New Delhi: After hosting the hugely successful television game show Kaun Banega Crorepati 3 on STAR Plus, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be back as host of a new reality game show for the channel.

The yet-to-be-titled show is formatted on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader, a US-based game show featuring adult contestants facing questions picked directly from the textbooks of first standard till fifth graders.

Siddhartha Basu, head of Synergy Adlabs, confirming the news, told IANS, "Shah Rukh will be hosting the Indian version of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader, the biggest reality show of the past year in the US, which will be produced by Synergy Adlabs."

"We are doing a show with Shah Rukh and it is being produced by Synergy Adlabs," said Keertan Adyantha, general manager and EVP, STAR Plus.

Asked to elaborate, Basu said, "All details will be announced next week."

This is the second time Synergy Adlabs will be producing a reality game show based on an international format. Their first venture was KBC.

According to reports, Shah Rukh will also host the fourth season of KBC.