New Delhi: As superstar Shah Rukh occupies the hot seat on Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) every weeknight, the debate on whether he’s better than Amitabh Bachchan continues.
But besides senior Bachchan, it seems that junior Bachchan was also involved in the KBC scenario. It’s a little known fact that Abhishek was also considered to be the host of the show before Shah Rukh.
The man behind the show, Siddharth Basu, admitted to the fact to Merinews that Abhishek was considered to host the show during senior Bachchan’s illness and recovery period.
Since the producers were running out of their ‘bank’, they apparently thought of bringing in Abhishek for a few weeks before Bachchan could return to complete the remaining episodes before the show went in for a break.
But the strategy did not work, reported Merinews, because Abhishek was overcommitted to films. And if it didn’t work out then, Basu said, it wouldn’t have worked now.
It’s not that many are complaining now that Shah Rukh is on the hot seat. But last week, it was widely reported that viewership for SRK's KBC was not quite making a mark. In a tête-à-tête with Shah Rukh Khan, CNN-IBN's Anuradha SenGupta questioned him on his take on the ratings.
"Genuinely, for the past 17 years, I have never looked at the collections of my films. You'll never find me talk of how big a hit my film is in an interview," says Shah Rukh.
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