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During the game, Amitabh Bachchan, the host of the show, interacted with one of the contestants, Pranusha Thamke, who hails from Maharashtra.

KBC 16 airs on Sony TV. (Photo Credits: Instagram)
The latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 16 marked the onset of Junior’s Week. It began with the young contestants competing against each other in the Fastest Finger First challenge. The contestants who responded immediately managed to make it to the hot seat. During the game, Amitabh Bachchan, the host of the show, interacted with one of the contestants, Pranusha Thamke, who hails from Maharashtra. While on the hot seat, Pranusha admitted to being a fan of K-pop. Amid the intriguing chat, Bachchan recalled being trapped inside a refrigerator in his childhood.
It all started after a question flashed on the screen for the contestant. It asked – Which of these items would generally be kept in the appliance highlighted in the image? The options for the answer were – A) Football B) Milk C) Watch and D) Earrings.
After Pranusha responded with the right answer, Big B delighted the audience by sharing an anecdote from his childhood. He recalled, “Jab hum chhote the na, tab yeh refrigerator wagera nahi tha, sirf pankha tha, hum log sochte the ki yeh kya hai. Hum Allahabad mein rehte the, humare paas aise saadhan nahi the jaise AC wagerah. Toh table fan ke saamne barf ka tukda rakh ke usko peeche se chalate the toh thandi hawa aati thi (When I was young, there was no refrigerator. Only fans were there and we would wonder what it is. I lived in Allahabad and had no facilities like AC at home. Therefore, we would place ice in front of the table fan for cold air).”
Further sharing about how he locked himself inside the refrigerator, Big B went on, “Fir kuchh saalon ke baad ghar mein aa gaya ek bada sa refrigerator . Usko khola toh dekha ki yeh bahut thanda hai. Hum thode chhote the. Ek din hum uske andar ghus gaye. Kisi ko bataya nahi aur darwaza ho gaya band. Bahar se khola jaata hai, andar se khulta nahi hai. Main chillaya fir hum nikle, bahut maar padi humko (After a few years, a large refrigerator arrived at the residence. When I opened it, I discovered that it was really cold. I was a bit small. One day, I entered it. I didn’t inform anyone, and the door was closed. It opens from the exterior, but not from the inside. I yelled, then came out. I was beaten a lot).”
Later in the episode, Amitabh Bachchan was also seen learning a few words in Korean, even repeating the young contestant to understand the language.