Big B has done it again, KBC 5 gets rave TRPs

Amitabh Bachchan’s fifth season of Kaun Banega Crorepati opened on August 15 with healthy ratings of 5.24 TVR. This is marginally better than the show’s opening TRP of 5 last year. With season 5 of KBC seeing a bumper start, Big B has eclipsed the showing of all other Bollywood stars who have made a small screen foray this season.

Bachchan has clearly stolen the show from Dharmendra’s India’s Got Talent season 3 (opening TRP of 4.6), Hrithik Roshan’s Just Dance (4) and Akshay Kumar’s Khatron Ke Khiladi — Torchar season 4 (3.2). KBC 5 has also opened far better than Shah Rukh Khan’s last show Zor Ka Jhatka, which saw a poor rating of 2.6.

Big B and Dharmendra, known to be thick friends since their Jai- Veeru days, are right now opponents on competing shows on rival channels. The original He- Man Dharmendra has presented a more emotional image on India’s Got Talent 3, shedding copious tears after almost every good performance.

KBC 5, too has opened to similar antics. In an early episode, the show spent considerable footage on revealing the life story of a contestant who hailed from a village with no water and electricity supply, to reveal the triumph of human will as the contestant scored well on the show.