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The winner of Khatron Ke Khiladi Torchaar Season 4 - Aarti Chabria - spoke to us about her experience of being a part of a reality show for the first time ever.

It was mindblowing! It was a heartening experience to be part of the show as it was a great challenge for me. It was a different experience altogether for me as I have never done this ever in my life. Today as a winner of the show I feel proud of myself and dedicate my winning title to my teammate (in the show) Dhaval Thaku, who has been my support and inspiration. It was a great opportunity and a complete daredevil act which I have never done before. I gave my best and my dedication made me reach the final. I look delicate on-screen, so the audience was pretty amazed to watch me do those stunts. Of course I did undergo a lot of hard training before the show and that made me strong and fit for all the challenges. This show helped me to become physically and even mentally fit.

There were 13 contestants and everyone has been very supportive. I was not the bravest or the strongest in the show but I was determined that I will give a tough fight to everyone. I used to chant the Hanuman Chalisa every moment I would do a stunt and that helped me a lot. It gave me the power and confidence to fight against all odd situations.

I feel this show has given me the opportunity to prove myself. Now I feel more confident to do an action-oriented role on the big screen someday.

The worst stunt was when I was buried alive in the sand and had 101 rats all over my body. I freaked out at that moment.

And my winning shot was the best shot I guess. I had to be inside a burning bus and my teammate had to get the keys and get me free from that bus. It was quite amazing.

Apart from Vindu Dara Singh’s wife Dina and MTV VJ Bani, supposedly the new girl in actor Shahid Kapoor’s life, we’ve stumbled across at least four other names in contention for the Season Four of Khatron Ke Khiladi. One of them is actor-dancer Kashmera Shah who was last seen semi-nude on a calendar, and on Love Lock-Up with boyfriend Krushna Abhishek.

Kashmera, along with another actor Aarti Chhabria, last seen in a desi avatar in the Manoj Bajpayee starrer, Dus Tola, and model Diandra Soares are expected to up the glam quotient.

The sixth name who was in the list of probables is Mauli Dave, discovered in 2007 on Zee TV’s reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and touted by judge Bappi Lahiri as the Indian Shakira.

Besides these six, seven other so-called celebrities are being lined up for Khatron Ke Khiladi Torchaar. It will see actor Akshay Kumar return as the anchor after a break last season when Priyanka Chopra came on to up the fear factor with 13 daring dudes.

If the buzzvine is to be believed, talks for the Colors show are on with Pakistani model-actor Veena Malik, who made her Indian telly debut in Bigg Boss 4 and model Lisa Hayden who made a big screen beginning in Aisha.

Actors Celina Jaitly, Payal Rohatgi and Shamita Shetty, item girl Sambhavna Seth and badminton player Jwala Gutta are some of the others. Actor-anchor Maria Goretti, who is Arshad Warsi’s wife, fashion designer Masaba Gupta who is Neena Gupta’s daughter and actor Shaurya Chauhan have apparently turned down the show. A channel insider informs that since Rakhi Sawant dropped out, Kashmera Shah stepped in.

The show goes on the floors around April 20 in Cape Town, South Africa, and will be shot in a start-to-finish 20-odd day schedule. It will go on air towards the end of May or the first half of June. Contracts are expected to be sealed by the end of the week.

If Akshay Kumar had his way, buddy Vindoo Dara Singh would also be a part of his latest TV outing, Khatron Ke Khiladi 4.

It's a well-known fact that the A-Lister recommends his dost for all his films.

However, since the reality show in question has only female contestants, Singh obviously cannot be included! So, Akki did the next best thing. He has roped in Vindoo's wife Dina Umarova as a participant!

Says a source, "The channel is locking in the names of the women on the show. They want glam girls who are willing to take on new challenges. A model and fashion designer, Dina fits the bill."

Though the list will be declared officially later, Dina's presence is a certainty.

Dina, who is from Novosibirsk in Siberia, met Vindoo through friends. She later married him. The couple has a young daughter Amelia.

In related news, the source insists that the channel is paying Akki a premium to host the fourth season of the show.

Ashvini Yardi of Colors claims, "Akshay was the first and the only choice for the show. We actually signed him much in advance.

The Roadies participant is now a contestant on Akshay Kumar's adventure show

With the original Khiladi of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar hosting the upcoming season of Khatron Ke Khiladi, the list of participants has to be laced with hot, steamy and bold beauties.

Amongst the 13 participants is the popular VJ Bani, who till now was busy having her cuppa coffee with jilted lover, Shahid Kapoor. She will now be seen slugging it out at Cape Town with other beauties. Bani had participated in reality show Roadies and took to hosting later. This shoot will commence from the third week of April. Time to catch Bani catch Akshay over a cup of coffee in Cape Town amidst all the action.