Manoj Kumar Raina

Manoj Kumar Raina is the first contestant in the sixth season of “Kaun Banega Crorepati” (popular show in the Indian television), to have won Rs 1 crore. He is the very first contestant from Jammu to participate in “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. He is a 51-year-old man, who works in the Indian Railways as an assistant earning around 45,000 per month. He lives in Jammu with his parents, wife and his 14-year-old son. Raina was a huge fan of Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... since his childhood and eagerly wanted to meet him. Being a railways employee, meeting Amitabh Bachchan was his uttermost dream. He said that when he met the superstar Amitabh Bachchan, he found him very loving, affectionate and humble. He added saying that he would never forget the moment when he met him and hugged him after he won the show. Raina has been trying to get on the show since the Season 1 of KBC. He did not lose any hope and believes in the phrase of “Never give up”.

After trying for almost five years, he got through in the sixth season of KBC. At the beginning of the show, fastest finger first was won by him in just 5.6 seconds and he got an entry to the ‘ Hot Seat Hot Seat is a Kannada reality game show where Kann >> Read More... ’ of the game. It was never his aim or dream to win when he participated in the show. After winning the show, the whole state welcomed him rejoicing and celebrating his success. He also said to the youth of Jammu and Kashmir in an interview that none should give up in their life and they should overcome their fears and face it and then no one can stop their success from achieving it. When asked about how he wants to spend the winning prize, he replied saying that he would like to build a house in Jammu for his family since his house in Kashmir was destroyed during militancy and he would like to help the underprivileged people in that area.