Mumbai: Vikram Makes Karnataka Proud – Wins 50 Lac in Kaun Banega Crorepati
Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai (VA)
Mumbai, Sep 1: Vikram hailing from Bhadravathi of Shimoga district has won 50 Lac in the popular reality show - ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ which was aired in Sony channel on Wednesday August 31 night.
Being placed in the hot seat along with the host Big B (Amitabh Bachchan) Vikram was very confident and bold in answering the questions and bagged Rs 50 lac. He decided to quit the show as the question of Rs 1 crore was hard for him to answer. The maximum cash prize a contestant can bag in the show is Rs 5 crore.
Big B was very impressed and was all praise to Vikram’s presence of mind and smart responding capacity. Vikram’s father who was present during the show was emotional and overjoyed.
A Dream Come True
Vikram is a software Engineer by profession. Right from the time he was in SSLC he had a dream of participating in Kaun Banega Crorepati and that’s the reason he kept on sending messages and also took part in the viewer’s contests. His long time dream was accomplished after he became an engineer.
He got a green signal to the call he made to the show organizers on May 29. Later he took part in the auditions. Out of 150 contestants Vikram got selected to the main show which took part in Mumbai.
Memorable Moments
His father, Lakshmikant, a temple priest in Bhadravati revealed how he struggled to provide higher education to his son. Vikram Bhadravathi Lakshmikant used his two lifelines, Phone-O-Friend and Double Dip on his 8th question and made it to the next question with his knowledge. After answering the 9th question correctly, he presented Amitabh Bachchan a souvenir. On his 10th question, he took the help of journalist Sonia Singh and won Rs.25,00,000. In a casual chat after winnning the amount, Vikram Bhadravathi revealed his desire of casting Amitabh Bachchan in a movie if he gets a chance to direct. The ever-affable Bachchan not only quickly agreed, but asked him to provide his address so that he could himself seek Vikram out!
The question that won him Rs 50 lac was, "What was the code name of the US Special Forces operation that resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden?" Not being sure, he took another lifeline, Audience Poll. The audience opted for 'Neptune Spear' which turned out right. Vikram thanked the audience profusely.
He left the game on the next question, happy and content being the first contestant on KBC this season to reach so far.