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21 Years Of KBC: Sameer Nair Who Spearheaded KBC Looks Back !
This Month on July 3 marked 21 Years Of KBC, Sameer Nair Who Spearheaded KBC Looks Back At The Game-Show That Was A Game-Changer For Indian Television.
20 years and still going strong! Did Sameer Nair, now CEO of Applause Entertainment who was back then in the year 2,000 the programme head at Star TV, ever think that Kaun Banega Crorepati(KBC) would become such a longevous phenomenon?
Recalling the beginnings of what turned out to be a masterplan Sameer Nair remembers walking into the Bachchans’ home Jalsa armed with the VHS of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, the original version of KBC. “Was I sure that it was going to be Mr Bachchan? Absolutely. I was absolutely sure it had to be Mr Bachchan. Only he had the clout to enter every household. At that point of time nothing else was certain.Would the concept work in India? Mr Bachchan himself was advised by everyone to not get into television. I left the VHS with him urging him to ‘Push Play’”
This was in January 2000. After months of indecisiveness Sameer flew to London with Mr Bachchan in April to witness the shooting of Who Wants to Be A Billionaire firsthand.
Says Sameer, “That clinched it. On the flight back Mr Bachchan finally said yes, and we were on. We erected a set for KBC identical to the one for Who Wants To Be A Billionaire. We didn’t cut any corners.”
KBC was decisive for both Mr Bachchan’s career and for the Star channel. It resurrected Mr Bachchan’s career. The Star channel went from 0 to No.1.
Says Sameer, “We had a viewership of 25 million on 2,000.It went up to 90 million on 2010. What KBC did was to reinvent Mr Bachchan’s image . It made him the household favourite in every family. He was the hero of the father and the mother. They introduced their hero to the son and the daughter of the family.”
Looking back Amitabh Bachchan says he never expected the show to be so popular. “No never ..I do believe, as do many, that KBC has become a life-changing experience for many ,. particularly those that come from middleclass India. Living and sitting in the comfort of our individual metros we are completely unaware of the conditions and the lives and the thinking of our own countrymen that inhabit the interiors and the rural regions of India. When these contestants find their space on this KBC platform it is a dream like experience for them.
The format of KBC is unchanged by protocol, and it cannot be altered, but it is the worth and value and participation of the contestants that brings variety each year to this show. They are the heart and soul of KBC. It is they that bring in the stories of their struggle, their challenges and their attitude toward it, their determination to bringing a life changing moment, their concerns towards morality and social impurities and of course the joy and happiness in their victories .
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Tanushree Dutta Reacts To Sajid Khan In Bigg Boss

Like many who were horrified to see the MeToo accused Sajid Khan being welcomed into Bigg Boss with Salman Khan’s blessings, actress Tanushree Dutta who heralded the MeToo movement in Bollywood, has also been deeply affected by this shocking turn of events.
Speaking exclusively Tanushree says, “I’m appalled . Speechless at the sheer irresponsibility towards the impact of such a thing on the public. I don’t watch Bigg Boss and I think I never will after this.”
To Tanushree goes the credit for bringing the MeToo movement into Bollywood. In 2018 she accused actor Nana Patekar and several others of harassment.
Speaking in an earlier interview Tanushree had said, “It’s been very hard on me emotionally, psychologically and financially these 12 years after the mob violence on the sets of Horn OK Please in 2008 instigated by Nana Patekar and his goons.I had gone into severe depression post that episode for many years because the level of cunning manipulation, public humiliation and threats I had to endure was too much for me.”
Tanushee says she has got no support in her fight against sexual discrimination from the film fraternity. Instead of getting justice and being rehabilitated into work in Bollywood, her primary source of income, she has been further been pushed and forced into legal procedures.
Speaking on the impact of the MeToo movement in India ,Tanushree said, “What I’m most concerned about is what impact might it have on women, girls and boys of the next generation who are being taught about feminism, human rights and empowerment?? I mean you can’t blow the trumpet on empowerment and then have a corrupt and outdated legal system bind you with loopholes.”
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Sajid Khan To Be Evicted From Bigg Boss?

When MeToo-tainted filmmaker Sajid Khan made a quiet entry into the Bigg Boss last week , little did he expect the uproar that followed.
The social media is filled with howls of outrage. Singer Sona Mohapatra called out Javed Akhtar and son Farhan for not speaking out against Sajid’s clean-chit treatment.Now Iranian actresses Mandana Karimi, lately in the news for protesting in Mumbai against the Hijab in her home country, has apparently blown open the lid on Sajid Khan’s stealthy entry into Bigg House.
Earlier this week Mandana announced her decision to quit Bollywood after Sajid’s entry into Bigg Boss. She feels there is little respect for women in Bollywood, and she is not wrong.
In a video clip that Kangana Ranaut has shared on social media from BBC’s documentary Death In Bollywood suicide victim Jiah Khan’s sister Karishma has now made fresh serious allegations against Sajid Khan .
This seems to have finally shaken up the Bigg Boss producers. There is now a serious behind-the-scenes discussion to evict Sajid Khan immediately.
Sources say the producers Endemol Shine India never expected such an uproar against Khan’s contestability on Bigg Boss.
“The brand is affected(by Sajid Khan’s entry into Bigg Boss). Salman Khan who hosts the show is also not sure whether the decision was the right one.He(Sajid) is likely to be out sooner rather than later,” the source informs.
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Krushna Abhishek Confirms He Is Not Part Of Kapil’s Show, “But I May Be Back”

Kapil Sharma’s partner in comedy Krushna Abhishek is not returning to the next season of The Kapil Sharma Show on Sony Entertainment.
Responding to my query about rumours that he has quit the show post disagreements with Kapil Krushna while admitting he was quitting the show says, “There are no issues between Kapil and me. He loves me the most. There were issues involving the contact.”
Krushna then adds, “The show is mine as well, and I may be back.”
Throughout the last season of The Kapil Sharma Show, Krushna Abhishek was in the news for his disagreements with his uncle actor Govinda. Krushna is seen to be an integral part of of the show .
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“No Offence To Nayanthara Fans,” Says Karan Johar

Fans of Tamil superstar Nayanthara have taken huge umbrage to Karan Johar insisting on Koffee With Karan that Samantha Prabhu and not Nayanthara is the no.1 star, even when Samantha insisted the crown belonged to Nayanthara.
Karan Johar clarified that he meant no offence to Nayanthara. “I said, according to the list that I had from Ormax, Samantha was the no.1 star. Nayanthara’s fans have misconstrued the conversation.”
That’s not all that a section of Koffee viewers have misconstrued. Samantha’a tongue-in-cheek sarcastic “confession” that she paid Ormax to list her as the No.1 heroine has triggered off stories in a section of the press on the amount she paid for the honour.
“I think we all need to have a sense of humour.Mine is a fun show,” says Karan.
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