Kaun Banega Crorepati 17: Amitabh Bachchan hails India's recent victory against England at the Oval test; says 'Abhi joh maara hai na hum ne angrezon ko mazaa aagaya yaar...'

Time of India

2 days ago

The latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 17 started with host
Amitabh Bachchan
entering the stage with the rollover contestant Ashutosh Kumar Pandey. As they took their seats, he recalled the time when he arrived for the first time on July 3, 2000 to host the show.
He remembered how that the entire team was nervous before the show's launch, as KBC featured no songs or dance—only questions. He revealed that he was worried about his future and if the audience will accept him as a host on television after a successful acting career in films.
Mr. Bachchan resumed the game with rollover contestant Ashutosh Kumar Pandey from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, who works as a Deputy Commissioner in the Income Tax Department.
Big B read the first question for the evening for Rs 50,000. In which of these films does Ajay Devgn play Amay Patnaik, an Indian Revenue Service officer? He goes with Option D) Raid.
After answering all the next questions correctly with the help of lifelines, Ashutosh wins Rs 7,20,000. He next faces the question for Rs 12,50,000.
Which award, founded by tech leaders like Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin, is nicknamed the 'Oscars of Science'? As he has exhausted all his lifelines, he decides to take a risk and selects Option C) Millennium prize but it turns out to be incorrect.
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The correct answer is Option B) Breakthrough prize and Ashutosh takes home Rs 5,00,000.
After Ashutosh leaves the hot seat. host Amitabh Bachchan announces Fastest Finger First round. Harshit Sharma and Vijay Anand get selected for 'Jaldi 5' and Vijay manages to answer five answers correctly and makes it to the hot seat.
Vijay manages to answer the few initial questions correctly but gets stuck at Rs 3,00,000 question.
He takes the help of 'Audience Poll' lifeline. Which word completes the following infantry unit names of the Indian Army- Ladakh, Arunachal and Sikkim? He selects Option A) Scouts.
While chatting with Vijay, Mr. Bachchan asked him to recall a moment when he felt he had made his parents truly happy. Vijay shared that his parents come from a modest background, and there were times when their meals consisted of only rotis because they couldn't afford anything else.
In 2024, on his parents' wedding anniversary, the family went to a restaurant for the first time ever. Fulfilling a long-cherished wish, he took them out for dinner, telling them not to check the menu prices and to order whatever they liked.
They enjoyed a hearty meal followed by ice cream, making it a celebration to remember.
Hearing this, Big B narrated the incident from his personal life when he took his parents to a restaurant.
Mr Bachchan said, "This man sitting in front of you also had a day like that when he ate at a restaurant for the first time. Moti Mahal is a very fine restaurant in Delhi, and I went there for the first time in my life — and that too after I had finished college. I went with my parents, and I still haven't forgotten that moment, just like you haven't forgotten yours.
I had earned a little by then, so I took them there. But I was very nervous — thinking this is a big restaurant where only well-off people go, and that we wouldn't fit in.
If we went, how would people look at us? What would happen? How would our clothes be? What would people say? All these thoughts ran through my mind, so I can completely understand your situation."
The host next resumed the game and presented the question for Rs 5,00,000. Who is the first Indian cricketer to hit 300 sixes in the IPL? Vijay selects Option B) Rohit Sharma and wins the amount. Big B then goes on to praise the
Indian cricket team
and says, "Bhai sahab kuch bhi kahiye, abhi joh maara hai na hum logon ne angrezon ko kya mazaa aagaya yaar.
Kisi ko umeed nahi thi humare khiladiyon se lekin dekho khade hogaye ek dum. Arre sir ye adbhut khel tha..."
(Bhai sahab, no matter what you say, the way we just defeated the English — it was pure joy! No one had expected this from our players, but look at how they stood tall. Sir, this was an extraordinary game…)
Big B teases Vijay to get married after his mother shows her wish to get her son married.
Vijay next faces the questions for 'Super Sandook' and manages to answer seven questions correctly.
He wins Rs 70,000 and decides to revive his 'Audience Poll' lifeline.
Amitabh Bachchan reads the question for Rs 7,50,000. In February 2025, Kash Patel became the ninth director of which US government agency? As Vijay is not sure of the answer, he takes the help of the audience poll and goes with Option D) FBI and wins the amount.
For the next question of Rs 12,50,000, he takes the help of his 50-50 lifeline. Though it is called a sea, which is actually the largest salt lake on Earth? He selects Option C) Caspian sea and it is the correct answer.
Vijay next faces the question for Rs 25,00,000. According to the Guinness World Records, which of these has the thickest skin of any living animal? The contestant uses his last lifeline 'Sanket Suchak' and Big B provides him with a hint. However, he is not able to guess the answer and decides to quit the show. After quitting the show, he makes a guess and selects Option A) Whale Shark.
Vijay takes home Rs 12,50,000 and the episode comes to an end.
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