Handling flirtatious comments from female contestants to fun commentary on married life: Times when Amitabh Bachchan impressed us with his wit and charm on KBC

The ‘Shehenshah’ of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan has graciously turned 79 today (October 11) and his journey has been nothing but a source of immense inspiration and entertainment for generations over the years. From Films to Television, he has ruled everywhere and still continues to do so. Kaun Banega Crorepati cannot be even thought of without Big B in the host seat. Here’s looking at the moments that made an intense show like KBC funny because of Big B’s witty and sporting nature.

Mr. Bachchan is a true representation of ‘never leave your roots’. Big B is often seen taking over the Allahabadi accent in order to make contestants feel more at home and also to connect with audience. It is also typical of him to use this accent when he is about to crack a joke or use a punch in the conversation. Well, no two ways about it, we do fall for his Allahbadi tactic.

There have been several incidents where contestants have cracked jokes about the height difference between Amitabh Bachchan and his wife, veteran actress Jaya Bachchan. Recently a contestant drew parallels between herself and her husband with Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. She mentioned how if she walks with her husband, it seems that ‘Amitabh-Jaya jaa rahe hai’. The shehenshah has never been turned off with such comments and has always been found laughing about it. It clearly lightens up the environment.

The heartthrob of many is often seen indulging in fun witty conversations with contestants about their love lives. At times it seems that Big B waits for the right opportunity to jokingly poke the contestant and tease them about it. Several episodes have witnessed this hat Amitabh Bachchan has devoted good amount of time listening to contestants love stories or for that matter, even talking to their parents about their ‘shaadi’. Clearly this love angle in KBC is adorable, especially when you see Mr. Bachchan being double excited than all of us.

Just not taking jokes on self but also being able to crack jokes on self and family, brings smiles to our faces. Mr. Bachchan is often seeing cracking jokes where he implicates that he is scared of his wife. Recently, when Deepika Padukone along with director Farah Khan had visited the show, Big was questioned by the two, if he cooks breakfast for Jaya ji. He jokingly replied that it’s better that this topic isn’t brought up, because if he answers it, he might not be allowed to enter the house. Such twisted replies just wins audience’s heart.

We are all aware of the young dashing Amitabh Bachchan. Just looking at him made us wonder about his college days. Well, KBC is the hub then. Big B often shares his fun college incidents which not only takes him back into the memories but also gives us a chance to live them through him. He once shared an incident of how he was caught of travelling in a train without the ticket. He mentioned that though he had the ticket, but it was of another train! He shared another one, where he mentioned that he used to jump over his college wall to go to the college right next to his. Such memories totally make us fall for the charm the man has.

Celebrity appearances are usually a hype and the fun banter with Amitabh Bachchan makes it even more exciting. Just not who is sitting on the hot seat, but also who Mr. Bachchan calls from the set and has a telephonic conversation with becomes fun. A few episodes back when Big B called Ranveer Singh from the set, it became super interesting as Big B spoke to him about the complains that Deepika made of him. Recently episodes with Virender Sehwag, Deepika Padukone, Pankaj Tripathi, Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza have been a blast and we are all aware of it.

Legendary Amitabh Bachchan at 79 or Superstar Amitabh Bachchan at 29, the crush lasts forever. There have been incidents in huge number when Mr. Bachchan has had encounter with contestants who have shared stories of their mothers of mother-in-laws being in total love with the ‘Don’. Big B has had comments coming from the audience’s stand in forms of flying kisses. But Mr. Bachchan has never been reluctant about them and has always handled them well. He has had come backs like ‘meri shaadi khatre mai daal rahin hai’ and it has all left us with an ‘aww’ expression.