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KaunBanegaCrorepati
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KaunBanegaCrorepati(Whowillbecomea
MillionairepopularlyknownasKBC)isanIndian
televisiongameshowbasedontheUKgameshowWho
WantstoBeaMillionaire?.
KaunBanegaCrorepati
Theshowhaswonpopularityallovertheworld.KBC
wasplayedonvariouschannelsinPakistanandwas
hugelyfollowedbyPakistaniaudience.Theshowalso
wonacclaiminUK,USAandCanada.
Unlikeotherversionsoftheprogram,KBCintersperses
theplayingofthegamewithBollywoodstylemusical
numbersandotherentertainment.
Contents
1Seasons
1.2Season2:20052006
LogousedbeginninginSeason4in2010,
incorporatingthenewIndianrupeesignunveiledin
thesameyear.
1.3Season3:2007
Presentedby
AmitabhBachchan(1,2,4,5,6,
7,8)
ShahrukhKhan(3)
Composer(s)
KeithStrachan(18)
MatthewStrachan(18)
RamonCovalo(48)
SawanDutta(58)
Countryof
origin
India
Original
language(s)
Hindi
No.ofseasons
1.1Season1:20002001
1.4Season4:2010
1.5Season5:2011
1.6Season6:2012
1.7Season7:2013
1.8Season8:2014
2Rules
2.1Topprize
2.2Lifelines
3Notablecelebrityguests
3.1Season1
3.2Season2
3.3Season3
Production
Runningtime
approx.60minutes
3.5Season5
Production
company(s)
BigSynergyProductions
3.6Season6
Distributor
SonyPicturesTelevision
International(Global)
3.4Season4
3.7Season7
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3.8Season8
4Biggestwinners
Broadcast
5Phraseology
Original
channel
STARPlus(13)
SonyTV(4)
6Awards
Pictureformat
480i(SDTV)
1080i(HDTV)
Originalrun
3July2000Present
7Reception
8Otherversions
9Seealso
10References
11Externallinks
Externallinks
Website(http://kbc.sonyliv.com)
Seasons
Season1:20002001
KBCfirstairedin2000andwashostedbyAmitabhBachchan,hisfirstappearanceonIndiantelevision.
KBCinitiallyofferedcontestantsthechancetowinuptotenmillionRupees,butdoubledthisin2001to
twocroreRupees,furtheradjustedfromthefourthseasontoincludeajackpotof50millionrupees.The
seasonendedin2001.Theshowwaswellreceivedfromtheveryfirstseason.[1]
Season2:20052006
On5August2005,theshowwasrestartedafterafouryearhiatus,andrenamedKaunBanegaCrorepati
Dwitiya(KaunBanegaCrorepatitheSecond,orKBC2)inwhichthefinalprizeamountwasdoubledto
20millionrupees.ItwasabruptlyendedbySTARPlusafterthehostAmitabhBachchanfellillin2006.[2]
MrBachchanhadshot61ofthe85episodeswhenhefellill.Heannouncedhewouldreturnafterhe
recovered,butwhenhishealthpreventedhimfilmingtheremaining24episodes,StarTVtookthedecision
toaxeit.
Season3:2007
StarTelevisionrecruitedShahrukhKhantohostthethirdseasonoftheshow.Khanwasatpeakofhis
careerandwasconsideredanidealreplacementforAmitabhBachchan.Thegrandprizeremained
20millionRupees(approx.US$430,000).Thethirdseasonoftheshowbeganairingon22January2007.
Theseasonendedon19April2007withaspecialfinale.ThekeysponsorsofthethirdseasonwereAirTel,
UnitTrustofIndia(UTIMutualFunds)andITCLimited.
Season4:2010
Thefourthseason(calledKBC4)washostedbyAmitabhBachchanandstartedon11October2010,on
Bachchan's68thbirthday.Thisseasonwastelecast4daysaweekoneveryMondayThursdayat9PM
IST.ThetaglineofthisseasonusedforwasKoiBhiInsaanChotaNahiHota(English:NoHumanis
Small).TheshowmovedfromStarPlustoSonyTelevision(theprogrammeisproducedbySonyPictures
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Television,whichownstheformat,butSiddharthaBasuremainedthedirectorandcreativehead.Thenew
logodesignedforthefourthseasonincorporatedthenewIndianRupeesymbol,whichwasunveiledthe
sameyear.Thephonelinesforthefourthseasonopenedon2August2010at9PMIST.[3]Accordingto
onlinenewssources,overfivemillion(5million)peopleparticipatedinKBC4auditions.Thetotalprize
moneywasincreasedto 50million,andajackpotquestionfor 50million(approx.USD1million)was
added.ThefourthseasonoftheshowwashighlysuccessfulduetothereturnofformerhostAmitabh
Bachhan.[4]Theseasonendedon9December2010.
Likemanyotherversionsoftheshow,theseason4reducedthenumberofquestionsfrom15,to13inthis
version.[5]
TheIndianversionadoptedtheclockformatfromtheUSversionandisthefourthcountry'sversiontodo
(theothersbeingJapanandtheUKalthoughtheUSversionabandonedtheclockforthe201011season
whentheshow's2010formatchangesweremade),althoughthetimelimitswereshorterthanintheUK
version.Therewasa30secondtimelimitforquestions1and2,anda45secondtimelimitforquestions3
to7,butquestions8to13werenottimed.[6][7]
Theclockstopswheneveralifelineisused,andifthecontestantallowstheclocktorunout,he/shewillbe
forcedtowalkaway.Therewerefourlifelines:AudiencePollandPhoneaFriendwillmakeareturn,along
withtheadditionoftwonewlifelinesAsktheExpertandDoubleDip.
Season5:2011
AmitabhBachchanalsohostedthefifthseasonofKBCin2011.Thefifthseasonstartedon15August2011
ontheIndependenceDayofIndiawiththesameformatandendedon17November2011.Itwasaired4
daysaweeksameasthe4thseasonat8:30PMISTfor1andahalfhour.Thetaglineusedfortheseason
wasKoiBhiSawaalChotaNahiHota(English:NoQuestionisSmall)(Literarymeans:EveryQuestionis
Important).ThisseasonwasthemostpopularshowonIndiantelevisionin2011.[8]Theshowbecamea
massivehitwithaudiencesandbrokemanyTRPRecords.CNNIBNawardedIndianoftheYear
EntertainmenttoTeamKBCandAmitabhBachan.TheshowalsograbbedallthemajorAwardsforits
categoryandwasamassivehit.
Therewere13questionssameasinseason4.Therewas"ManchahaPadav"inthemoneytreeand'Mrs.
TickTicki'replaced'GhadiyalBabu'.The"GharBaitheJeetoJackpot"competitionallowedviewerstosend
ananswertoaquestionviaSMSduringtheshow,with100,000Rupeesgoingtotherandomlypicked
winner,whocandoubleortriplethisamountbycorrectlyansweringfurtherquestions.
Season6:2012
Theregistrationforthisseasonstartedfrom28May2012.
Thissixthseason(calledKBC6)wasalsohostedbyAmitabhBachchanandwascommencedon7
September2012.Howeverthenewsmakingalltheheadlineswashispaypackageatastaggering
135millionperepisodemakinghimthehighestpaidTVartistofalltime.ItairedeveryFridaytoSundayat
8:30PMISTonSonyTV.Theseasongotoveron26January2013.Thetaglineusedfortheseasonwas
SirfGyaanHiAapkoAapkaHaqDilataHai(English:Justtheknowledgethatdrawsyourrightasyou).
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Therewere13questionssameasinseason4and5.Theshowopenedwiththetremendousresponsewith
thefirstepisodefetching6.7TRPandbrokeallthepreviousrecordsonthechannel.[9]Itwasairedin
PakistanonExpressEntertainment.
Also,inthisseason,theteamofKBCstartedanewtraditionofspecialappearanceofsociallybackward
peopletitledas"DusraMauka".SonaliMukherjee,avictimofacidthrowing,appearedalongLaraDutta.
On13January2013anothersegmentofthisshowwasairedinwhich,ManojKumar,aMahadalit(poorest
ofthepoorclass)wasaccompaniedbyfamousIndianactorManojBajpayee.
Season7:2013
Therehearsalsfortheshowbegunon26June2013.[10]Registrationstartedfrom9:00PMon27June2013.
Thisseventhseason(calledKBC7)wasalsohostedbyAmitabhBachchan.Thetelecasttimeofthisseason
wassameastheseason6.'SeekhnaBandhTohJeetnaBandh'(English:LearningstopssoWinningstops)
(Literarymeans:LearntoWin)wasusedasthetaglineforthisseason.Thetotalprizemoneywasincreased
to 70million,andtheno.ofquestionsincreasedfrom13to15.Theseasonwascommencedon6
September2013,exactlyafterayearofKBC6,andendedon1December2013.Duetothehugejackpotof
Rs.70million,theseasonwasalsoreferredtoasKaunBanegaMahaCrorepati(English:WhoWantstobe
aMultiMillionaire).
Theseasonhadafewchanges,includinganewlifelinecalledPowerPaplu.Thislifelineaidedthosewho
seektoreviveanyalreadyusedlifeline.Thereweretotal15questionstoreachjackpotquestion.However,
DoubleDipandAskTheExpertwerediscontinuedandinlieu50:50andFlipTheQuestionwererevived.
Theprizeforjackpotquestionwasincreasedfrom 50millionto 70million.The"KaunBanega
Crorepati2013"setwasa360degreemultimediastage,makingIndiathefirstevercountrytochangethe
"WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire"setworldwide.LikealltheseasonstherewasaGharBaitheJeeto
Jackpotquestion.Therewerefourquestionsinthenewfeature'SaptaKotiSandook(English:TheSeventh
Jackpot)'thatletcontestantswinfrom 10million, 30million, 50millionandfinally 70million.The
systemofFastestFingerFirstwasalsoaltered,wherethewinnerofleaderboardformedattheendof3
questions,sitsontheHotSeat.
ThisseasongotitsfirstcrorepatiTajMohammedRangrez.HeisahistoryteacherfromUdaipur,Rajasthan
andwasthefirstcontestanttowalkawaywiththetitleof"Crorepati"thisseason.HewonRs.10,000,000(
Rs.tenmillion).Afterwardshesaidthathedidn'tusetheFlipTheQuestionlifelinebywhichaquestioncan
bechangedandanewquestionwillappearbecausehewantedmoneyfortheoperationofhischild.Ifhe
wouldhaveusedthelifelinehewouldn'tknowwhetherhewouldbeabletogivethecorrectanswerand
afterusingthelifelinehewillnotbeabletoquittheshowwhichmeantthatifhegavewronganswerhe
mayonlywinRs.320,000andhewouldnotbeabletogivemoneyfortheoperationofhischild.
Season8:2014
TheregistrationsofKaunBanegaCrorepati8were
Rs7crores(14of14)notimelimit
commencedon22July2014andtheshootingstarted
WhocommandedtheHector,thefirstBritish
on2August2014.[11]Shootingoftheentireshow
tradingshiptolandatSurat?
washeldinSurat.ThiswasthefirsttimethatKBC
wasshotoutsideMumbai.[12]
A:PaulCanning
B:WilliamHawkins
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C:ThomasRoe
D:JamesLancester
Thegrandpremiereepisodeoftheserieswasaired
on17August(Sunday)at8:30PMISTfor3hours.
Narulabrothers'7croresrupeesquestion
Theseasonairedregularlyfrom17Augustonevery
MondayThursdayat8:30PMfor1.5hours.Aftercoupleofweeks,theseriesairedonlyforanhour.The
seasonendedon6November2014,andaireditstwograndfinaleepisodeson9November(Sunday)at8:30
PMISTfor1.5hoursandon16November2014(Sunday)at7:30PMfor2.5hours.Thetaglineforthe
seasonwas'YahanSirfPaiseNahi,DilBhiJeeteJateHain'.Threespecialguestsappearedinthegrand
premiereepisode.Televisioncomedian,KapilSharmafromColorsTV'stelevisionseriesComedyNights
withKapilwasthefirstguestoftheshow.Moreover,iconiccopsDayanandShetty(Daya)andAditya
Shrivastava(Abhijeet)fromSonyTV'stelevisionseriesCIDwerealsoseen.Thenthevaliantwarriorand
Rajputhero,MaharanaPratapa.k.aFaisalKhanfromSonyTV'stelevisionseriesBharatKaVeerPutra
MaharanaPrataplefttheaudiencespellboundwithastellardanceperformance.[13]AmongothersShillong
ChamberChoirledbyNeilNongkynrihperformedamedleyofevergreensongsofBollywoodfollowedby
apatrioticsongattheopeningceremonyofKBC8.[14]MurtuzaHashmiwasthe1000thcontestanton8
September2014.[15]SarthakandAchinNarulawerethefirstcontestantstowinRs.7Croresontheshow.
MeghaPatil(Vasai)wasthefirstfemalecrorepatiwinnerinKBC8on20October2014.
Rules
ThestandardMillionaireformatisused,withtheFastestFingercontestbeforethemaingame.
Allcontestantsmustbeovertheageof18andcitizensofIndiatobeeligible.Thepersonmustnotbea
former"KaunBanegaCrorepati"contestantand,asdefinedintheIncomeTaxAct,1961,mustalsobea
residentofIndia.Furthermore,theymaynotbeemployeesoftheproductioncompany,broadcaster,orprize
providers.
Thecontestantisaskedtopicka"Padao",whichmeansthatafteracertainquestion,forexampleafter
Question6,hewillatleastgetthatamountofmoneyafteransweringthatquestionrightly.Thepre2010
UnitedStatesformatofa"shotclock"willbeusedinthefirstfewquestions45seconds.AfterthePadao,
thereisnotimelimit.Actually"padao"istheHindiwordwhichmeanstodecidethespecificlevelofrest.
Essentiallyamilestone"parachute"question.Oncethequestionisansweredrightthatmoneyisconsidered
"safe"andwillwinthatamountifhefailsanyofthequestionsafterthePadaoQuestion.
Themoneywonaftereachquestionisroughlydoubledfromthepreviousamountwon,exponentially
increasingtheamountwonaftereachcorrectansweruntilthecontestantreachesthefinalquestion,after
whichtheywinthemaximumprize.
Topprize
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Season1
Season2&3
Season46
Season7
1,000
1,000
5,000
2,000
3,000
5,000
10,000
3,000
7,000
10,000
20,000
5,000
10,000
20,000
40,000
10,000
20,000
40,000
80,000
20,000
40,000
80,000
1,60,000
40,000
80,000
1,60,000
3,20,000
80,000
1,60,000
3,20,000
6,40,000
1,60,000
3,20,000
6,40,000
12,50,000
3,20,000
6,40,000
12,50,000
25,00,000
6,40,000
12,50,000
25,00,000
50,00,000
12,50,000
25,00,000
50,00,000
1crore
25,00,000
50,00,000
1crore
3crore
50,00,000
1crore
5crore
5crore
1crore
2crores
7crore
Season8
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
1crore
3crore
7crore
Lifelines
Acontestantcanusealifelinewhenhe/sheisundecidedaboutwhichansweriscorrect.Thefollowingtable
showsdifferentlifelinesusedindifferentseasons.
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line
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Audience
Poll
Fifty
Fity
LifelinesinDifferentseasons
Phonea
Power
Flip
Friend
paplu
Tri
guni
Double
Dip
Askthe
Expert
Season
1
Season
2
Season
3
Season
4
Season
5
Season
6
Season
7
Season
8
AudiencePoll:Ifthecontestantusesthislifeline,itwillresultinthehostrepeatingthequestionto
theaudience.Thestudioaudienceget10secondstoanswerthequestion.Audiencemembersuse
touchpadstodesignatewhattheybelievethecorrectanswertobe.Aftertheaudiencehavechosen
theirchoices,theresultsaredisplayedtothecontestantinpercentagesinbargraphformatandalso
shownonthemonitorsscreensofthehostandcontestant,aswellastheTVviewers.
FiftyFifty(50/50):Ifthecontestantusesthislifeline,thehostwillaskthecomputertorandomly
removeandeliminatetwoofthe"wrong"answers.Thiswillleaveonerightanswerandonewrong
answer,resultinginasituationofeliminating50%ofthechoicesaswellashavinga50%chanceof
gettingtheanswerrightifthecontestantisinasituationofmakingaguess.In2010,50/50was
replacedbyDoubleDipbutitagainreplacedDoubleDipin2013.
PhoneaFriend:Ifthecontestantusesthislifeline,thecontestantisallowedtocalloneofthethree
prearrangedfriends,whoallhavetoprovidetheirphonenumbersinadvance.Thehostusuallystarts
offbytalkingtothecontestant'sfriendandintroduceshim/hertotheviewers.Aftertheintroduction,
thehosthandsthephonecallovertothecontestantwhothenimmediatelyhas30secondstoaskand
hopeforareplyfromtheirfriend.
FliptheQuestion:Thecontestantearnedthislifelineuponansweringthefifthquestion.The
computerreplaced,atthecontestant'srequest,onequestionwithanotherofthesamemonetaryvalue.
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Anylifelinesusedontheoriginalquestionpriortotheswitchingwerenotreinstated.
PowerPaplu:Thislifelinewillaidthosewhoseektoreviveanyalreadyusedlifeline.Itcanbeused
evenafterusingonelifeline,outof4lifelines.Itisusedonlyonce.[16]
Triguni:Thislifelinegivesthecontestantanopportunitytoaskfortheanswerfromthreegenius
peoplewhichkeepsonchangingineveryepisodeofKBC.[17]
DoubleDip:Thislifelineallowsthecontestanttomaketwoguessesataquestion.Gettingboth
answersincorrectresultsinthecontestant'swinningsdroppingbackdowntothelastmilestone
achieved.Thislifelinediffersfromothersinthatoncetheplayerhaschosentousethislifeline,
he/shemustanswerthequestion,andcannotwalkawayoruseanyfurtherlifelinesonthatquestion.
Inthe4thseasonthislifelinewasmadeavailableafterthecontestantcorrectlyanswerstheseventh
question.Inthe5thseason,however,all4lifelinesweremadeavailablefromthestartofthegame.
ExpertAdvice:Thislifelineallowsthecontestanttoaskanexpertvialivefacetofaceaudioand
videoconnection.TheexpertcouldbeanyonefromacelebritytoapreviousMillionairecontestant.
ExpertAdviceisavailablethroughoutthegame.Thereisnosettimelimit,andthecontestantand
expertareallowedtodiscussthequestion.
Notablecelebrityguests
ThefollowingcelebritieshaveplayedKaunBanegaCrorepati.
Season1
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Year
Rani
Mukerji
2000
Shahrukh
Khan
2000
SanjayDutt
2001
AnilKapoor 2001
Amount
won
2,500,000
5,000,000
Notes
PlayedintheNewYearspecial.
PlayedintheNewYearspecial.
5,000,000
5,000,000
PlayedKBChostinSlumdogMillionaire
Sachin
Tendulkar
Madhuri
Dixit
2001
Won 5,000,000eachinaspecialepisodetoraisefundsforvictimsofthe
5,000,000 2001Gujaratearthquake
Amar
Upadhyay
SmritiIrani
2001
TocelebratethefirstanniversaryoftheshowKyunkiSaasBhiKabhi
5,000,000 BahuThi.
Sakshi
Tanwar
Shweta
Kawatra
2001
320,000 TocelebratethefirstanniversaryoftheirshowKahaaniGharGharKii.
Season2
Guest(s)
Year Amountwon
Notes
JohnAbraham
BipashaBasu
2005
5,000,000
Kajol
AjayDevgn
2005
10,000,000 BiggestcelebritywinnersonKBCwithBachchan
LaraDutta
SaniaMirza
2005
5,000,000
AppearedonChildren'sday.
SaifAliKhan
PreityZinta
2005
5,000,000
Topromotetheirfilm"SalaamNamaste"
640,000
SecondTimeontheShow
SmritiIrani
2005
SaakshiTanwar
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Date
Amount
won
Episode
Notes
ArbaazKhan
MalaikaArora
Khan
14February
2007
1,250,000
Valentine's
Day
FarhanAkhtar
ZoyaAkhtar
14February
2007
2,500,000
Valentine's
Day
KaranJohar
FarahKhan
14February
2007
Valentine's
2,500,000
Day
Johar'sSecondAppearanceontheShow
Firsttimeheappearedintheaudiencewith
Bachchanin2000tosupportShahrukh
Khan
PreityZinta
RaniMukerji
27February
2007
5,000,000 HoliSpecial
BothZintaandMukerji'ssecondtimeon
theshow
SanjayDutt
BomanIrani
29March2007 5,000,000
PriyankaChopra
19April2007
KareenaKapoor
5,000,000 SeriesFinale
SalmanKhan
KatrinaKaif
5,000,000 SeriesFinale
19April2007
Dutt'ssecondtimeontheshow
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Date
Amountwon
Notes
AkshayKumar
AdityaRoyKapoor
VipulShah
1November2010
NehaDhupia
RannvijaySingh
ShefaliShah
5,000,000
ForthepromotionofActionReplayy
LeanderPaes
S.Sreesanth
ManojKumar
2November2010
NiketKulshreshtha
JwalaGutta
AshwiniPonnappa
2,500,000
DiwaliSpecial
DishaVakani
RaginiKhanna
PoojaGor
3November2010
AashkaGoradia
BhartiSingh
AishwaryaSakhuja
1,250,000
DiwaliSpecial
AjayDevgan
ArshadWarsi
ShreyasTalpade
RohitShetty
TussharKapoor
KunalKhemu
ForthepromotionofGolmaal3
4November2010
MadhuriDixit
DeepikaPadukone
SanjayDutt
6,7,8,9December2010
AnilKapoor
Dharmendra
2,500,000
Devgan'ssecondtimeontheshow.
AppearedintheGrandFinale
Dutt'sthirdtimeonshowand
Dixit'sSecondtimeintheShow.
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Deepika
Padukone
SaifAliKhan
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Amount
won
Date
18August2011
Notes
ForthepromotionofAarakshan
BothPadukoneAndKhan'sSecondTimeonShow.
ShahidKapoor
SonamKapoor
1September2011
1,250,000
ForthepromotionofMausam
BothSonam&Shahid'sFirstAppearanceonthe
Show.
ImranKhan
KatrinaKaif
8September2011
1,250,000
ForthepromotionofMereBrotherKiDulhan
Kaif'sSecondTimeontheShowKBC
RanbirKapoor
15September
2011
1,250,000
ForthepromotionofRockstar
JohnAbraham
October2011
ForthepromotionofDesiBoyz.
John'sThirdTimeontheShow.
ShahrukhKhan
20October2011
5,000,000
ForthepromotionofRa.One
Shahrukh'sSecondTimeontheShowAsa
Participant.
RamKapoor
SakshiTanwar
27October2011
2,500,000
InDiwaliSpecialEpisode.
SakshiTanwar3rdTimeontheShowKBC
VidyaBalan
10November
2011
1,250,000
ForthepromotionofTheDirtyPicture
Balan'sFirsttimeontheShow.
HarbhajanSingh
15November
2011
ForThepromotionofPepsiAd
RanveerSingh
16November
AnushkaSharma 2011
ForthepromotionofLadiesvsRickyBahl.
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Amount
won
Date
Notes
(in )
Sridevi
GauriShinde
7October2012
640,000
ForthepromotionofEnglishVinglish
BothSrideviAndShinde'sFirstAppearanceonthe
Show.
KaranJohar
AliaBhatt
14October2012 640,000
VarunDhawan
SidharthMalhotra
ForthepromotionofStudentoftheYear
Johar'sThirdAppearanceontheShowWhile,
Bhatt,Dhawan&Malhotra'sFirstAppearanceonthe
Show.
FalguniPathak
20October2012
ForGivingSpecialPerformanceduringNavratri
ShahrukhKhan
KatrinaKaif
4November
2012
2,500,000
ForthepromotionofJabTakHaiJaan
Shahrukh'sThirdwhileKaif'sThirdTimeonthe
Show.
AjayDevgn
SonakshiSinha
18November
2012
320,000
ForthepromotionofSonofSardaar
Devgn'sThirdwhileSinha'sFirstTimeontheShow.
RamKapoor
SakshiTanwar
Amrita
Mukherjee[18]
16December
2012
1,250,000
FortheChristmasSpecialEpisode
Sakshi'sFourthwhileKapoor'sSecondTimeonthe
Show.
SharadKelkar
KritikaKamra
16December
2012
640,000
FortheChristmasSpecialEpisode
BothKelkarandKamra'sfirstAppearanceonthe
Show.
AnilKapoor
20January2013
ForthepromotionofRace2
Season7
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Date
Amount
won
Notes
(in )
Shahid
20September
Kapoor
2013
IleanaDCruz
ForthepromotionofPhataPosterNikhlaHero
Ranbir
Kapoor
NeetuSingh
ForthepromotionofBesharam
September2013
Sangeeta
Ghosh
Ruslaan
October2013
Mumtaz
DilipJoshi
DishaVakani
ForDasheraspecialepisode
Joshi'sfirstwhileVakani'ssecondappearanceontheshow
RuslaanMumtazandSangeetaGhosh'sfirstappearanceon
theshow.
Season8
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Guest(s)
Date
Amount
won
Notes
(in )
2,500,000 ForthepromotionofMardaani[19]
RaniMukherjee
21August2014
AdityaRoyKapoor
ParineetiChopra
28August2014
PriyankaChopra
4September2014
ArjunKapoor
DeepikaPadukone
11September2014
ForthepromotionoftheirfilmFinding
Fanny
FawadAfzalKhan
SonamKapoor
18September2014
Forthepromotionoftheirfilm
Khoobsurat.
ShivajiSatam,Dayanand
Shetty,AdityaShrivastav
24September2014
ForacharitynamedMaharogiSewa
SamitiinWarora.
ShahidKapoor
ShraddhaKapoor
25September2014
ForthepromotionoftheirfilmHaider.
AnujSachdeva
SmritiKalra
29September2014
1,600,
000
ForthepromotionoftheirTVseriesItti
SiKhushi.
HappyNewYearteam
23October2014
1,250,000
ForDiwalispecialandforthepromotion
oftheirfilmHappyNewYear.
RonitRoy,PallaviKulkarni,
EktaKapoorandBoxCricket
Leagueteams
9November2014
(Grandfinale
episode)
TopromotetheirTVseriesItnaKaroNa
MujhePyaarandtheirTVseriesBox
CricketLeaguerespectively.
AliZafar,ParineetiChopra,
RanveerSinghandGovinda
16November2014
(Mahagrandfinale
episode)
ForthepromotionoftheirfilmKillDil.
ForthepromotionofDaawateIshq[20]
1,250,000 ForthepromotionofMaryKom[21]
Biggestwinners
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Amountwon
Guest(s)
Season
Date
(in )
HarshwardhanNawathe
1stWinnerKaunBanegaCrorepati
Season1
1,00,00,000
2000
RaviSaini
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepatiJunior
1,00,00,000
2000
VijayAndArundhati
Raul
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepatiJodi
1,00,00,000
2000
AjayDevgan&Kajol
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati2
1,00,00,000
2005
BrajeshDubey
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati2
1,00,00,000
2005
RahatTaslim
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati4
1,00,00,000
22November
2010
SushilKumar
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati5
5,00,00,000
2November2011
AnilKumarSinha
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati5
1,00,00,000
9November2011
ManojKumarRaina
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati6
1,00,00,000
8September2012
SunmeetKaurSawhney
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati6
5,00,00,000[22]
12January2013
TajMohammedRangrez WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati7
1,00,00,000
12September
2013
FirozFatima
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati7
1,00,00,000
2December2013
Achin&Sarthak
Narula[23]
WinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati8
7,00,00,000
20September
2014
MeghaPatil
FemaleWinnerofKaunBanegaCrorepati
8
1,00,00,000
20October2014
Phraseology
Sinceitslaunchintheyear2000,KBChasinspiredthousandswithAmitabh'scatchyphraseslike"Lock
kiyajaye?"whichhasbeenusedinthemediaacountlessnumberoftimes,anexamplebeinginthe2001
filmNayak:TheRealHerostarringAnilKapoorandRaniMukerji.Otherphrasesfromtheshow,assaid
byAmitabhBachchanalsofetchedcultfollowing:"DeviyonaurSajjano","Samaysamaptikighoshna"etc.
WiththethirdseasonthatwashostedbyShahrukhKhan,wordagesuchas"Lockkiyajaye?"werechanged
to"Freezeit!".AdditionalexpressionswereintroducedinKBC3like"Kuchsawaalaapkizindagibadal
saktehain!"whichistheofficialmottoofthethirdseasonand"KachchaKachcha?PakkaPakka?"that
figurativelymeans"Areyousureorareyounotsure?"."TezTeekhaTabadtor"aswellas"KoiSawaal
ChotaNahiHota"inthefourthseasonoftheshowbecameimmenselypopular."KoiSawaalChotaNahi
Hota"wasreplacedby"KoiInsaanChotaNahiHota"inthefifthseasonoftheshow.Inthesameseason
newphrase"PanchkotiMahamani"wasused,whichwasreplacedby"PanchkotiGyankumbh"inthe
followingseason.Inthesixthseason,themottowaschangedto"Sirfgyaanhiaapkoaapkahaqdilatahai".
Intheseventhseasonmottowas"SaptaKotiMahaMoney"&newphrase,"SeekhnaBandTohJeetna
Band".Intheeighthandcurrentseason,motto"YahanSirfPaiseNahi,DilBhiJeeteJateHain"hasbeen
used.
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TheshowplaysamajorroleinthemovieSlumdogMillionaire,withAnilKapoorplayingPremKumar,the
gameshowhost,thoughShahRukhKhanwasaskedtoplay.ThemovieisanadaptationoftheVikas
SwarupnovelQ&A(althoughthenoveldepictedafictionalquizshowcalledWhoWillWinaBillion?),
andisalsolooselyconnectedtoareallifecheatingincidentontheUKversionoftheshowtitled"Who
wantstobeamillionaire?".
Awards
Year
Awards
Category
BestShowoftheYear
IndianTellyAwards2001
BestMarketingActivityoftheYear2000
TVPersonalityoftheYear2000
2001
BestAnchorofaGameShow
IndianTelevisionAcademy
Awards2001
BestHost
BestAnchorBasedShow
BestGame/QuizShow
2002
IndianTellyAwards2002
IndianTellyAwards2005
2005
2006
2011
2011
KBC1
Amitabh
Bachchan
KBC1
TVAnchoroftheYear
Amitabh
Bachchan
BestGameShowoftheYear
KBC1
BestGameShowoftheYear
KBC2
BestTVAnchor
IndianTelevisionAcademy
Awards2005
BestAnchorofaGameShow
Amitabh
Bachchan
BestGame/QuizShow
KBC2
IndianTelevisionAcademy
Awards2006
BestAnchorofaGameShow
Amitabh
Bachchan
BestGame/QuizShow
KBC2
BestGameShowoftheYear
KBC3
BestTVAnchor
Shahrukh
Khan
IndianTellyAwards2007
2007
Recipient
TheGlobalIndianFilmandTV BestTVAnchor
Honours
BestGame/QuizShow
KBC3
BIGTelevisionAwards
ShaksiyatoftheYear
Amitabh
Bachchan
IndianTelevisionAcademy
Awards2011
BestAnchorGame/QuizShow
Amitabh
Bachchan
BestGame/QuizShow
KBC5
BIGStarEntertainmentAwards BIGStarMostEntertainingTelevisionReality
2011
Show
KBC5
FICCIFramesExcellence
Honours
KBC5
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TheGlobalIndianFilmandTV BestHost
Honours
ApsaraAwards2012
2012
Amitabh
Bachchan
BestShow(NonFiction)
KBC5
BestNonFictionSeries
KBC5
BestHost
Amitabh
Bachchan
BestGame/QuizShow
IndianTellyAwards2012
BestEdutainmentScienceKnowledgeBased
Show
KBC5
TVShowPackaging(NonFiction)
2013
BestDirector(NonFiction)
Siddharth
Basu
People'sChoiceAwards
BestNonFictionShowHost
Amitabh
Bachchan
IndianTellyAwards2013
BestGameShow
KBC6
STARParivaarAwards2003
PitamahofSTARParivaar
IndianTelevisionAcademy
Awards2007
TheITALaurelforUltimateEminence
BIGStarEntertainmentAwards
BIGSTARNonFictionShowoftheDecade
Special 2010
Awards IndianTelevisionAcademy
ITAAchieveroftheYear2011
Awards2011
ApsaraAwards2012
ApsaraGuilsHonoursforExcellenceonTV
FICCIFramesExcellence
Honours
SpecialAwardformaximumImpactCreatedBy
aPersonality
Amitabh
Bachchan
KBC4'
Amitabh
Bachchan
Reception
Throughouttheglobe,KaunBanegaCrorepatihasgainedhighlypositivecriticalreception,amongthe
otherHindigameshows.
Otherversions
TheimmensepopularityofKaunBanegaCrorepatihasledtoitbeingremadeinseveralotherIndian
languageswithdifferenthosts:
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Title
Transliteration
Language
Host
LaunchDate
9April
2012[24]
NingalkkumAakaam
Kodeeshwaran
YouAlsoCanBecomea
Crorepati
Malayalam SureshGopi
NeengalumVellalamOru
Kodi
YouTooCanWin
tenmillion
Tamil
Suriya(Season1)
27February
PrakashRaj
2012[26]
(Season2)[25]
KannadadaKotyadhipati
Karnataka'sCrorepati
Kannada
PuneethRajkumar
12March
2012[27]
KeHobeBanglarKotipoti
WhowillbecomeBengal's
Crorepati
Bengali
SouravGanguly
4June
2011[28]
KeBaniCrorepati
WhowillbetheCrorepati
Bhojpuri
ShatrughanSinha
6June
2011[29]
KonHoeelMarathi
Crorepati
WhowillbetheMarathi
Crorepati
Marathi
SachinKhedekar
6May
2013[30]
MeeloEvaruKoteeswarudu
WhowillbetheCrorepati
amongyou
Telugu
Nagarjuna
Akkineni
9June
2014[31]
Seealso
10KaDum,agameshowthatairedonSonyEntertainmentTelevision.
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