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KBC and SRK are already changing lives!

KBC is a week old and the latest words on every one's lips seems to be 'freeze it' or 'alat palat'. As the world reschedules their diaries to ensure they don't miss their daily dose of fun and information with King Khan, we look back at the week gone by.

The week began with welcoming last season's contestant Prasenjit Sarkar from Kolkata. Having waited for a year for his chance to win some money, Sarkar walked away with 12, 50,000 rupees. Next on the hot seat was Ramakrishna Guggila who managed to get people on and off the sets upset when he crashed to the bare minimum threshold of 20,000 rupees. But he has also help build another spark in all the KBC contestants - now everyone hopes they could reach the hot seat just so they can get that massage!

Mohit Mahipal from Issar, Haryana replaced Guggi and played like you would expect from a businessman – with patient, calculated risks and utmost ease. It's no wonder then he is the highest winner till date of the season! Mahipal's exit from the game gave Vinayak Karan a chance to claim his right on the 2 crore prize money. Sadly though, he was unable to go very further into the game and left with 80,000 rupees.

By the time Vasu Jaitley from New Delhi arrived on the hot seat, everyone at home was definitely getting into the game with their favourite host SRK. From marriage proposals to being serenaded on stage on national network by the country's heartthrob, Jaitley got to experience it all. And to add to her booty of happiness, she had already reached 3, 20,000 rupees at close of play. Being a rollover contestant, she will now get a chance on Monday night to further her quest to winning the total money at stake.

From high stake winners to gut wrenching losses the first week of the show has simply shown what the show is all about – taking well thought out intelligent chances!

So as you enjoy your weekend, make sure you come back Monday night to find out if the first lady contestant of the season is also the first crorepati of the new season!

By Harshita Kohli
Friday, January 26, 2007