While Mumbai was grappling with the monsoon mayhem over the weekend, Amitabh Bachchan braved the heavy rains and reported to Film City, Goregaon, for rehearsals of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC). Even though he has hosted nine seasons of the quiz-based reality show and knows it inside out, it is characteristic of the megastar to come to the set fully prepared.

"His energy is more than what it was during season one," says director Arun Sheshkumar, who took the 11th season of KBC on floors, on Monday. Over the past 19 years, Bachchan has played the perfect quizmaster as his know-it-all Computerji and he have tested the common man's general knowledge, thus making the subject more alluring than ever.