And a cow (and we don't mean Sawant, we mean a REAL cow) makes an appearance at the Karjat house where the 13 contestants for Bigg Boss are holed up.
Reveals Sony's Sandeep Sikcand, "With all this excitement in the first week do you think the show needs sex? The contestants are free to have sex if they want. But I doubt that would be the case.
At heart we're all Indians. And Sony is an Indian FAMILY channel. So I don't know where this 'news' about sex on the show comes from. We're certainly not advocating a peep show here.
We're going to capture the contestants doing normal things, in the beautiful house that we've specially built for Bigg Boss with a swimming pool, et al in Karjat. Of course the contestants are excited and they are planning to do all sorts of things. But no sex. They'll do normal things like play games, cook food, etc."
Question Sandeep about the rather poor turn-up of celebrities on the show, and he rises to the show's defence.
"Look, we did ask so-called bigger names. But they asked for ridiculous amounts of money. I think we've finally got an eclectic mix of people from different walks of life. And if you ask me, the biggest celebrity on Bigg Boss would be the cow that makes an appearance on the set next week."
Sandeep says he's already hooked to the show. "We were up through a large part of Thursday night recording the first episode. And then I just kept watching till morning. It's that addictive!"