
. Saurabh Roy is her partner in the show. Eliminated
Stunts
Episode 1 - Stunt 1 - Mard Tange WalaThe stunt involves a horse drawn carriage being pulled around a gravelled and muddy course. The male partner boy is holding on to the ropes attached to the carriage. The lady partner is tied to the boy’s feet. The boy has to hold the ropes attached to the carriage and pull the girl along with as he gets pulled by the horses. While they both are being pulled around the course the girl has to knock off marked road cones with a pole which are strategically placed around the course. The team with the highest number of cones knocked out will be the winner and the one with lowest number would be eliminated from the competition.
- Anjum Chopra became the winner in this task.
- Sambhavana Seth was eliminated
Episode 2 - Stunt 2 - Khiladi Up, Tu Meter Down
The stunt 2 was a head on challenge, between two male contestants. Both men had to get on to a platform suspended in mid air over the sea and jump unto a bonnet of the car, which was 6 ft away from the platform. The sea below was formidable. Yellow and black flags were strategically placed all around the taxi. The men had to jump on the taxi and pull out one flag at a time and run back to the platform and stick it on the panel given there. After the last flag has been pulled out and stuck on panel the contestant had to go back till the boot of the car, take out Thums Up bottle placed there, run back to platform and place the bottle in a holder. After a bottle had been placed there, both the platform and the Taxi upended, dropping both the contestants in 8 degree centigrade sea water.
- Five teams got safety bands
- Bani and Amit Mehra
- Aarti Chhabria and Dhaval Thakur
- Anjum Chopra and Sandeep Sachdev
- Kashmeera Shah and Sumit Suri
- Aashka Goradia and Sunit Bhatia
Episode 2 - Stunt 3 - Kulfi Jamai
The stunt was on an old dilapidated ship. On the ship, an acrylic pipe was jutting out of a hole in the wall. The pipe was surrounded by a container filled with ice cold water where the girl had to stand with her head in the pipe and her hands tied outside the pipe. The pipe, intermittently kept gushing out large quantities of water onto girl’s face. At the same time the partner (guy), had to climb into the pipe and see a lock combination number which is hanging around the girl’s neck on a string. After that he had to get out of the pipe and on the outside of the pipe is a lock which he had to open with the help of the combination.
- Poonam Pandey and Pravin had the best time in this stunt
- SmitaSmita BansalSmita Bansal is an Indian Television and film actress. Her most notable roles are in the Zee TV soaps Amanat, Aashirwad and Sarhadein. She has also acted in the 2008 Bollywood film Karzzzz. She is currently acting in the soap Balika Vadhu in Colors TV...
and Saurabh are eliminated
Episode 3 - Stunt 4 - Shatru- Murg
The stunt was the partners had to jump into an enclosure which had some ostriches and go over to other side of it and pick up one ostrich eggs each that had a number written on it. Those eggs then had to be placed on a rack given on the side the partners had jumped into the closure from. Under the wings of ostrich were the individual numbers as on the eggs. The contestants had to look for their numbers under the wings of the ostrich and after that push the same numbered ostrich in a smaller enclosure within the main enclosure. Finally when both the ostriches were in the small enclosure, one of the team members had to then ring the bell which was placed just at the edge of the small enclosure. On tolling of the bell stunt time got over.
- Safety Bands were given to the following team
- Mia and Sangram
- Aashka and Sunit
- Bani and Amit
- Dina and Pramod
Episode 3 - Stunt 5 - Khul ja swim swim
In the stunt, there was a water tumbler suspended in the air by the cables. After the male contestant went into the tumbler, it was lowered in very cold, chilly sea water. Once in water the tumbler started to rotate and slowly submerge in the sea, as it was rotating and submerging, the contestant opened 6 locks, and slid open the door, after that he swam to other end of the tumbler to pick up “Thums Up” bottle, swam back towards the door, got out of it and swam toward a platform where his partner was waiting. On reaching platform, he gave bottle to partner, she then jumped into the sea and swam towards a floatation device, which had on it a bottle stand. She on reaching the floatation device, she planted the bottle in the holder and that’s when the stunt got over.
- Sumit Suri gets Ring of Courage
- Aarti Chhabria and Dhaval Thakur was eliminated
Episode 4 - Stunt 6 - Dus Maar Khan
The stunt was called “Dus Maar Khan” since 10 teams would be participating in it. It was a head on challenge between the men. The girls were exempted from it. The rigged helicopter hovered over the water body, under which were 5 chains in row opposite each other, for each of the contestants to hang onto it and reach “Thums Up
Thums Up
Thums Up is a best-selling brand of cola in India, where its bold, red thumbs up logo is common. Introduced in 1977 to offset the expulsion of The Coca-Cola Company and other foreign companies from India, Thums Up, Limca, and Campa Cola gained nationwide acceptance...
“ bottle hanging at the end of the chains. Whichever contestant reached bottle first, grabbed it and jumped with it in water would be the winner.
- Diandra and Ahran were the only team to complete the task
- Arhan receives Ring of Courage
Safety Bands were given to
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- Aashka and Sunit
- Bani and Amit
- Aliesha and Shahwat
- Kashmira and Sumit
Episode 4 - Stunt 7 - Razia Phasi Paani Mein
There were 3 containers. One glass container had Crayfish in murky water; other had eels and a barrel that has live croaking frogs. The lady member of the team was hung upside down and was immersed first in crayfish container where to start off she took out a crayfish and put it in a basket. She was dunked again, wherein she then picked out a ball, and placed it in a beaker next to the container. She then was submerged in a barrel filled with water and frogs and had to take out yet another ball, which again she placed in the beaker. Lastly she was submerged in a container full of eels, where she took out yet another ball and placed it in the same beaker. This process was repeated till there were 6 balls in the beaker. The process of dunking the girl and angling her over the containers was done by the male contestant. Hence his speed of doing the things also effected the time taken over the stunt.
- Dina and Pramod had the best time for the stunt
- Poonam Pandey and Praveen was eliminated
Summary
| Winner | Eliminated |
| Haseena | Khiladi | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Aarti Chhabria | Dhaval Thakur | Winner |
| Diandra Soares Diandra Soares Diandra Soares is an Indian model, anchor and actress who stars in Bollywood films.-Career:After being crowned the winner of the Miss Bombay beauty contest in 1995, Soares pursued a modeling career. She went on to become one of the leading models of the ramp, and starred in numerous commercials... |
Ahran Chaudhary | Eliminated |
| Mauli Dave Mauli Dave Mauli Dave was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 and was also recently crowned Miss Teen India Texas 2007.Dave is also a professional dancer who was a finalist in Sony Entertainment Television's "Boogie Woogie Chalo America" in 2003.... |
Dhiraj Amonkar | Eliminated |
| Dina Singh | Pramod Dahiya | Eliminated |
| Vj Mia | Sangram Singh | Eliminated |
| Smita Bansal Smita Bansal Smita Bansal is an Indian Television and film actress. Her most notable roles are in the Zee TV soaps Amanat, Aashirwad and Sarhadein. She has also acted in the 2008 Bollywood film Karzzzz. She is currently acting in the soap Balika Vadhu in Colors TV... |
Saurabh Roy | Eliminated |
| Aashka Goradia | Sunit Bhatia | Eliminated |
| Aliesha Raut | Shahwat Seth | Eliminated |
| Anjum Chopra Anjum Chopra Anjum Chopra is a member of the India national women's cricket team. She was born in New Delhi. She made her debut in One-day Internationals on 12 February 1995 against New Zealand at Christchurch, New Zealand, and made her debut in Test cricket a few months later, against England at Eden... |
Sandeep Sachdev | Eliminated |
| Poonam Pandey Poonam Pandey Poonam Pandey , born on 11th March 1991, is an Indian model and a self-proclaimed cricket fan. -Career:Poonam Pandey is the Kingfisher Calendar girl for year 2011.... |
Praveen Jain | Eliminated |
| VJ Bani | Amit Mehra | Eliminated |
| Kashmira Shah Kashmira Shah Kashmira Shah is an Indian actress and model. She is the granddaughter of noted Hindustani classical singer, Anjanibai Lolekar. She has appeared in numerous Hindi and Marathi films. Shah is a half Maharashtrian and half Gujarati... |
Sumit Suri | Eliminated |
| Sambhavna Seth | Khalid chaudhary | Eliminated |
Reception
The opening episode of the fourth season of Khatron Ke Khiladi has garnered the maximum ratings than all its previous seasons. The show generated a Television Rating Point (TRP) of 3.7, according to data provided by rating agency Audience Measurement and Analytics Ltd (aMap)aMap.See also
- Fear FactorFear FactorFear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show. The original Dutch version was called Now or Neverland. When Endemol USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of stunts for a...
- the United States version of the show. Days before Season 4 of the Indian version was broadcast, Comcast and Endemol announced that the US version, which last aired in 2006, had been recommissioned for a new season of eight episodes.