India, Jan. 3 -- Apart from making history as the new New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani has another reason to celebrate. He made his Kaun Banega Crorepati debut this week, albeit not as a contestant but a the topic for a question on the show.

During the 26 December episode of the show, host Amitabh Bachchan welcomed Bhopal, Madhya Prashesh's Renu Devi Shukla to the hotseat. The 10th question that she was asked during the episode was about Zohran.

"Which Indian filmmaker is the mother of Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City?," the host asked. Options given were Gurinder Chadha, Mira Nair, Deepa Mehta and Aparna Sen.

Contestant Renu was not too sure about the question and took the 50-50 lifeline. She was left with the options M...