Jaya Bachchan On Amitabh Bachchan KBC: Quiz game reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ is the most popular show on TV. It has had 16 seasons so far. The reason why KBC is so popular is because it is hosted by the Shahenshah of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan. She is the best host of TV and KBC cannot be imagined without Amitabh Bachchan.
He is not just the host but everything for the show. During this KBC, Big B not only makes the contestants very comfortable and also jokes with them, but during this show, he also makes it quite entertaining by sharing many stories about Bollywood and his family. But do you know that Jaya Bachchan did not want Big B to host KBC. You will be surprised to know the reason for this.
Jaya Bachchan did not want Big B to host KBC
Let us tell you that the show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ was premiered on TV in 2000. You will be surprised to know that Jaya Bachchan had a problem with Big B hosting the show. In fact, in those days, TV was considered a smaller medium than films and hence Jaya Bachchan was worried that TV shows might take away Amitabh Bachchan’s larger than life persona as a film actor. Jaya Bachchan was worried that Big B’s image would be tarnished by appearing on TV.
KBC changed Big B’s life
Let us tell you that a few days ago, Jaya Bachchan had talked to fashion designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla and remembered the time when her husband had to face a challenging phase in his acting career. He had revealed that he was having back to back flop films and then Kaun Banega Crorepati came to him. Because of this show his whole life changed and everyone wanted to work with him.
He also said that Big B got a lot of popularity and love from the show. But, she also revealed that she never wanted her to host the show. She had said, “Can you imagine that I never wanted him to do this? Somehow I felt that confining him to the small screen was not right somehow.”
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