The
occasion
was
announcement
of
'Kaun
Banega
Crorepati
4" with
Amitabh
Bachchan
as
its
host.
However,
even
Bachchan
knew
before
hand
that
he
won"t
be
asked
questions
about
the
show
alone.
Plenty
of
water
has
flown
before
Big
B
arrived
in
the
KBC
4
boat.
Despite
repeated
denial
by
Sony
and
Siddharth
Basu,
the
truth
remains
that
Aamir
Khan
was
their
first
choice
to
host
KBC
4.
(Though
no
formal
offer
was
made
to
Khan)
Bachchan
couldn"t
escape
being
asked
whether
he
was
comfortable
agreeing
to
host
a
show,
which
was
earlier
offered
to
Aamir
Khan.
“I
have
no
idea
who
was
before
me.
All
I
know
is
that
Sony
came
to
me
and
I
said
'yes" to
them",
chided
Bachchan.
Sony
business
head
Ajit
Thakur
and
Siddharth
Basu
came
to
his
defense
claiming
that
Bachchan
was
their
first
and
only
choice.
Basu
literally
pleaded
to
everyone
to
put
an
end
to
all
speculations.
It
was
then
that
Mr
Bachchan
left
the
reporter
speechless
saying,
“Looks
like
you
don"t
want
me
to
be
here
in
the
first
place.
I
will
merely
do
my
job.
You
can
shower
appreciation,
if
you
like
or
else
you"re
free
to
criticize".
TRPs
ratings
skyrocketed
when
Mr
Bachchan
hosted
season
1
and
2,
but
it
wasn"t
the
same
when
Shah
Rukh
Khan
hosted
season
3.
When
asked
why
KBC
3
failed,
Bachchan
said,
“I
don"t
agree
with
you.
KBC
3
didn"t
fail.
Shah
Rukh
did
a
wonderful
job.
TRPs
is
something
which
I
don"t
understand".
(Interestingly,
Bachchan
had
once
claimed
that
he
hadn"t
seen
KBC
3.
He"d
boasted
about
the
TRPs
of
KBC
1
and
2
on
his
blog)
Finally,
attention
turned
to
Salman
Khan.
It"s
no
secret
that
the
advent
of
KBC
4
has
pushed
Salman
Khan"s
'Dus
Ka
Dum" till
next
year.
Obviously,
it
was
unfair
to
ask
Mr
Bachchan
this
question.
Ajit
Thakur
was
pretty
vociferous
when
he
said,
“'Dus
Ka
Dum"
hasn"t
been
pushed.
Besides,
we
never
announced
that
the
show
is
going
to
be
launched
in
August.
There
has
been
no
alteration
in
its
schedule".
(Thakur
was
right;
'Dus
Ka
Dum"
wasn"t
slated
for
August.
In
fact,
it
was
earlier
supposed
to
come
in
July)
“Don"t
worry,
you
can
log
on
to
my
twitter
or
blog
to
know
when
it
('Dus
Ka
Dum")
will
be
launched",
Big
B
said
jokingly.
The
superstar
sealed
his
lips
when
asked
about
the
reasons
for
the
failure
of
his
son"s
film
Raavan.
(In
his
tweet,
Mr
Bachchan
had
found
fault
with
the
editing
of
Raavan).
“As
said
before,
I"ve
been
given
a
list
of
do"s
and
don't
s.
This
questions
figures
in
the
latter.
I"m
afraid,
I
can"t
be
answering
this",
so
said
the
father
of
Abhishek
Bachchan.
Rightly
said
Mr.
Bachchan
lets
keep
all
the
talks
aside.
It"s
time
to
talk
about
KBC
4.
Let
the
game
begin.