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Shah Rukh Khan turned down KBC 2 for Amitabh Bachchan
11th Feb 2007 22.00 IST
By ApunKaChoice

Yes, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was offered to anchor Kaun Banega Crorepati 2, but he backed out because of mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan .

SRK revealed recently that Star TV had earlier too approached him to do the second season of KBC but he was very keen on one condition that he would do the show only if Bachchan did not want to do the show anymore.

Hence, when Bachchan expressed a desire to continue doing KBC 2, SRK backed away from the project in spite of the channel approaching him to do the show.

SRK confirms, “Two years ago Star offered me KBC 2 and I asked them if Mr. Bachchan wanted to do it. And they said yes, so I backed off. Recently too when they offered me KBC 3, I said I will only do it if Mr. Bachchan says no. After they had said that he had declined to do it, I asked to see a letter from him confirming this. Only after that did I agree to do it.”

SRK feels that when someone else was slated to do a particular role and you step into their shoes for whatever reasons, it is mere courtesy to ask the person whom you have replaced if it is not a problem.

SRK feels that KBC is a product that began with Bachchan and states, “If there was even an iota of doubt that he wanted to do it, then I wouldn’t do it.”

So, SRK replaced Bachchan in KBC 3 only after seeing a written statement from Bachchan saying that he did not want to continue doing the popular game show.

SRK has replaced many prominent actors in some of his films like Aamir Khan for Darr and Salman Khan for Josh but he has always called them up first to see if it is okay to go ahead with the project and that there are no problems from their side.

Nice to know that SRK has reached the top but not by stepping on other people’s toes, a rare thing in Bollywood.

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