Overview
- Ishit Bhatt, a 10-year-old from Gandhinagar, drew viral attention on KBC 17 after interrupting host Amitabh Bachchan and later exiting the quiz without winnings.
- Amitabh Bachchan responded on-air that children can err from overconfidence, and viewers widely noted his calm handling of the exchange.
- Online reaction remains polarized, with many criticizing the child’s manners and parents, while singer Chinmayi Sripaada and others condemned the trolling of a minor.
- Child psychiatrists and psychologists, including Dr. Astik Joshi, Dr. Pankaj Borade and Dr. Ira Dutta, cautioned against snap judgments, noting temperament or conditions such as ADHD/ODD could resemble the behavior and that one clip cannot support a diagnosis.
- Coverage has broadened to question producers’ duty of care for child contestants and the incentives for viral moments, with no reported action by the broadcaster as calls for empathy and better protections grow.