Takeshi’s Castle Reboot Casts Bhuvan Bam as Hindi Commentator 3v5b3t Releasing Late September on Amazon Prime Video

For the show’s purposes, Bhuvan Bam will be re-enacting one of his YouTube skit characters — Titu Mama. 4o6ft

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 14 September 2023 17:16 IST

Takeshi’s Castle Reboot Casts Bhuvan Bam as Hindi Commentator, Releasing Late September on Amazon Prime Video

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The Takeshi's Castle reboot comprises eight episodes

Highlights

Takeshi’s Castle reboot premieres September 26 at 5:30am IST
The reboot follows the same format as the original Japanese show
A Hindi-dubbed version aired on the Pogo TV channel in India in the 2000s

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announced earlier this year, the untouched version of the show released April in Japan, while the rest of the world gets their share now.

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The rules are the same as the original 1980s Japanese show, where 100 volunteer contestants — or rather, the ‘attacking army' — would try and storm the impenetrable castle while putting their bodies through physically demanding challenges such as swinging across muddy pits, hopping across gigantic rolling pins, navigating through mazes, skipping through floating rocks, and a whole lot more. The final round would pit you in a cart battle, where you must eliminate the Castle Lord Takeshi using laser guns to win JPY 1 million (about Rs. 6,14,000), at the time. The rebooted version promises the same prize money, in addition to promising larger and never-seen-before terrifying obstacles.

Bam's addition has understandably ruffled some feathers, with some people (90s kids) on the Internet claiming that Jaffrey's voice is irreplaceable. It's certainly not helped by the fact that the latter Taaza Khabar, where he played a poor sanitation worker who came upon some surreal powers that completely changed his life. As for how his commentary pays off, only time will tell.

Takeshi's Castle reboot starts streaming September 26 on Amazon Prime Video, at 5:30am IST.

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Release Date 2 November 2023
Genre Comedy, Game Show
Cast
Bhuavn Bam, Takeshi Kitano, Osamu Shitara, Yuki Himura, Shinya Ueda, Naomi Watanabe, Ennosuke Ichikawa IV, Hayato Tani, Subaru Kimura

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