Overview

• Ishit Bhatt, a fifth-standard student from Gandhinagar, told Amitabh Bachchan he already knew the rules and repeatedly pressed to lock answers, asking for “four locks” on one choice.
• He missed a ₹25,000 question on the first kanda of Valmiki’s Ramayana, where the correct answer was Bala Kanda, and exited without prize money.
• After the wrong answer, Bachchan remarked that children sometimes err due to overconfidence, drawing praise for his composure from viewers.
• The viral clip prompted sharp criticism of the boy’s tone and parenting on X, while others urged restraint toward a minor and defended him as an excited child.
• Singer Chinmayi Sripaada publicly discouraged trolling the child, and coverage also noted KBC Season 17’s weak TRP with no formal response from the show or the family reported.