Amitabh Bachchan and Siddhartha Basu. Pics/Satej Shinde

Siddhartha Basu is a celebrity in his own right. He is often stopped and asked for selfies. The veteran television producer-director, better known as the grandfather of quiz masters, says, "I oblige, but they [fans] do not leave before asking me a question." Just when you think they pose a random question to test his general knowledge, he laughs aloud, "It's far from that. People ask me, 'What has happened to your hair? Where has it gone?' There is always this negative connotation. Viewers still remember me as the way they have seen me on TV. I tell them, blame it [the receding hairline] on my genes. I don't think I will ever do anything for a better crop of hair."