Megastar Amitabh Bachchan often uses the platform of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) 16 to share interesting anecdotes from his life. In a recent episode, he recounted a funny incident when he was mistaken for Vijay Amritraj in New York.
It happened when he went to see Novak Djokovic’s match in New York.
Amitabh Bachchan recalls
This week on Kaun Banega Crorepati 16, the show’s host Amitabh will be seen interacting with contestant Premswaroop Singh Negi from Delhi, a retired General Officer from the SSB.
During the conversation, it is revealed that Premswaroop is a tennis fan and player, and would go on to appreciate Big B for his love for the sport.
At that moment, Amitabh shared that he once had the opportunity to attend a tennis tournament in New York, saying, “Novak Djokovic is my favourite. He plays so beautifully, and he even mimics other players.”
Amitabh then recalled a humorous moment from a trip to New York. He said, “I was sitting there with some fellow Indians, and they recognized me and asked for an autograph. But what happened next was rather amusing. Two American women, sitting nearby, looked at me a few times and then said, ‘It’s a pleasure to meet you, Vijay Amritraj’.”
Talking about how he reacted to the mistaken identity, Amitabh shared, “They assumed I was Vijay Amritraj, a former Indian tennis player probably because I was Indian, our height is kind of similar and they figured if I was surrounded by people asking for autographs, I must be a famous tennis player too. I simply smiled and said, ‘I’m not a tennis player. I’m just here to watch the match.’ I didn’t go any further and didn’t tell them who I really was.”
The funny story left everyone present on the set amused.