After recovering from COVID-19, megastar Amitabh Bachchan begins shooting for KBC

New Delhi: Weeks after recovering from COVID-19, megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Monday began shooting for his much-loved television quiz show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati,’ as he shared pictures from the set.

Bachchan who is shooting for the 12th season of the famous show took to Instagram during the wee hours on Monday and shared a collage of his pictures along with one from the show’s set.

The pictures feature the production unit of the show clad in blue coloured PPE kits.

“It’s back to work .. in a sea of blue PPE .. KBC 12 .. started 2000 .. today year 2020 .. 20 years ! Amaze .. that’s a lifetime,” Bachchan wrote in the caption of the post.

 

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.. it’s back to work .. in a sea of blue PPE .. KBC 12 .. started 2000 .. today year 2020 .. 20 years ! Amaze .. that’s a lifetime !!

A post shared by Amitabh Bachchan (@amitabhbachchan) on Aug 23, 2020 at 11:49am PDT

‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ is loved by fans of the superstar across the country. The show began in the year 2000 and since then, has had 11 seasons with the 12th edition being in the production stage at present.

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan took to social media and expressed his gratitude to the almighty, parents, and to all his near and dear ones, and fans for their support and prayers after testing negative for COVID-19.

The news of Bachchan’s family contracting COVID-19 had left scores of his followers, and celebrities from all the quarters of the industry in major concern, triggering an outpouring of recovery well wishes, and messages. On Sunday the ‘Sholay’ actor, who has been updating his fans about the health since he was admitted, said that he tested negative for COVID-19 and was going home.

“I am back home in solitary quarantine,” he tweeted.

In the tweet, the 77-year-old actor also mentioned and gave credits to the “excellent care and nursing” at Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital, where had been admitted along with son Abhishek Bachchan on July 11, after testing positive for the virus.

T 3613 – I have tested CoVid- have been discharged. I am back home in solitary quarantine.
Grace of the Almighty, blessings of Ma Babuji, prayers & duas of near & dear & friends fans EF .. and the excellent care and nursing at Nanavati made it possible for me to see this day . pic.twitter.com/76jWbN5hvM

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 2, 2020

Though senior Bachchan is returning home, the ‘Guru’ actor still remains positive for the virus and shall be staying back at the hospital, as per Abhishek Bachchan’s tweet on Sunday.

Besides the father-son duo, the other members of Bachchan family — Big B’s daughter in law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and granddaughter Aaradhya were also tested COVID-19 positive on July 12.

However, on July 27, the former Miss World and her daughter were discharged from the hospital after testing negative for the virus.