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Amitabh Bachchan says Gita Gopinath has a beautiful face in KBC 12; Twitteratis slam him for linking beauty with brains
KBC 12 | Gita Gopinath

Amitabh Bachchan says Gita Gopinath has a beautiful face in KBC 12; Twitteratis slam him for linking beauty with brains

| @indiablooms | 23 Jan 2021, 02:36 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund, Gita Gopinath today posted a short video from TV quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati in which host Amitabh Bachchan praises her for her looks and goes on to add that no one could link her looks with a subject like economy. 

Though Gopinath has considered Big B's comment as a compliment, Twitteratis have accused the super star of being "sexist" and that it seemed the economist was also okay with it.

The video showed Gita Gopinath's picture displayed with the question "The economist in the picture has been the chief economist of which organisation since 2019 ?" After reading out the question, Amitabh Bachchan added that no one could link such a beautiful face with economy.

Posting the clip from the show, Gopinath wrote it was special to her, especially because she was a huge fab of Big B whom she addressed the greatest of all times.

Amtabh Bachchan, too, replied to replied to her tweet saying that every word about the economist were said in "utmost earnestness".

However, the Bollywood actor's words in praise of Gopinath was criticised by many users on the microblogging site.

The contestant who was on the KBC's hot seat also responded.

Born in Kolkata, Gita Gopinath is the is the 11th chief economist of the IMF, the first woman to occupy the top IMF post. and also the second Indian after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to hold the position.

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