KBC 8: Comedy king Kapil Sharma honoured to be the 1st guest on the show

Mumbai: Much fanfare surfaced when Amitabh Bachchan appeared as a guest on popular comedy show 'Comedy Nights with Kapil', and now it seems Kapil is at the receiving end this time.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will have comedian Kapil Sharma as his first guest on season eight of his hit television game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati.”

Sharma will feature on the opening episode of the show, which will air from Aug. 2 on Sony. The 71-year-old “Yudh” star shared the news on his blog.

"So, episodes over; it's rehearsals for the Surat show with some incomparable people like Kapil Sharma," he captioned a picture posted on his blog of the “Comedy Nights With Kapil” star and himself from the show's sets.

Bachchan has already been a guest on Sharma's comedy show.