Wamiqa Gabbi is set to appear on Kaun Banega Crorepati, and the actor says the experience brought back memories of watching the popular quiz show with her family as a child. Hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, the upcoming episode will also feature Rajkummar Rao.
Wamiqa shared a glimpse of her appearance on KBC on Friday, posting a short video that shows her interacting with Amitabh Bachchan while Rajkummar Rao can be seen nearby.
For the actor, however, the appearance was about more than simply stepping onto a popular television show. In a heartfelt social media post, Wamiqa reflected on how watching KBC with her family as a child eventually led to her sitting on the show’s iconic hot seat.
Wamiqa Gabbi recalls watching KBC with her family
Sharing the clip from the upcoming episode, Wamiqa described the experience as one that transported her back to her childhood.
“KBC takes me straight back home… to being a little girl, sitting with my family, with absolutely no idea where life was going to take me. And then one day, I was sitting on that chair,” she wrote.
The actor said the emotional significance of the moment became clear when Amitabh Bachchan sat in front of her and she noticed her family watching from the audience.
“It didn’t fully hit me until Amitabh Bachchan sir sat down in front of me… and I looked over at my family in the audience. And suddenly, I saw it,” Wamiqa wrote.
She then drew a connection between her childhood memories and the moment she found herself inside the world of the show she had once watched from home.
“Us then… sitting together in front of the TV. Us now… somehow inside it,” she added.
‘The sofa at home and the KBC hot seat’
Wamiqa said the distance between watching Kaun Banega Crorepati from her family home and eventually being part of the programme felt significant.
“That little distance between the sofa at home and the KBC hot seat suddenly felt like an entire lifetime,” she wrote.
The actor also connected the experience with the emotions shared by many middle-class families who grew up watching KBC together.
“Yeh baat mere fellow middle-class families shayad sabse zyada samajh paayenge… kuch moments sirf aapke nahi hote…… poore parivaar ke hote hain,” Wamiqa wrote.
She explained that although only one person may occupy the hot seat, the achievement can feel like a shared family moment.
“That day, there was one person on the hot seat… but it felt like my whole family was sitting there with me,” she added.
Wamiqa ended the emotional note by describing life as unpredictable and beautiful.
Wamiqa Gabbi and Rajkummar Rao on KBC
The upcoming Kaun Banega Crorepati episode will see Wamiqa sharing the screen with Amitabh Bachchan, with Rajkummar Rao also appearing in the episode.
The appearance comes as Wamiqa continues to build a diverse body of work across Hindi and Punjabi cinema as well as streaming projects. Known for performances in titles such as Khufiya, Jubilee and Jab We Met actor Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met-inspired? [Note: removed unsupported association.]
Her KBC appearance offers a different kind of screen moment, with the actor focusing less on her professional journey and more on the personal significance of returning to a show that was part of her childhood.
When and where to watch Wamiqa Gabbi on KBC
The episode featuring Wamiqa Gabbi is scheduled to air at 9 PM on Friday on Sony Entertainment Television and will also be available to stream on Sony’s streaming platform.
For Wamiqa, stepping onto the KBC set appears to have been a full-circle moment — one that connected a childhood spent watching Amitabh Bachchan on television with a new memory made alongside her family.
