In the latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 17, Omkar Udawant becomes the first contestant to take the hotseat. He goes to touch host Amitabh Bachchan’s feet. Big B says, “Aap kursi ki puja kijiye, main iss layak nahi hu.”
Big B praises the contestant’s ear stud and asks the relevance. Omkar says, “I am a goldsmith and people come to pierce their ears to me. It is said that one who pierces ears, should also have a piercing.”
He is from Maharashtra. He is accompanied by his wife, who says, “He always has this smiling personality. We have been married for 10 years, he has never raised his voice.”
The contestant reveals he had once independently contested in an election to promote his city – which is known as City of Waterfalls in Maharashtra. However, he got least number of votes. Big B here, narrates his own experience of contesting in an election, which he stood from his city Allahabad.
Big B shares, “I won by massive number of votes and went there. But when I spent a few days there, I realised, it is very difficult. So many things to look after, how to talk, whom to talk to, what to say and all of that. But that experience of two years will always be etched in my memories. I realised, my heart lies in the villages of India. I got to know how people live there and they give so much of love when anyone comes to contest in an election. They get a lot of respect.”
For the unversed, in 1984, Big B took a break from acting and briefly entered politics.
The contestant recalled how he got married at the age of 21. He shared, “I used to go to my aunt’s place, where she used to live. I used to like her since childhood. Once in collage I got a call from an unknown number and later realised it was her. She had proposed to me and I was so happy. But just as I turned 21, her family approached me with marriage proposal. I was shocked because I was just 21. I wanted to wait for 2-3 years. But they said if I don’t get married now, they will get her married to someone else. I thought of a saying, ‘Get the thing which you like otherwise you will be forced to like the thing which you get.’ And I used to like her and I said yes. And we got married and it’s been 10 years.”
He uses his first lifeline 50: 50 for Rs 2 lakh question: Nanda Lake is the only Ramsar site in which of these states? A. Odisha, B. Goa, C. Maharashtra, D. Rajasthan.
He is left with options B and C and he correctly goes for option B.
He uses his Sanket Suchak and audience poll lifelines for Rs 3 lakh and Rs 5 lakh questions.
In super sandook round, he wins Rs 60,000 and revives his audience poll lifeline. He uses audience poll lifeline for Rs 7.50 lakh question.
His question for Rs 12,50,000: Which of these, the world’s oldest national scientific academy, was presided over by Dr, Venki Ramakrishnan from 2015-2020? A. British Academy, B. Royal Society, C. Linnaeus University, D. Academia Sinica.
He decides to quit the game and before leaving goes for option D but the correct answer is option B. He takes home Rs 7,50,000.
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