The
popular
game
show,
Kaun
Banega
Crorepati
completed
21
years
of
telecast
on
Saturday.
The
series
first
premiered
on
July
3,
2000,
marking
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan’s
small-screen
debut.
The
quiz
show
continues
to
have
immense
popularity
even
now
and
is
all
set
to
return
with
its
13th
season
this
year.
Now,
in
an
interview
with
Indian
Express,
producer
Siddhartha
Basu
has
opened
up
about
creating
the
show.
He
shared,
“Star
Plus
was
becoming
a
Hindi
channel
from
July
3,
2000,
and
they
needed
a
big
show
to
drive
viewership
day
after
day.
At
that
time,
they
were
a
distant
third
in
the
ratings,
behind
Zee
and
Sony.
WWTBAM
was
making
waves
internationally,
and
that’s
why
they
picked
it.”
Basu
also
revealed
that
Mr
Bachchan
initially
expressed
hesitation
to
come
on
board
for
the
show.
But
he
later
got
to
see
the
taping
of
Who
Wants
to
Be
a
Millionaire?
in
London
and
got
convinced.
Siddhartha
then
addressed
the
criticism
that
comes
KBC’s
way
for
'selling
sob
stories'
and
said,
“KBC
has
never
been
just
another
quiz
show.
The
human
story
has
always
mattered,
and
that’s
what
created
the
sensation
of
the
first
season
in
India,
based
on
which
Vikas
wrote
his
book
Q&A.
It’s
never
been
only
sob
stories
though
on
KBC.”
He
went
on
to
add,
“If
people
get
emotional,
that’s
not
engineered.
That’s
natural
on
a
life-changing
show
before
a
massive
audience
and
a
larger-than-life
host.
There
is
a
huge
range
of
people
from
across
the
length
of
India
on
KBC
telling
engaging
and
relatable
stories
about
ordinary
Indians.
It’s
a
show
that
touches
lives
with
the
heart
as
well
as
the
mind.”
Meanwhile,
like
last
year,
the
entire
audition
process
is
happening
online
for
KBC
13.
The
makers
have
already
commenced
the
digital
selection
and
screening
process.
Sony
Entertainment
Television
revealed
the
first
KBC
13
promo
featuring
superstar
host
Amitabh
Bachchan,
who
announced
the
registrations.