Former Indian Test captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 takes on Bollywood superstar Amir Khan in a quiz show starting June 27 – Cricket News Update
Former Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly, is hosting a quiz show in Bengali language, in which he invited Bollywood superstar, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Amir-Khan-c43996, to be the guest for the Hot-seat. The show is the Bengali version of “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” and will be aired
from Monday, on a Bengali channel.
Earlier, when Sourav was chosen as a host for this show, he faced a few problems. Some channels claimed it to be the copy of their format, some criticized Ganguly as the host for this large scale show.
Zee Bangla TV, a reputed Indian channel, filed a case against the former skipper saying that he has committed a violation of the contract, since he had been hosting a similar show for the Zee Bangla TV.
Later on, when the court cleared him, Ganguly started shooting for the new show with the Bengali channel, “Mahua Bangla”.
Reportedly, Ganguly himself had contacted the Bollywood Idol, and a top-notch Indian film maker, Amir http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319, to participate in his show. The request was accepted by the superstar who then recorded an episode with the former Indian skipper.
Amir Khan, who has been on the forefront of the Indian movie industry, has been doing very well recently, especially with his directorial endeavors. His presence on the show will definitely be a crowd puller.
The 45-year-old Amir Khan, stated that he had enjoyed the shooting and also complements the seriousness of the Quiz show. He said that he had not prepared himself for the formal questioning by reading any quiz books, but did fine in the end.
The actor was also praised for trying to speak in Bengali language for the show, as it is meant for the non-Hindi audiences.
Ganguly is overall very excited about the show, and talking about his hosting career, he expressed that this job is not easy and he had to rehearse for longer hours than the time he spent for match practice.
"For the first time in my life I have rehearsed for so long. For matches I would practice at the nets for four hours but for this show I rehearsed for six hours," Ganguly said.
Many top actors have also been hosting Quiz shows on the same format, including Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.
However, Ganguly refuses to compare himself with them, stating that everyone is different and has a unique style, so comparison is pointless.
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