Hyderabad: Of the few actors who has managed to churn out a profit of a whopping '200 crore in the box-office in past five years is none other than Akshay Kumar — which makes him one of the top profit-makers in the industry. Akshay, who has created magic on silver screen, is now being roped to generate moolah for the small screen as well. The actor recently announced his association with a new reality TV show called Dare 2 Dance on Life OK channel.
Through this reality show Akshay, who has previously hosted reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi, aims to hunt for trained dancers who will do daring dance acts in dangerous circumstances. The show will be aired in September, and to shoot this project Akshay and his trained team will be flying to Cape Town, South Africa soon. Akshay, who is returning to television after a long hiatus says he borrowed the concept of the reality show from his recent visit to his son’s school on sports day.
He said, “We want to challenge the trained dancers to prove their talent in adverse conditions. I will be hosting and mentoring the choreographers throughout the show and this won’t be like a regular reality show with three judges and elimination in each round. We wanted to take dance outside the studios and challenge our participants with extreme conditions.”
Talking about the elimination process in the show, the 46-year-old actor adds, “When I visited my son’s school for sports day, I saw that children who were not able to win were given more chances to excel. They were encouraged continuously to give their best, so we decided that instead of eliminating the participants we will train them and make them give their best shot.”
This won’t be like a regular reality show with three judges and elimination in each round
Speaking about the challenges for the participants, Akshay revealed, “There will be 10 choreographers from worldwide, who would be challenged in every episode to do a daring dance act. For example, they might be asked to dance on ice or at a height of 6,000 feet. The level of dare would be increased from level one to level 6.”
Akshay also said that this show is not an adaptation of any international reality show, but is an original idea that will leave the viewers thrilled. “The 16 episode series would be shot entirely in Cape Town. Along with the dancers, I will also shake a leg. I won’t keep it comfortable for myself. Before giving the task to the contestants, I would go and would try it out first,” concluded the actor.
