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KBC hosts Priyanka Chopra in a special episode

| | Aug 09, 2014, at 06:04 am
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IBNS): Bollywood gorgeous Priyanka Chopra recently graced television show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' hosted by megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

The actress was present on the episode especially titled ‘Housalebaaz’.

In the episode, the national award winning actress, who appears in and as the world champion boxer in the film ‘Mary Kom’, played the quiz on behalf of ‘The Red Brigade’.

Red Brigade is a group of women trained in self defence who work towards the vision of a better society.

The winning sum went towards the building of a self defence academy for girls in India.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra exchanged tips about boxing and spoke at length about the NGO.

‘Mary Kom’, the film is about the Indian Boxer and Olympic Bronze medallist MC Mary Kom. Depicting her life, struggles, family and her perseverance to be the best - Priyanka Chopra stars as Mary Kom along with Darshan Kumaar, Sunil Thapa, Shishir Sharma and American actor Zachary Coffin.

Directed by Omung Kumar, ‘Mary Kom’ is produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film is scheduled for release on Sept 5.

This special episode will be aired on Sept 4 on Sony Entertainment Channel.

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