Kaun Banega Corepati (KBC) hosted by veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is all set to return with its 13th season on Sony Television network. KBC 13 will air five times a week, from Monday to Friday at 9 pm from August 23.

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On Tuesday, the makers released a promo for the show announcing that the latest season would start on-air from August 23 at 9 pm. The promo was the  finale of the three-part series. Sharing the promo on its Twitter handle, KBC thanked everyone for their overwhelming response for part 1 and part 2: “We now present to you the finale of the three-part series,” it wrote. 

Amitabh Bachchan is thrilled to be back on the sets. On Wednesday, he took to his Instagram and posted a picture of him sitting in the host’s chair. Alongside the image, he also expressed his gratitude towards everyone who has been associated with the popular TV show’s journey since the year 2000. “back .. on that chair from 2000 .. that’s 21 years .. a lifetime .. !! .. and gratitude to all that came along .. this look ..” Big B captioned the post. 

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Ahead of the premiere, the makers unveiled a three-part short film titled Sammaan. The third part of the film was released recently. Sammaan is directed, conceptualised and written by filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari. 

Sony TV shared the first part of Sammaan on social media on July 16. The short film is based on a village and the people who are trying to raise funds for their school building. They register for KBC 13 and one of the villagers, a barber (played by Omkar Das Manikpuri), gets in. In the second part of Sammaan, all the villagers were seen teaching him. In the third part, the barber gets in the show and faces Amitabh Bachchan. He aces all the answers and his villagers cheer for him seeing him on TV.