Bigg Boss (Season 4)
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Bigg Boss 4 in 2010 was the fourth season of Indian reality TV
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 show Bigg Boss, which aired on Colors from October 3, 2010. This season was longer than its predecessor, Bigg Boss 3
Bigg Boss (Season 3)
Bigg Boss Season 3 in 2009 was the third season of the Indian reality TV programme Bigg Boss. It began airing on 4 October 2009 on Colors with Amitabh Bachchan as the host and aired for 84 days concluding on 26 December 2009. Vindu Dara Singh won the show while Pravesh Rana was declared the first...

and lasted for 14 weeks (96 days) ending on January 8, 2011. The show was hosted by Salman Khan
Salman Khan
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...

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During the launch on October 3, fourteen hand-picked housemates entered the house located in Lonavla, a hill station, about 100 kilometres east of Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , 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...

 in the Indian state of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

. Two additional wild card entries were made during the second and third week, taking the number of contestants to sixteen. The housemates, considered strangers for each other, spent 96 days (14 weeks) locked out together under the supervision of 32 cameras fitted around the house. Four of the housemates; Ashmit Patel
Ashmit Patel
Ashmit Patel is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films.-Early life:Ashmit Patel is the son of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, the younger brother of Amisha Patel, and the grandson of the famous lawyer-politician Barrister Rajni Patel who was the Congress Pradesh Committee President of Bombay...

, Dolly Bindra, The Great Khali and Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari is an Indian film and television actress. She gained popularity for her role of Prerna in Balaji Telefilms's television serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay that used to be aired on an Indian television channel STAR Plus...

 entered the final week, facing public vote. The show ended on January 8, 2011 with the grand finale. Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari is an Indian film and television actress. She gained popularity for her role of Prerna in Balaji Telefilms's television serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay that used to be aired on an Indian television channel STAR Plus...

 emerged as the winner, going away with a prize money of 1 crore
Crore
A crore is a unit in the Indian number system equal to ten million , or 100 lakhs. It is widely used in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan....

, while The Great Khali was announced as the runner-up.

Aanchal Kumar

Aanchal Kumar is an Indian model and has done cameo roles in Bluffmaster! and Fashion
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...

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Abbas Kazmi

Abbas Kazmi is a professional criminal lawyer famous for being the lawyer of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the accused in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

Ashmit Patel

Ashmit Patel
Ashmit Patel
Ashmit Patel is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films.-Early life:Ashmit Patel is the son of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, the younger brother of Amisha Patel, and the grandson of the famous lawyer-politician Barrister Rajni Patel who was the Congress Pradesh Committee President of Bombay...

 is an actor who works in Hindi films. His sister is Ameesha Patel, also a film actor. His popular films include Murder and Silsilay
Silsilay
Silsiilay is a Hindi romance film written and directed by Khalid Mohammed. The film stars Tabu, Bhoomika Chawla, Riya Sen, Celina Jaitley, Natassha, Divya Dutta, Rahul Bose, Jimmy Shergill, Ashmit Patel and Kay Kay Menon, while an extended appearance is played by Shahrukh Khan...

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Begum (Ali Saleem)

Ali Saleem
Ali Saleem
Ali Saleem , best known by his alter-ego Begum Nawazish Ali, is a Pakistani television host, actor, scriptwriter and impressionist...

 is a Pakistani television host, actor, scriptwriter and impressionist. He cross-dresses as a woman wearing a sari and asks influential guests provocative questions in his show Late Night with Begum Nawazish Ali.

Devender (Bunty)

Devender (Bunty) has been accused of robbery and was on the most wanted list of Delhi police. Dibakar Banerjee
Dibakar Banerjee
Dibakar Banerjee is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who is most known for films, Khosla Ka Ghosla , Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , which he also wrote, both of which won National Film Awards...

 has made a film on him, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! is a 2008 Indian film starring Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandra, Paresh Rawal, Manu Rishi, Richa Chadda, Manjot Singh and Archana Puran Singh. It was directed by Dibakar Banerjee. The film won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film....

, where Abhay Deol played the protagonist.

Dolly Bindra

Dolly Bindra
Dolly Bindra
Dolly Bindra is a Indian film and television actress, known for her roles in films like Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and as a participant in the reality TV series, Bigg Boss in 2010.-Career:...

 is a television actress. She featured in the serial Mere Apne on 9x channel and Hum Sab Ek Hain on Sony. She has also done few supporting roles in films like Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?. She entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 21 as the second wild card entry.

Khali

Khali(Dalip Singh Rana) is an Indian professional wrestler and a former power-lifter who won Mr. India title in 1995 and 1996. Khali is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...

 competing on its SmackDown Brand. He also served as a police officer in the state of Punjab. He entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 13 as the first wild card entry.

Manoj Tiwari

Manoj Tiwari is a film actor, singer and director who acts in Bhojpuri films. He has appeared in over 30 Bhojpuri language films.

Rahul Bhatt

Rahul Bhatt
Rahul Bhatt
Rahul Bhatt , is an Indian fitness trainer and an aspiring film actor. The son of famous film director Mahesh Bhatt and Kiran Bhatt, Rahul gained unwitting notoriety in 2009 following revelations that David Headley, an accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, had befriended him.-Biography:The son of...

 is an Indian fitness trainer and a film actor. The son of film director Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm....

, Rahul gained unwitting notoriety in 2009, following revelations that David Headley
David Headley
David Coleman Headley, formerly known as Daood Sayed Gilani, is a Chicago-based Pakistani American,who conspired with Lashkar-e-Taibaand, he claims, Pakistani military officers...

, one of those held responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, had befriended him.

Sakshi Pradhan

Sakshi Pradhan is the winner of the second season of the reality show Splitsvilla.

Samir Soni

Samir Soni
Samir Soni
Samir Soni is an Indian actor and a model who appears in Bollywood films.- Biography :Soni was born on 1970 to a Punjabi Hindu family in London, United Kingdom and attended school at St. Xavier's School, Delhi...

 is a television and film actor. He started his career as a model and made his acting debut in Doordarshan's A Mouthful Of Sky (1996). He made his film debut opposite actress Mamta Kulkarni
Mamta Kulkarni
Mamta Mukhund Kulkarni is a former Bollywood Actress. During the 90s, she was part of several commercial successes such as Karan Arjun , Sabse Bada Khiladi , Aashiq Awara , Krantiveer among others.-Acting career:Kulkarni made her debut through the Tamil film Nanbargal which was released...

 in China Gate (1998).

Sara Khan

Sara Khan
Sara Khan
Sara Khan is an Indian model and actress. She won the Miss Madhya Pradesh title in 2007, the Best New Talent award given by IndianTelevision.com in 2008, and the STAR Parivaar Award for the "Best Patni" category in 2009.-Career:...

 is a model and actress. She rose to fame for her character, Sadhna, in Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai
Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai
Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai was an Indian soap drama that aired on 9 October 2007 to 13 November 2010 on STAR Plus channel, every Monday to Friday. This show was really close in reaching the top ten shows of all time on STAR Plus...

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Seema Parihar

Seema Parihar
Seema Parihar
Seema Parihar is a former woman bandit and a member of Indian political party, Samajwadi Party. She faces charges on 29 counts of murder and kidnapping and is hoping to be elected to represent a district in the state of Uttar Pradesh for India's Lok Sabha, or lower house of Parliament.Inspiration:...

 is a former woman bandit and a member of Indian political party, Samajwadi Party
Samajwadi Party
Samajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party...

. She has also acted in Wounded – a film based on her real-life story.

Shweta Tiwari

Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari is an Indian film and television actress. She gained popularity for her role of Prerna in Balaji Telefilms's television serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay that used to be aired on an Indian television channel STAR Plus...

 is a television and film actress with her claim to fame is of the role of Prerna in Balaji Telefilms's television serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay.

Veena Malik

Veena Malik
Veena Malik
Veena Malik is a Pakistani actress, model and comedienne. Over a span of ten years, she has worked with news channels and in movies, garnering accolades and acclaim for most of her performances. Malik has since established herself as a leading actress of Urdu cinema...

 is a Pakistani actress, model and comedian.

Wild Card Entry

  • On 14 October, it was announced that the WWE wrestler, The Great Khali is going to replace Devender (Bunty), who was ejected from the house on day 2 for bad behavior and breaching of house rules.
  • On 25 October, Dolly Bindra entered the Bigg Boss house.
  • On 27 November, Dolly made a return to the Bigg Boss house as a wild card entry.

Captain of the House

Every week, one person would be announced by the Bigg Boss as the Captain of the House. He will receive all the facilities, such as living in the Elite Bedroom, Exemption from nominations for that week, Right to nominate one person in the house who will be directly nominated for that week regardless of the other members nominations. Other members will have to wash his/her clothes, vessels, cook food for him, etc. He/She will be the king of the house for that week. This is similar to the Head of Household position in other Big Brother series around the world.

Delights Bedroom

This is the new feature added to Bigg Boss 4. Delights Bedroom is a big room inside the common bedroom. Where all the members will live in the common room, only The captain of the House will have access to this room and will get a key for this room to keep his/her stuff and lock it. This is similar to the Head of Household room in other Big Brother's around the world.

Guests in house

Throughout the series various guests may appear from time to time for a visit.
  • Ali Merchant
    Ali Merchant
    Ali Merchant is an Indian television actor. He is probably best known for appearing in TV serials like Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki and Amber Dhara.-Life and career:...

     stayed in the house as a guest from day 30 to day 41.
  • Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor
    Kareena Kapoor
    Kareena Kapoor , often informally referred to as Bebo, is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. During her career, Kapoor has received six Filmfare Awards, among nine nominations, and has been noted for her performances in a range of film genres; these include her work from contemporary...

     and Rohit Shetty
    Rohit Shetty
    Rohit Shetty is an Indian film director, presenter and cinematographer. His work as director include the hits Golmaal, Golmaal Returns, Golmaal 3 and Singham....

     entered the house on 6 November 2010.
  • Pamela Anderson
    Pamela Anderson
    Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990...

     entered the house on 16 November 2010 and stayed for 3 days.
  • Farah Khan
    Farah Khan
    Farah Khan is an Indian film director and choreographer. She is best known for her choreographical work in numerous Bollywood films. Khan has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 Hindi films. Khan has since become a noted Hindi film director as well...

     entered the house on 18 December 2010.

Guests on show

  • On 6 November 2010, the team of Golmaal 3
    Golmaal 3
    Golmaal 3 is a 2010 Bollywood comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. A sequel to the 2008 film Golmaal Returns, the project stars most of the actors from the previous film, including Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade. New additions to the cast include...

    including its director, Rohit Shetty
    Rohit Shetty
    Rohit Shetty is an Indian film director, presenter and cinematographer. His work as director include the hits Golmaal, Golmaal Returns, Golmaal 3 and Singham....

     and cast members, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor
    Kareena Kapoor
    Kareena Kapoor , often informally referred to as Bebo, is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. During her career, Kapoor has received six Filmfare Awards, among nine nominations, and has been noted for her performances in a range of film genres; these include her work from contemporary...

    , Tusshar Kapoor
    Tusshar Kapoor
    Tusshar Kapoor is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor and brother of Ekta Kapoor. He studied at the University of Michigan and graduated with a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.Tushar made his debut with Mujhe kuch kehna hai alongside...

    , Shreyas Talpade
    Shreyas Talpade
    -Early life:Talpade was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, in a Marathi family. He attended Shree Ram Welfare Society's High School in Andheri-West. He is married to Deepti Talpade. Shreyas met his wife Deepti when he went to her college as a celebrity...

     and Kunal Khemu appeared on the show for the promotion of their film.
  • On 19 November 2010, the team of Break Ke Baad
    Break Ke Baad
    Break Ke Baad is a 2010 romantic coming-of-age dramedy directed by Danish Aslam and starring Deepika Padukone and Imran Khan in lead roles. Shahana Goswami and Yudhishtr Urs play siblings while Sharmila Tagore, Navin Nischol and Lillete Dubey have supporting roles...

    ; Imran Khan
    Imran Khan (actor)
    Imran Khan is an Indian American film actor. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and producer-director Mansoor Khan.Khan rose to stardom for his debut role in the 2008 blockbuster film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. The film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut...

     and Kunal Kohli
    Kunal Kohli
    Kunal Kohli is an Indian film director, producer and writer- Biography :Born in Mumbai,Kunal Kohli is a true Indian director. He is a "family man" as he claims on a video interview....

     came on the show to promote their film.
  • On 27 November 2010, the producer of Dabangg
    Dabangg
    Dabangg is a 2010 Hindi action film, directed by Abhinav Kashyap in his directorial debut and produced by Arbaaz Khan under the Arbaaz Khan Productions. The lead actors in the film include Arbaaz's elder brother, Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha...

    , Arbaaz Khan and actress Sonakshi Sinha
    Sonakshi Sinha
    Sonakshi Sinha is an Indian actress and model.She is the daughter of actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha and Punam Sinha...

     appeared on the show.
  • On 3 December 2010, part of the lead cast of No Problem
    No Problem (film)
    No Problem is a 2010 Bollywood action comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Anil Kapoor who also stars as the main character. It also stars Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Sushmita Sen, Paresh Rawal, Kangana Ranaut, Neetu Chandra and Suniel Shetty. The shooting of the film began in July...

    , Akshaye Khanna
    Akshaye Khanna
    Akshaye Khanna is a critically acclaimed Indian film actor who works in Hindi cinema. Known for his impeccable acting talent and flawless diction, Khanna has worked with the best names in Indian cinema.- Background :...

     and Anil Kapoor
    Anil Kapoor
    Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who mainly appears in Bollywood films. He won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Yash Chopra's film Mashaal ....

     appeared on the show.
  • On 11 December 2010, TV and film producer Ekta Kapoor
    Ekta Kapoor
    Ekta Jeetendra Kapoor is an Indian TV and film producer. She is the Creative Director and Joint Managing Director of Balaji Telefilms, her production company.-Biography:...

     appeared on the show to promote her film, Ragini MMS.
  • On 18 December 2010, film producer and director Farah Khan
    Farah Khan
    Farah Khan is an Indian film director and choreographer. She is best known for her choreographical work in numerous Bollywood films. Khan has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 Hindi films. Khan has since become a noted Hindi film director as well...

     and actress Katrina Kaif
    Katrina Kaif
    Katrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011...

     appeared on the show to promote their film, Tees Maar Khan
    Tees Maar Khan
    Tees Maar Khan is an 2010 Hindi action comedy film directed by Farah Khan, starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Akshaye Khanna in the lead roles. Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor make special appearances in the film. The film was released on 24 December 2010...

    .
  • On 25 December 2010, actresses Rani Mukerji
    Rani Mukerji
    Rani Mukerji is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies. In the course of her film career, she has received six Filmfare Awards, among twelve nominations....

     and Vidya Balan
    Vidya Balan
    Vidya Balan is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in sociology, she started her career starring in music videos, television shows and commercials, before appearing in feature films....

     appeared on the show to promote their film No One Killed Jessica
    No One Killed Jessica
    No One Killed Jessica is a 2011 Bollywood film starring Rani Mukerji and Vidya Balan, produced by UTV Spotboy and directed by Raj Kumar Gupta, who directed the acclaimed film Aamir ....

    .
  • On 1 January 2011, Dharmendra
    Dharmendra
    Dharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime...

     and Bobby Deol
    Bobby Deol
    Bobby Deol is a Bollywood actor. Deol is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry....

     came on the show for the promotion of their film, Yamla Pagla Deewana.
  • On 8 January 2011, Kangna Ranaut
    Kangna Ranaut
    Kangna Ranaut is an Indian actress who appears mostly in Hindi films. She made her acting debut in 2006 with a leading role in Gangster. She won both a Filmfare and a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a troubled model in Fashion .-Early life:Ranaut was born to...

     and Madhavan
    R. Madhavan
    R. Madhavan is an Indian actor, writer, film producer and television host. Madhavan has received a Filmfare Award, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations...

     came on the show for promoting their film, Tanu Weds Manu
    Tanu Weds Manu
    Tanu Weds Manu is a 2011 Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Anand L. Rai, and produced by Shailesh R Singh. It stars R. Madhavan, Kangana Ranaut and Jimmy Shergill in the lead roles. The story of the film has been written by Himanshu Sharma, music is directed by Krsna and the lyrics penned by...

    .

Stay History

The figure below is the housemates' stay timeline which indicates the day they entered the house, the days spent in the house, days they spent in the secret room or as guests and the day they left the house.

Weekly Summary

Week 1 Tasks
  • Samay Dhere Dhere Chal: Each Bigg Boss contestant has to take care of the hour glass and ensure that sand constantly flows.
Nominations
  • Seema (Nominated by majority of the housemates)
  • Abbas
  • Sara
  • Hrishant
  • Bunty (Nominated by Bigg Boss for consistently breaking the rules of the house and was eventually evicted from the show on Day 2)
  • Exits
  • On day 2, Bunty was ejected from the house due to his violent and bad behavior, abusing and cursing Bigg Boss, breaking rules of the house and trying to cover the cameras by socks.
  • On day 6, Abbas Kazmi was evicted from the house by nominations.
  • Abbas chose Seema and Veena for the next week's nominations.
  • Week 2 Tasks
  • Shakti De Bhakti De Mukti De: Wear a white gown and hat for all contestants and chant, on a particular music. Once the music is over, then you need to say one good and bad point about the inmate on your right.
  • Nominations
  • Sakshi (Captain's choice)
  • Seema
  • Samir
  • Exits
  • On day 13, Sakshi was evicted from the Bigg Boss house by nominations.
  • Sakshi chose Begum Ali for next week's nomination
  • Week 3 Tasks
  • Dhan Dhana Dhan!: All housemates have to print notes. Each note is worth 1000 points. Housemates have to accumulate a total of 50,00,000 points in notes. Hrishant and Shweta have been given task to rob 15,00,000 points. The task Dhan Dhana Dhan has been unsuccessful, but secret agents Hrishant and Shweta have been successful.
  • Except Rahul and Khali, all housemates have to eat from same plate and bowl for whole week. Housemates can only eat after Rahul and Khali.
  • Dixcy Scot task is a wrestling match between the male inmates. The captain Manoj becomes the finalist. Great Khali is the referee and consultant. Female participants are the cheerleaders, except for Shweta, who plays anchor/host with Begum Ali.
  • Nominations
  • Shweta (Captain's choice)
  • Veena
  • Begum
  • Exits
  • On day 20, Begum was evicted from the Bigg Boss house.
  • Begum chose Khali for next week's nomination
  • Week 4 Tasks
  • Sameer was given a diary to maintain daily logs for the captain's negative and positive aspects.
  • Dolly and Manoj Tiwari were chosen as judge by the Bigg Boss for rhyming play. Shweta and Sameer were team A, Seema and Hrishant were team B and Veena and Ashmit were team C. Team B won Vodafone's delight and 100 points each.
  • Nominations
  • Sara (Captain's choice)
  • Sameer
  • Khali
  • Exits
  • On day 27, Bigg Boss stages a fake eviction from the house and sends Sara to a secret room.
  • Sara chose Dolly and Sameer for next week's nomination.
  • Week 5 Tasks
  • Aa Pappiyaan Jhappiyan Pa Le: The house is transformed into a puppy care centre. Bigg Boss asks six contestants to become puppies while five contestants are asked to work as their caretakers.
  • Nominations
  • Manoj
  • Hrishant
  • Aanchal
  • Veena
  • Rahul
  • Seema
  • Shweta
  • Exits
  • On day 34, Rahul was evicted from the house.
  • Rahul chose Veena and Sara for next week's nominations.
  • Week 6 Tasks
  • Arrangements for Sara-Ali wedding.
  • Nominations
  • Aanchal (Captain's choice)
  • Dolly
  • Ashmit
  • Exits
  • On day 41, Aanchal was evicted from the house.
  • Aanchal choose Veena and Sara for next week's nominations.
  • Week 7 Tasks
  • Wazan Ghatao Tandrusti Badhao: The housemates have to decrease their weight through exercises. Khali will act as the PT instructor.
  • Nominations
  • Dolly (Captain's choice)
  • Sara
  • Khali
  • Exits
  • On day 45, Samir and Dolly were ejected from the house due to violation of house rules.
  • On day 47, Pamela left the house.
  • Week 8 Tasks
  • Gaon Gaon Shahar Shahar: Samir, Shweta, Ashmit, Veena will have to live like villagers, while rest have to live like city people.
  • Nominations
  • Ashmit (Captain's choice)
  • Hrishant
  • Samir
  • Shweta
  • Veena
  • Exits
  • On day 55, Hrishant was evicted from the house.
  • Hrishant choose Shweta and Samir for next week's nominations.
  • Week 9 Tasks
  • Paathshala: Housemates are given school uniform and have to appear like school kids. Seema is made the principal while Manoj and Ashmit are made the Hindi and English teachers respectively.
  • Nominations
  • Ashmit
  • Manoj
  • Exits
  • On day 62, Manoj was evicted from the house.
  • Manoj chose Samir and Sara for next week's nominations.
  • Week 10 Tasks
  • Jaago Ghar Walon Warna Waat Lag Jaaegi: The housemates will be allowed to sleep between 4am and 12 noon and two contestants will be nominated to perform a certain task in the garden area. The task is to counter-balance one's weight with the corresponding weight provided by Bigg Boss. A giant weighing scale has been provided in the garden area for the task. The first pair to try the task was Sara and Shweta.
  • Nominations
  • Sara (Captain's choice)
  • Veena
  • Samir
  • Exits
  • On day 69, Sara was evicted from the house.
  • Sara chose Ashmit to be safe from the next nominations.
  • Week 11 Tasks
  • Haath Choota Toh Kismat Phooti: The housemates will be divided into three pairs. The first pair will be Ashmit and Shweta, second pair will be Dolly and Veena and the third pair will be Samir and Seema. The housemates will be tied together with a handcuff and one member of each pair has to wear a blindfold and keep an egg on his hand all the time.
  • Shweta and Ashmit are given secret task to hide important things of Veena and Dolly, which they succeed and earn 300 points each.
  • Nominations
  • Samir (Captain's choice)
  • Seema (Captain's choice)
  • Exits
  • On day 76, Seema was evicted from the house.
  • Seema chose Khali and Veena for next week's nominations.
  • Week 12 Tasks
  • As a result of previous week's mistakes, Bigg Boss has not provided any flour and housemates have to grind it themselves using chakki. They will also feed Khali as he has been directed not to take any food item by himself.
  • This week housemates have to save water to promote save water campaign. Water will come in limited amount in the morning and evening hours. Housemates have been provided buckets to store water for daily works.
  • Nominations
  • Ashmit
  • Veena
  • Khali
  • Exits
  • On day 83, Veena was evicted from the house.
  • Veena chose Ashmit to be safe from the next nominations.
  • Week 13 Tasks
  • Bigg Boss Ki Kahani, Hamari Zabani: Housemates have to enact different past events which took place in the house. The task will continue for three days; housemates will act on three different themes namely fights, laughters and love.
  • Nominations
  • Dolly
  • Samir
  • Shweta
  • Exits
  • On day 90, Samir was evicted from the house.
  • Week 14 Tasks
  • Jee Lay Jee Jaan Sey: Each housemate will be given a specific song every day and they have to dance on it.
  • During the task duration, all the housemates put together can sleep for total of 60 hours.
  • Finalists
  • Ashmit
  • Dolly
  • Khali
  • Shweta
  • Winner
  • Shweta Tiwari
  • 1st Runner up
  • Khali
  • 2nd Runner up
  • Ashmit Patel
  • 3rd Runner up
  • Dolly Bindra

  • Nominations table

    | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Final
    Week 14
    House Captain Begum Rahul Manoj Ashmit Hrishant Shweta Seema Khali Dolly Khali Shweta
    Captain's Nomination Sakshi Shweta Sara No
    Nominations
    Aanchal Dolly Ashmit Veena Sara Samir
    Seema
    Ashmit
    Veena
    Evictee's
    Nomination
    Seema
    Veena
    Begum Khali Dolly
    Samir
    Veena
    Sara
    Veena
    Sara
    Eviction
    Cancelled
    Shweta
    Samir
    Samir
    Sara
    Ashmit
    to save
    Khali
    Veena
    Ashmit
    to save
    Shweta Seema
    Abbas
    Rahul
    Manoj
    Aanchal Sara
    Ashmit
    No
    Nominations
    Dolly
    Ashmit
    Captain Ashmit
    Veena
    Ashmit
    Sara
    Veena
    Khali
    No
    Nominations
    Captain Dolly Winner
    Khali Not in
    house
    Exempt Samir
    Sara
    No
    Nominations
    Veena
    Samir
    Sara
    Hrishant
    Ashmit
    Hrishant
    Captain Shweta
    Seema
    Captain Ashmit
    Veena
    Samir Runner-up
    Ashmit Sakshi
    Seema
    Samir
    Shweta
    Veena Samir
    Seema
    Captain Dolly
    Manoj
    Khali
    Manoj
    Shweta
    Manoj
    Shweta
    Manoj
    Samir
    Seema
    Exempt Dolly
    Khali
    Dolly Third place
    Dolly Not in
    house
    Aanchal
    Veena
    No
    Nominations
    Veena
    Ashmit
    Hrishant
    Sara
    Ejected
    (Day 45)
    Veena
    to save
    Captain No
    Nominations
    Ashmit
    Samir
    Shweta Fourth place
    Samir Hrishant
    Rahul
    Hrishant
    Ashmit
    Veena Ashmit
    Sara
    No
    Nominations
    Dolly
    Ashmit
    Sara
    Veena
    Ashmit
    Veena
    Sara
    Ashmit
    Ashmit
    Veena
    No
    Nominations
    Ashmit
    Veena
    Dolly Evicted
    (Day 90)
    Veena Seema
    Sara
    Samir
    Rahul
    Sara Rahul
    Seema
    No
    Nominations
    Shweta
    Samir
    Khali
    Seema
    Samir
    Shweta
    Manoj
    Seema
    Shweta
    Samir
    No
    Nominations
    Khali
    Dolly
    Ashmit
    to save
    Evicted
    (Day 83)
    Seema Begum
    Sara
    Aanchal
    Manoj
    Hrishant Samir
    Sara
    No
    Nominations
    Dolly
    Ashmit
    Ashmit
    Hrishant
    Captain Ashmit
    Manoj
    Veena
    Ashmit
    No
    Nominations
    Khali
    Veena
    Evicted
    (Day 76)
    Sara Hrishant
    Aanchal
    Rahul
    Seema
    Veena Samir
    Seema
    Dolly
    Samir
    Veena
    Manoj
    Khali
    Seema
    Khali
    Veena
    Manoj
    Ashmit
    Khali
    Veena
    Ashmit
    to save
    Evicted
    (Day 69)
    Manoj Seema
    Abbas
    Shweta
    Seema
    Sara Captain No
    Nominations
    Khali
    Ashmit
    Sara
    Ashmit
    Ashmit
    Hrishant
    |Ashmit
    Sara
    Samir
    Sara
    Evicted
    (Day 62)
    Hrishant Seema
    Abbas
    Seema
    Samir
    Veena Samir
    Sara
    No
    Nominations
    Captain Samir
    Khali
    Shweta
    Samir
    Shweta
    Samir
    Evicted
    (Day 55)
    Aanchal Sakshi
    Sara
    Samir
    Seema
    Shweta Sara
    Samir
    No
    Nominations
    Dolly
    Shweta
    Veena
    Sara
    Evicted
    (Day 41)
    Rahul Veena
    Shweta
    Veena
    Sara
    Captain Veena
    Sara
    No
    Nominations
    Veena
    Sara
    Evicted
    (Day 34)
    Begum Seema
    Manoj
    Captain Samir Khali Evicted
    (Day 20)
    Sakshi Seema
    Hrishant
    Hrishant
    Aanchal
    Begum Evicted
    (Day 13)
    Abbas Seema
    Begum
    Seema
    Veena
    Evicted
    (Day 6)
    Bunty Ejected
    (Day 2)
    Against
    public vote
    Abbas
    Hrishant
    Sara
    Seema
    Sakshi
    Samir
    Seema
    Begum
    Shweta
    Veena
    Khali
    Samir
    Sara
    Aanchal
    Hrishant
    Manoj
    Rahul
    Seema
    Shweta
    Veena
    Aanchal
    Ashmit
    Dolly
    Dolly
    Khali
    Sara
    Ashmit
    Hrishant
    Samir
    Shweta
    Veena
    Ashmit
    Manoj
    Veena
    Samir
    Sara
    Veena
    Samir
    Seema
    Ashmit
    Khali
    Veena
    Dolly
    Samir
    Shweta
    Ashmit
    Dolly
    Khali
    Shweta
    Walked none
    Ejected Devender (Bunty) none Dolly
    Samir

    (withdrawn later)
    none
    Evicted Abbas Sakshi Begum Sara (fake eviction) Rahul Aanchal Eviction Cancelled Hrishant Manoj Sara Seema Veena Samir Dolly Ashmit
    Khali Shweta

    Highlights of the week

    Week 1 (3rd October to 9th October)
    • Day 1: Bigg Boss asked all the contestants to vote. While all of them thought it is for the eviction, Bunty received the highest votes and on the contrary, Bigg Boss made Bunty the "Captain" of the house.
    • Day 2: Bunty was ejected, due to his bad behaviour, abusing and cursing Bigg Boss, breaking all the rules of the house and trying to cover the cameras by socks.
    • Day 3: Bigg Boss gives a mini task for a chat show with Begum and the 4 nominated housemates. Transformation from Ali to Begum is no small occasion and all the women inmates got together to help her.
    • Day 4: Argument over breakfast between Veena Malik and Hrishant leads to a heating debate where most of the other inmates got involved in consoling the inmates.
    • Day 5: While the housemates are having paranthas for breakfast, Manoj Tiwari who is a vegetarian doesn’t appreciate sharing the same plate.
    • Day 6: Shweta Tiwari gets a cake to celebrate her daughter's birthday. Abbas Kazmi was evicted from the show.
    • Day 7: Begum was made the captain of the house.


    Week 2 (10th October to 16th October)
    • Day 8: Sakshi was nominated via captain's vote. The housemates nominated Seema and Samir through open nominations.
    • Day 12: Rahul was elected the captain of the house.
    • Day 13: Sakshi was evicted from the Bigg Boss House. After exiting, Sakshi nominated Begum. WWE wrestler The Great Kahli appeared on the show.


    Week 3 (17 October to 23 October)
    • Day 17: Manoj was elected captain of the house. Rahul was ordered to wash clothes of the inmates, after he failed to enforce Bigg Boss rules in his captaincy.
    • Day 20: Begum was evicted from the house. Before exiting, Begum nominated Khali.


    Week 4 (24 October to 31 October)
    • Day 21: Dolly Bindra entered the house as a wild card entry.
    • Day 22: Housemates decide to boycott Dolly due to her behavior and verbal fight with Shweta.
    • Day 24: Ashmit was elected the captain of the house.
    • Day 25: Dolly manipulates Ashmit and Hrishant to believe that she is innocent and pins the night’s chaos on Sara. Consequently, after being manipulated, Ashmit and Hrishant plan to nominate Sara and Shweta.
    • Day 26: Bigg Boss stages a fake eviction process and sends Sara to a secret room. Before exiting, Sara nominates Dolly and Samir.
    • Day 27: Salman Khan enters the house and spends a day with the inmates.


    Week 5 (1 November to 7 November)
    • Day 28: Most of the inmates had been breaking rule of talking about nominations. Bigg Boss cancelled the nomination procedure and nominated those contestants who have been breaking this rule. Late at night, Sara re-entered the house.
    • Day 30: Ali Merchant enters the house as a guest.
    • Day 31: Bigg Boss announces that Ali and Sara will marry on November 10 inside the House. Dolly has an argument with Ashmit regarding task. Hrishant becomes the new house captain beating Samir 6-5 in vote count.
    • Day 33: Rahul is evicted from the house.


    Week 6 (8 November to 14 November)
    • Day 35: Ashmit and Dolly have a verbal fight in the kitchen. Housemates nominate Dolly, Ashmit and Aanchal for next week's nominations.
    • Day 38: Sara Khan and Ali Merchant wed inside the house.
    • Day 39: Aanchal was evicted from the house. Shweta becomes the house captain beating Veena 7-5 in vote count. Ali Merchant was also asked to leave the house.


    Week 7 (15 November to 21 November)
    • Day 42: Dolly was nominated via captain's vote. The housemates nominate Sara and Khali through nominations. Dolly and Seema had a fight in the Kitchen; Seema subsequently decides to quit the kitchen team.
    • Day 44: Dolly has a verbal fight with Shweta and Samir. Pamela Anderson enters the house as a guest. Bigg Boss decides to cancel the eviction.
    • Day 45: Samir and Dolly were evicted from the house following a huge fight in which they broke most of the rules.
    • Day 47: Pamela left the house. Salman Khan invited Dolly and Sameer. Dolly apologised to Sameer and admitted her mistakes. Salman asked Sameer if he wants to re-enter the house. Sameer agreed, however the decision was left to Bigg Boss.


    Week 8 (22 November to 28 November)
    • Day 49: Samir returns to the house. Seema was elected the new captain beating Khali in the vote count. Ashmit was nominated via captain's vote, while the housemates nominated Shweta, Hrishant, Samir and Veena.
    • Day 50: Bigg Boss has given a task to the leftover contestants of the house that they have to portray the characters of hardcore villagers and modern city people. Bigg Boss has divided them into two teams. The village team composed of Shweta, Samir, Veena and is headed by Ashmit. Whereas the modern city people team is headed by Seema and comprises Sara, Hrishant, Manoj and Khali. The city people have to stay inside the house and dress in a modern way and eat only continental food. Whereas the villagers have to stay in the garden area, dress in the village garb and eat food made on stoves. Both the teams have to remain in their respective areas, which is defined by the ‘Lakshman Rekha’.
    • Day 51: Bigg Boss asks the city people to make a huge stack of dominoes on the wooden floor. On the other hand, the villagers are asked to make cow dung cakes. Later Bigg Boss also interchanges the teams of Khali and Shweta.
    • Day 52: Seema was asked to submit two names for next week's captains. Seema submitted Manoj and Khali's name.
    • Day 53: Khali won a majority of votes, hence becoming the new captain of the house.
    • Day 55: Hrishant was evicted from the house. Before exiting he nominated Shweta and Samir.


    Week 9 (29 November to 5 December)
    • Day 56: Dolly enters as a wild-card entry in Bigg Boss, packed in a locked wooden box placed in the garden, where the villagers are sleeping. Samir is called to the confession room and given the key to the box. When Samir open the box, Dolly pops out of the box.
    • Day 57: Bigg Boss gave a task known as Paathshaala, where Seema, Manoj and Ashmit act as teachers while rest of the housemates are students.
    • Day 58: Bigg Boss hosts an award-giving ceremony in the house, conducted by Dolly Bindra.
    • Day 60: Dolly becomes the new captain beating Veena 6-1.
    • Day 62: Manoj was evicted from the house. Before exiting, he nominated Sara and Samir.


    Week 10 (6 December to 12 December)
    • Day 63: Sara was nominated via captain's vote while the housemates nominate Veena and Samir, through open nominations.
    • Day 65: Veena has an argument with Ashmit over the task. Dolly faints inside the house. A doctor comes for her treatment.
    • Day 68: Khali was elected captain of the house for the second time, beating Seema and Dolly.
    • Day 69: Sara was evicted from house. Before exiting, she chose Ashmit to be safe from the next nominations.


    Week 11 (13 December to 19 December)
    • Day 70: Bigg Boss asked the captain Khali to nominate one pair from the blindfolds and handcuffs task. Khali nominated Samir and Seema.
    • Day 71: Bigg Boss takes back the captaincy from Khali due to breaking of house rules by the housemates. Khali is asked to make food for all the contestants as a punishment. A secret task is given to Shweta and Ashmit to steal some of the favourite things of Dolly and Veena.
    • Day 76: Seema was evicted from the house. Before exiting, she nominated Khali and Veena.


    Week 12 (20 December to 26 December)
    • Day 78: Shweta was elected the house captain for the second time beating Ashmit by 3-1. The housemates nominated Veena, Ashmit and Khali for next week's nominations, though the names are not disclosed by Bigg Boss.
    • Day 80: Dolly has an argument with Ashmit and Veena about the cleaning of kitchen. The argument soon turns into a verbal fight.
    • Day 81: Veena is punished by Bigg Boss for dancing on the dining table. Ashmit is shown an edited footage of all the other housemates bitching against him.
    • Day 83: Veena was evicted from the house. Before exiting, she chose Ashmit to be safe from the next nominations.


    Week 13 (27 December to 2 January)
    • Day 84: Dolly, Samir and Shweta were nominated.
    • Day 90: Samir was evicted from the house.


    Week 14 (3 January to 8 January)
    • Day 94: Big Boss asked the remaining contestants; Ashmit, Dolly, Khali and Shweta to nominate one housemate who they would like to evict from the house. As the other housemates got confused, Ashmit volunteered his own name. Bigg Boss announced that Ashmit will remain in the house and he would get a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakhs, regardless if he wins the show or not.
    • Day 96: Shweta was declared the first female winner, Khali was the runner-up, while Ashmit and Dolly received the third and fourth places respectively. Samir received a Chevrolet-Cruz for being the bold and stylish contestant.

    Ratings, reception and viewership

    • According to data available with aMap, a television viewership monitoring agency, the opening episode of Bigg Boss 4 on Colors got a rating of 3.6. Season 3 had average rating of 2.43 while Bigg Boss 1 and Bigg Boss 2 had average ratings of 1.96 and 2.03. While Bigg Boss 1 was anchored by Arshad Warsi
      Arshad Warsi
      Arshad Warsi is an Indian actor who debuted in 1996 with the film Tere Mere Sapne which was a success but he is best known for his role as "Circuit" in the comedy films Munnabhai M.B.B.S. and Lage Raho Munnabhai and his role as Babban in Ishqiya which won him acclaim.-Early life and...

      , Shilpa Shetty
      Shilpa Shetty
      Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...

       hosted Bigg Boss 2 and Amitabh Bachchan
      Amitabh Bachchan
      Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...

       for Bigg Boss 3.
    • During the Sara-Ali wedding episode, the show received a TRP of 4.4 and when Dolly-Shweta-Sameer fight took place and Pamela Anderson
      Pamela Anderson
      Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990...

       entered the house, the show received a TRP of 4.8.
    • The Grand Finale episode on January 8, 2011, received a TRP
      TRP
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       of 6.7, which was the highest among the finale of other Indian reality shows such as Kaun Banega Crorepati
      Kaun Banega Crorepati
      Kaun Banega Crorepati is an Indian reality/game show based on the UK game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? which offers a maximum cash prize of £1 million. The show first aired in 2000 and was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. This was the first appearance of Bachchan on Indian television...

      , Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega
      Rakhi Ka Swayamwar
      Rakhi Ka Swayamwar is a reality show broadcast on NDTV Imagine. The show started on 29 June 2009 and was hosted by Bollywood actor Ram Kapoor...

      , MasterChef
      MasterChef
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      and DID –Li’l Masters.

    Controversies

    • During the first week of the show's airing, activists of Shiv Sena
      Shiv Sena
      Shiv Sena , is a political party in India founded on 19 June 1966 by Balasaheb Thackeray. It is currently headed by Thackeray's son, Uddhav Thackeray...

      , a political party, started protesting against the inclusion of Pakistani housemates in the show.

    • One of the contestants, Sakshi Pradhan felt that she may be pregnant and spoke about her concern to fellow housemates Shweta Tiwari, Veena Malik and Sara Khan. However the video of the conversation was not aired. After receiving permission from Bigg Boss, Sakshi was allowed to leave the house for a short time to see a doctor.

    • After being evicted from the house, Rahul Bhatt claimed that Bigg Boss is scripted.

    • In November 2010, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry served a stay order to Colors, due to complaints of indecent exposure aired on national television, asking the channel to change the timings of the show from 9 PM to 11.30 PM. The channel later got a stay order from Bombay High Court
      Bombay High Court
      Bombay High Court at Mumbai, Maharashtra, is the High Court of India with jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra & Goa, and, the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli...

      allowing them to continue the telecast of the show during prime time.

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