Fear Factor India is an Indian adaption of the popular reality show Fear Factor

Fear Factor

Fear 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 series premiered on Sony TV

Sony Entertainment Television (India)

This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...

 on March 10, 2006, and is presented by Indian television actor Mukul Dev

Mukul Dev

Mukul Dev is an Indian actor known for his Hindi films and TV serials and music albums. He received the 7th Amrish Puri Award, for excellence in acting for his role in Yamla Pagla Deewana. He has also acted in South-Indian films..He is also a trained pilot....

. The season 2 and onward seasons of the series aired on the Indian channel Colors Viacom 18.

Concept

Fear Factor India — Jo Dhar Ghaya So Mar Ghaya is a 13 part series that aired every Friday at 9:00 on SET Asia. Shot in the exotic locales of Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia.

The Host

The Show is hosted by the television actor Mukul Dev

Mukul Dev

Mukul Dev is an Indian actor known for his Hindi films and TV serials and music albums. He received the 7th Amrish Puri Award, for excellence in acting for his role in Yamla Pagla Deewana. He has also acted in South-Indian films..He is also a trained pilot....

. About the show's Indian version, Mukul said;

Contestants

Every week a number of contestants (celebrities) participates in the show. The winner gets Rs. 10 lakhs. In every episode new contestants participates.

A lot of celebrities like Mandira Bedi

Mandira Bedi

Mandira Bedi is an Indian actress, model and television presenter who gained celebrity status playing the title role in the 1994 television serial, Shanti, shown on India's national channel, Doordarshan which was the first ever daily soap on Indian television.She followed up her career in TV...

, Chetan Hansraj, Achint kaur, Tina Parekh

Tina Parekh

-Early life and career:Tina Parakh Hazra . She is a Marwari Jain. Tina hails from Jaipur in Rajasthan but she is brought up in Mumbai. She graduated in Psychology from Mithibai College in Mumbai. Watching her friends give auditions, she too wanted to give it a try. She even went for a few auditions...

, Shweta Salve, Vilas Bhalla and Aarrzoo Gowatrikar have also participated in the show making it even more exciting and interesting.