Housemates
Aanchal Kumar
Aanchal Kumar is an Indian model and has done cameo roles in
Bluffmaster! and
Fashion.
[6]
Abbas Kazmi
Abbas Kazmi is a professional criminal lawyer famous for being the lawyer of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the accused in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
[7]
Ashmit Patel
Ashmit Patel is an actor who works in Hindi films. His sister is Ameesha Patel, also a film actor. His popular films include
****** and
Silsilay.
Begum (Ali Saleem)
Ali Saleem is a Pakistani television host, actor, scriptwriter and impressionist. He cross-dresses as a woman wearing a sari and asks influential guests provocative questions in his show
Late Night with Begum Nawazish Ali.
Devender (Bunty)
Devender (Bunty) has been accused of robbery and was on the most wanted list of Delhi police. Dibakar Banerjee has made a film on him,
Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, where Abhay Deol played the protagonist.
[8]
Dolly Bindra
Dolly Bindra is a television actress. She featured in the serial
Mere Apne on 9x channel and
Hum Sab Ek Hain on Sony. She has also done few supporting roles in films like
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?. She entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 21 as the second wild card entry.
Hrishant Goswami
Hrishant Goswami is a model and winner of the 2004 Gladrags Manhunt contest.
[9]
Khali
Khali is an Indian professional wrestler and a former power-lifter who won Mr. India title in 1995 and 1996. Khali is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment. He also served as a police officer in the state of Punjab. He entered the Bigg Boss house on Day 13 as the first wild card entry.
Manoj Tiwari
Manoj Tiwari is a film actor, singer and director who acts in Bhojpuri films. He has appeared in over 30 Bhojpuri language films.
Rahul Bhatt
Rahul Bhatt is an Indian fitness trainer and a film actor. The son of film director Mahesh Bhatt, Rahul gained unwitting notoriety in 2009, following revelations that David Headley, one of those held responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, had befriended him.
[8]
Sakshi Pradhan
Sakshi Pradhan is the winner of the second season of the reality show
Splitsvilla.
Samir Soni
Samir Soni is a television and film actor. He started his career as a model and made his acting debut in Doordarshan's
A Mouthful Of Sky (1996). He made his film debut opposite actress Mamta Kulkarni in
China Gate (1998).
Sara Khan
Sara Khan is a model and actress. She rose to fame for her character, Sadhna, in
Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai.
Seema Parihar
Seema Parihar is a former woman bandit and a member of Indian political party, Samajwadi Party.
[10] She has also acted in
Wounded – a film based on her real-life story.
[11]
Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari is a television and film actress with her claim to fame is of the role of Prerna in Balaji Telefilms's television serial
Kasautii Zindagii Kay.
Veena Malik
Veena Malik is a Pakistani actress, model and comedian.
Features of Bigg Boss 4
Wild Card Entry
- On 14 October, it was announced that the WWE wrestler, The Great Khali is going to replace Devender (Bunty), who was ejected from the house on day 2 for bad behavior and breaching of house rules.
- On 25 October, Dolly Bindra entered the Bigg Boss house.
- On 27 November, Dolly made a return to the Bigg Boss house as a wild card entry, after defeating Aanchal Kumar, Rahul Bhatt and Sakshi Pradhan in an online poll.[12]
Captain of the House
Every week, one person would be announced by the Bigg Boss as the
Captain of the House. He will receive all the facilities, such as living in the Elite Bedroom, Exemption from nominations for that week, Right to nominate one person in the house who will be directly nominated for that week regardless of the other members nominations. Other members will have to wash his/her clothes, vessels, cook food for him, etc. He/She will be the king of the house for that week. This is similar to the Head of Household position in other Big Brother series around the world.
Delights Bedroom
This is the new feature added to
Bigg Boss 4. Delights Bedroom is a big room inside the common bedroom. Where all the members will live in the common room, only
The captain of the House will have access to this room and will get a key for this room to keep his/her stuff and lock it. This is similar to the Head of Household room in other Big Brother's around the world.
Guests in house
Throughout the series various guests may appear from time to time for a visit.
- Ali Merchant stayed in the house as a guest from day 30 to day 41.
- Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor and Rohit Shetty entered the house on 6 November 2010.
- Pamela Anderson entered the house on 16 November 2010 and stayed for 3 days.[13]
- Farah Khan entered the house on 18 December 2010.
Guests on show
- On 6 November 2010, the team of Golmaal 3 including its director, Rohit Shetty and cast members, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade and Kunal Khemu appeared on the show for the promotion of their film.[14]
- On 19 November 2010, the team of Break Ke Baad; Imran Khan and Kunal Kohli came on the show to promote their film.
- On 27 November 2010, the producer of Dabangg, Arbaaz Khan and actress Sonakshi Sinha appeared on the show.[15]
- On 3 December 2010, part of the lead cast of No Problem, Akshaye Khanna and Anil Kapoor appeared on the show.
- On 11 December 2010, TV and film producer Ekta Kapoor appeared on the show to promote her film, Ragini MMS.[16]
- On 18 December 2010, film producer and director Farah Khan and actress Katrina Kaif appeared on the show to promote their film, Tees Maar Khan.[17]
- On 25 December 2010, actresses Rani Mukerji and Vidya Balan appeared on the show to promote their film No One ****ed Jessica.[18]
- On 1 January 2011, Dharmendra and Bobby Deol came on the show for the promotion of their film, Yamla Pagla Deewana.[19]