Mumbai:
Jamshedpur-based NGO worker
Anamika Majumdar, who became the first millionaire of "Kaun
Banega Crorepati 9", says she was trying to get to the Hot
Seat since the first season of the uber popular game show
aired in 2000 with megastar Amitabh Bachchan as its host.
A huge fan of "KBC", the 41-year-old homemaker adds she
will dedicate most of the winning amount to her NGO, Faith in
India, which works towards the upliftment of women and
impoverished children in Jharkhand.
In an interview with PTI, Majumdar says, "I participated
this time in the show because of the prize money. But I had
not imagined I would get an opportunity to play the game...
"I am going to spend most of the money on my NGO. I want
to do some constructive work. Mr Bachchan also asked me to
invest the winning amount tactfully. I will follow his
advice."
Talking about her social work, she says that the organisation tries to provide a better chance at life through education. She adds, "We try to minimise their problems as much as we can." Majumdar says despite exhausting all the four lifelines, she was hopeful that she would become a millionaire.
"When I had won Rs 50 lakh I was a bit hopeful that if
the question is somewhat easy, there are chances of me
becoming a crorepati. When I got the question I was thinking
about the answer...