Updated On: 18 November, 2025 09:11 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Jaideep Ahlawat recalled on KBC 17 how every childbirth in his village was celebrated by screening Amitabh Bachchan’s classic films, a tradition that shaped his childhood memories

Jaideep Ahlawat
Actor Jaideep Ahlawat took to the hotseat of Amitabh Bachchan-hosted show Kaun Banega Crorepati along with Manoj Bajpayee and Sharib Hashmi. On the show, Ahlawat recalled Bachchan`s impact on his village and how it has a connect to every child born there.
Resurfacing a memory that goes back decades, Jaideep, who appeared on the quiz reality game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, revealed, “Growing up, whenever a baby was born in my village, the celebrations always included screening your films: Deewar, Zanjeer, and Don. Because of this tradition, I must have seen each of those movies well over a hundred times.”