Presenting the show is the beefy Vinod Khanna, quite an outdoors man himself. "The stars are a bait," says Khandke. "I hope to lure viewers away from India's solitary national pastime: cricket." Khandke has astutely combined table tennis ace Kamlesh Mehta with the bald Anupam Kher; Asian Games wrestling medalist Om Singh with former grappler and asli ghee hero Dara Singh; boxing champ Manoj Pingle with Shakti Kapoor.... Did the stars agree easily to act in the serial? "They've been sporting." says Khandke