Alolika on the present. (courtesy: AmitabhBachchan)
New Delhi:
Alolika Bhattacharjee Guha entered the set of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) as a homemaker and left as a ‘lakhpati’ who not solely received prize cash but in addition hearts along with her exuberant persona.
Alolika turned a viral social media sensation after the quiz present’s host, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, shared a clip of the previous contestant on X, one thing she says made her really feel like a “crorepati”.
The 69th episode of the long-running present, which aired on Sony TV on November 16, was amusing riot when Kolkata-based Alolika spoke about her first-time expertise of travelling by air and staying at a luxurious resort in Mumbai to shoot for KBC.
“I acquired a message from ‘KBC’ saying that Bachchan sir shared my video on X, I felt I turned a ‘crorepati’ a number of occasions. I am not on X or Fb, I am solely on WhatsApp. It was like profitable a lottery,” Alolika advised PTI in an interview.
The 39-year-old received the money prize of Rs 12,50,000 on “KBC” season 15 however left a stronger impression on the studio viewers, crew and even Bachchan, who had been in splits at any time when she weighed in on the on a regular basis struggles of a standard Indian by her relatable anecdotes narrated in an endearing method.
Her ‘joie de vivre’ appears to have caught up with folks on the web with actors equivalent to Adil Hussain and others well-known personalities posting the clip and praising Alolika’s cheerful nature.
On Friday, Bachchan shared a clip of Alolika on X and captioned it as “Jai Ho”, in a reference to a phrase she used on the present each time she gave the appropriate reply on the ‘scorching seat’, the coveted chair the place 10 contenders goal to succeed in after clearing the well-known ‘Quickest Fingers First’ spherical on “KBC”.
The previous major college trainer, who hails from Malbazar city in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, stated she loved her time on the sport present.
“I laughed and made folks snort, together with Bachchan sir. I used to be shocked to see that sir additionally laughs lots. I had quite a lot of enjoyable. I preserve cracking such jokes once I’m round household and mates. I converse what I really feel like saying in a enjoyable, light-hearted method,” she stated.
Requested what could possibly be the explanation behind her rising recognition, Alolika stated she maybe struck a chord with folks as a result of “I advised the truth of a standard Indian in a easy method”.
“As widespread folks, we aren’t financially so robust to afford air journey, or have sufficient alternatives to take action. It was actually an enormous deal for me to journey by airplane when the group of KBC organized the tickets.
“I used to be busy drawing comparisons between travelling by practice and airplane whereas I used to be en path to Mumbai. And that is what I stated when Bachchan sir requested me about my expertise,” she added.
It wasn’t about technique or profitable an enormous money prize, stated Alolika about her time on KBC. She has been making an attempt to get to the ‘scorching seat’ from the final 18 years to fulfil her mom’s long-cherished dream of that includes on tv.
“My mom is an enormous fan of Bachchan sir… She used to do theatre and needed to seem on tv. However she could not proceed with theatre as she did not get the assist after she received married.
“She needed to understand that dream by me. I entered the present with none technique and with no expectations to win an enormous money prize. I simply needed to see sir or possibly attain the new seat… even that will have been sufficient for me,” she stated, including her mom received teary eyed when she watched the episode.
Bachchan could also be a towering persona however Alolika stated sharing the display house with the 81-year-old star was a fantastic expertise as he makes “each contestant really feel comfy”.
“I wasn’t scared or intimidated by Bachchan sir. I’d have been scared if I had gone in with any expectation, particularly about cash. I used to be both taking quite a lot of time in ‘Quickest Fingers First’ or giving mistaken solutions. I used to be satisfied I wasn’t going to succeed in the ‘scorching seat’,” she stated.
Alolika stated she was unwell on the day of the shoot. The docs on set tended to her. When she went in to check out for one more spherical of Quickest Fingers First, the contestant stated Bachchan enquired about her effectively being.
“Sir requested me if I’d have the ability to play and I stated ‘I will attempt’, and I had not even reached the new seat by that point. I used to be so blown away that ‘The Amitabh Bachchan’ requested me if I used to be feeling effectively. Sir is such an enormous celeb however he cared a lot a couple of commoner like me. It was an enormous deal for me,” she recalled.
Alolika was just lately appointed as a supervisor within the Directorate of Built-in Youngster Growth Companies beneath West Bengal authorities’s Division of Girls & Youngster Growth & Social Welfare. She is prone to assume cost early subsequent yr.
She plans to make use of the money prize from the present for her four-year-old son’s training and assist her brother in taking out a house mortgage for his or her dad and mom.
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