'I was told not to do TV': Amitabh Bachchan makes huge KBC revelation

Amitabh Bachchan has become synymous with 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' for nearly two decades but megastar says he was advised to t do TV when he started out. Bachchan says his arrival on TV, as first superstar to host a show, was more coincidental than intentional. 

"It was just a coincidence. channel came about with this idea. Circumstances were such that everyone felt I should t go re (on TV) especially people from my home but I just felt that this was something new," Bachchan told reporters. 

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"People, who were in for this show. had a system. I didn't kw about ors. I asked m if I could see how it was conducted. We went to England and saw host re conduct show. So, I told m if you could give me same atmosphere that I see in this show n I would like to do it. y gave me that n," he said at launch of season 11 of Sony's 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'. 

actor said channel keeps on doing invations to format of show which makes it better. 

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"Each year, re are new invations that Sony keeps doing, making sets look better and creating atmosphere, which is conducive to audience, host and contestants. That requires a lot of labour," he said.