Dec 22, 2006 01:17 PM
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Abhishek was to appear on KBC 2
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Amitabh Bachchan modestly denies that the success of "Kaun Banega Crorepati" has anything to do with his own persona rather believes that the participative spirit of the show makes it a worthwhile success.
Amitabh is busy shooting for Ravi Chopra's "Babul" and has no time even to bask in the success of KBC 2 which has swept TRPs again in its second innings. However, the Big B ponders for a while about the tumultous re-opening of the show."I had no expectations, or maybe I had low expectations... I don't know. When we re-started shooting for KBC, I was committed to shoot for 85 more episodes. There was no intention of sweeping the TRPs or anything like that. Success cannot be engineered in this way".
It has come to knowledge that everyone from Lata Mangeshkar to Sameer Dattani wants to be in the hot seat facing the volley of questions fired by the Big B.
"Really?" he roars with laughter. "It would be great fun to have Lataji as a celebrity contestant. She has such an innate sense of joie de vivre. I'd love to have her there."
"We had Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta on our Raksha Bandhan special. Actually my son Abhishek and daughter Shweta were supposed to be on the show. But they weren't too comfortable with the idea, so we got Saif and Preity instead."
There is talk about how Amitabh makes all his contestants feel relaxed and at home. He says, "That's the Indian concept of hospitality. The 'ghar bulaya mehmaan' (guest) is supposed to be god. That's why I behave with every contestant and his/her companion as I would if I had a guest over."
"As for the relaxed demeanour and casual clothes, those were all decided by the channel. I had no say in it."
Amitabh stops to mull over the impact of KBC, "I'm really surprised at the way it has worked. I never really thought it would. That's because I'm never confident about my projects, as those around me seems to be. KBC is a learning process for me as well as the contestant."
He further elaborates, "The other day, there was a contestant who had to identify one of the (state) capitals in the country. In trying to hit on the right answer, he actually went through the entire gamut of capital cities in the country loudly one by one. In that way he made his own process of discovery a journey for all to participate in."
Vinod