Kaun Banega Crorepati 16: Vikrant Massey shares this is the first time he met Amitabh Bachchan.

Summary: Actor Vikrant Massey and IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma appeared on the most recent Kaun Banega Crorepati 16 episode.

Bollywood actor Vikrant Massey and IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma appear in the most recent episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 16. According to Manoj, this appears to be a dream. 

Actor Vikrant Massey talked about his modest upbringing during his appearance on Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) 16 with IPS Manoj Kumar Sharma. In 2023, Vikrant played Manoj in his film 12th Fail. Amitabh Bachchan, the host of KBC, was impressed as Vikrant talked about his early years. 

Sony Entertainment Television shared a clip on Instagram where Vikrant Massey shared, "I turned 37, but I have been working for 20-21 years professionally, sir."

He continued, "When I turned 17 years old and found my dad a little tired and that the burden was increasing, I thought I had to take little responsibility. We used to stay in a one-room kitchen, one-bedroom hall. One day, Papa said, 'Let's go for a walk.' When we went downstairs, it was the first time we spoke openly. Then I felt that it was the time in life for role reversal."

“I have spent 12 years in films and also 8-9 years in TV and it has almost been 20 years in the industry and this is the first time I am getting to meet you in person.” 

To which Amitabh Bachchan warmly replied, "It feels like we’ve met many times before. Watching your performance, it feels like you are one of us, like family.”

Talking about how he decided to do the movie 12th Fail, based on Manoj’s life, Vikrant said, “I can never be like him. The reason I chose to do this film was because a lot of things were similar to my life. After meeting him, if I work hard a lot, only then would I be able to justify his role. I realized, Manoj Sir, jaise log main jeevan me bahut kam hi dekha hai.”

“I didn’t know a book titled 12th Fail existed. The producer, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, told me to read the book first and then he would give me the script if I liked the book. It was at around 3am, when I kept the book aside and started crying. That’s when I realised that this story is God-sent. In the film, it is shown that Manoj’s father comes to meet him for the first time at atta-chakki. There a son becomes the father and the father becomes a son.”

He continued, “I am 37 now. I started working at 20–21 years old. When I was 17, and I saw my father in a little bit of distressed state, I thought of taking responsibility. That was the only time my father and I had heart-to-heart talk. 

“I needed some money—Rs 10,000. I had never seen his office. He called me to his office. He didn’t even have a proper desk. There was just a patic chair. There was an ashtray and it was totally full. That day he came home and I asked him if everything was fine. We used to stay in 1RK. Dad told me to come downstairs. We had this conversation and I realised that I have to take up the responsibility. So that’s where I connected to Manoj Sir’s story.”