Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has found himself at the center of a social media storm following an appearance on the quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati 18. Visiting the set alongside co-star Saif Ali Khan to promote their upcoming movie Haiwaan, Kumar stumbled over a fundamental historical question that quickly became the talk of the internet, according to reports by M9.news.
The specific query posed on the show asked contestants to identify the victor of the First Battle of Tarain. Visibly perplexed, Kumar cracked a joke comparing the historical battlefield to the Korean horror flick Train to Busan, admitting he was unfamiliar with Tarain. After Saif Ali Khan offered up a couple of possibilities, including Chandragupta Maurya and Prithviraj Chauhan, the pair ultimately locked in Prithviraj Chauhan as their final answer.
This hesitant exchange immediately caught fire online because Kumar famously played the titular king in the 2002 historical drama Samrat Prithviraj. Although that cinematic project struggled commercially, the actor had heavily leaned into the historical significance of the ruler during the film's promotional run, even publicly calling on the Education Ministry to grant figures like Prithviraj Chauhan a more prominent place in school textbooks.
The stark contrast between his prior advocacy for the king and his blanking on the quiz show prompted widespread online criticism. Netizens and fans quickly resurfaced his past promotional interviews to highlight the irony. While a portion of the internet dismissed the gaffe as a lighthearted television moment, many others expressed astonishment that an actor who spent months researching and portraying the historic monarch could draw such a complete blank on basic history.
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- Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has found himself at the center of a social media storm following an appearance on the quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati 18.
- Visiting the set alongside co-star Saif Ali Khan to promote their upcoming movie Haiwaan, Kumar stumbled over a fundamental historical question that quickly became the talk of the internet, according to reports by M9.news.
- The specific query posed on the show asked contestants to identify the victor of the First Battle of Tarain.
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Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has found himself at the center of a social media storm following an appearance on the quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati 18. Visiting the set alongside co-star Saif Ali Khan to promote their upcoming movie Haiwaan, Kumar stumbled over a fundamental historical question that quickly became the talk of the internet, according to reports by M9.news.
The specific query posed on the show asked contestants to identify the victor of the First Battle of Tarain. Visibly perplexed, Kumar cracked a joke comparing the historical battlefield to the Korean horror flick Train to Busan, admitting he was unfamiliar with Tarain. After Saif Ali Khan offered up a couple of possibilities, including Chandragupta Maurya and Prithviraj Chauhan, the pair ultimately locked in Prithviraj Chauhan as their final answer.
This hesitant exchange immediately caught fire online because Kumar famously played the titular king in the 2002 historical drama Samrat Prithviraj. Although that cinematic project struggled commercially, the actor had heavily leaned into the historical significance of the ruler during the film's promotional run, even publicly calling on the Education Ministry to grant figures like Prithviraj Chauhan a more prominent place in school textbooks.
The stark contrast between his prior advocacy for the king and his blanking on the quiz show prompted widespread online criticism. Netizens and fans quickly resurfaced his past promotional interviews to highlight the irony. While a portion of the internet dismissed the gaffe as a lighthearted television moment, many others expressed astonishment that an actor who spent months researching and portraying the historic monarch could draw such a complete blank on basic history.
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Source: M9.news
