NEW DELHI : A 34 year old Finance Manager from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh has become the first person to win the top prize of Rs 10 million in the Bhojpuri version of the game show ?Who wants to be a millionaire‘, ?Ke Bani Crorepati‘, hosted by the ebullient Shatrughan Sinha on Mahuaa TV.

With this, Rajesh Singh becomes the first person to win a huge sum of Rs. 10 million prize money on a regional channel.

A graduate from Gorakhpur University, UP, Singh works as a Finance Manager in Ahmedabad. He used to be a farmer in his village along with his studies till he was 20 years old. After completing his graduation, he moved to Ahmedabad to pursue his professional life. Singh is married and is a father of two kids. An avid reader, he has read 70,000 books. He also writes for 17 blogs. He loves singing, playing cricket and enjoys visiting his village.

During the show, Singh sung three Bhojpuri songs and even dedicated one of the songs to Ke Bani Crorepati. Sinha told him that he looks like Nana Patekar. He was accompanied by his mother and aunt at the show, and they broke into tears when he won the prize.

Delighted with his win, Singh said he will spend money on providing good education to his children and build his own house and his Aunt‘s house. He also plans to open a counseling institute to help the youth in deciding their right career with this money.

Bollywood actor and host Sinha was all praise for Singh and said that "This proves that if people from small towns are given opportunities, they can prove their merits, and Singh exemplifies the same that how a person from a village was given a chance to play this game, and whatever his aspirations, or his knowledge were, it tested them and won the game. I congratulate him for the win. He has become an example for all the people in Rural India".

Mr. Yubaraj Bhattacharya, CEO, Mahuaa TV said that "Rajesh was exceptionally confident and was so intelligent that he reached the one crore peak. I congratulate him for his brilliant recital and wish him all the success in his career endeavour ".

"Across the world, this show is about ordinary people changing their lives for real and it is no exception in its Bhjopuri avatars, and Rajesh is example of that" he added.