The thirteenth season of Kaun Banega Crorepati has begun. Once again, Amitabh Bachchan is hosting him. The program is receiving good response. But Big B and the show had to apologize to the audience for a question. This question was asked by Big B in the year 2019 on the eleventh season of KBC.
A certain section of the audience expressed their disgust at a question in which Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was included as a substitute. ‘Boycott Kaun Banega Crorepati’ began to be a trend on social networks. After this Sony TV, Amitabh Bachchan and Siddharth Basu tweeted and apologized for this mistake.
The controversy started when some viewers felt that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was not given due respect in a question asked by Amitabh Bachchan on the show. In four options, Chhatrapati Shivaji’s name was written only as ‘Shivaji’, while the other options were Maharana Pratap, Rana Sanga, and Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
One of the show’s creative producers, Siddharth Basu also tweeted, “A question on KBC 11 was not intended to insult or disrespect the memory of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. There have been many such questions this season, all of which They have surprised. He used his name. With the full title. Sorry for the inadvertent omission of the title in the survey. “
No disrespect meant at all … sorry if you hurt feelings … 🙏 https://t.co/ynPav4DYfO
– Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) November 8, 2019
Retweeting Anurag Basu’s tweet, Amitabh Bachchan wrote: “Without disrespect at all … I apologize if feelings have been hurt.” He also included emoji in his caption with his hands together.
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