They like it. I have never seen my kids wanting to see any of my stuff so diligently. They finish their homework at 9 now. Earlier they used to finish their homework at 10 o'clock and go to sleep. Now they finish their homework at 9, so they sit at the dining table and they find me quite funny.

My wife thinks it's nice. She is quite critical at times about stuff and she feels it's really, really, really nice.

The thing is, I think there are a set of people who like the show a lot more, which makes me really, really happy. Kids are taking to it.

You know, normally, at the end of the show every night, I get about 40 to 50 SMSes from very different people who say 'we have not seen KBC before but we really like it because it is very funny and very relaxed. We enjoy the questions as much as the banter that you have.'

I'm quite happy I have been able to entertain, to bring KBC back into the limelight, bring it into news. See all these are now part and parcel of commercial success. We have to do this I guess. But what makes me sad is when you hear people just harping on the numbers.

There was a radio channel that was giving me suggestions as to what to do to make the TRPs rise. And I was like, 'oh, I never did it for the TRPs. Please tell me some way to make people smile a little more. I'm sure not very many people can do that.'

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