Now in its third avatar, KBC has thankfully got a younger
admin February 2nd, 2007
Kaun Banega Crorepati, an Indian version of Who wants to be a Millionaire has been fairly successful here but we always found it a trifle boring. In its previous avatars it was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan and people couldn’t stop talking about how wonderful Amitabh was in it. Amitabh looked classy – like he was all set to do a merger deal with a multinational company! And you saw him once. You saw him twice. Maybe thrice. Then you yawned. He was impecably the same. Some viewers were far more patient than I was…but the ratings started to fall in the second season.
Now in its third avatar, KBC has thankfully got a younger, more spontaneous star to steer the show along – Shah Rukh Khan. The guy does try a little too hard (that’s his trademark) but he is lively, intense, even witty. Yeah, a clown. But at least he tries to entertain us. Thats important isn’t it? It makes the show more interesting. Amitabh may have looked dignified but who wants to see someone like Ratan Tata host a TV show? Unless you are in awe of the persona of the host the show will become boring like it did for me. I am not in awe of either of these guys and I feel that anyone who is not familiar with either of these stars will prefer Shah Rukh.
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