Kaun Banega Crorepati

Kaun Banega Crorepati

Logo used beginning in Season 4 in 2010, incorporating the new Indian rupee sign unveiled in the same year.
Presented by Amitabh Bachchan (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Shahrukh Khan (3)
Composer(s) Keith Strachan (1-8)
Matthew Strachan (1-8)
Ramon Covalo (4-8)
Sawan Dutta (5-8)
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons 8
Production
Running time approx. 60 minutes
Production company(s) Big Synergy Productions
Distributor Sony Pictures Television International (Global)
Broadcast
Original channel STAR Plus (1-3)
Sony TV (4-)
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original run 3 July 2000 – Present
External links
Website

Kaun Banega Crorepati (Who will become a Millionaire; popularly known as KBC) is an Indian television game show originally aired on Star Plus commissioned by the Programming team of Sameer Nair and Tarun Katial.

While based on the UK game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, KBC intersperses the playing of the game with Bollywood style musical numbers and other entertainment.

Seasons

Season 1: 2000-2001

KBC first aired in 2000 and was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, his first appearance on Indian television. KBC initially offered contestants the chance to win up to ten million Rupees, but doubled this in 2001 to two crore Rupees, further adjusted from the fourth season to include a jackpot of 50 million rupees. The season ended in 2001. The show was well received from the very first season.[1]

Season 2: 2005-2006

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 KBC 2) in which the final prize amount was doubled to 20 million rupees. It was abruptly ended by STAR Plus after the host Amitabh Bachchan fell ill in 2006.[2] 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.

Season 3: 2007

Star Television recruited Shahrukh Khan 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 20 million Rupees (approx. US$430,000). The third season of the show began airing on 22 January 2007. The season 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.

Season 4: 2010

The fourth season (called KBC4) was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan and started on 11 October 2010, on Bachchan's 68th birthday. This season was telecast 4 days a week on every Monday - Thursday at 9 PM IST. The tagline of this season used for was Koi Bhi Insaan Chota Nahi Hota (English: No Human is Small). The show moved from Star Plus to Sony Television (the programme is produced by Sony Pictures Television, which owns the format, 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.[3] According to online news sources, over five million (5 million) people participated in KBC 4 auditions. The total prize money was increased to INR 50 million, and a jackpot question for INR 50 million (approx. USD 1 million) was added. The fourth season of the show was highly successful due to the return of former host Amitabh Bachhan.[4] The season ended on 9 December 2010.

Like many other versions of the show, the season 4 reduced the number of questions from 15, to 13 in this version.[5]

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 than 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.[6][7]

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.

Season 5: 2011

Amitabh Bachchan also hosted the fifth season of KBC in 2011. The fifth season started on 15 August 2011 on the Independence Day of India with the same format and ended on 17 November 2011. It was aired 4 days a week same as the 4th season at 8:30 PM IST for 1 and a half-hour. The tagline used for the season was Koi Bhi Sawaal Chota Nahi Hota(English: No Question is Small) (Literary means: Every Question is Important). This season was the most popular show on Indian television in 2011.[8] The show became a massive hit with audiences and broke many TRP Records. CNN IBN awarded Indian of the Year- Entertainment to Team KBC and Amitabh Bachan. The show also grabbed all the major Awards for its category and was a massive hit.

There were 13 questions same as in season 4. There was "Manchaha Padav" in the money tree and 'Mrs. Tick Ticki' replaced 'Ghadiyal Babu'. The "Ghar Baithe Jeeto Jackpot" competition allowed viewers to send an answer to a question via SMS during the show, with 100,000 Rupees going to the randomly picked winner, who can double or triple this amount by correctly answering further questions.

Season 6: 2012

The registration for this season started from 28 May 2012.

This sixth season (called KBC 6) was also hosted by Amitabh Bachchan and was commenced on 7 September 2012. However the news making all the headlines was his pay package at a staggering 135 million per episode making him the highest paid TV artist of all time. It aired every Friday to Sunday at 8:30 PM IST on Sony TV. The season got over on 26 January 2013. The tagline used for the season was Sirf Gyaan Hi Aapko Aapka Haq Dilata Hai (English: Just the knowledge that draws your right as you). There were 13 questions same as in season 4 and 5. The show opened with the tremendous response with the first episode fetching 6.7 TRP and broke all the previous records on the channel.[9] It was aired in Pakistan on Express Entertainment.

Also, in this season, the team of KBC started a new tradition of special appearance of socially backward people titled as "Dusra Mauka". Sonali Mukherjee, a victim of acid throwing, appeared along Lara Dutta. On 13 January 2013 another segment of this show was aired in which, Manoj Kumar, a Mahadalit (poorest of the poor class) was accompanied by famous Indian actor Manoj Bajpayee.

Season 7: 2013

The rehearsals for the show begun on 26 June 2013.[10] Registration started from 9:00 PM on 27 June 2013.

This seventh season (called KBC 7) was also hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. The telecast time of this season was same as the season 6. 'Seekhna Bandh Toh Jeetna Bandh' (English: Learning stops so Winning stops) (Literary means: Learn to Win) was used as the tagline for this season. The total prize money was increased to INR 70 million, and the no. of questions increased from 13 to 15. The season was commenced on 6 September 2013, exactly after a year of KBC 6, and ended on 1 December 2013. Due to the huge jackpot of Rs. 70 million, the season was also referred to as Kaun Banega MahaCrorepati (English: Who Wants to be a Multi-Millionaire).

The season had a few changes, including a new lifeline called Power Paplu. This lifeline aided those who seek to revive any already used lifeline. There were total 15 questions to reach jackpot question. However, Double Dip and Ask The Expert were discontinued and in lieu 50:50 and Flip The Question were revived. The prize for jackpot question was increased from INR 50 million to INR 70 million. The "Kaun Banega Crorepati 2013" set was a 360-degree multimedia stage, making India the first ever country to change the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" set worldwide. Like all the seasons there was a Ghar Baithe Jeeto Jackpot question. There were four questions in the new feature 'Sapta Koti Sandook (English: The Seventh Jackpot)' that let contestants win from INR 10 million, INR 30 million, INR 50 million and finally INR 70 million. The system of Fastest Finger First was also altered, where the winner of leader board formed at the end of 3 questions, sits on the Hot Seat.

This season got its first crorepati Taj Mohammed Rangrez. He is a history teacher from Udaipur, Rajasthan and was the first contestant to walk away with the title of "Crorepati" this season. He won Rs. 10,000,000 ( Rs. ten million).Afterwards he said that he didn't use the Flip The Question lifeline by which a question can be changed and a new question will appear because he wanted money for the operation of his child. If he would have used the life line he wouldn't know whether he would be able to give the correct answer and after using the lifeline he will not be able to quit the show which meant that if he gave wrong answer he may only win Rs. 320,000 and he would not be able to give money for the operation of his child.

Season 8: 2014

Rs 7 crores (14 of 14) - no time limit
Who commanded the Hector, the first British trading ship to land at Surat?
• A: Paul Canning • B: William Hawkins
• C: Thomas Roe • D: James Lancester
Narula brothers' 7 crores rupees question

The registrations of Kaun Banega Crorepati 8 were commenced on 22 July 2014 and the shooting started on 2 August 2014.[11] Shooting of the entire show was held in Surat. This was the first time that KBC was shot outside Mumbai.[12]

The grand premiere episode of the series was aired on 17 August (Sunday) at 8:30 PM IST for 3 hours. The season aired regularly from 17 August on every Monday - Thursday at 8:30 PM for 1.5 hours. After couple of weeks, the series aired only for an hour. The season ended on 6 November 2014, and aired its two grand finale episodes on 9 November (Sunday) at 8:30 PM IST for 1.5 hours and on 16 November 2014 (Sunday) at 7:30 PM for 2.5 hours. The tagline for the season was 'Yahan Sirf Paise Nahi, Dil Bhi Jeete Jate Hain'. Three special guests appeared in the grand premiere episode. Television comedian, Kapil Sharma from Colors TV's television series Comedy Nights with Kapil was the first guest of the show. Moreover, iconic cops Dayanand Shetty (Daya) and Aditya Shrivastava (Abhijeet) from Sony TV's television series CID were also seen. Then the valiant warrior and Rajput hero, Maharana Pratap a.k.a. Faisal Khan from Sony TV's television series Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap left the audience spellbound with a stellar dance performance.[13] Among others Shillong Chamber Choir led by Neil Nongkynrih performed a medley of evergreen songs of Bollywood followed by a patriotic song at the opening ceremony of KBC-8.[14] Murtuza Hashmi was the 1000th contestant on 8 September 2014.[15] Sarthak and Achin Narula were the first contestants to win Rs. 7 Crores on the show (and the highest Asian top prize winner so far). Megha Patil (Vasai) was the first female crorepati winner in KBC 8 on 20 October 2014.

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 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. Actually "padao" is the Hindi word which means to decide the specific level of rest. Essentially a milestone--"parachute" question. Once the question is answered right that money is considered "safe" and will win that amount if he fails any of the questions after the Padao Question.

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.

Top prize

Season 1Season 2 & 3Season 4 – 6Season 7Season 8
  • INR 1,000
  • INR 2,000
  • INR 3,000
  • INR 5,000
  • INR 10,000
  • INR 20,000
  • INR 40,000
  • INR 80,000
  • INR 1,60,000
  • INR 3,20,000
  • INR 6,40,000
  • INR 12,50,000
  • INR 25,00,000
  • INR 50,00,000
  • INR 1 crore
  • INR 1,000
  • INR 3,000
  • INR 5,000
  • INR 10,000
  • INR 20,000
  • INR 40,000
  • INR 80,000
  • INR 1,60,000
  • INR 3,20,000
  • INR 6,40,000
  • INR 12,50,000
  • INR 25,00,000
  • INR 50,00,000
  • INR 1 crore
  • INR 2 crore
  • INR 5,000
  • INR 10,000
  • INR 20,000
  • INR 40,000
  • INR 80,000
  • INR 1,60,000
  • INR 3,20,000
  • INR 6,40,000
  • INR 12,50,000
  • INR 25,00,000
  • INR 50,00,000
  • INR 1 crore
  • INR 5 crore
  • INR 5,000
  • INR 10,000
  • INR 20,000
  • INR 40,000
  • INR 80,000
  • INR 1,60,000
  • INR 3,20,000
  • INR 6,40,000
  • INR 12,50,000
  • INR 25,00,000
  • INR 50,00,000
  • INR 1 crore
  • INR 3 crore
  • INR 5 crore
  • INR 7 crore
  • INR 5,000
  • INR 10,000
  • INR 20,000
  • INR 40,000
  • INR 80,000
  • INR 1,60,000
  • INR 3,20,000
  • INR 6,40,000
  • INR 12,50,000
  • INR 25,00,000
  • INR 50,00,000
  • INR 1 crore
  • INR 3 crore
  • INR 7 crore

Lifelines

A contestant can use a lifeline when he/she is undecided about which answer is correct. The following table shows different lifelines used in different seasons.

Life lines in Different seasons
Life lineAudience PollFifty-FityPhone a FriendFlipPower papluTri-guniDouble DipAsk an Expert
Season 1 Green tick Green tick Green tick Red X Red X Red X Red X Red X
Season 2 Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Red X Red X Red X Red X
Season 3 Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Red X Red X Red X Red X
Season 4 Green tick Red X Green tick Red X Red X Red X Green tick Green tick
Season 5 Green tick Red X Green tick Red X Red X Red X Green tick Green tick
Season 6 Green tick Red X Green tick Red X Red X Red X Green tick Green tick
Season 7 Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Red X Red X Red X
Season 8 Green tick Red X Green tick Red X Red X Green tick Green tick Red X

Notable celebrity guests

The following celebrities have played Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Season 1

Guest(s) Year Amount won Notes
Rani Mukerji 2000 INR 2,500,000 Played in the New Year special.
Shahrukh Khan 2000 INR 5,000,000 Played in the New Year special.
Sanjay Dutt 2001 INR 5,000,000
Anil Kapoor 2001 INR 5,000,000 Played KBC host in Slumdog Millionaire
Sachin Tendulkar
Madhuri Dixit
2001 INR 5,000,000 Won INR 5,000,000 each in a special episode to raise funds for victims of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake
Amar Upadhyay
Smriti Irani
2001 INR 5,000,000 To celebrate the first anniversary of the show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
Sakshi Tanwar
Shweta Kawatra
2001 INR 320,000 To celebrate the first anniversary of their show Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii.

Season 2

Guest(s) Year Amount won Notes
John Abraham
Bipasha Basu
2005 INR 5,000,000
Kajol
Ajay Devgn
2005 INR 10,000,000 Biggest celebrity winners on KBC with Bachchan
Lara Dutta
Sania Mirza
2005 INR 5,000,000 Appeared on Children's day.
Saif Ali Khan
Preity Zinta
2005 INR 5,000,000 To promote their film "Salaam Namaste"
Smriti Irani
Saakshi Tanwar
2005 INR 640,000 Second Time on the Show

Season 3

Guest(s) Date Amount won Episode Notes
Arbaaz Khan
Malaika Arora Khan
14 February 2007 INR 1,250,000 Valentine's Day
Farhan Akhtar
Zoya Akhtar
14 February 2007 INR 2,500,000 Valentine's Day
Karan Johar
Farah Khan
14 February 2007 INR 2,500,000 Valentine's Day Johar's Second Appearance 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 INR 5,000,000 Holi Special Both Zinta and Mukerji's second time on the show
Sanjay Dutt
Boman Irani
29 March 2007 INR 5,000,000 Dutt's second time on the show
Priyanka Chopra
Kareena Kapoor
19 April 2007 INR 5,000,000 Series Finale
Salman Khan
Katrina Kaif
19 April 2007 INR 5,000,000 Series Finale

Season 4

Guest(s) Date Amount won Notes
Akshay Kumar
Aditya Roy Kapoor
Vipul Shah
Neha Dhupia
Rannvijay Singh
Shefali Shah
1 November 2010 INR 5,000,000 For the promotion of Action Replayy
Leander Paes
S. Sreesanth
Manoj Kumar
Niket Kulshreshtha
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
2 November 2010 INR 2,500,000 Diwali Special
Disha Vakani
Ragini Khanna
Pooja Gor
Aashka Goradia
Bharti Singh
Aishwarya Sakhuja
3 November 2010 INR 1,250,000 Diwali Special
Ajay Devgan
Arshad Warsi
Shreyas Talpade
Rohit Shetty
Tusshar Kapoor
Kunal Khemu
4 November 2010 INR 2,500,000 For the promotion of Golmaal 3
  • 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 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 INR 1,250,000 For the promotion of Mausam
Both Sonam & Shahid's First Appearance on the Show.
Imran Khan
Katrina Kaif
8 September 2011 INR 1,250,000 For the promotion of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Kaif's Second Time on the Show KBC
Ranbir Kapoor 15 September 2011 INR 1,250,000 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 INR 5,000,000 For the promotion of Ra.One
Shahrukh's Second Time on the Show As a Participant.
Ram Kapoor
Sakshi Tanwar
27 October 2011 INR 2,500,000 In Diwali Special Episode.
Sakshi Tanwar 3rd Time on the Show KBC
Vidya Balan 10 November 2011 INR 1,250,000 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

Guest(s) Date Amount won

(in INR)

Notes
Sridevi
Gauri Shinde
7 October 2012 640,000 For the promotion of English Vinglish
Both Sridevi And Shinde's First Appearance on the Show.
Karan Johar
Alia Bhatt
Varun Dhawan
Sidharth Malhotra
14 October 2012 640,000 For the promotion of Student of the Year
Johar's Third Appearance on the Show While,
Bhatt,Dhawan & Malhotra's First Appearance on the Show.
Falguni Pathak 20 October 2012 For Giving Special Performance during Navratri
Shahrukh Khan
Katrina Kaif
4 November 2012 2,500,000 For the promotion of Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Shahrukh's Third while Kaif's Third Time on the Show.
Ajay Devgn
Sonakshi Sinha
18 November 2012 320,000 For the promotion of Son of Sardaar
Devgn's Third while Sinha's First Time on the Show.
Ram Kapoor
Sakshi Tanwar
Amrita Mukherjee[18]
16 December 2012 1,250,000 For the Christmas Special Episode
Sakshi's Fourth while Kapoor's Second Time on the Show.
Sharad Kelkar
Kritika Kamra
16 December 2012 640,000 For the Christmas Special Episode
Both Kelkar and Kamra's first Appearance on the Show.
Anil Kapoor 20 January 2013 For the promotion of Race 2

Season 7

Guest(s) Date Amount won

(in INR)

Notes
Shahid Kapoor
Ileana D Cruz
20 September 2013 For the promotion of Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
Ranbir Kapoor
Neetu Singh
September 2013 For the promotion of Besharam
Sangeeta Ghosh
Ruslaan Mumtaz
Dilip Joshi
Disha Vakani
October 2013 For Dashera special episode
Joshi's first while Vakani's second appearance on the show
Ruslaan Mumtaz and Sangeeta Ghosh's first appearance on the show.

Season 8

Guest(s) Date Amount won

(in INR)

Notes
Rani Mukherjee 21 August 2014 2,500,000 For the promotion of Mardaani[19]
Aditya Roy Kapoor
Parineeti Chopra
28 August 2014 For the promotion of Daawat-e-Ishq[20]
Priyanka Chopra 4 September 2014 1,250,000 For the promotion of Mary Kom[21]
Arjun Kapoor
Deepika Padukone
11 September 2014 For the promotion of their film Finding Fanny
Fawad Afzal Khan
Sonam Kapoor
18 September 2014 For the promotion of their film Khoobsurat.
Shivaji Satam, Dayanand Shetty, Aditya Shrivastav 24 September 2014 For a charity named Maharogi Sewa Samiti in Warora.
Shahid Kapoor
Shraddha Kapoor
25 September 2014 For the promotion of their film Haider.
Anuj Sachdeva
Smriti Kalra
29 September 2014 1,600, 000 For the promotion of their TV series Itti Si Khushi.
Happy New Year team 23 October 2014 1,250,000 For Diwali special and for the promotion of their film Happy New Year.
Ronit Roy, Pallavi Kulkarni, Ekta Kapoor and Box Cricket League teams 9 November 2014 (Grand finale episode) To promote their TV series Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar and their TV series Box Cricket League respectively.
Ali Zafar, Parineeti Chopra, Ranveer Singh and Govinda 16 November 2014 (Maha grand finale episode) For the promotion of their film Kill Dil.

Biggest winners

Guest(s) Season Amount won

(in INR)

Date
Harshwardhan Nawathe 1st Winner Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 1 INR 1,00,00,000 2000
Ravi Saini Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati Junior INR 1,00,00,000 2000
Vijay And Arundhati Raul Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati Jodi INR 1,00,00,000 2000
Ajay Devgan & Kajol Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 INR 1,00,00,000 2005
Brajesh Dubey Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 INR 1,00,00,000 2005
Rahat Taslim Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 4 INR 1,00,00,000 22 November 2010
Sushil Kumar Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5 INR 5,00,00,000 2 November 2011
Anil Kumar Sinha Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5 INR 1,00,00,000 9 November 2011
Manoj Kumar Raina Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 INR 1,00,00,000 8 September 2012
Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 INR 5,00,00,000[22] 12 January 2013
Taj Mohammed Rangrez Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 7 INR 1,00,00,000 12 September 2013
Firoz Fatima Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 7 INR 1,00,00,000 2 December 2013
Achin Narula & Sarthak Narula[23] Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 8 INR 7,00,00,000 20 September 2014
Megha Patil Female Winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 8 INR 1,00,00,000 20 October 2014

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