Big ‘B’ replaced by Sharukh
The Bachchan’s seem to be mired in quicksand, which may either pull them in or the veritable straw will be enough to see them bounce back to the top.
Firstly the debacle with the TV channel Star for “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. After the magical success of KBC, which had the highest TRP”s and Star was at the top. Amitabh also benefited greatly as the popularity and the money earned bailed him out of imminent bankruptcy.
KBC 2 was launched, but failed to scale the TRP’s of the first glorious season. With 20 episodes pending Amitabh fell seriously ill. Star was only too willing to wait for him to recuperate. As they had paid him for all the episodes well in advance, but on approaching Amitabh they were in for a shock. Big B wanted to forget about the Season 2 and start fresh with Season 3. When Star suggested that he should complete Season 2 first, Big B was mightily upset and asked them to look for another anchor. He fully expected them to come back to him.
It looked like Star accepted Big B’s decision with alacrity. They felt it was to their advantage as they felt the show needed a breath of fresh air if it had to be arrested from sliding downwards. They wasted no time in getting Shahrukh to sign on the dotted line. So instead of going back to Amitabh as he had expected, they unceremoniously dumped him, albeit at Amitabh’s instigation.
Some rumors also claimed that Big ‘B’ had asked them to take his son in his place.