Meet KBC's first woman crorepati, had no bank account, PAN card, she now runs a…

The 15th season of quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) started on Monday (August 14) with Amitabh Bachchan once again taking charge as the host of the program. KBC 15 will be broadcast every week from Monday to Friday at 9 pm on Sony Entertainment Television. KBC is without doubt a very popular show and every year many people appear on the show with a dream to win the money and change the course of their life. In this article we will talk about the first woman crorepati of KBC and what is she doing now?

KBC got its first woman crorepati during KCB 4 in 2010 after 10 years when Rahat Tasneem succeeded in winning the prize money of Rs 1 crore. Rahat Tasneem was a very confident woman and she had managed to impress Amitabh Bachchan too. Rahat belongs to Giridih in Jharkhand and the 37-year-old made full use of options of 'phone a friend', 'double dip', 'expert advice' and 'audience poll' to walk home with the coveted prize.

"But, from the stage of Rs 3.20 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, I knew my answers and did not require lifelines. When Big B asked me where did I get my confidence from, I replied it stemmed from self-belief and the fact that I knew it all," Rahat once said in an interview.

Rahat had only Rs 3 as balance in her mobile phone when she decided to send an answer on Hindu mythology to participate in KBC. "I decided to take a chance and send the SMS," Rahat said. Rahat got selected and was called for an audition in Mumbai. "We were told that a bank account and PAN card was necessary for all contestants. When I went back home, the first thing I did was to open a bank account and apply for PAN card," she recalled. Rahat is now running a garment showroom at a mall in Giridih.