Kaun Banega Crorepati (
KBC) is a television game show in India. It is based on the UK game show
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? KBC first aired in 2000 and was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, his first appearance in Indian television. KBC initially offered contestants the chance to win up to one crore Rupees, but doubled this in 2001 to two crore Rupees, further adjusted from the fourth season to include a jackpot of 5 crore rupees. The show was well received from the very first season.
On 5 August 2005, the show was restarted after a four-year hiatus, and renamed
Kaun Banega Crorepati Dwitiya (Kaun Banega Crorepati the Second, or KBC2)in which the final prize amount was doubled to 2 crore rupees. It was abruptly ended by STAR Plus after the host Amitabh Bachchan fell ill in 2006.
Mr Bachchan had shot 61 of the 85 episodes when he fell ill. He announced he would return after he recovered, but when his health prevented him filming the remaining 24 episodes, Star TV took the decision to axe it.
Star Television recruited Amitabh Bachchan to host the third season of the show. Khan was at peak of his career and was considered an ideal replacement for Amitabh Bachchan. The grand prize remained 2 crore Rupees (approx. $430,000 USD). The third season of the show began airing on 22 January 2007. The show ended on 19 April 2007 with a special finale. The key sponsors of the third season were AirTel , Unit Trust of India (UTI Mutual Funds) and ITC Limited.
The fourth season (called
KBC4) was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan and started on 11 October 2010, on Bachchan's 68th birthday. According to online news sources, over five million (50 Lakh) people participated in
KBC 4 auditions.The prize money was decreased to
1 crore, however a jackpot question for
5 crore (approx. USD 1 million) was added. The fourth season of the show was highly successful due to the return of former host Amitabh Bachhan.The season ended on 9 December 2010.
The fifth season started on 15 August 2011 on the Independence Day of India with the same format and ended on 17 November 2011. The show became a massive hit with audiences and broke many TRP Records. CNN IBN awarded Indian Of The Year- Entertainment to Team KBCsony and Amitabh Bachan.The Show also grabbed all the major Awards for its Category and was a massive hit.
The Sixth season (called
KBC 6) is hosted by Amitabh Bachchan and it commenced on 7 September 2012, and airs every Friday to Sunday at 8:30pm on Sony TV.The Show opened with the tremendous response with the first episode fetching 6.7 TRP and broke all the previous records on the channel.
Rules
The standard Millionaire format is used, with the Fastest Finger contest before the main game.
All contestants must be over the age of 18 and citizens of India in order to be eligible. The person must not be a former "Kaun Banega Crorepati" contestant and, as defined in the Income Tax Act, 1961, must also be a resident of India. Furthermore, they may not be employees of the production company, broadcaster, or prize providers.
The contestant is asked to pick a "Padao", which means that after a certain question, for example after Question 6, he will at least get that amount of money after answering that question rightly. The pre-2010 United States format of a "shot clock" will be used in the first few questions -- 45 seconds. After the Padao, there is no time limit.
The money won after each question is roughly doubled from the previous amount won, exponentially increasing the amount won after each correct answer until the contestant reaches the final question, after which they win the maximum prize (currently 5 crores in KBC 5).
Top prize
Season
1
|
Season
2&3
|
Season
4-Present
|
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1,000
-
2,000
-
3,000
-
5,000
-
10,000
-
20,000
-
40,000
-
80,000
-
1,60,000
-
3,20,000
-
6,40,000
-
12,50,000
-
25,00,000
-
50,00,000
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1 CRORE
|
-
1,000
-
3,000
-
5,000
-
10,000
-
20,000
-
40,000
-
80,000
-
1,60,000
-
3,20,000
-
6,40,000
-
12,50,000
-
25,00,000
-
50,00,000
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1 CRORE
-
2 CRORE
|
-
5,000
-
10,000
-
20,000
-
40,000
-
80,000
-
1,60,000
-
3,20,000
-
6,40,000
-
12,50,000
-
25,00,000
-
50,00,000
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1 CRORE
-
5 CRORE
|
KBC 4
Like many other versions of the show, Series 4 reduced the number of questions from 15, to 13 in this version. Contestants will win money only if they reach the minimum number of questions correctly answered, and the goal will be the amount a contestant wins if they answer incorrectly afterwards Smit.
KBC 5
Sushil Kumar , a computer operator and tutor from Motihari, Bihar won the top prize (INR 5,00,00,000).
KBC 2012
Official Facebook Page
Official Twitter Handle
Official Website
The registration for Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 6 started from 28th May, 2012. Some episodes of this season has been recorded. The show started from 7th September 2012 every Friday-Saturday-Sunday at 8:30 PM. For the videos of the KBC 2012 visit the official website of KBC 2012 by Sony TV. Kanwar Gurteg Singh, an engineering student from Amritsar, Punjab became the first person to sit on the Hotseat in season 6
http://kbcofficial.in
Lifelines
A contestant can use a lifeline when he/she is undecided about which answer is correct. A lifeline can only be used once. The current lifelines in KBC5 are the same as KBC4
- Audience Poll: If the contestant uses this lifeline, it will result in the host repeating the question to the audience. The studio audience get 10 seconds to answer the question. Audience members use touch pads to designate what they believe the correct answer to be. After the audience have chosen their choices, the results are displayed to the contestant in percentages in bar-graph format and also shown on the monitors screens of the host and contestant, as well as the TV viewers.
- Phone a Friend: If the contestant uses this lifeline, the contestant is allowed to call one of the three pre-arranged friends, who all have to provide their phone numbers in advance. The host usually starts off by talking to the contestant's friend and introduces him/her to the viewers. After the introduction, the host hands the phone call over to the contestant who then immediately has 30 seconds to ask and hope for a reply from their friend.
- Ask an Expert: This lifeline allows the contestant to ask an expert via live face-to-face audio and video connection. The expert could be anyone from a celebrity to a previous Millionaire contestant. Ask the Expert is available throughout the game. There is no set time limit, and the contestant and expert are allowed to discuss the question.
- Double Dip: This lifeline allows the contestant to make two guesses at a question. In the 4th season this lifeline was made available after the contestant correctly answers the seventh question.In the 5th season,however,all 4 lifelines were made available from the start of the game. A second incorrect answer results in a loss and the contestant's winnings dropping back down to the last milestone achieved. This lifeline differs from others in that once the player has chosen to use this lifeline, he/she must answer the question, and cannot walk away or use any further lifelines on that question.
Former lifelines
- Fifty-Fifty (50/50): If the contestant uses this lifeline, the host will ask the computer to randomly remove and eliminate two of the "wrong" answers. This will leave one right answer and one wrong answer, resulting in a situation of eliminating 50% of the choices as well as having a 50% chance of getting the answer right if the contestant is in a situation of making a guess. In 2010, 50/50 was replaced by Double Dip.
- Flip the Question: The contestant earned this lifeline upon answering the fifth question. The computer replaced, at the contestant's request, one question with another of the same monetary value. Any lifelines used on the original question prior to the switching were not reinstated.
The fourth season
Amitabh Bachchan hosted the fourth season in 2010. The show moved from Star Plus to Sony Television (the programme is produced by Sony Pictures Television, which owns the format thought 2waytraffic), but Siddhartha Basu remained the director and creative head. The new logo designed for the fourth season incorporated the new Indian Rupee symbol, which was unveiled the same year. The phone lines for the fourth season opened on 2 August 2010 at 9 pm (IST).
The Indian version adopted the clock format from the US version and is the fourth country's version to do (the others being Japan and the UK; although the US version abandoned the clock for the 2010-11 season when the show's 2010 format changes were made), although the time limits were shorter that in the UK version. There was a 30 second time limit for questions 1 and 2, and a 45 second time limit for questions 3 to 7, but questions 8 to 13 were not timed.
The clock stops whenever a lifeline is used, and if the contestant allows the clock to run out, he/she will be forced to walk away. There were four lifelines: Audience Poll and Phone a Friend will make a return, along with the addition of two new lifelines Ask the Expert and Double Dip. The season ended on 9 December 2010.
The fifth season
Amitabh Bachchan also hosted the fifth season of KBC in 2011. The season premièred on the eve of 64th Indian Independence Day. The Fifth season was the most popular show on Indian television in 2011. There is "Manchaha Padav" in the money tree and 'Mrs. Tick Ticki' replaced 'Ghadiyal Babu'. The "Ghar Baithe Jeeto Jackpot" competition allows viewers to send an answer to a question via SMS during the show, with 1 Lakh Rupees going to the randomly picked winner, who can double or triple this amount by correctly answering further questions. The Fifth season was the most popular show on Indian television in 2012.
The sixth season
Amitabh Bachchan also hosting the Sixth season of KBC in 2012. The season premièred on the 7th of September. KBC season 6 has received 6.1 TVR (television viewership rating), which is the highest opening show rating for any show across all entertainment channels for 2012 in India.
Notable celebrity guests
The following celebrities have played Kaun Banega Crorepati.
Season 1
Harshvardhan Navathe INR rs 10,000,000
Guest(s)
|
Year
|
Amount
won
|
Notes
|
Sonali Bendre
|
2000
|
25,00,000
|
Played In The Diwali Special
|
Aamir Khan
|
2000
|
50,00,000
|
First Celebrity Guest To play the
game, played during the Diwali special
|
Rani Mukerji
|
2000
|
25,00,000
|
Played in the New Year special.
|
Shahrukh Khan
|
2000
|
50,00,000
|
Played in the New Year special.
|
Sanjay Dutt
|
2001
|
50,00,000
|
|
Anil Kapoor
|
2001
|
50,00,000
|
Played KBC host in Slumdog
Millionaire
|
Sachin Tendulkar
Madhuri Dixit
|
2001
|
50,00,000
|
Won
50,00,000
each in a special episode to raise funds for victims of the 2001 Gujarat
earthquake
|
Amar Upadhyay
Smriti Irani
|
2001
|
50,00,000
|
To celebrate the first anniversary
of the show
|
Sakshi Tanwar
|
2001
|
3,20,000
|
|
Season 2
Guest(s)
|
Year
|
Amount
won
|
Notes
|
John Abraham
Bipasha Basu
|
2005
|
50,00,000
|
|
Kajol
Ajay Devgn
|
2005
|
1,00,00,000
|
Biggest celebrity winners on KBC
with Bachchan
|
Lara Dutta
Sania Mirza
|
2005
|
50,00,000
|
Appeared on Children's day.
|
Saif Ali Khan
Preity Zinta
|
2005
|
50,00,000
|
To promote their film "Salaam
Namaste"
|
Smriti Irani
Saakshi Tanwar
|
2005
|
6,40,000
|
Second Time On The Show
|
Season 3
Guest(s)
|
Date
|
Amount
won
|
Notes
|
Arbaaz Khan
Malaika Arora Khan
|
14 February 2007
|
12,50,000
|
|
Farhan
Zoya Akhtar
|
14 February 2007
|
25,00,000
|
|
Karan Johar
Farah Khan
|
14 February 2007
|
25,00,000
|
Johar's Second Apperance on the
Show
First time he appeared in the audience with
Bachchan in 2000 to support Shahrukh Khan
|
Preity Zinta
Rani Mukerji
|
27 February 2007
|
50,00,000
|
Both Zinta and Mukerji's second
time on the show
|
Sanjay Dutt
Boman Irani
|
29 March 2007
|
50,00,000
|
Dutt's second time on the show
|
Priyanka Chopra
Kareena Kapoor
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19 April 2007
|
50,00,000
|
|
Salman Khan
Katrina Kaif
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19 April 2007
|
50,00,000
|
|
Season 4
Guest(s)
|
Date
|
Amount
won
|
Notes
|
Akshay Kumar
Aditya Roy Kapoor
Vipul Shah
Neha Dhupia
Rannvijay Singh
Shefali Shah
|
1 November 2010
|
50,00,000
|
|
Leander Paes
S. Sreesanth
Manoj Kumar
Sushil Kumar
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
|
2 November 2010
|
25,00,000
|
Diwali Special
|
Disha Vakani
Ragini Khanna
Pooja Gor
Aashka Goradia
Bharti Singh
Aishwarya Sakhuja
|
3 November 2010
|
12,50,000
|
Diwali Special
|
Ajay Devgan
Arshad Warsi
Shreyas Talpade
Rohit Shetty
Tusshar Kapoor
Kunal Khemu
|
4 November 2010
|
25,00,000
|
- Devgan's second time on the
show.
|
Madhuri Dixit
Deepika Padukone
Sanjay Dutt
Anil Kapoor
Dharmendra
|
6,7,8,9 December 2010
|
|
Appeared in the Grand Finale
Dutt's third time on show and
Dixit's and Kapoor's Second time in the Show.
|
Season 5
Guest(s)
|
Date
|
Amount
won
|
Notes
|
Deepika Padukone
Saif Ali Khan
|
18 August 2011
|
-
|
For the promotion of Aarakshan
Both Padukone And Khan's Second Time On Show.
|
Shahid Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor
|
1 September 2011
|
12,50,000
|
For the promotion of Mausam
Both Sonam & Shahid's First Appearance on the Show.
|
Imran Khan
Katrina Kaif
|
8 September 2011
|
12,50,000
|
For the promotion of Mere Brother Ki
Dulhan
Kaif's Second Time On The Show KBC
|
Ranbir Kapoor
|
15 September 2011
|
12,50,000
|
For the promotion of Rockstar
|
John Abraham
|
October 2011
|
-
|
For the promotion of Desi Boyz.
John's Third Time On The Show.
|
Shahrukh Khan
|
20 October 2011
|
50,00,000
|
For the promotion of Ra.One
Shahrukh's Second Time On The Show As a Participant.
|
Ram Kapoor
Sakshi Tanwar
|
27 October 2011
|
25,00,000
|
In Diwali Special Episode.
Sakshi Tanwar 3rd Time On The Show KBC
|
Vidya Balan
|
10 November 2011
|
12,50,000
|
For the promotion of The Dirty Picture
Balan's First time on the Show.
|
Harbhajan Singh
|
15 November 2011
|
-
|
For The promotion of Pepsi Ad
|
Ranveer Singh
Anushka Sharma
|
16 November 2011
|
-
|
For the promotion of Ladies vs Ricky
Bahl.
|
Season 6 is now present on SONY TV
Biggest winners
Harshvardhan Nawathe - 1st Winner Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 1 1,00,00,000 In 2000.
Ravi Saini - Winner Of Kaun Banega Crorepati Junior 1,00,00,000 Children Age Of 14 In 2001.
Vijay And Arundhati Raul - Winner Of Kaun Banega Crorepati Jodi 1,00,00,000 In 2001.
Ajay Devgan & Kajol Ajay Devgan - Winner Of Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 1,00,00,000 In 2005.
Brajesh Dubey - Winner Of Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 1,00,00,000 In 2005.
Rahat Taslim - Winner Of Kaun Banega Crorepati 4 1,00,00,000 In 22 November 2010.
Sushil Kumar - Winner Of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5 5,00,00,000 In 2 November 2011.
Anil Kumar Sinha - Winner Of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5 1,00,00,000 In 9 November 2011.
Manoj Kumar Raina - Winner Of Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 1,00,00,000 In 8 September 2012
Phraseology
Since its launch in the year 2000, KBC has inspired thousands with Amitabh's catchy phrases like "Lock kiya jaye?" which has been used in the media a countless number of times, an example being in the 2001 film Nayak: The Real Hero starring Anil Kapoor and Rani Mukerji. Other phrases from the show, as said by Amitabh Bachchan also fetched cult following: "Deviyon aur Sajjano", "Samay sampati ki ghoshna" etc. With the third season that was hosted by Shahrukh Khan, wordage such as "Lock kiya jaye?" were changed to "Freeze it!". Additional expressions were introduced in KBC3 like "Kuch sawaal aapki zindagi badal sakte hain!" which is the official motto of the third season and "Kachcha Kachcha? Pakka Pakka?" that figuratively means "Are you sure or are you not sure?". "Tez Teekha Tabadtor" as well as "Koi Sawaal Chota Nahi Hota" in the fourth season of the show became immensely popular. "Koi Sawaal Chota Nahi Hota" was replaced by "Koi Insaan Chota Nahi Hota" in the fifth season of the show.
The show plays a major role in the movie Slumdog Millionaire, with Anil Kapoor playing Prem Kumar, the game show host, though Shah Rukh Khan was asked to play. The movie is an adaptation of the Vikas Swarup novel Q & A (although the novel depicted a fictional quiz show called Who Will Win a Billion?), and is also loosely connected to a real-life cheating incident on the UK version of the show titled "Who wants to be a millionaire?".
Awards
Other versions
The immense popularity of Kaun Banega Crorepati has led to it being remade in several other Indian languages with different hosts:
Title
|
Transliteration
|
Language
|
Host
|
Launch
Date
|
Neengalum
Vellalam Oru Kodi
|
You Also Can Win One Crore
|
Tamil
|
Suriya
|
27 February 2012
|
Kannadada
Kotyadhipati
|
Karnataka's Crorepati
|
Kannada
|
Puneeth Rajkumar
|
12 March 2012
|
Ningalkkum
Aakaam Kodeeshwaran
|
You Also Can Become a Crorepati
|
Malayalam
|
Suresh Gopi
|
9 April 2012
|
Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti
|
Who will become Bengal's Crorepati
|
Bengali
|
Sourav Ganguly
|
4 June 2011
|
Ke
Bani Crorepati
|
Who will be the Crorepati
|
Bhojpuri
|
Shatrughan Sinha
|
6 June 2011
|
As of 2012, there has been no Telugu version of
KBC, though reports have stated it may be titled as
Meelo Yavaru Kodeeswarudu and hosted by actor Prakash Raj.
More Info
Visit to KBC official Website -
www.kbcsony.com
