Binita Jain who created history by becoming the first ever participant to win Rs. 1 crore in the 10th edition of Kaun Banega Crorepati, is getting used to all the limelight she is receiving. In coversation with The Indian Express, Binita said, "all these phone calls and interviews are also a new thing for me. I have always lived a low-profile life and never been accustomed to so much limelight and publicity.”
Binita Jain who is a single parent from Assam’s Guwahati, answered the first 14 questions correctly to win Rs. 1 crore during the episode.
“It feels unimaginable. Honestly, I never expected to win a crore. But now that I have, I feel on top of the world, " Binita said in the exclusive interview with the website.
She will be spending the prize money on her son. “My son is a very hard working person. He is currently doing his masters in dentistry. The money will be completely utilised to build a clinic for him as soon he graduates.”
Jain, a mother of two, on the show revealed that her husband was kidnapped in February 2003 while on a business trip. Later, the family came to know he was kidnapped by terrorists. After a year and half of waiting, Jain decided that life has to move on and began taking tuitions to support her family. Binita started teaching seven students which later increased to about 125. She teaches Social Studies and English.
Legally her husband has been declared dead, but they still have hope that he is alive. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan complimented Binita for her grit and determination and said it was people like her that inspire him to keep going every day.
Watch her narrate her story of struggle on the show in this video:
You will be surprised to know that Binita Jain gave the correct answer of the jackpot question but couldn't win Rs. 7 crore as she had already quitted the show. Even Amitabh Bachchan was shocked after she gave the correct answer. Binita said it's her ‘intuitive power’.
Apart from winning Rs 1 crore, a teacher by profession Binita also won a brand new Mahindra Marazzo car.
Binita gifted Amitabh Bachchan a tea during the game. She said that the tea is the world’s most expensive tea grown in Assam. Furthermore, she said that the name of this tea is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.
