Amitabh signs for two more seasons of ‘KBC’

Amitabh Bachchan, who made comeback to screen with fourth season of KBC last year, signed on for next two seasons.

NEW DELHI: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who made a roaring comeback to the small screen with the fourth season of the game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” (KBC) last year, has been signed on for the next two seasons as well.

“Sony and I have signed on for KBC for the next two seasons,  your blessings and encouragement needed in abundance!” Bachchan posted on his Twitter page.

“Kaun Banega Crorepati”, the Indian version of internationally popular show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, was first launched in 2000 on Star Plus with Bachchan as the host. The show returned for its second season in 2005 once again with Bachchan, but superstar Shah Rukh Khan was roped in as the host of its third season.

Sony Entertainment Television brought back the show with Bachchan in 2010, and it received an overwhelming response, in December 2010.

Now the channel is excited to continue their association.

“We have certainly tied up with Mr Bachchan for the next two seasons of “KBC.” The next season will be on this year itself, but we have not planned when it will go on air,” Ajit Thakur, executive vice president and business head, said Sony Entertainment Television.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 21^st, 2011.