By Kimberly Rowe, Mumbai – Sushil Kumar from Bihar became the first person to win five crore rupees in the popular show, Kaun Banega Crorepati. Kumar, who recently got married, is a computer operator and tutor by profession. This season, he was the first to win the prize of five crore rupees. The host, Amitabh Bachchan, praised Kumar for his confidence and determination. Kumar, was surprised and happy to win the prize money but was even happier to meet his favourite actor, Amitabh Bachchan.
Amitabh was immensely proud of Kumar for winning the top prize in the show. He said “Any person can achieve a lot, if he takes upon any challenge and is determined to achieve something in life. He is a living example of this theory.” Kumar had plans to get his rather out of shape house a makeover by participating in the show but now he says that he will just buy a new house. Indeed it is a Diwali gift in disguise which calls for celebration! However, to Kumar, winning the prize money wasn’t as important as meeting and hugging Amitabh which he considers his biggest achievement.
He said that he was used to seeing Bachchan only on television and not in reality. But what he didn’t realize was that his dream was only a hop, skip and jump away.