Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan (born October 11, 1942) is an Indian film actor who has hosted every season of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, except for Series 3, which was hosted by Shahrukh Khan.
Kaun Banega Crorepati[]
Bachchan hosted the first two seasons of Kaun Banega Crorepati, before being replaced by Shahrukh Khan for Season 3 after falling ill. He returned to hosting duties from Season 4 in 2010 onwards.
Trivia[]
Ek Crore, Amitabh's catchphrase to congrat contestant for answer correctly the 1 Crore question, was well known in India as a meme
- When a contestant answer correctly the 1 Crore, 5 Crore or 7 Crore question, Amitabh always raise both hands and said "Ek Crore", "Paanch Crore", "Saat Crore", or "Adbhut" during Sushil Kumar's run to congrat contestant. His celebration moment was popular use in Indian socal media as a meme to mock someone who generally mentions unreasonably high figures.