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Revision as of 01:10, 29 May 2012
| Kaun Banega Crorepati | |
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| File:Kaun Banega Crorepati logo.png Logo used beginning in Season 4 in 2010, incorporating the new Indian rupee sign unveiled in the same year. | |
| Created by | Siddhartha Basu |
| Presented by | Amitabh Bachchan (1 ,2 ,4 , 5 ) Shahrukh Khan (3) |
| Composers | Keith Strachan Matthew Strachan |
| Country of origin | churra |
| Original languages | Hindi, English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Big Synergy Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | STAR Plus (2000–2007) Sony TV (2010–present) |
| Release | 3 July 2000 – Present |
Template:Contains Indic text Kaun Banega Crorepati (Hindi: कौन बनेगा करोड़पति Kaun Banegā Karoṛpati; popularly known as 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 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.[1]
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.[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.
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 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.[3] 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.[4] 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 KBC and Amitabh Bachan.
Rules
First of all, 2–3 months before the show starts, a question is asked on television and users have to answer that question in order to come on that show, only a selected contestants are selected and come on the show. The contestants must undergo an initial round of "Fastest Finger First", in which the host introduces the ten contestants of the episode and asks them all the same question. The contestants must then arrange the answers in the order described in the question. The contestant that places the four options in the correct order in the fastest time gets the chance to go on the "hotseat".
All contestants must be over the age of 18 and a citizen 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.
At the hotseat, the contestant is asked a series of general knowledge questions consistently rising in difficulty with every question. Each question has four options with only one correct answer. The contestant wins a certain amount of money with each correct answer, and may choose to quit and retain the money they have already won if they decide not to answer the currently shown question. 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. Until that question, 45 seconds will be given to the contestant to answer, and after that question, there will be 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).
KBC 4
There will be only 13 questions, a missed answer before reaching your set "goal" will mean leaving with nothing. Once you have reached your goal, the clock stops after that question. If you miss a question after the "goal" question, then you drop down to that much money. If you "quit", you keep the worth of that question.[5]
KBC 5
Sushil Kumar, a good computer operator and tutor from Motihari,Bihar won the top prize of 1 million dollars (INR 5,00,00,000).
KBC 6
The Registration for Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 6 Will Starts from 28th of May 2012. Details on KBC official Website http://www.kbcofficial.blogspot.com Check KBC 6 Registration question also.
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, 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).[6]
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 no longer uses the clock), 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.[7][8]
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.[9] 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.
Notable celebrity guests
The following celebrities have played Kaun Banega Crorepati.
Season 1
| Guest(s) | Year | Amount won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aamir Khan | 2000 | ₹ 50,00,000 | First celebrity guest to play the game, played during the Diwali special |
| Sonali Bendre | 2000 | ₹ 25,00,000 | Played in the Diwali special |
| Shahrukh Khan | 2000 | ₹ 50,00,000 | Played in the New Year special. |
| Rani Mukerji | 2000 | ₹ 25,00,000 | Played in the New Year special. |
| Sanjay Dutt | 2001 | ₹ | |
| Anil Kapoor | 2001 | ₹ 50,00,000 | Played KBC host in Slumdog Millionaire |
| Sachin Tendulkar Madhuri Dixit |
2001 | ₹ 50,00,000 | Won ₹ 5,000,000 each in a special episode to raise funds for victims of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake |
| Megha Khushi Dewangan |
2001 | ₹ 5,000,000 | To celebrate the first anniversary of the show |
| Sakshi Tanwar Shweta Kawatra |
2001 | ₹ 12,50,000 |
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 | They appeared for Diwali Special |
Season 3
| Guest(s) | Date | Episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbaaz Khan Malaika Arora Khan |
14 February | Valentine's Day | |
| Farhan & Zoya Akhtar | 14 February | Valentine's Day | |
| Karan Johar Farah Khan |
14 February | Valentine's Day | Johar before appeared in the audience with Bachchan in 2000 to support Shahrukh Khan |
| Preity Zinta Rani Mukerji |
27 February | Holi Special | Both Zinta and Mukerji's second time on the show |
| Sanjay Dutt Boman Irani |
29 March | Dutt's second time on the show | |
| Priyanka Chopra Kareena Kapoor |
19 April | Series Finale | |
| Salman Khan Katrina Kaif |
19 April | Series Finale |
Season 4
| Guest(s) | Year | Amount won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akshay Kumar Aditya Roy Kapoor Vipul Shah Neha Dhupia Rannvijay Singh Shefali Shah |
2010 | ₹ 50,00,000 | For the promotion of Action Replayy |
| Leander Paes S. Sreesanth Manoj Kumar Sushil Kumar Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa |
2010 | ₹ 25,00,000 | Diwali Special |
| Disha Vakani Ragini Khanna Pooja Gor Aashka Goradia Bharti Singh Aishwarya Sakhuja |
2010 | ₹ 12,50,000 | Diwali Special |
| Ajay Devgan Arshad Warsi Shreyas Talpade Rohit Shetty Tusshar Kapoor Kunal Khemu |
2010 | ₹ 25,00,000 | For the promotion of Golmaal 3
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| Madhuri Dixit Deepika Padukone Sanjay Dutt Anil Kapoor Dharmendra |
2010 | Appeared in the Grand Finale and Dutt's and Dixit's third and second time on show |
Season 5
| Guest(s) | Year | Amount won | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deepika Padukone Saif Ali Khan |
2011 | For the promotion of Aarakshan | |
| Katrina Kaif Imran Khan |
2011 | For the promotion of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan | |
| Shahid Kapoor Sonam Kapoor |
2011 | For the promotion of Mausam | |
| Ranbir Kapoor | 2011 | For the promotion of Rockstar | |
| Shahrukh Khan | 2011 | For the promotion of Ra.One | |
| Ram Kapoor Sakshi Tanwar |
2011 | ₹25,00,000 | In Diwali Special Episode |
| Vidya Balan | 2011 | For the promotion of The Dirty Picture |
Winners
So far, there have been a few notable winners of KBC that have left with an amount of ₹ 10,000,000 (approx. US$ 200,000):
- Harshvardhan Nawathe – 1st winner of KBC in 2000.
- Ravi Saini – Winner of the equally popular series KBC Junior ₹ 1 Crore that featured children under the age of 14 as contestants in 2001.
- Vijay and Arundhati Raul – Winner of KBC Jodi ₹ 1 Crore in 2001.[10]
- Ajay Devgan and Kajol – Winner of ₹ 1 Crore in 2005.
- Brajesh Dubey – Winner of KBC 2 leaving with ₹ 1 Crore when the top prize was ₹ 2 Crore.
- Rahat Taslim – Winner of ₹ 1 crore in Season 4 from Jharkhand. She quit at the jackpot question (for ₹ 5 Crore).[11]
- Sushil Kumar – Winner of ₹ 5 Crore in Season 5 from Bihar. He is the first contestant who has won the full jackpot in KBC series. The episode was aired on 2 November 2011.[12][13]
- Anil Kumar Sinha – Winner of ₹ 1 Crore in Season 5 from Bihar. KBC 5 gets its second crorepati.[14]
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. 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
Kaun Banega Crorepati has been 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[15] |
| Kannadada Kotyadhipati | Karnataka's Crorepati | Kannada | Puneeth Rajkumar | 12 March 2012[16] |
| Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti | Who will become Bengal's Crorepati | Bengali | Sourav Ganguly | 4 June 2011[17] |
| Ke Bani Crorepati | Who will be the Crorepatri | Bhojpuri | Shatrughan Sinha | 6 June 2011[18] |
| Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran | You Also Can Become a Crorepati | Malayalam | Suresh Gopi | 9 April 2012[19] |
References
- ^ Saxena, Poonam (19 November 2011). "Five crore question: What makes KBC work?". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: More than one of|author=and|last=specified (help) - ^ "India scraps millionaire TV show". BBC News. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ KBC4 news – India-Forums
- ^ "KBC 4 beats Bigg Boss 4 in its final episode". One India. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "KBC to give away Rs 50 mn in 60 minutes". Business Standard. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ Amitabh Bachchan-hosted KBC 4 to go on air from Oct 11
- ^ "KBC 4 Will Be Presented In A Changed Format". indiaserver.com. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "KBC: Waiting for a facelift". Business Standard. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ Indo-Asian News Service (18 November 2011). "Television KBC 5 ends, leaves behind poignant memories". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ^ "Orissa couple strikes big on KBC". Rediff. 27 April 2001.
- ^ "Female tailor from Jharkhand winner in 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' game show". Sify. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "Bihar's Sushil Kumar first to win Rs.5 crore on KBC-5". WorldSnap. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "KBC 5 gets its first Rs. 5 crore winner as Sushil Kumar". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "KBC 5 gets its second crorepati as Anil Sinha". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "Suriyaa to host Tamil version of kaun banega crorepati". Sify Movies. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-kannada-kbc-starts-today/20120312.htm
- ^ http://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/sourav-ganguly-to-host-kaun-banega-crorepati-in-bangla-1307696585-1
- ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shatrughan-to-host-bhojpuri-kaun-banega-cro/773023/
- ^ http://www.karunagappally.info/asianet-kodeeshwaran.html
External links
- Kaun Banega Crorepati at IMDb
- KBC 6 Registration Question"
- Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 (2012 series) Website/ Blog " Registration Starts 28th May 9Pm on SONY TV"
- KBC Auditions on Sony Entertainment Television kick Started from 1 September
- Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007 series) Official Website (Note: The KBC2 Official Website has been merged into this website and redirects to it when clicked)
- Kaun Banega Crorepati 4 (2010 series) Website
- KBC online flash game
- What Makes KBC work