After the A-listers of Bollywood like SRK, Akshay to Salmaan hosting shows on various channels now comes in the talented Sharman Joshi. He will be seen hosting a show based on the popular UK game show titled Poker Face. The Indian version too is tentatively titled Poker Face and will air on Miditech’s upcoming channel.

Informs a source, “Sharman is hosting the game show tentatively titled Poker Face. The show resembles Bluff Master which aired on Star One. Sharman has currently shot for 14 episodes and depending on the outcome it could be extended.”

We tried contacting Niret Alva, Miditech co-founder, but he remained unavailable.

Sources suggest that the channel titled Real (for now) will launch sometime in February.

About the game: In the UK version, Poker Face is based on the bluffing aspect of poker games. The contestants do not necessarily need to get the questions right in order to win, and can bluff their way through the game and pressure their opponents into folding in order to win. There are 8 multiple choice questions worth £500 each. After the answer to each question is revealed, viewers at home can see which contestants got it right or wrong by a series of ticks and crosses appearing on the pictures of each contestant. At the end of each round, viewers at home see the leader-board, and more importantly, who's in last place. The host then asks the contestants in turn how they think they did in that round. After the round is over the face-off begins.

Let’s see if the desi version is as riveting as the original.