He was the highest paid celebrity in the <a href="http://www.tellychakkar.com/interviews/i-will-go-back-bigg-boss-5-house-if-colors-pays-me-five-times-more-shakti-kapoor/"><em>Bigg Boss 5</em></a> house and the channel had shut him along with the 13 female contestants in the hope that he would live up to his on-screen image and flirt around with the beauties. The hope was that this would work well and increase the reality show's TRPs.