The latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 16 begins with a fresh list of contestants.
Amitabh Bachchan introduces them and begins with the first round of Fastest Fingers First. Big B then invites Santoshgiri Bawa to the hotseat. Santoshgiri is from Nashik and is a teacher by profession. He even mimics Amitabh Bachchan as a host in his school.
Santosh then mimics in front of him and impresses him with his talent.
The host then quickly informs the contestant about the game's rules and begins the game. Santoshgiri easily completes the first padav, Big B then asks the 8th question worth Rs 80,000: In 2024, who became the youngest winner of the candidates' tournament in Chess breaking the record set by Garry Kasparov?
A) R Praggnanda B) Vidit Gujrati C) Vignesh NR D) D Gukesh
Santoshgiri takes his first lifeline Audience Poll and chooses option D. The host then asks the 9th question worth Rs 1,60,000: Which of these states has Tista as its major river system?
A)Sikkim B)Assam C)Tripura D)Meghalaya
Santoshgiri takes his second lifeline Video Call A Friend and chooses option A with his friend's help. The contestant then presses the Dugnastra buzzer for the 10th question worth Rs 3, 20,000: The autobiography of which former prime minister of a neighbouring country of India is titled 'Daughter of the East'?
A) Srimavo Bandaranaike B)
Benazir Bhutto C) Sheikh Haseena D) Khalida Zia
Santoshgiri chooses option C which turns out to be wrong. The right answer was Benazir Bhutto. The contestant takes home Rs 10,000.
Big B then starts with the second round of Fastest Fingers First and invites Ananya Vinod to the hotseat. She seeks her mother's blessings and gets seated. She is an engineering student, she is specializing in AI and Data Science. Amitabh Bachchan congratulates her for thinking about the future.
Ananya then dedicates her rap song to Big B and asks her to write it and share it so that he will keep it as a memoir. Ananya easily answers the first padav questions. Then she asks Big B to react to his throwback pictures and share an anecdote.
First picture has Amitabh Bachchan jumping on the hill. Big B says, 'This is a real shot, we didn't have any harness or anything, we had to jump from 20-30 feet height. Agar na karein toh lagta tha naukri se nikal diye jayenge. This picture is either from Natwarlal or Do aur Do Paanch."
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Big B further says, "If you see the picture closely, I am screaming and that is because I am thinking na jaane kaunsi haddi tootegi, kud toh rahe hain, kya hoga ab."