Kaun Banega Crorepati
| Kaun Banega Crorepati | |
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Logo used beginning in Season 4 in 2010, incorporating the new Indian rupee sign unveiled in the same year
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| Presented by |
Amitabh Bachchan (1-2, 4-8) Shahrukh Khan (3) Ranbir Kapoor(9-15) |
| Composer(s) |
Keith Strachan (1-8) Matthew Strachan (1-8) Ramon Covalo (4-8) Sawan Dutta (5-8) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Big Synergy Productions |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television International (Global) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
STAR Plus (1-3) Sony TV (4-8) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 3 July 2000 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Kaun Banega Crorepati (Who Will Become a Millionaire; popularly known as KBC) is an Indian television game show originally aired on Star Plus commissioned by the programming team of Sameer Nair and Tarun Katial.
While based on the UK game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, KBC intersperses the playing of the game with Bollywood style musical numbers and other entertainment.
Director Danny Boyle's 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire was based on the show, and featured the show's host, actor Amitabh Bachchan in a cameo appearance. The show's host, based loosely on Bachchan, was portrayed by Anil Kapoor. Kapoor himself has appeared on a celebrity version of the show.
Three years after the film's release, a contestant named Sushil Kumar became the show's first million-dollar winner.
KBC first aired in 2000 and was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, his first appearance on Indian television. KBC initially offered contestants the chance to win up to ten million rupees, but doubled this in 2001 to two crore rupees, further adjusted from the fourth season to include a jackpot of 50 million rupees. The season ended in 2001. The show was well received from the very first season.
On 5 August 2005, the show was restarted after a four-year hiatus, and renamed Kaun Banega Crorepati Dwitiya (Kaun Banega Crorepati the Second, or KBC 2) in which the final prize amount was doubled to 2 crore rupees. It was abruptly ended by STAR Plus after the host Amitabh Bachchan fell ill in 2006.
Star Television recruited Shahrukh Khan to host the third season of the show. The grand prize remained 2 crore rupees (approx. US$300,000). The third season of the show began airing on 22 January 2007. However, the show's ratings dropped significantly. The season ended on 19 April 2007 with a special finale.
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