| Yash Chopra's wife Pamela, who is a passionate quiz buff, visited SRK on the sets of KBC 3
| | | Thank You For Coming: Shah Rukh Khan | A couple of days ago, Pamela Chopra created a buzz on the sets of Kaun Banega Crorepati 3. All of us filmi types know Pamela as movie moghul Yash Chopra's wife and Aditya and Uday Chopra's mother.
But it is a lesser-known fact that she is a huge fan of quizzes and therefore an ardent watcher of KBC 3. Hence, it was no surprise when she visited the sets last week at the special invitation of Shah Rukh Khan.
Says Pamela, "He knows how much I love the show and quizzing, so he asked me to come over. I behaved like an excited child when it came to answering the questions. I was a complete eager-beaver!"
| | Pamela Chopra with husband
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You'll be just as surprised to read this as we were to know that it's not all things film-related that she's an expert at! Instead, it's trivia about the English language that excites her the most.
Says Pamela, "I'm honestly not that well-versed with questions on films. I prefer the English language. Questions about the meanings and origins of words, that is what I like to answer and would probably know best."
However, Pamela wasn't a celebrity guest on the show, nor did she sit in with the audience.
Instead, she inconspicuously sat in a room with a television screen to watch the goings-on. Says Pamela, "I did not want to be a part of the audience because then the cameras would focus on me.
I didn't want any kind of attention. I just wanted to see Shah Rukh in action and answer the questions. And I knew quite a few of them."
She also did her own round of Q&As with KBC producer-director Siddharth Basu. "I used to watch his show Quiz Time on Doordarshan. He is such a warm and sweet person," she says.
Perfect 'appraisal'
Interestingly, when Shah Rukh was on the hotseat as a KBC celebrity guest with Amitabh Bachchan in the anchor's chair, 'Pam aunty' was SRK's phone-a-friend!
"Shah Rukh said he would need my help if he got stuck with a question.
Unfortunate-ly, the poser for which he called me was with reference to football! It's not a subject I am well-versed with, so I could not help him out."
Pamela thinks Shah Rukh is doing an amazing job as an anchor. "I needed to compliment him on his new job, and the best way to do that was to land up on his set."
About Bachchan as host, she says, "Before KBC started, I wondered why Amitabh Bachchan had agreed to anchor a TV show. I felt he belonged to a different level of entertainment.
But once I saw him in action, I realised he bought a high level of dignity to the show. In fact, he took KBC to an entirely different level from being a game show to a national obsession."
Not so hot
Would she ever like to be in KBC's hotseat? "I really don't know, because there are several areas where my general knowledge may not be very good.
I am not too aware about sports, so any questions on the subject will leave me totally stumped!"
Pamela's words of wisdom for future KBC contestants are to devour as much literature as they can on a variety of subjects.
"There are questions on mythology, sports, literature — you never know what subject the question will be about, so it's best to be well-informed about everything." |
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