Siddharth Shukla wins Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 7

Mumbai: TV actor Siddharth Shukla won the seventh season of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi on Sunday beating 14 other competitors along the way.

In the finale, sixcontestants competed to win the coveted title – Mukti Mohan, Raghav Juyal, Sana Saeed, Siddharth Shukla, Tanishaa Mukerjee and Vivan Bhatena. The first stunt was a head-on stunt where the six contestants competed against each other in groups of two. From each group, one advanced to the final stunt. The first head-on stunt was between Sana and Tanishaa, where Sana emerged as the winner. The next head-on stunt was between Mukti and Raghav, where Mukti emerged as the winner, while the final dual was between Siddharth and Vivian, where Siddharta defeated Vivian to advance to the finals.

The final stunt was fought between Mukti, Sana and Siddharth, and in a close-edge race, Siddharth rose to the top to win this year’s edition of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi.

This season, the show was filmed in Argentina and it was hosted by actor Arjun Kapoor, who made his television debut with this series.

Post his win, the 35-year-old actor said: “Khatron Ke Khiladi was an experiment for me to fight situations that could have had the slightest potential to scare me. As I take this trophy home, my mission is accomplished. I am glad that I managed to strive through it all – injuries, quarrels, and stunts involving a combination of speed, thrill and creepy crawlies. Today, I take with me not only my winnings but a truckload of memories and life’s lessons. What I experienced in Argentina with Arjun Kapoor and my fellow ‘Khiladis’ has been truly special.”

As the winner, Siddharth walked away with Rs 25 lakh in prize money along with a new Tata Tiago car. Siddharth was eliminated in the second week of the show, but returned as a wild-card entry weeks later.

Previous winners of the show include Nethra Raghuraman, Anushka Manchanda, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Aarti Chhabria, Rajneesh Duggal and Aashish Chaudhary. Prior to the Khatron Ke Khiladi format which started in 2008 and which took a hiatus in 2012 and 2013 before re-lauching, Fear Factor debuted in India in 2006 based on the original American format.