Exclusive Review: SRK Rocks as KBC Host
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ÂKing to sirf main hi hoon, echoed SRK in his characteristic style as a contestant struggled to answer a question. The audience poll followed and the right answer was Âqueen for the game of carom. Hmmm The verdict is loud-n-clear. King Khan has dissipated humungous speculation about his take-over as the host of ÂKaun Banega CrorepatiÂ. And yes, not only is he a charming new dost-cum-host, the irrepressible Khan is one up on Amitabh Bachchan because of his wonderful camaraderie with the contestants, ready wit, great sense of humour (many a time at his own expense) and his gamble of being drastically different from Big B, works big time too. And Compuetrji has now become Compaq da, Compaq Gaaru or Mr Computer .And for Lock Kiya Jaye Just look for ÂFreeze Kar Den The New KBC is hip, happening and FunÂ
At the stroke of nine yesterday, SRK kick-started this edition of KBC with a rap-pop number where he said tongue-in-cheek: ÂMere Angne Mein Tumhara Kya Kaam HaiÂ.
The song tries to be cool but the tune could have been better. At the outset itself, he makes it clear that he would be speaking in a language that people are more familiar with thus thwarting the Shudh Hindi of its predecessor. SRK starts off question-baazi with the rollover contestant of KBC 2, Prasanjit Sarkar from Kolkata. He gelled with his wife, dished out a Bengali poem, wrote a check for him and also said that ÂI am so used to signing autographs that I was about to write Luv-Shahrukh .My wife is a strong woman, she doesnÂt allow me to do things like writing cheques .Â
For first fifteen minutes or so it seemed as if SRK is trying a bit too hard. But then he grew in confidence. ÂDonÂt say I want to quit, just sayÂ
.Shahrukh I want to hug youÂ
.Main aapko gale lagana chahta hoonÂ
.. And the hug was warm. Genuine-n-prompt! Indiaglitz in one of its reports yesterday stated that SRK is a peopleÂs person. And in this first big opportunity of getting to know the real
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