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Tech Geek
Tech Geek Original post #1
Nov 27, 2006 at 9:13 PM
Amitabh Bachchan is not the host of KBC anymore. Now it is Shahrukh khan:D .It is going to start from January. It is a 5 Yrs contract.
QwertyManiac
Nov 27, 2006 at 9:18 PM
Sharukh manages suspense well? I dont think so :)
tarey_g
tarey_g #4
Nov 27, 2006 at 9:30 PM
KBC 2 was boring enuf.
Tech Geek
Nov 27, 2006 at 9:51 PM
I heard it on NDTV
manas
manas #6
Nov 27, 2006 at 9:54 PM
KBC will never be the same anymore ...
kumarmohit
Nov 28, 2006 at 12:04 AM
Imagine the new title...

Kkkkkkaun Bbbbbbanega Ccccccrorepati....
sms_solver
Nov 28, 2006 at 12:16 AM
SRK gets Rs 280 crore for KBC
Kaun Banega Crorepati is coming back back early next year with Bollywood's biggest superstar Shah Rukh Khan replacing Hindi cinema icon Amitabh Bachchan as host.

The contract that Star has signed with Shah Rukh is for two seasons with an option to extend it further into a third season. Each season is for 52 episodes, which means that Shah Rukh has committed to shooting 104 episodes of KBC in all.

According to sources SRK will be be paid Rs 280 crore for Kaun Banega Crorepati’s next two seasons. Amitabh Bachchan, the previous host, reportedly received Rs 140-160 crore for 390 episodes.

Star Entertainment India CEO Sameer Nair was quoted as saying, "Mr Bachchan expressed his disinclination to do the show and we respect his decision. We are indebted to him for what he brought to the show but now it is time to move on and who better to hand over the baton to than Shah Rukh Khan.

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source: *www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=12636
piyush gupta
Nov 28, 2006 at 12:21 AM
but how can it be magic of Big B be there

khan is a king but Big B is really true magician
caleb
caleb #10
Nov 28, 2006 at 5:29 AM
manas said:
KBC will never be the same anymore ...
Absolutely correct...Shahrukh does not have the charisma that Big B has to host a show like KBC...Big B comes across as a concerned fatherly figure, but Khan is more like a fuddy duddy chum...having said that it'd probably draw huge audiences during the intial stages out of curiosity to compare Khan with Big B...but I think it'll fizzle out eventually like the movie Don.
T
Nov 28, 2006 at 9:28 AM
280 crore?? WoW!!!
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paul_007 #12
Nov 28, 2006 at 9:52 AM
kumarmohit said:
Imagine the new title...

Kkkkkkaun Bbbbbbanega Ccccccrorepati....


LOLz :))
sysfilez
sysfilez #13
Nov 28, 2006 at 10:56 AM
old news.
PCWORM
PCWORM #14
Nov 28, 2006 at 11:16 AM
Heyyyyyyyyyyy.....
srk is the amitabh of our times....
so he is the right choice...
kumarmohit
Nov 28, 2006 at 12:21 PM
PCWORM said:
Heyyyyyyyyyyy.....
srk is the amitabh of our times....

Yeah and Steve Ballmer wrote the GNU GPL, Man no one can ever be as great as Amitabh, Not even his son.
outlaw
outlaw #16
Nov 28, 2006 at 12:48 PM
kaun banega crorepati - now sharukh bangaya crorepati
wow 280 crores's a lotta money

i dont think sharukh will be as good as big B hosting da show, i like his movies but... i am not sure about kbc
wizrulz
wizrulz #17
Nov 28, 2006 at 5:56 PM
I am not big fan of SRK....but one thing is sure ...he does anchoring job very well....so time will tell if he is as good as BIG B
Arsenal_Gunners
Nov 28, 2006 at 8:34 PM
his son is busy protecting aish from hritik ;-).kbc is boring already
Tech Geek
Tech Geek #20
Nov 29, 2006 at 8:27 PM
Today i got this thought that AB is himself going to sit on the Hotseat for the first time.:D