Amitabh Bachchan recalls taking his parents to a fine-dining restaurant on Kaun Banega Crorepati

Amitabh Bachchan is back to host the latest season of Kaun Banega Crorepati, which premiered on August 12, 2025. In the 17th season of the show, he recounted a personal milestone: the first time he took his parents to a restaurant with his hard-earned money.

Big B Amitabh Bachchan recounts the first time he took his parents out to a restaurant to treat them with his hard-earned money

"Ye joh shaks aap ke saamne baitha hai uska bhi aisa he ek din tha jab usne pehli baar restaurant mein khana khaya tha. Moti Mahal ek bahot badhiya restaurant hai Delhi ka, aur main apni zindagi mein pehli baar wahan gaya. Aur woh bhi kab college sab paar kar chuke the. Aur maata pita ke saath gaye the, woh avsar main abhi tak nahi bhoola hum jis tarah aap nahi bhule hai."

(Translation: "This man sitting before you also had a day like that when he ate at a restaurant for the very first time. Moti Mahal is a fine restaurant in Delhi, and I went there for the first time ever after I finished college. I had gone with my parents, and I still haven’t forgotten that occasion, just as you haven’t forgotten yours.")

 "Thodi si kamayi hogayi thi, toh le gaya unko wahan. Bada darr laga tha, ye bada restaurant hai yahan bade log jaate hain, hum log nahi jaa paayenge. Agar jaayenge toh log kaise humko dekhenge, kya hoga, kapde humare kaise honge? kaun kya kahega, ye sab mann mein chalta hai, toh hum aapki awastha ko samajh sakte hain"

(Translation: "I had earned some money, so I took them there. I was really nervous, you know, it’s a big restaurant where important people go, and we wouldn’t be able to go. If we went, how would people look at us, what would happen, how would our clothes be? What would people say? All these thoughts go through your mind, so I can understand your situation.")

This came up because the first participant Vijay from Delhi appeared on the hot seat with his mother. He said that his father was a daily wage worker. Vijay explained that he was on the show to give his parents a better life and a bigger house, as they had been living in a one-bedroom flat for a long time. It was on his parents 24th anniversary, that Vijay took them out to eat at a restaurant for the first time and insisted that they not look at prices. That was when Amitabh narrated this incident.

The latest episodes of Kaun Banega Crorepati are available to stream from Monday to Friday, at 9 pm on Sony LIV.

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