In 2017, it extended its presence in Tamil through Star Vijay and in Telugu through Star Maa. In 2013, the franchise extended its presence in Kannada through Colors Kannada and Bengali through ETV Bangla, later rebranded as Colors Bangla. The first show of the franchise was Bigg Boss in Hindi, which debuted in 2006 through Sony TV, and from season two onwards it moved to and continues on Colors TV.
There have been seven versions of the show in different languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. Subsequently, the various versions of the show are made internationally available through the OTT platforms Voot, JioCinema, and Disney+ Hotstar.īigg Boss was originally started in the Hindi language, and has since been extended into seven Indian languages, including Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Malayalam.
It is produced by Banijay Asia through Viacom18 and Disney Star. Bigg Boss is an Indian reality show franchise based on the Dutch reality show Big Brother.
