The Bollywood Tevar actor Arjun Kapoor, who made his small screen debut as the host of Khatron Ke Khiladi ‘Season 7’, is set to go back this year for the season 8.

A source in the know discloses that, “Colors, the channel the show airs on, was happy with Arjun and have talked to him about continuing as the host. Last year, when the season ended, Manisha Sharma, programming head, said, ‘He has been a surprise package and a superlative host.’

Arjun got a younger audience to the show, which has been missing in the previous seven seasons. While Rohit and Akshay (Kumar) were more authoritative in their interaction with the contestants, Arjun was casual and friendly, which the producers feel is the direction they want to continue in. The TRPs were great and the newer audience also began warming to the action-based reality show.”

As per the sources said,“South Africa has the best safety measures and also there won’t be any language issues like in the last location. The shooting won’t start before the end of the year. Arjun and the channel are yet to sit and discuss the technicalities. He has told them that he is ready to return as host.”