Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra on KBC 8

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is going to be seen on the popular TV quiz show, Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) Season 8, hosted by Amitabh Bahchan. The telecast date is not yet announced for this episode.

The 32-year-old actress, who is promoting her next film “Mary Kom”, will feature in one of the episodes of ‘KBC Season 8’ as a celebrity contestant. Priyanka was seen posing with group of girls called ‘red brigade’ who fight against women abuse. The picture was tweeted by Amitabh Bachchan himself.

T 1569 – The young girls that have now the guidance and strength to fight off abuse and mal treatment .. !! pic.twitter.com/tuhS6343H2 — Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 6, 2014

Priyanka had earlier appeared on KBC season 3 once with actress Kareena Kapoor when superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Priyanka Chopra’s upcoming movie “Mary Kom” is based on the life of Indian Olympic boxer Mary Kom is set to release on September 5. The biographical sports film directed by Omung Kumar is produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Some of the celebrity names taking part in this season already include comedian Kapil Sharma, “Daawat-e-Ishq” co-stars Parineeti Chopra and Aditya Roy Kapoor. For Kapil’s episode which was hosted at the Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre, audience had a gala time. The audience stayed glued to their seats as the two were seen cracking jokes on one other. Amitabh will be seen shaking a leg with youngsters Parineeti and Aditya for a song from their upcoming movie. This season of ‘KBC’ will go on air from August 17 on Sony Entertainment channel and will be telecast from 8.30 PM. To set reminder for the show click here