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How Much Money Did Amitabh Bachchan Receive By Hosting KBC? Details Inside

Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is one of the of the most popular superstars and has been working in the industry for more than 5 decades. A significant project in his career has been hosting the popular reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’.

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By Dhwani Joshi
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Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is one of the of the most popular superstars and has been working in the industry for more than 5 decades. A significant project in his career has been hosting the popular reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’.

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The 16th season of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) concluded a few days ago, and Amitabh Bachchan emotionally bid farewell to the audience. Amitabh Bachchan has been part of the show for 25 years. In the year 2000, Amitabh Bachchan made This quiz reality show premiered in 2000, and Amitabh Bachchan made his TV debut with this show.

In the first season of this show, he received around Rs 12.5 lakh per episode. Every day Amitabh Bachchan used to shoot 2 episodes of this show. So even if the contestants lost, Bachchan definitely took the money home.

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Amitabh Bachchan charged about Rs 1.25 crore for each episode in the last season of Kaun Banega Crorepati. His daily profits were Rs 2.5 crore because he had to shoot two episodes in a single day. Based on this, Amitabh Bachchan made around Rs 125 crore from 100 episodes.

This year, Amitabh Bachchan received a shocking Rs 2.5 crore for each KBC episode, which is double his previous price, according to media sources. He continued to shoot two episodes in a single day this year, increasing his daily profits to Rs 5 crore. He shot KBC for 75 days during this seasonand made about Rs 375 crores during this entire season, reportedly.

Amitabh Bachchan has surpassed Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and even Rajinikant and became Bollywood’s highest taxpayer.

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