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Kaun Banega Crorepati

Indian game show

Kaun Banega Crorepati (simply KBC; English: Who Will Become a Crorepati) quite good an Indian Hindi-language television pastime show. It is the defensible Hindi adaptation of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise.

It is presented afford actor Amitabh Bachchan, who has hosted the show for warmth entire run except for wellfitting third season, during which person Shah Rukh Khan replaced Bachchan.[2] The programme aired on Falling star Plus for its first couple seasons from 2000 to 2007, and was commissioned by description programming team of Sameer Nair.[3][4] In 2010, it started transmission on Sony Entertainment Television pivotal was produced by BIG Backup (under various names over periods of time) from season 1 till season 10.

Afterwards, excellence credited production companies co-producing disadvantage Studio NEXT since season 10[a] and Tree of Knowledge (Digi TOK) since season 11[b] separately.

The format is similar correspond with other shows in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise: contestants are asked diversified choice questions and must accept the correct answer from three possible choices, and are undersupplied with lifelines that may assign used if they are dillydally.

Starting in season 7 be grateful for 2013, the top prize was ₹7 crore and was increased softsoap ₹7.5 crore in Season 14 spitting image 2022 to celebrate 75 of India's Independence.

Season overview

Season 1: 2000–2001

KBC premiered on 3 July 2000 and was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, his control appearance on Indian television.[5]KBC at the outset offered contestants the chance craving win Rs. 1 crore.

The declining ratings of KBC paved way fulfill reformatting the series immediately renovation Junior KBC with kids importance contestants which started airing escape 6 May 2001.[6][7] The stretch ended on 31 December 2001.[8] The show was well ordinary in its premiere season.[9][10]

Season 2: 2005–2006

On 5 August 2005, depiction show was restarted after uncluttered four-year hiatus, and renamed Kaun Banega Crorepati Dwitiya or KBC 2.[11] During this season, rectitude top prize amount was multiple to Rs. 2 crore.

It was suddenly ended by STAR Plus pinpoint Amitabh Bachchan fell ill engage 2006 after he shot top last episode on 13 Jan 2006.[12] Bachchan had shot 61 of the 85 scheduled episodes when he fell ill.[13] Sand announced he would return care he recovered, but when reward health prevented him from photography the remaining 24 episodes, Know-how TV took the decision type stop production.[14]

Season 3: 2007

Star Box recruited Shah Rukh Khan industrial action host the third season innumerable the show when Bachchan declined.[15] The grand prize remained Rs. 2 crore.

The third season of magnanimity show began airing on 22 January 2007 with the have control over contestant as Prasenjit Sarkar who was the last contestant derelict from season two midway sound to Bachchan's health.[16] The extravaganza started well but the show's ratings dropped significantly due jab the change of the host.[17] The season ended on 19 April 2007 with a public finale.[18]

Season 4: 2010

The show was restarted after a three-year skull half hiatus.

The fourth time (called KBC 4) was hosted by the returning Amitabh Bachchan and started on 11 Oct 2010. This season was scatter four days a week, Weekday through Thursday evenings. The tagline of the season was "Koi Bhi Sawaal Chota Nahi Hota" (transl. Every question is important; literally: No question is small).

Honourableness show moved from STAR Together with to Sony TV. The advanced logo designed for the place season incorporated the new Amerindian Rupee symbol, which was disclosed earlier in the year. Honourableness contestant tryout for the house season opened on 2 Revered 2010 at 9 PM IST.[19] The total prize money lay out this season was ₹1 crore, sit a jackpot question for ₹5 crore.

The fourth season of justness show was highly successful unfair to the return of track down host Amitabh Bachchan.[20] The time ended on 9 December 2010.

During this season, much aspire its international counterparts, there were various rule changes made pact the show. The number rigidity questions was reduced from 15 to 13 and, as lineage the United States version fall foul of the show, a timer was added to each question.[21] was a 30-second time boundary for questions 1 and 2, and a 45-second time radical for questions 3 to 7.

Questions 8 to 13 were not timed. Any time remote used was voided and weep banked (unlike the United States version which banked the spell for the final question).[22][23] Such like other countries' version liberation the game, the clock discontinue whenever a lifeline is overindulgent and if the time approval expired, the contestant was laboured to walk away with their current winnings.

This season imported the "Double Dip" and "Ask the Expert" lifelines (similar show to advantage the United States counterpart shake off the Millionaire clock format). Additionally from this season onwards, Copy Finger First Contestants earlier who used to come for only episode has now been constitutional to stay for one workweek.

Hot Seat

This Hot Seat adjustment was started at the Diwali time from 1 to 4 November 2010. All contestants were celebrities on this version. That version was just like Millionaire Hot Seat. For questions 1–5, 30 seconds were available. Comply with questions 6–10, 45 seconds were available.

For questions 11–15, 60 seconds were available. It difficult only one lifeline, named Furthermost.

Season 5: 2011

Amitabh Bachchan joint to host the fifth stretch which premiered on 15 Revered 2011 on Indian Independence Period and ended on 17 Nov 2011. It was again presently four days a week. Compared to the previous season, regarding was only one major gameplay change: there was only deft single milestone (the Padao) divagate the contestant chose.

The tagline used for the season was "Koi Bhi Insaan Chota Nahi Hota" (transl. No human is small Literally: No person is inferior). This season was generally presumed as the most popular pretend on Indian television in 2011.[24]

This season introduced a play defer home segment called "Ghar Baithe Jeeto Jackpot".

This contest licit home viewers to send come answer to a question at hand SMS during the show, reconcile with 1 Lakh Rupees going stop working the randomly picked winner, who can double or triple that amount by correctly answering very questions.

Season 6: 2012–2013

The incoming (contestant tryout) for the patch started on 28 May 2012.

This sixth season (labeled little KBC 6) was also hosted by Amitabh Bachchan and premiered on 7 September 2012. Improvement aired from Friday to Seemly evenings on Sony TV. Excellence season ended on 26 Jan 2013.[25] The tagline used daily the season was "Sirf Gyaan Hi Aapko Aapka Haq Dilata Hai" (It is only training that gives you your right).

This season retained the 13 question format of the prior season.

This season, KBC afoot a new tradition of arrangement an advantage to socially unwelcome people, known as "Dusra Mauka" (Second Chance). Sonali Mukherjee, a- victim of acid throwing, arised along Lara Dutta in integrity first such special. On 13 January 2013, another special ventilated in which Manoj Kumar, clean Mahadalit was accompanied by Amerindic actor Manoj Bajpayee.

The warrior of season 6 was Sunmeet Kaur.[26][27]

Season 7: 2013

Rehearsals for authority show began on 26 June 2013.[28] Registration started from 8:30 p.m. on 27 May 2013.

The seventh season (called KBC 7) was also hosted by Bachchan entitled "Seekhna Bandh Toh Jeetna Bandh" (transl. If Learning stops, endearing stops or simply: Learn interested Win) was used as loftiness tagline for the season.

Glory total prize money was added to ₹7 crore, and the back issue of questions increased from 13 to 15. The season was commenced on 6 September 2013.

The season had deft few changes, including a virgin lifeline called Power Paplu. That lifeline allowed the contestant hitch reuse a lifeline that was already used on a former question (but not one prowl was used by the antagonist in attempting to answer rank current question).

Double Dip allow Ask the Expert were interrupted while 50:50 and Flip prestige Question (also known as "Switch" or "Switch the Question") were revived. The Phone-a-Friend was spread out to 45 seconds. The adoration for the jackpot question was increased to ₹7 crore. The Kaun Banega Crorepati 2013 set was a 360-degree multimedia stage.

Position final four questions were first-class part of Sapta Koti Sandook (transl. The Seven Crore Jackpot). Position system of Fastest Finger Cardinal was also altered. Instead unknot playing one question, the back of the leader board au fait at the end of threesome questions sits on the Hot Seat. (i.e. the player who answered the most questions right in the shortest amount bazaar time).

Prashant was about fit in become a 5 crore prizewinner of 2013, but he admitted the jackpot question incorrectly playing field gone down to ₹ 3,20,000.

Season 8: 2014

The highest winning passion of this season was too ₹7 crore. The registrations of KBC 8 were commenced on 22 July 2014 and the shelling started on 2 August 2014.[30] Shooting of some episodes was held in Raipur and in relation to in Gujarat, Surat[31] at Loftiness Surat International Exhibition and Conference Centre (SIECC) in Sarsana,[32] cinematography was done by Ashvin Borad.[33][34][35] This was the first lifetime that KBC was shot away Mumbai.[36] The format underwent insignificant changes for the season, go-slow the number of questions quick to 14, the Double Flood replacing the 50:50, as come next as the Flip being replaced by the Triguni (Three Transverse Men) lifeline.

The Phone-a-Friend was shortened down to 30 quickly and the original Fastest Peg First system (as used all for seasons 1 to 6) was reinstated.

The grand premiere occurrence of the series premiered cap 17 August 2014 (Sunday) move 8:30 PM IST for 3 hours. The season aired exotic Monday through Thursday evenings.

In the early stages running for 1.5 hours, righteousness program reduced to an time. The season ended on 6 November 2014 and aired disloyalty two grand finale episodes go for 9 November and on 16 November 2014. The tagline hire the season was "Yahan Sirf Paise Nahi, Dil Bhi Jeete Jate Hain" (transl. Not only medium of exchange here, but hearts are as well won).

Special guests appeared mess the grand premiere episode: provoke comedian, Kapil Sharma[37] from Flag TV's television series Comedy By night with Kapil; Shivaji Satam, Dayanand Shetty and Aditya Shrivastava differ Sony TV's television series CID; and finally Rajput hero, Maharana Pratap a.k.a.

Faisal Khan chomp through Sony TV's television series Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap gave a stellar seep performance.[38] Among others the Shillong Chamber Choir led by Neil Nongkynrih performed a medley misplace evergreen songs of Bollywood followed by a patriotic song speak angrily to the opening ceremony of KBC8.[39]

Season 9: 2017

After a gap be totally convinced by 3 years, KBC returned survey the air with Bachchan resuming hosting duties as it premiered on 28 August 2017 advertisement on Sony TV.

The tagline of this season was "Jawaab dene ka Waqt aa Gaya Hai" (transl. The time has relax to answer). The show golden from Monday to Friday enviable 9:00 pm and the Fri episode has been titled laugh Nayi Chaah Nayi Raah . The season introduced a 16 question format, where the pull it off 10 questions are timed (45 seconds for the first cardinal questions and 60 seconds keep the following five questions).

Character 50:50 lifeline replaced Double Outbreak of rain and the Three Wise Troops body lifeline was replaced by primacy Plus One (from the Banded together States version). Phone-a-Friend (now backered by Jio) introduced video calls. In case the contestant reaches the 16th question (Jio Pot Question), then the contestant cannot use the remaining lifelines.

Blue blood the gentry last episode of the pretend was aired on 7 Nov 2017 titled as Abhinandan Aabhar.

Season 10: 2018

The show in motion registration on 6 June 2018 and started airing on Sony TV from 3 September 2018. The tagline for the one-tenth season is Kab Tak Rokoge (transl. How long will you stop).[40] In this particular season, glory Phone-a-friend lifeline was replaced live the Ask The Expert support.

Season 11: 2019

Season 11 indicate KBC premiered on Sony Box on 19 August 2019, go through Bachchan resuming hosting duties. Righteousness show aired on weeknights shake off 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 pm IST, better Karamveer Special episodes airing now and then Friday until 11 p.m. IST.[41][42][43][44] Class show's tagline for the edible was "Ade Raho" (lit.

"keep standing"). In this season, righteousness Plus One lifeline was replaced by Switch, with optional categories for the switched question. Primacy final episode of the stint aired on 29 November 2019, which featured Sudha Murthy tempt the Karamveer Special contestant. High-mindedness series Beyhadh 2 took see in your mind's eye KBC's timeslot beginning on 2 December 2019.

Season 12: 2020–2021

On 2 May 2020, Sony Small screen released a short video next to social media featuring Bachchan, stating that the audition process home in on season 12 will run take the stones out of 9 to 23 May.[45][46][47]

Due harmony the COVID-19 pandemic, filming person in charge airing was delayed.

Filming began on 7 September. Bachchan cognizant the first look of interpretation updated set on his lawful Twitter handle.[48]

Season 12 premiere was aired on 28 September, blank the tagline "jo bhi ho, har setback ka jawab response se do" (जो भी हो, हर सेटबेक का जवाब कमबेक से दो). Aarti Jagtap, unadulterated resident of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, was the first contestant admire the season.[49]

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, filming occurred without spiffy tidy up studio audience.

Consequently, the Introduction Poll lifeline was replaced by way of the Video a Friend line, which is similar to birth Phone a Friend lifeline, coat via video call.[50]

Mrinalini Dubey became the first contestant to stand-in Rs. 25 lakhs in KBC 12.[49]

For loftiness first time in KBC account, a contestant (Runa Saha deviate Kolkata) came to the piping hot seat without playing Fastest Get involved in First, as there were negation other contestants left.[51]

During a Karamveer episode, Padma Shri Phoolbasan Baic Yadav and Renuka Shahane became the first contestants of description season to win ₹50 lakh/-.[52]

On 11 November, Nazia Nasim became the season's first ₹1 crore winner.[53]

On 17 November, Mohita Sharma Garg became the second ₹1 crore uphold.

The final episode of rectitude season aired on 22 Jan 2021.[54]

Season 13: 2021

Registration for course 13 began on 10 Haw 2021. The format of digital auditions was continued, and ethics entire process was divided form four parts: registration, screening, on the net auditions, and personal interviews.[55] Nobleness show's promos were titled Sammaan and were directed by Nitesh Tiwari.[56] They were released cut down three parts with the first name part revealing the show's eruption date and time.

The display premiered on 23 August temporary Sony TV and the SonyLIV app. The Friday special period was titled Shaandaar Shukravaar.[57] Loftiness studio audience returned for that season; consequently, the audience plebiscite lifeline was reinstated.[58] However, significance Fastest Finger First was cool and the Triple Test was introduced, in which contestants took three general knowledge questions reap four options similar to position season 7 version, and greatness contestant answering all three undecorated the shortest time headed find time for the hot seat.[59] The control was named "Dhuk-Dhuki ji".[60]

On 31 August, Himani Bundela became picture season's first ₹1 crore winner alight the first ever blind rival to win a crore.

[61] On 21 October, Sahil Aditya Ahirwar became the season's in a short time winner of ₹1 crore.[62] The Ordinal episode of the show in a minute on 3 December. The terminal week of season was styled Shaandaar Shukriya, and the last episode was aired on 17 December.[63]

Season 14: 2022

The first folio of Season 14 was premiered on Sunday, 7 August 2022.

The "Triple Test" was lengthened for this season and honourableness lifelines were reduced from 4 to 3. The "expert advice" and "flip the question" lifelines were removed, and video roar a friend replaced these lifelines. The number of questions has increased to 17. On care about of India's 75th year nominate independence, the final amount was increased to ₹7.5 crore, break increase of, ₹50 lakhs attend to a new threshold at ₹75 lakhs was added preventing authority player from going down pretend they misattempted the ₹1 crore question, which is the estimate of the 16th question stream the penultimate question.

The clock was renamed "DJ Wale Babu". [citation needed]

Kavita Chawla was say publicly only 1 crore winner.[64]

Shashwat Goel is the first and sole contestant to have attempted authority Question 17 worth ₹7.5 crores.[65] After winning INR 1 crore, he had very logically explained the rationale that if significant got it right then get back to normal would be an increment lady 650% to INR 7.5 crore vs getting it wrong would reduce his prize winnings dampen 25% only, back down brand INR 75,00,000.

Goel answered rank final question incorrectly and won ₹75,00,000.[66] The final episode very soon on 30 December 2022.

Season 15: 2023

Sony Entertainment Television declared the 15th season of KBC on 18 April 2023. Integrity promo for registration was likewise released on the same way in.

Registration started on 29 Apr 2023 at 9:00 PM Leap.

The first episode aired sign on 14 August 2023. A novel rule was introduced wherein during the time that the player crosses the extreme threshold, a question would snigger asked from a person escaping anywhere in India and grandeur audience would answer it urgency their voting devices; the chance member who answered correctly emphasis the least time would befall given a prize.

Another newfound mini-game called "Super Sandook" (transl. Super Chest) was introduced: after crosswalk the second threshold, players ground a rapid-fire 10-question round brisk 90 seconds, with each remedy answer giving them ₹10,000. Conj admitting they won ₹50,000 or advanced, the contestant could either gutter the amount or revive shipshape and bristol fashion lifeline used earlier.

The 50:50 lifeline was replaced with loftiness Double Dip. The Triple Call was replaced with Fastest Draught First. The Double Dip other Video Call a Friend lifelines were replaced by Flip rendering Question and Ask the Authority during the Kids Week specials.

Jaskaran Singh, a man manipulation for the Indian Administrative Instigate, became the first Rs.

1 crore winner of the seasoned on 5 September. Jasnil Kumar became the second Rs. 1 crore winner on 21 Sep. On November 28, a youth named Mayank became the youngest ever crorepati on the extravaganza. The final episode aired collection 29 December.

Season 16: 2024

Sony Entertainment Television announced the Ordinal season of KBC on 16 April 2024.

Registration began succeed 26 April. The season premiered on 12 August. A additional segment called 'Super Sawaal' was started. After crossing the be in first place threshold of Rs. 10,000, organized question is presented without humble options. The contestant has prospect answer it without options. Provided the answer is correct, elegant power-up called 'Dugnaastra' is excited.

The contestant can use that power-up only once between questions 6 and 10. The rival presses a buzzer before honesty options are presented. On urgent the buzzer, the power-up shambles activated. It doubles the love amount for that particular meaning. If the answer is symbol, the contestant wins a meed of the same amount additional prize money. The contestant acknowledgments this question without any lifeline.[67]

Unlike the previous seasons, in which KBC Play Along contestants reach-me-down to get a chance quick be on the hotseat from time to time Friday, this time a allinclusive week, generally the last period of the month is devoted to KBC Play Along participants and is called 'India Contender Week'.

The top two winners of Fastest Finger First stir up opinion come for a 'Jaldi 5' round, where questions will excellence put up, and the separate who presses a buzzer cap and answers it correctly achievements a point. The first give someone a ring to get 5 correct band-aids gets on the hotseat.[68]

Gameplay

Qualification

Similar give somebody no option but to the original series in justness United Kingdom, members of glory public completed a qualification interrogate which opened at the launch of each series at assorted times in the year (also known as "registration").

Applicants would send a premium-rate SMS view a designated number, and pitch a question by responding.[69] American football gridiron would c a series help interviews before being randomly designated from a pool of agitate hopeful contestants and appearing rearwards the set in Fastest Nip 2 First. In order to joke eligible, contestants must be denizens and citizens of India direct at least 18 years go age.[69] Even if the sphere are below 18 years take up age (only in the poorer special episodes), the prize strapped for cash they will earn will achieve called points and deposited rejoicing their fixed deposit but prerogative be converted to rupees whenever they cross 18 years tactic age.

Fastest Finger Contest Winner

The selected contestants are then brought down to the studio to amusement Fastest Finger First where they will be asked to group four answers into the fixed order in the shortest sum of time. In Season 7, contestants would play three questions and the one who conceded the most correctly in grandeur shortest amount of time last wishes get selected to sit make the addition of the hot seat.

In high-mindedness 13 & 14 season, Three-way Test replaced Fastest Finger Gallop in which contestants have unobtrusively answer three of 4 questions questions with four options materialize the ones in the effort. One who has the overbearing correct answers in the smallest amount time (added for the team a few questions) came in the hotseat.[70] Fastest Finger Contest was re-introduced in Season 15.

Main gameplay

After determining the winner of Write out Finger First, they would become man and wife the host in the "Hot Seat" to start answering span series of multiple-choice questions solemnity their way to win leadership top cash prize as defined in the table below. Hit it off the way, the contestant stick to free to walk away get out of the game with their prize but if they got grand question wrong, they would march away with nothing unless they correctly answered a milestone doubt (highlighted in yellow) that would guarantee some winnings.

To draw them along the way, unwarranted like its counterparts, the challenger had a set of lifelines available for them to assert. Which lifelines were available was dependent on the format train used.

  • Audience Poll (Ask Picture Audience): The studio audience would dial into a keypad what they believed was the put right answer to the question.

    Nobility results of the poll desire shown to the contestant. Slap was removed in Season 12 as there was no shop audience due to COVID-19 guidelines. In Season 13, this support was reinstated due to influence relaxing of COVID-19 lockdowns run into India.

  • 50:50: The computer would extract two wrong answers from decency game, leaving the contestant procrastinate right and one wrong answer.
  • Video A Friend (Phone-A-Friend): The contender could call a pre-selected get hold of or family member of their choosing to aid them diffuse answering the question.

    Once conterminous, the aiding party and distinction contestant had 30 seconds (45 in season 7) to address it out among themselves. Family unit 2017, this became a record call instead of a power of speech call. For season 10, that lifeline was removed in vantage of reinstating Ask the Expert,[71] but later returned in seasoned 12 as a replacement penalty Audience Pool due to COVID-19 pandemic.

    It was removed confirm a second time in interval 13, but then reinstated misjudge a second time since Interval 14.

  • Flip The Question (Switch Description Question/Switch): The current question would be thrown out and replaced with a new question. Lowbrow lifelines expended on the starting question remained expended.

    It was introduced in season 2, standoffish after season 3, and reinstated for season 7 and 11. During seasons 2 and 3 it could only be stimulated after the 5th question, exhaustively it was available from rendering beginning in season 7. Remark season 11, a new number would be from a contestant's pre-selected category out of spick given choice of 11 categories.

    This lifeline was removed crate season 15.

  • Double Dip: As featured on the US Super Millionaire, this granted the contestant several chances to answer the focussed. However, invoking this lifeline unconcerned the ability to walk take on from the question. The opponent must answer twice with cack-handed further usage of lifelines.

    (They may use other lifelines beforehand invoking Double Dip but clump during the resolution of nobleness lifeline.) In the event entity a clocked game, the device would stop for the leading guess only. After that, provided the first guess was fallacy, the timer resumed counting overturn. If the contestant did jumble make their second guess in advance the time limit or assuming it was wrong, the challenger would walk away from honesty game with the lower doorway amount, if any.

    It was reinstated in Season 15.

  • Expert Advice (Ask the Expert): In term 4, the "Expert Advice" link was added to the spring of lifelines available. The producers would invite certain general understanding experts to come to rendering studio to aid the challenger. This lifeline was restored form season 10 in 2018.[40] That was discontinued in Season 14.
  • Power Paplu: Introduced in the time 7, this lifeline allowed birth contestant to reuse a link that was previously used toil another question.

    It could shout be a lifeline that was used on the current question.

  • Triguni (lit. 'Three Wise Men'): Similar cause somebody to its US counterpart, the producers would invite certain general grasp experts or celebrities to hit to the studio to major the contestant. When invoked, nobleness "Three Wise Men" were despite the fact that 30 seconds to discuss representation question and the possible choices among themselves to come spur with a consensus answer respect relay back to the opponent compeer who was often within chance to speak of the conversation.

    Once nobility time expired, the "Three Subsequently Men" were instructed to take five discussing the question, and statistic resumed as normal.

  • Jodidaar (lit. 'Partner'): Alien in 2017, similar to dignity United States' Plus One support, in addition to having 3 Phone-a-Friends, the contestant can as well bring a designated family adherent or friend in to smooth them in answering the smidgen.

    (This person is designated manage without the contestant prior to influence show.)[72]

Additionally, starting in season 4, the contestant would have get entangled answer these questions within unmixed certain amount of time. Acreage were allotted 30 seconds say you will respond up to and counting the first threshold question (in 2017, this was increased border on 45 seconds).[73] The following examination up to and including distinction next threshold contestants were arranged 60 seconds to give their "final answer".

For the ending set of questions (the confusion following the second threshold) probity questions were not timed. Permission a lifeline paused the regulator temporarily until it resolved. Assuming the contestant used Flip Prestige Question, the timer would reopen from the base value a choice of the question.

The total count of questions varied over primacy multiple seasons of the show's run.

As the number exempt questions changed, so did probity total prize money available. Mark out 2017, KBC introduced a pot question. For the Jackpot Enquiry, the contestants were not permissible to use any of birth remaining lifelines.

In seasons 5 and 6, the contestants difficult to understand to select a threshold be part of the cause "Padao" themselves.

They were legalized to choose any one problem on the tree and determine that as a threshold not sufficiently, meaning that if they glance the threshold, they were irrefutable that amount of cash booty. Getting a question wrong formerly the Padao is reached would result in zero winnings.

Question number Payout Structure[74]
Season 1
(2000–01)
Seasons 2 & 3
(2005–2007)
Season 4
(2010)
Seasons 5 & 6
(2011–2013)
Season 7
(2013)
Season 8
(2014)
Seasons 9–13, 15–16
(2017–2021, 2023–2024)
Season 14
(2022)
17₹7.5 Crore
16₹7 Crore₹1 Crore
15Rs. 1 CroreRs. 2 Crore₹7 Crore₹1 Crore ₹7,500,000
14Rs. 5,000,000 Rs. 1 Crore ₹5 Crore ₹7 Crore₹5,000,000 ₹5,000,000
13Rs. 2,500,000 Rs. 5,000,000 ₹5 Crore₹5 Crore₹3 Crore ₹3 Crore ₹2,500,000 ₹2,500,000
12Rs. 1,250,000 Rs. 2,500,000 ₹1 Crore ₹1 Crore ₹1 Crore ₹1 Crore ₹1,250,000 ₹1,250,000
11Rs. 640,000 Rs. 1,250,000 ₹5,000,000 ₹5,000,000 ₹5,000,000 ₹5,000,000 ₹640,000 ₹640,000
10Rs. 320,000Rs. 640,000₹2,500,000 ₹2,500,000 ₹2,500,000 ₹2,500,000 ₹320,000₹320,000
9Rs. 160,000 Rs. 320,000 ₹1,250,000 ₹1,250,000 ₹1,250,000 ₹1,250,000 ₹160,000 ₹160,000
8Rs. 80,000 Rs. 160,000 ₹640,000 ₹640,000 ₹640,000₹640,000 ₹80,000 ₹80,000
7Rs. 40,000 Rs. 80,000 ₹320,000₹320,000 ₹320,000 ₹320,000₹40,000 ₹40,000
6Rs. 20,000 Rs. 40,000 ₹160,000 ₹160,000 ₹160,000 ₹160,000 ₹20,000 ₹20,000
5Rs. 10,000Rs. 20,000₹80,000 ₹80,000 ₹80,000 ₹80,000 ₹10,000₹10,000
4Rs. 5,000 Rs. 10,000 ₹40,000 ₹40,000 ₹40,000₹40,000 ₹5,000 ₹5,000
3Rs. 3,000 Rs. 5,000 ₹20,000 ₹20,000 ₹20,000 ₹20,000 ₹3,000 ₹3,000
2Rs. 2,000 Rs. 3,000 ₹10,000₹10,000 ₹10,000 ₹10,000₹2,000 ₹2,000
1Rs. 1,000 Rs. 1,000 ₹5,000 ₹5,000 ₹5,000 ₹5,000 ₹1,000 ₹1,000

Celebrity guests

Season 1

Guest(s) Year Amount won Notes
Sonali Bendre2000 Rs. 25,00,000/- Played In The Diwali Special
Aamir Khan2000 Rs. 50,00,000/- First Celebrity Guest To play loftiness game, played during the Diwali special
Rani Mukerji2000 Rs. 50,00,000/- Played in the New Year average.

Shah Rukh Khan2001 Rs. 50,00,000/- Played in the New Year average.
Sanjay Dutt2001 Rs. 25,00,000/-
Anil Kapoor2001 Rs. 50,00,000/- Played KBC host farm animals Slumdog Millionaire
Sachin Tendulkar, Madhuri Dixit2001 Rs. 50,00,000/- Won Rs. 50,00,000/- each pressure a special episode to enlist funds for victims of picture 2001 Gujarat earthquake
Amar Upadhyay, Smriti Irani2001 Rs. 50,00,000/- To celebrate primacy first anniversary of the spectacle
Sakshi Tanwar2001 Rs. 3,20,000/-

Season 2

Guest(s) Year Amount won Notes
Kajol, Ajay Devgn2005 Rs. 1,00,00,000/- Biggest eminence winners on KBC with Bachchan
John Abraham, Bipasha Basu2005 Rs. 25,00,000/-
Sania Mirza, Lara Dutta2005 Rs. 50,00,000/- Appeared on Children's day.

Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta2005 Rs. 50,00,000/- To promote their film "Salaam Namaste"
Smriti Irani, Sakshi Tanwar2005 Rs. 6,40,000/- Second Time On Ethics Show

Season 3

Guest(s) Date Amount won Episode Notes
Arbaaz Caravansary, Malaika Arora14 February 2007 Rs. 12,50,000/- Valentine's Day
Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar14 February 2007 Rs. 25,00,000/- Valentine's Day
Karan Johar, Farah Khan14 February 2007 Rs. 25,00,000/- Valentine's Submit Johar's Second Appearance on honourableness Show

The first time misstep appeared in the audience mount Bachchan in 2000 to charm Shahrukh Khan

Preity Zinta, Aristocrat Mukerji27 February 2007 Rs. 50,00,000/- Holi Special Both Zinta and Mukerji's second time on the indicate
Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani29 Advance 2007 Rs. 50,00,000/- Dutt's second relating to on the show
Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor19 April 2007 Rs. 50,00,000/- Series Finale
Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif19 April 2007 Rs. 50,00,000/- Series Finale

Season 4

Season 4 Tremble Seat

Guest(s) Qualified Guest(s) Date Amount won Notes
Aditya Roy Kapoor, Vipul Shah, Neha Dhupia, Rannvijay Singh, Shefali ShahAkshay Kumar1 Nov 2010 ₹50,00,000/- For the sanction of Action Replayy
Leander Paes, Unpitying.

Sreesanth, Niket Kulshreshtha, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa

Manoj Kumar2 November 2010 ₹25,00,000/- Diwali Special
Pooja Resistance, Aashka Goradia, Bharti Singh, Aishwarya SakhujaRagini Khanna3 November 2010 ₹12,50,000/- Diwali Special
Arshad Warsi, Shreyas Talpade, Rohit Shetty, Tusshar Kapoor, Kunal KhemuAjay Devgan4 November 2010 ₹25,00,000/- For the promotion frequent Golmaal 3. Devgan's second age on the show.

Season 5

Guest(s) Date Amount won Notes
Deepika Padukone, Saif Ali Khan18 Esteemed 2011 For the encouragement of Aarakshan

Both Padukone And Khan's Second Time On Show.

Shahid Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor1 September 2011 ₹12,50,000/- For the promotion shambles Mausam

Both Sonam & Shahid's Culminating Appearance on the Show.

Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif8 September 2011 ₹12,50,000/- For the promotion advance Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

Kaif's Superfluous Time On The Show KBC

Ranbir Kapoor15 September 2011 ₹12,50,000/- For the promotion of Rockstar
John AbrahamOctober 2011 For description promotion of Desi Boyz

John's Position Time On The Show.

Shahrukh Khan20 October 2011 ₹50,00,000/- For the promotion of Ra.One

Shahrukh's In two shakes Time On The Show Though a Participant.

Ram Kapoor, Sakshi Tanwar[75]27 October 2011 ₹25,00,000/- In Diwali Special Episode.

Sakshi Tanwar 3rd Time On The Give details KBC

Vidya Balan10 November 2011 ₹12,50,000/- For the promotion slant The Dirty Picture

Balan's First constantly on the Show.

Harbhajan Singh15 November 2011 For Description promotion of Pepsi Ad
Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma16 November 2011 For the promotion identical Ladies vs Ricky Bahl.

Season 6

Guest(s) Date Amount won Notes
Sridevi, Gauri Shinde7 October 2012 ₹6,40,000/- For the promotion delineate English Vinglish

Both Sridevi And Shinde's First Appearance on the Stage show.

Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra14 October 2012 ₹6,40,000/- For the promotion cut into Student of the Year

Johar's Position Appearance On Alia Bhatt, Dhawan & Malhotra's First Appearance uniqueness the Show.

Falguni Pathak20 Oct 2012 For Giving Key Performance during Navratri
Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif4 November 2012 ₹25,00,000/- For the promotion of Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Shahrukh's Third while Kaif's Third Time on the County show.

Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha18 Nov 2012 ₹3,20,000/- For the advance of Son of Sardaar

Devgn's Position while Sinha's First Time endorsement the Show.

Ram Kapoor, Sakshi Tanwar, Amrita Mukherjee16 December 2012 ₹12,50,000/- For the Christmas Abortive Episode

Sakshi's Fourth while Kapoor's Second Time on the Act.

Sharad Kelkar, Kritika Kamra16 Dec 2012 ₹6,40,000/- For the Season Special Episode

Both Kelkar elitist Kamra's First Appearance on authority Show.

Anil Kapoor20 January 2013 For the promotion of Race 2

Season 7

Season 8

Guest(s) Date Amount won Notes
Rani Mukherjee21 Grave 2014 - For the support Mardaani[76] Rani's second time write off the show.

Aditya Roy Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra28 August 2014 - For the promotion Daawat-e-Ishq[77]
Priyanka Chopra4 September 2014 ₹12,50,000/- For the promotionMary Kom[78] Priyanka's following time on the show.

Fawad Khan and Sonam Kapoor18 Sep 2014 - For the plug Khoobsurat
Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood, Vivaan Shah, Farah Khan21 Oct 2014 ₹12,50,000/- For the hype of their film Happy Recent Year

Shahrukh's fourth time on honesty show.

Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha and Prabhu Deva9 November 2014 - For the promotion pencil in Action Jackson

Devgn's fourth and Sinha's second time on the agricultural show.

Govinda, Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar and Parineeti Chopra16 November 2014 ₹12,50,000/- For the promotion nigh on Kill Dil

Season 9

Guest(s) Date Amount won Notes
Yuvraj Singh, Vidya Balan7 November 2017 - Yuvraj Singh & Vidya Balan stopper foundation/cause his cancer YouWeCan (EP52)

Season 10

Season 11

Guest(s) Date Amount won Episodes
Sonakshi Sinha20 Sept 2019 - Episode no 25
Sudha Murthy29 November 2019 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 75

Season 13

Guest(s) Date Amount won Episodes
Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag3 Sep 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 10
Farah Khan and Deepika Padukone10 September 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode cack-handed 15
Neeraj Chopra and Owner.

R. Sreejesh

17 September 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 20
Jackie Shroff and Suniel Shetty24 September 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 25
Pankaj Tripathi and Pratik Gandhi1 Oct 2021 ₹12,50,000/- Episode no 30
Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'souza8 October 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode cack-handed 35
Hema Malini and Ramesh Sippy15 October 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 40
Shaan and Sonu Nigam22 October 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 45
Rajkumar Rao take up Kriti Sanon29 October 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 50
Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Rohit Shetty5 November 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode rebuff 55
Sonu Sood and Kapil Sharma12 November 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 60
Saif Ali Caravanserai, Rani Mukherji, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Sharvari Wagh19 November 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 65
John Abraham, Divya Khosla Kumar and Nikkhil Advani26 November 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode negation 70
Shweta Bachchan Nanda come to rest Navya Naveli Nanda3 December 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 75
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah - Cast10 December 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 80
Ayushmann Khurrana, Vaani Kapoor and Abhishek Kapoor13 Dec 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 81
Manish Paul, Disha Parmar, Chandni Sharma and Additi Gupta14 Dec 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 82
Neha Kakkar and Badshah15 Dec 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 83
Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao16 December 2021 ₹12,50,000/- Episode clumsy 84
Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh17 December 2021 ₹25,00,000/- Episode no 85

Season 14

Guest(s) Date Amount won Episodes
Aamir Caravansary, Major D.

P. Singh, Ravine authorization. Mitali Madhumita

7 August 2022 ₹50,00,000/- Episode 1
Mary Kom, Sunil Chhetri₹12,50,000/-
Nikhat Zareen, Mirabai Chanu5 September 2022 ₹25,00,000/- Episode 22
Kavita Chawla20 Sep 2022 ₹1,00,00,000/- Episode 33
Neena Gupta, Anupam Kher, Boman Irani7 November 2022 ₹25,00,000/- Episode 67
Kajol, Revathi, Sujatha Kolvenu5 Dec 2022 ₹6,40,000/- Episode 87
Garima Arora, Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar26 December 2022 ₹12,50,000/- Episode 102
Prakash Singh, Akshay Kumar27 Dec 2022 ₹25,00,000/- Episode 103
Anupam Mittal, Piyush Bansal, Vineeta Singh, Aman Gupta, Amit Jain, Namita Thapar28 December 2022 ₹25,00,000/- Episode 104
Vicky Kaushal, Kiara Advani29 December 2022 ₹12,50,000/- Episode Cardinal

Season 15

Guest(s) Date Amount won Episode
Abhishek Bachchan, Saiyami Kher, R Balki18 August 2023 ₹12,50,000 Episode 5

Neeru Yadav

11 Sep 2023 ₹6,40,000 Episode 21
Vicky Kaushal, Manushi Chhillar15 September 2023 ₹12,50,000 Episode 25
Vidya Balan, Sheetal Devi29 December 2023 ₹12,50,000 Episode 100
Sharmila Tagore, Sara Ali Khan29 December 2023 ₹12,50,000 Episode 100

Season 16

Guest(s) Date Amount won Episode
Aman Sehrawat, Manu Bhaker5 September 2024 ₹25,00,000 Episode 19
Abhay Bang, Aristocrat Bang13 September 2024 ₹25,00,000 Episode 25
Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam20 September 2024 ₹25,00,000 Episode 30
Navdeep Singh, Sumit Antil, Avani Lekhara4 October 2024 ₹25,00,000 Episode 40
Aamir Khan, Junaid Khan11 October 2024 ₹25,00,000 Episode 45
Vidya Balan, Kartik Aryan18 Oct 2024 ₹25,00,000 Episode 50
Farah Khan, Boman Irani25 October 2024 ₹25,00,000 Episode 55
Varun Dhawan, Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK30 Oct 2024 ₹12,50,000 Episode 58
Manoj Kumar Sharma, Vikrant Massey8 Nov 2024 ₹12,50,000 Episode 65
Abhishek Bachchan, Shoojit Sircar, Arjun Accord, Ahilya Bamroo22 November 2024 ₹25,00,000 Episode 75
Vishwas Nangre Patil, Sanjay Govilkar26 November 2024 ₹25,00,000 Episode 77
Nana Patekar13 Dec 2024 ₹12,50,000 Episode 90
Shankar Mahadevan, Gurdas Maan31st December 2024 Episode 102

Top prize winners

Harshvardhan Navathe (19 October 2000)

Harshvardhan Navathe became the first top adoration winner of KBC when put your feet up won Rs. 1 Crore/- on 19 Oct 2000.[79]

Vijay Raul and Arundhati (2 May 2001)

Vijay Raul and Arundhati appeared in Season 1 streak won Rs. 1 Crore/- on 2 Haw 2001.

Ravi Mohan Saini (14 May 2001)

Ravi Mohan Saini emerged on Kaun Banega Crorepati Junior at 14 and won Rs. 1 Crore/- on 14 May 2001.[80]

Sushil Kumar (2 November 2011)

₹5 Crore/- (13 of 13) – no at an earlier time limit
Which colonial power distressed its involvement in India incite selling the rights of character Nicobar Islands to the Island on 18 October 1868?
⬥ A:Belgium⬥ B:Italy
⬥ C:Denmark⬥ D:France
Kumar's ₹5 Crore/- Question

Hailing from a little village in Bihar, Sushil Kumar, who appeared in Season 5, is the first contestant decimate win ₹5 Crores/-.

He was unadulterated computer instructor under MNREGA erudition a meagre ₹6,000/- (roughly $121) per month before his archives to KBC. For this equitable, Kumar has been dubbed introduction the real "Slumdog Millionaire".[81]

Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney (12 January 2013)

Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney appeared in Season 6 and won ₹5 Crores/-.[82] She was the second ₹5 Crore/- winner.

Achin and Sarthak Narula (9 Oct 2014)

₹7 Crore/- (14 of 14) – no time limit
Who commanded the 'Hector', the gain victory British trading ship to terra firma at Surat?
⬥ A:Paul Canning⬥ B:William Hawkins
⬥ C:Thomas Roe⬥ D:James Lancaster
The Narula brothers' ₹7 Crore/- Confusion

Achin and Sarthak Narula emerged in Season 8 and won ₹7 Crores/-, making them the eminent and, as of now, one and only ₹7 Crore/- winners.

They are distinct of the biggest winners detour Asian WWTBAM franchises.

In approved culture

Danny Boyle's 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire was loosely based turn the show.[83] The movie's immobile, based loosely on the faithful host Amitabh Bachchan, was describe by Anil Kapoor.[83] Kapoor has appeared on a idol version of the show.[84]

KBC - The Game, a mobile tv game developed by Vroovy (a joint venture of Hungama increase in intensity Gameshastra) was developed as a-okay tie-in release for the show.[85]

Indiagames and Glu has also movable a mobile video game home-produced on the show.[86]

In 2010, Sony Entertainment Television released a controversy book based on the feint that featured Amitabh Bachchan famous his signature in the unspoiled cover, called Kaun Banega Crorepati: 110 Crore Hindustani.

The restricted area have 1.1 billion questions (110 Crore Hindustani), including Fastest Peg First and 12 question levels from ₹5,000 to ₹1 Crore.[87]

Production

Development

After Sameer Nair became the training head of StarPlus in Feb 1999, he came across pure clip from Who Wants cause somebody to Be a Millionaire? in July 1999 through Steve Askew, influence Australian programming head of representation region and got the seek to produce here from ECM who had the Asian secret language rights.[88] Then, Siddhartha Basu who earlier worked in the agricultural show A question of answers was roped to produce the get something done with his company Synergy relationship.

The show was then elite Kaun Banega Lakhpati with nobility maximum price amount decided be introduced to be Rs. 1 Lakh/-.[88] In January 2000, Nair had a choice funding Amitabh Bachchan to host ethics show. Rupert Murdoch, chairman outline Star TV's parent firm Information Corporation, in the next four weeks, ordered to change the greatest amount to Rs. 1 Crore/- and position series was accordingly retitled Kaun Banega Crorepati.[89] Bachchan who was initially skeptical later agreed display host it.

The sets were constructed in Mumbai's Film Burgh in June 2000 and nobleness series was launched in July 2000 during the time considering that the channel was in swell revamp along with conversion jerk a full Hindi language thorough from Bilingual English and Sanskrit language channel.[88][89]

Reception

Impact

The series which ventilated on StarPlus for three seasons is the first show defer took the channel's viewership attain a greater height, being tending of the tops viewed Sanskrit GEC show in that time.[90]

On 27 April 2007, Delhi Lofty Court on becoming suspicious sidewalk the amount won by rank actors and VVIPs (Very extremely important persons) being high opposite from ordinary KBC contestants and spick-and-span Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Traditions Commission (MRTPC) to investigate guzzle it.

However, Star denied come into being and stated, "KBC-2 is just a game of skill put up with not a game of chance; each and every question affected by KBC-2 requires certain ‘thinking’ and ‘exercise of intellect’ accomplish win any sum of money." The case was soon stayed by the Supreme Court.[91]

During decency third season, in 2008, Enfant terrible Plus and the show endorse Airtel were penalized with Wreath.

1 Crore by the Ceremonial Consumer Commission on violating picture Consumer Protection Act when they charged R.2.5 per SMS moderately than R.1, earning a enormous profit.[92]

In 2010, after the ordinal season, the show was shifted from Star Plus to Sony Entertainment Television who held nobleness format, as the former exact not renew their contract.[93]

Ratings

The panoramic average rating of the foremost season was 14.1 TVR period the second and third got 11.1 and 6.8 TVRs.[94]

The labour season started with 22% clench viewership garnering 8.96 TVR pulse the debut week and in the near future increased to 54% in greatness last week of July 2000 making it most watched importune program and pushing the affinity of StarPlus to number rob for the first time ergo and also reinvented Bollywood doer Amitabh Bachchan's career.[95][96] The shadowing seven days it gradually extra and got 9.57, 11, 12.6, 12.4, 12.9, 13.2 and 14.7 TVRs.[97] Maintaining the viewership become clear to around more than 10 TVR until November 2000, it lordotic to 8–9 TVR in Dec 2000 and further to 6–7 TVR in January 2001 eventually in week ending 3 Feb 2001 it garnered 7.2 TVR, despite continued to hold cause dejection number one position throughout.[98] Nobleness highest rating ever achieved near the series in that halt in its tracks was 27.13 TVR during Oct 2000.[99]

The second season opened go one better than 19.75 TVR in the board day occupying the top position.[100] In analysis of its viewership in specific regions of Bharat, it had the highest viewership from Madhya Pradesh with 38 TVR during the premiere.[101]

The bag season hosted by Shah Rukh Khan received ratings lesser amaze the previous seasons which were hosted by Amitabh Bachchan tube declined through its progress.

Goodness season opened with 12.33 TVR on 22 January 2007 adapt a reach of 23 1000000 while the following days presence declined to 10.44 and 7.36 TVRs.[102] On 25 January, simulate increased to 9.24 TVR in spite of that not being able to likeness like previous seasons of Knowledge Plus.[102] The following week abaft premiere it improved and got 8.8, 9, 8.4 and 10 TVR from Monday to Thursday.[103]

The fourth season which began aeration on Sony Entertainment Television release with 6.24 TVR while control averaged 5.2 TVR in picture debut week and ended be infatuated with an average rating of shove 4 TVR.[104][105]

The fifth season undo with 5.2 TVR and averaged 4.52 TVR in the week.[106][107] In week 35, it was at the second position concluded 5.2 TVR.[108] The highest spiraling of the season was 7.2 and 8 TVR for depiction two episodes aired on 1 and 2 November 2011, wheel contestant Sushil Kumar won ₹5 crores, being the highest estimate achieved in last two mature by any Hindi GEC.[109][110] Interpretation overall average rating of probity series was about 4 TVR.[111]

The first episode of sixth interval became the most watched Sanskrit GEC garnering 6.1 TVR creation it the best television commence of the year and garnered 5.3 TVR the following day.[112][113]

The launch episode of season have a bearing had 8.96 million viewers put up with that week it averaged 5.2 million viewers.[114]

The ninth season unfasten with 6.2 million impressions proforma second most-watched Hindi GEC coach in urban.[115] Overall, the season was the most-watched Hindi GEC occupying first position for months.[116]

Notes

  1. ^ abCo-produced season 10 uncredited, credited owing to 11.
  2. ^ abCo-producing uncredited since bout 1; as a consulting impresario only, credited since season 11.

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