Shah Rukh to Replace Big B in KBC 3

Fans of popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati are in for a big treat as the makers of the show have found a new replacement for superstar host Amitabh Bachchan.

None other than Shah Rukh Khan will get into the Big B’s shoes this time around. Star TV’s money-spinner show is expected to be back on the small screen in March next year.

“I was pleasantly surprised when STAR offered me the show. I was a participant in season one of KBC and little did I know one day I would be hosting it,” Shah Rukh says.

“It is a huge act to follow, that of Mr Bachchan but it also excites me that I am getting an opportunity to reach out, talk and interact with my audience through a medium where I began my career as an actor years ago,” Shah Rukh adds.

Bachchan had recently said in an interview that the modalities for the third run of the show were being worked out with the channel. But it seems the makers had a bigger surprise in store for the audience.

Kaun Banega Crorepati, which is loosely based on the famous UK game show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, was first aired in 2000. The show was revived four years later as Kaun Banega Crorepati Dwitiya in which the prize money was also doubled to Rs 2 crore.

But the second run of the show was short-lived as Bachchan fell ill. Now it seems Star TV is all set to revive the show with an eye on the TRPs that the show had once managed to garner. And as far Shah Rukh’s brand value is concerned, Star has struck gold.

“We are extremely delighted to announce the Next Generation avatar of KBC and are even more pleased to present Shah Rukh Khan, as its host.

We promise to engage and deliver to our audiences a whole new entertainment experience,” CEO, Star Entertainment India, Sameer Nair says.

So, post-Don, get ready for another Big B versus SRK match.

TAXMEN SAY SRK DODGED RS10 LAKH

A search conducted by the Income Tax department on actor Shahrukh Khan’s entertainment company Red Chillies Entertainment has revealed alleged violation of Tax Deducted at Source (TDS), IT sources said on Saturday.
There has been a violation to the extent of Rs 10 lakh and the exact amount is being worked out, the sources claimed.
The actor and officials of his company were not immediately available for comments.
The IT officials had on November 23 carried out a survey of Red Chillies at the actor’s premises in suburban Bandra.
Red Chillies, of which Khan and his wife Gauri are directors, is a production house and has produced the films Main Hoon Na and Paheli, in which he also acted.

The company, while hiring studios for shooting, allegedly did not deduct TDS while making payments in some cases, sources said.
In other cases, TDS was either not deducted from the salaries of employees or was not paid to the IT department, the sources added.

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