In the latest episode of

Kaun Banega Crorepati 16

, 19yr-old

Divi Pothukuchi

from Telangana, takes the hotseat. Host Amitabh Bachchan takes a moment and asks her how to pronounce her surname. She is a 2nd year, Computer Science student in IIT Kanpur.
The host says, “I won’t ask your age. But I just don’t understand why doesn’t a woman want her age to be revealed? Well, I won’t ask about your surname, but what does your name mean?”
She says, “It means sky. It is Sanskrit word. My sister’s name is Mahi, it means earth.” Big B replies, “Kaafi sanskritik parivaar hai aapki.” Divi expresses her wish to start her own company on AI technology.
Divi’s question for Rs 10,000 is: Complete the name of this Agatha Christie story: And then there were_: A. Three, B. Two, C. One, D. None.

She correctly answers option D.

Big B then goes on to say, “I have an old story related to this title. It was 1956, I am saying a woman doesn’t want to reveal her age and her I am talking about 1956 and it doesn’t matter to anyone. I was in Sherwood College, Nainital. It was a boarding school. There used to be annual functions, drama. And we had performed this play and I was a part of the play. It was a murder mystery and I played the role of the judge.”
Divi added, “When I was reading the book, I had imagined you in the role of the judge.” Big B says, “You are just joking because I said this.”

Big B further added, “The story doesn’t end here. During the rehearsals, there were students on the wing, who were asked to carry all the bodies lying on the floor, who were supposed to be dead. I also played dead, but not actually as I was just studying as a judge as to what happened. Before the curtain fall, they started carrying me as well. I kept whispering that I am alive. The whole rehearsal went flat.”

He goes on to added, “There is more to it. We used to have a Kendal cup, for Best Actor award. It was after English actor and theatre director Geoffrey Kendal. In 1955, I had won the best actor award. In 1956, everyone thought I will win the cup again. But just a day before the play I got measles. I had to be hospitalised and couldn’t take part. Our parents were invited and as soon as they learnt of it, my father rushed to the hospital to see me. Here I learnt an important lesson from him. He said, ‘Agar mann ki ho toh achha, agar na ho toh aur achha.’ I asked what’s good about this. He said, ‘If it is not happening, that means there’s something else written for you.’”