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Amitabh Bachchan to host KBC 5

Updated on: 25 April,2011 03:12 PM IST  | 
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will host the fifth season of the popular and hit reality game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'.

Amitabh Bachchan to host KBC 5

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will host the fifth season of the popular and hit reality game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'.


"Preparing now for KBC next season starting I think in a few months... creative and promo discussions today ... very interesting," Bachchan said on micro-blogging site Twitter yesterday.


u00a0KBC is an Indian reality game show based on the UK game show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The show first aired in 2000 was hosted by the 68-year-old actor making his maiden appearance on Indian TV.


The game show became a huge rage with Bachchan hosting its first and second seasons. Following this, superstar Shah Rukh Khan was roped in for the third. But Big B returned to anchor the show's fourth season which was aired on Sony Entertainment Television.

Earlier, last year, when the makers of KBC had approached Bachchan for the fifth season, he had asked for the opinion of his fans.

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