<P> The contestants are required to indulge in housework and are assigned tasks by the producers of the show (who communicate with the housemates via the omnipresent authority figure known to them only as "Bigg Boss"). The tasks are designed to test the teamwork abilities and community spirit of the housemates . The housemates' "luxury budget" (weekly allowance to buy luxury food items other than the supplied essentials) depends on the outcome of assigned tasks . </P> <P> Bigg Boss is a Hindi (Bollywood) adaption of Big Brother created in Netherlands by John de Mol Jr., largely based on the Celebrity Big Brother model owned by the Endemol Shine Group . The show was named Bigg Boss and a house was constructed for the purpose of the show at Lonavla in Maharashtra . Bigg Boss debuted on television in 2006 through Sony Entertainment Television with Arshad Warsi as the host . The show gained popularity after Shilpa Shetty emerged as the winner in Celebrity Big Brother 5 (UK) and replaced Warsi as the host in the second season of Bigg Boss . From the second season, the show has moved to Viacom 18's Colors . </P> <P> The show's acceptance and success among the Indian audience paved way for its expansion into other Indian languages . After the sixth season was completed in Hindi in 2013, Kannada and Bengali adaptions were created by Endemol through ETV Network with the same house and resources with Sudeep and Mithun Chakraborty as hosts respectively . While the Kannada version became an instant hit, Bengali version did not turn out to be very successful . The Kannada version saw its subsequent seasons annually, similar to Hindi while Bengali version has completed only 2 seasons in 6 years . </P> <P> Upon completion of 10 seasons in Hindi, 4 seasons in Kannada and 2 seasons in Bengali, Endemol extended its presence in South India by creating Tamil and Telugu versions of the show with Star India in 2017 and roped in Kamal Haasan and Jr NTR as hosts respectively . In 2018, the show has been adapted to Marathi with Viacom 18 and Malayalam with Star India and the hosts are Mahesh Manjrekar and Mohanlal respectively . </P>

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