, Aug. 11 -- Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan playfully called out actress Preity Zinta for not responding to his birthday wishes during the premiere episode of the 18th season of popular quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC).

Preity Zinta, actor Sunny Deol and filmmaker Aamir Khan appeared as special guests on the opening episode of the show.

During the episode, Bachchan reminded Zinta that he sends her a birthday message every January 31 but has never received a reply.

"I have a complaint with you. I wish you every January 31 on your birthday, but you never reply to me," Bachchan said.

Zinta quickly responded that she does reply, but sometimes takes about a week to do so.

Bachchan then displayed an old post from his X account on the...