''Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena'' (English: ''A Player, A Beautiful Woman'') was an Indian reality TV dance series broadcast on

Colors TV Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films. History It was launched on 2 ...

in 2008. The series was hosted by

Sandhya Mridul Sandhya Mridul (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films and television. She is most known for her roles in films like '' Saathiya'' (2002) and ''Page 3'' (2005) and was first runner up on the reality dance show '' ...

and judged by

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film actress

Sushmita Sen Sushmita Sen (born 19 November 1975) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Universe 1994 pageant. She is the first Indian to win the Miss Universe pageant. She was previously crowned Femina Miss India 1994 at the age of 18. A ...

and a former Pakistani cricketer

Wasim Akram Wasim Akram HI (; born 3 June 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator, coach, and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, and several criti ...

Concept

The show was a reality dance contest with six couples as the participants. Each couple consisted of one Indian cricketer and one movie celebrity. The first season was won by

Harbhajan Singh Harbhajan Singh (born 3 July 1980) is a member of parliament in Rajya Sabha and an Indian retired cricketer and cricket commentator, who played for the Indian national cricket team from 1998 - 2016. Singh was a right-arm spin bowler. In India ...

and

Mona Singh Mona Singh (born 8 October 1981) is an Indian actress, dancer, model, comedian and television presenter. Having first gained prominence in 2000s for playing the eponymous heroine in the soap opera series ''Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin'' (2003–06), ...

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Contestants

* Pair 1:

S Sreesanth Shanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth (, born 6 February 1983) is an Indian former cricketer and film actor who played all forms of the game. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he p ...

and

Surveen Chawla Surveen Chawla (born 1 August 1984) is an Indian actress and dancer who appears in Hindi films and television. She started her career with television shows like Kahin to Hoga and Kajjal. She is known for her roles in movies and shows like ''Hat ...

* Pair 2:

and

(Winners, Season 1) * Pair 3:

Irfan Pathan Irfan Pathan (; born 27 October 1984) is a former Indian cricketer turned Commentator, Cricket Analyst, Actor and Dancer. He was a bowling all rounder and a member of the Indian cricket team that won the inaugural 2007 ICC Twenty20 World Cup a ...

and

Ashima Bhalla Ashima Bhalla is an Indian actress who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil language films. She also appeared on television, portraying the lead role in the Indian soap ''Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni'' on StarPlus. She also participated in ...

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Dinesh Karthik Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik (born 1 June 1985) is an Indian professional cricketer and commentator who nationally plays for the Indian Cricket Team and currently in Indian Premier League playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is also th ...

and

Nigaar Khan Nigaar Khan (born 2 May 1979) is an Indian television actress mainly known for her portrayal of negative characters. Early life Khan was born and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. She is the elder sister of model-actress Gauahar Khan. Car ...

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Nikhil Chopra Nikhil Chopra (born 19 August 1973) is a retired Indian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two ba ...

and

Barkha Bisht Barkha Bisht Sengupta is an Indian Television and Film Actress. She works in Hindi TV serials and Bengali, Hindi Movies. Barkha Bisht made her first TV appearance in ''Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi'' as Udita. She made her screen debut in Hindi Film ...

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Vinod Kambli Vinod Kambli (; born 18 January 1972) is a former Indian international Cricketer, who played for India as a left-handed middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa. Kambli became the first cricketer in cricket history ...

and

Shama Sikander Shama Sikander Ali Gesawat (born 4 August 1981) is an Indian actress, best recognised for her lead roles in TV series ''Yeh Meri Life Hai'' and short film ''Sexaholic'' and the mini-series ''Maaya: Slave of Her Desires''. Sikander has appeared ...

References

{{Colors Programmes Colors TV original programming Indian reality television series 2008 Indian television series debuts 2008 Indian television series endings