One of the first celebrities to discuss the film was Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, from whom young Jamal eagerly seeks an autograph shortly after the beginning of the film and who was the original presenter for "Kaun Banega Crorepati", the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" On 13 January 2009 Bachchan wrote that in another part of his blog there were "comments for the film "SlumDog Millionaire"" which, as he noted, indicated "anger by some on its contents." Bachchan also wrote: "It's just that the SM idea authored by an Indian and conceived and cinematically put together by a Westerner, gets creative Globe recognition. The other would perhaps not." These remarks were widely reported on by the press in India and abroad as a criticism of the film.