The
12th
season
of
Kaun
Banega
Crorepati
premiered
today
(September
28,
2020)
at
9
pm
on
Sony
Entertainment
Television.
The
small
screen’s
beloved
game
show,
hosted
by
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan
provides
contestants
with
an
opportunity
to
win
solely
based
on
knowledge
and
educational
skills.
However,
season
12
of
the
quiz
show
is
a
little
different
in
format
from
the
previous
ones
as
it
is
commencing
it’s
run
amid
the
ongoing
COVID-19
crisis.
Let’s
check
out
the
live
updates
from
its
very
first
episode
below:
10:35
This
is
followed
by
Mr.
Bachchan
announcing
that
the
time
for
today’s
game
has
come
to
an
end.
He
then
remembers
late
freedom
fighter
Bhagat
Singh
and
wishes
legendary
singer
Lata
Mangeshkar
on
her
birthday.
He
concludes
by
wishing
good
health
to
the
audience
whilst
advising
everyone
to
wear
masks
and
maintain
social
distancing
at
all
times.
10:30
Sonu
Kumar
quickly
climbs
the
ladder
by
clearing
the
first
four
questions.
Sonu
then
uses
the
50.50
lifeline
for
the
5th
question
and
wins
10,000
rupees.
10:16
The
megastar
then
proceeds
to
conduct
another
round
of
fastest
finger
first
and
Sonu
Kumar
Gupta
from
Uttar
Pradesh
makes
it
to
the
hot
seat.
10:13
Aarti
Jagtap
quits
the
game
after
reaching
the
12th
question
for
12.5
lakh
rupees.
She
decides
to
not
take
a
risk
and
ends
up
taking
home
6.40
lakh
rupees.
Amitabh
congratulates
her
and
bids
her
adieu
with
an
elbow
bump.
9:59
Aarti
uses
her
final
available
lifeline
for
the
9th
question
to
get
the
right
answer
and
increases
her
prize
money
to
1.6
lakh
rupees.
This
also
brings
her
to
the
second
phase
of
the
game
and
Big
B
reminds
her
that
she
has
no
lifelines
left
and
if
she
gives
a
wrong
answer
at
this
point
in
time,
she
will
end
up
taking
home
just
10,000
rupees.
However,
she
manages
to
clear
the
Rs
3.2
lakh
rupee
question
with
ease
and
wins
her
first
cheque
in
the
game.
9:45
By
the
8th
question,
Aarti
has
quickly
ended
up
using
three
out
of
her
four
lifelines
whilst
having
won
80,000
rupees
by
now.
9:30
Aarti
Jagtap
uses
her
first
lifeline
--
flip
the
question
–
and
chooses
entertainment
domain
for
her
replacement
question.
She
was
asked,
“Which
actor’s
production
company
has
a
masala
in
its
name?,”
and
Aarti
answers
correctly
by
naming
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
whose
company
is
called
Red
Chillies
Entertainment.
9:20
Amitabh
Bachchan
address
Sushant
Singh
Rajput’s
demise
as
the
second
question
posed
to
Aarti
was
about
the
late
actor’s
last
release,
Dil
Bechara
and
it's
actress
Sanjana
Sanghi.
9:10
Aarti
Jagtap,
an
engineering
student
from
Bhopal
becomes
the
first
contestant
of
the
season
to
make
it
to
the
hot
seat.
She
was
the
only
one
who
got
the
fastest
finger
first
question
right.
Big
B
reminds
the
viewers
that
he
won’t
be
able
to
escort
or
embrace
anyone
who
makes
it
to
the
hot
seat
due
to
social
distancing
norms.
He
addresses
the
impact
of
COVID-19
pandemic
and
how
people
are
learning
to
survive.
The
megastar
said,
“We
will
keep
fighting
until
we
can
answer
every
setback
with
a
comeback.
If
we
were
made
to
take
two
steps
back,
we
will
take
four
steps
forward.”
9:00
Amitabh
Bachchan
begins
the
season
with
an
empowering
poem
and
he
then
welcomes
the
viewers
and
reminds
them
that
this
is
the
20th
year
of
Kaun
Banega
Crorepati.