Not participating in Big Boss 5: Sonali Bendre

The 36-year-old, who is married to director-producer Goldie Behl, was apparently offered to be one of the 14 housemates on the reality TV show hosted by Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt.

Currently, Sonali judges a reality show`India`s Got Talent 3`along with Dharmendra and Kirron Kher.

"After discussions with family,have decided not to participate in bigboss5. Don`t know how will u react to this, Sonali wrote on her Twitter page.

The other expected participants on the show are - former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, Colombian singer and dancer Shakira, former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, Nihita Biswas (wife of convicted murderer Charles Sobhraj) Mexican actress Barbara Mori, former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes, British singer- rapper Jay Sean, stand-up comedian Sudesh Lehri, Jaspal Bhatti, Shekhar Suman`s actor son Adhyayan, TV actors Parul Chauhan (of`Bidaai`fame), Karan Singh Grover (of`Dil Mill Gayye`) and Amar Upadhyay.