Star Plus gears up for the Season 2 of Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass se Bhi Tez Hain sans the Baadshah of Bollwyood, Shah Rukh Khan?

Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?, the Indian version of the popular American game show ‘Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader? ’was telecast on Star Plus in the year 2008 with the Badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan hosting it. The show, which was produced by Big Synergy had then failed to register huge ratings and the channel never did plan a Season 2 of the venture. The news that has hit us now is that Star Plus is planning a Season 2 of this show, but the major development is that it might not see Shah Rukh taking centre stage as a host. A reliable source from the industry says that King Khan has quite a lot of commitments this year, and has been very clear about his unavailability for the TV series. Hence, the makers are on the lookout for a big Bollywood name to carry the show and turn the new season into a big hit. We tried calling Producer Anita Kaul Basu of Big Synergy for a comment on this piece of news, but she did not revert to our text message. We hear that Star Plus is eyeing for an August (2013) launch when it comes to the Season 2 of Paanchvi Pass… Let’s see if the show manages to garner more eyeballs, sans the big name of SRK.