Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi
| Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi | |
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Keith Strachan Matthew Strachan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
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| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BIG Synergy |
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| Original network | STAR Vijay |
| Original release | 27 February 2012 – 19 November 2016 |
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| Website | |
Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi (English: You too can win one crore), also known by the acronym NVOK, is an Indian Tamil language game show. It is the official Indian Tamil adaptation of the internationally renowned game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and its successful Hindi version Kaun Banega Crorepati.
Since its inaugural episode on 27 February 2012, the show has aired on Star Vijay. The show's first season was hosted by Suriya until its end on 12 July 2012. The show's second season, hosted by Prakash Raj, commenced on 11 March 2013 and ended on 12 July 2013. After a two year hiatus, the show's third season commenced with a slightly altered format on 30 May 2016 with Aravind Swamy as host, and ended on 19 November 2016.
K. Sriram, the general manager of Star Vijay, claimed Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi to be "the first international format to hit the Tamil television screens". On the contrary, there was an earlier show named Deala No Deala, the Tamil adaptation of Deal or No Deal, which aired on Sun TV briefly in 2009–2010.
Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi is unrelated to the show Ungalil Yaar Maha Latchathipathi, the official Sri Lankan Tamil adaptation of Who Wants to be a Millionaire which aired since 2011.R. Sarathkumar had hosted a show titled Kodeeswaran, which followed a similar format and aired on Sun TV earlier.
In April 2011, Business Standard reported that actor Prakash Raj would host the licensed Tamil edition of the Hindi game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, which was then titled Ungalil Yaar Kodeeswaran. Actor Vijay was also considered to host the reality game show, but he declined the offer. Eventually, it was confirmed that actor Suriya would host the show.
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