India?s tennis sensation Sania Mirza and model-turned-actress Lara Dutta will share the hot seat in a Children?s Day special on the popular TV game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC).
India’s tennis sensation Sania Mirza and model-turned-actress Lara Dutta will share the hot seat in a Children’s Day special on the popular TV game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC).
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“I must say it was a good experience,” says the host with the most, Amitabh Bachchan, about the latest celebrity special on KBC. Giving details of the unexpected synthesis of sports and cinema, STAR’s COO Samir Nair said, “Sania needs no justification. She’s a youth icon and though she’s the queen of endorsements, she needs no endorsement. Getting her on the hot seat was a challenge, and we proved equal to it. “We needed a spunky spirited woman of today to complement Sania on the hot seat.
Lara fitted the bill perfectly. She’s young, articulate and intelligent. They’re very, very watchable together.” The Children’s Day special, to be telecast on November 13, has many interesting interludes, not only with the two star guests but also with their respective families. “Sania’s father is on the show along with her mother and sister. Everyone always wanted to know what Sania Mirza was like. Bachchan finds out for us. AB talks quite extensively with Sania’s dad on many subjects including her finances,” said Nair.
Sania’s dad talks about how expensive it is for the star daughter’s entourage to be carted from one international venue to another for her matches. How much prize money do the duo finally win? No one’s telling. But Sania and Lara apparently go up to the grand prize of Rs 10 million but then lose money by giving a wrong answer.