It seems to be the season of Bollywood celebrities making their foray on the small screen! Close on the heels of superstar Shah Rukh Khan's new innings on small screen as host of 'Kya Aap Panchvi Pass Se Tez Hain', yesteryear's diva Tanuja, along with her daughter Kajol and son-in-law Ajay Devgan appearing as judge of 'family dance' show 'Rock N Roll Family', glamour girl Urmila Matondkar hosting the family musical reality show 'Waar Parivar', veteran Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha is all set to regale television audience as judge of the fourth edition of the 'Great Indian Laughter Challenge', the popular comedy reality show on Star One.

The yesteryear's Bollywood 'action hero'-turned-MP has been invited to be the judge of the popular reality show, to be aired on Sony Entertainment television from today, along with the 'Baadshah of Comedy' Navjot Singh Sidhu.

For the actor-turned-MP, however, being a judge on a television reality show is not exactly a transition from the big screen to its smaller version.

''For me, doing a show on television is just an extention of my passion for the field of entertainment. In any case, I do not see television as something that needs to be shied away from, especially in today's times when it has a very wide reach.

Infact, being a part of television today is a matter of pride.

Films may have a huge impact on the audiences but it is television that has a far wider reach. And, what better way of being a part of televisin than doing something that helps relieve people out of their day-to-day stress,''Sinha said during a visit to the Capital city for the promotion of the show.

Sinha, whose second five=year tenure as Rajya Sabha MP is nearing its end, said he had earlier too recieved an offer to be a judge on the show.

''I was invited to be the judge during the third edition of the 'Great Indian Laughter Challenge'. However, I had to turn down the offer due to my political engagements.

This year, the producers again approached me with an offer to be a judge on the show.

Since, I had some time on my hands between the end of my tenure as RS MP and before the next Lok Sabha polls when I plan to contest as MP from Bihar, I took up the offer as it was something which was just an extension of my passion for entertainment,'' Sinha said.