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Kaun Banega Crorepati
File:Kaunshadrukh.jpg
Shahrukh Khan hosts "Kaun Banega Crorepati"
Presented byAmitabh Bachchan (2000-)
Shahrukh Khan
(2007)
Country of origin India
Original languageHindi
Production
Running timeapprox. 43 minutes/episode
Original release
NetworkSTAR Plus
File:Titles of Kaun Banega Crorepati.jpg
Titles of Kaun Banega Crorepati
File:Fragment of KBC.jpg
Fragment of the show; Kajol's and Ajay Devgan's 10 million rupees question

Kaun Banega Crorepati (Hindi: कौन बनेगा करोड़पति Kaun Banegā Karoṛpati; popularly known as KBC) was an Indian reality/game show based on the UK/US gameshow Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? This version's title literally translates to "Who will be a ten-millionaire?" The show first aired in 2000 and was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. This episode was the first appearance of Amitabh Bachchan on Indian television. In 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. The grand prize amount of 2 crore rupees was still used in KBC3.

It was abruptly ended by STAR Plus after the host Amitabh Bachchan fell ill in 2006.[1] Bachchan announced he would return after he recovered, but Shahrukh Khan covered for him in 2007.

The new 2007 series began airing on January 22, 2007. Phone lines opened from December 22, 2006, 8PM. The key sponsors of the new series are AirTel, Unit Trust of India (UTI Mutual Funds) and ITC. They also have a thinking cap for help signed by Shahrukh Khan. The show ended on April 19, 2007 with a special finale.

Rules

As in the UK version, 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 give up and retain the money s/he has already won if s/he decides not to answer the currently shown 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 s/he wins the maximum prize (currently 2 crores in KBC2 and 3). The current sequence of prize amounts on KBC are as follows:

These prizes are not cumulative (i.e. Each monetary sum in the above table represents the total money won if one correctly answers the corresponding amount of questions).

Indian Telly Awards 2007

At the 7th Indian Telly Awards held on the November 16, 2007 in Mumbai, Shah Rukh Khan (though absent at the show) was announced the Best Anchor for Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Lifelines

The current lifelines in KBC3 are the same ones that were used in KBC2. The only difference being that the first season of KBC didn't have the "Flip the Question" lifeline. A contestant can use a lifeline when s/he is undecided about which answer is correct. A lifeline can only be used once.

  • Audience Poll - If the contestant uses this lifeline, it will result in the host repeating the question to the audience; hence, this is a poll of the audience currently in the studio. The studio audience get approximately 10 seconds to answer the question using the "keypads" provided. After the audience have chosen their choices, the results are 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 few pre-arranged friends. 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.
  • 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.

At the start of KBC2, Amitabh Bachchan introduced a new lifeline called "Flip the Question". This lifeline is also used in KBC3:

  • Flip the Question - Just like the lifeline that was once available in the US version, the contestant can request a replacement question if they are undecided. A notable difference is that this lifeline was only available after the $25,000 mark (question 10) in the US while in KBC, the "Flip the Question" lifeline is available to the contestant at the Rs. 20,000 mark (question 5). (Note: As of the 2008-2009 season, this lifeline is no longer available in the US version and has been replaced with "Ask-the-Expert.")

Notable celebrity guests

Apart from Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan being renowned stars who have hosted the show, these are the following celebrities that have played Kaun Banega Crorepati with Amitabh Bachchan:

With Shahrukh Khan:

"Crore"pati winners

So far, there have been a few notable winners of KBC that have left with an amount of Rs. 1,00,00,000 or 1 crore:

  • Harshvardhan Navathe - 1st winner of KBC in 2000.
  • Ravi Saini - Winner of the equally popular series - KBC Junior (Rs. 1,00,00,000) that featured children under the age of 18 as contestants in 2001.
  • Ajay Devgan and Kajol - Winner of Rs. 1,00,00,000 in 2005
  • Brajesh Dubey - Winner of KBC2 leaving with Rs. 1,00,00,000 when the top prize was Rs. 2,00,00,000

NOTE: spacing of large numbers is different in India than the rest of the English-speaking world; in Hindi, there is no "single" word that corresponds to (one) "million".

KBC 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 new series that is hosted by Shahrukh Khan, wordage such as "Lock kiya jaye?" have been changed to "Freeze it!". Additional expressions have been introduced in KBC3 like "Kuch sawaal aapki zindagi badal sakte hain!" which is the official motto of the current show and "Kachcha Kachcha? Pakka Pakka?" that figuratively means "Are you sure or are you not sure?" and literally means "Is your answer unripe? Or is your answer ripe?".

  • A show named "Kaun Banega Champu" aired on Filmy spoofs KBC and is hosted by comedian Sunil Grover under the name of "Ruk Ruk Khan".
  • KBC not only helped Amitabh Bachchan relaunch his Bollywood career but also made Star Plus into India's #1 network.
  • The show's former host, Amitabh Bachchan, has been parodied by Jaaved Jaffrey.
  • The show plays a major role in the movie Slumdog Millionaire, with Anil Kapoor playing Prem Kumar, the game show host. Although the movie is an adaptation of the Vikas Swarup novel Q & A, the novel depicted a fictional quiz show called Who Will Win a Billion? Kapoor has been on the celebrity version and was set to host the show.[citation needed]. Amitabh was also the answer to the first question in the movie.

Awards

The Indian Telly Awards

Winners

In 2001

In 2002

In 2005

In 2007

References

  1. ^ [1]
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