Baba
Ramdev
has
turned
down
the
offer
to
be
a
contestant
of
bigg
boss
3.
The
channel
just
couldn"t
afford
the
fussy
Baba.
This,
despite
the
fact
that
the
season
boasts
of
super-celebrity
host
Amitabh
Bachchan,
whose
fee
according
to
channel"s
reliable
sources
is
4
times
of
what
earlier
host
Shilpa
Shetty
got.
Curiously
though
the
contestants
are
expected
to
be
upscale
according
to
the
host"s
stature,
the
prize
money
remains
unchanged.
Politicians,
musicians
and
actors
are
under
negotiation.
But
the
names
that
they
want
don"t
find
the
lure
of
the
prize
money
to
be
irresistible.
Baba
Ramdev,
it
seems,
almost
said
yes.
And
then
opted
out
because
the
discipline
at
the
Bigg
House
didn"t
match
with
his
regimen.
Says
Rajesh
Kamat
the
CEO
of
Colors,
“Yes
we
were
negotiating
with
Baba
Ramdev.
But
it
didn"t
work
out."
Was
it
because
of
his
strict
Yogi"s
regimen?
Says
Kamat,
“We
were
ready
to
let
him
get
up
at
3
am
in
the
morning
and
do
his
yoga
if
he
wanted.
The
only
thing
the
participants
can"t
do
is
sleep
beyond
8
am." Frantic
negotiations
are
on
to
get
A-listers
to
participate.
The
lure
being
the
Bachchan
brand.
Says
Kamat,
“All
I
can
say
at
the
moment
is;
we
want
to
get
in
people
who
have
an
image
to
further
or
revamp.
Look
at
what
bigg
boss
did
to
Rakhi
Sawant."