July 3rd marked 20 Years Of Kanu Banega Crorepati. Star Amitabh Bachchan and Sameer Nair, who spearheaded Kbc, look back at the gameshow 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?...
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?...
- 7/8/2020
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
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