Munawar Faruqui and actress Chetna Pande in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 12?

Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui, who is currently making headlines as a participant of Lock Upp, which streams on MX Player and Ekta Kapoor’s OTT app, is the latest celebrity to have been finalised for the upcoming edition of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (KKK). Along with him, Chetna Pande, who played Dhara in Fanaah and was seen in the first season of Ace of Space, has also been roped in as one of the participants.Chetna remained unavailable for comment.According to reports, Pratik Sehajpal, Umar Riaz and Nishant Bhatt, who participated in the 15th season of Bigg Boss, have been signed to slug it out on Fear Factor: Khtaron Ke Khiladi 12. Other celebrities, who are expected to be seen on the reality show, are Shivangi Joshi, Erica Fernandes, Arti Singh, choreographer Tushar Kalia, Pavitra Punia and Paras Chhabra.The shoot of KKK 12 is scheduled to commence in the fourth week of May in South Africa. The unit will be stationed there for almost a month. Filmmaker Rohit Shetty, who has been become synonymous with KKK, will be back to host the new edition.Last season, TV actor Arjun Bijlani had emerged the winner. He defeated Divyanka Tripathi to lift the trophy. While talking to us about his win, Arjun had told us, “It feels amazing. Itne shock khaaye hain maine aur itni mehnat ki hai show par. During the finale stunt, I kept telling myself, ‘This is it. You have reached this far and now it’s a do-or-die situation. Just go and give it your all’. That’s exactly what I did... I gave the show my all.”