‘Worst Time in Life’: When ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 5’ Winner Sushil Kumar Confessed to His Life Going Downhill After Winning INR 5 Crore (View Post)
In an emotional post, ‘KBC 5’ winner Sushil Kumar wrote about how his life turned to a very different path just four years after winning the Amitabh Bachchan-hosted quiz show. Read about his story.
Back when simpleton Sushil Kumar won Kaun Banega Crorepati 5 and took home a cheque of INR 5 crore, he was the nation's inspiration. A small-town boy winning a staggering amount on the quiz show was indeed inspiring. However, life turned to a very different path for Sushil Kumar just four years after winning the Amitabh Bachchan-hosted show. In an emotional soul searching post, Sushil Kumar opened up on Facebook about how the year 2015-16 was the worst phase for him, with his life totally falling apart. From not knowing what to do in life after winning KBC 5 to his wife leaving him and asking for a divorce, Sushil wrote about it all. EXCLUSIVE: Kaun Banega Crorepati 12: Reports of COVID-19 Cases on Sets of Amitabh Bachchan Show Not True?.
Sushil Kumar's Facebook post, translated from Hindi, read, "The worst time of my life after winning KBC. (The year) 2015-2016 was the most challenging full time of my life, nothing was left to extinguish what to do. Due to being a local celebrity, there was a program in Bihar for 10-15 days in a month. That's why education went away slowly. I used to be very serious about the media at that time and the media used to ask me on a few days what are you doing, I used to do this business without experience so that I can tell in the media that I am not useless. The result of which was that the business used to drown after a few days." Kaun Banega Crorepati 12: Amitabh Bachchan's Pic From the First Episode Of KBC Cannot Be Missed! (View Tweet).
Describing his downfall, Sushil wrote how he wasted away his life, which eventually distanced his wife from him. He revealed he would just sit home and watch movies all day long. Having had enough of his joblessness, his wife left him one day and even demanded a divorce. He revealed he then realised that if he wants to save his marriage, he has to have a career and he wanted to get into film direction and took a step in that direction. Kaun Banega Crorepati 12: Amitabh Bachchan Urges People to Overcome Setbacks with a Comeback in Sony TV Show’s Promo (Watch Video).
'KBC 5' Winner Sushil Kumar Writes About His Troubled Personal Life Post His Triumph
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Sushil stated that he worked at a big production house where he learnt the ropes of filmmaking - story, screenplay, dialogue copy, prop, costume, and content, among other things. He even wrote three scripts that he sold to production houses for which he was paid INR 20,000, he said.
The KBC 5 winner further revealed how he got addicted to drinking and smoking. Confessing that he introspected and realised that real happiness is achieved when a person does what he wishes to, Sushil decided to take control of his life and went back to Bihar. He then prepared to become a teacher. Today, Sushil is a successful teacher and also an environmental issues worker. Confessing that contributing to the environment gives him 'peace', he also went on to reveal that he not only successfully quit alcohol in 2016, but also quit smoking in 2019. Kaun Banega Crorepati 12: Amitabh Bachchan Is Back To Work In The 'Sea of Blue PPE' (View Post).
"We think that the needs of life should be kept as low as possible, we have to earn only that much that the needs are fulfilled and the rest of the time, we have to do something on a small level for the environment," his translated post concluded. Quite the life lesson, Sushil Kumar.
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