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Kaun Banega Crorepati
Crorepati
A crorepati is a person who resides in a household whose net worth or wealth exceeds ten million rupees, or units of another currency. The term crorepati is derived from the unit crore — part of the Indian numbering system, equivalent to 100 lakhs or 10 million...

(Hindi: ; popularly known as KBC) is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n reality/game show based on the UK game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...

which offers a maximum cash prize of £1 million. The show first aired in 2000 and was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. This was the first appearance of Bachchan on Indian television. The show was popularly received in India .

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 KBC2) in which the final prize amount was doubled to 2 crore

Crore

A crore is a unit in the Indian number system equal to ten million , or 100 lakhs. It is widely used in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan....

rupee

Rupee

The rupee is the common name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, and formerly in Burma, and Afghanistan. Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century...

s. It was abruptly ended by STAR Plus

STAR Plus

STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...

after the host Amitabh Bachchan fell ill in 2006. Mr Bachchan had shot 61 of the 85 episodes when he fell ill. He announced he would return after he recovered, but when his health prevented him filming the remaining 24 episodes, Star TV took the decision to axe it.

Star Television roped in Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....

to host the third season of the show. Khan was at peak of his career then and was considered an ideal replacement for Amitabh Bachchan as the host of the show. The grand prize amount of 2 crore

Crore

A crore is a unit in the Indian number system equal to ten million , or 100 lakhs. It is widely used in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan....

rupees (approx. $430,000 USD) was still used in KBC3. The third season of the show began airing on 22 January 2007. The show ended on 19 April 2007 with a special finale. The key sponsors of the third season were AirTel, Unit Trust of India

Unit Trust of India

Unit Trust of India is a financial organization in India.Unit Trust of India was created by the UTI Act passed by the Parliament in 1963. For more than two decades it remained the sole vehicle for investment in the capital market by the Indian citizens. In mid- 1980s public sector banks were...

(UTI Mutual Funds) and ITC Limited.

The fourth season (called KBC4) was hosted by Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...

and started on 11 October 2010, on Bachchan's 68th birthday. According to online news sources, over five million (50 Lakh) people participated in KBC 4 auditions. The prize money was decreased to 1 crore, however a jackpot question for 5 crore (approx. USD 1 million) was added. The fourth season of the show was highly successful due to the return of former host Amitabh Bachhan. The season ended on 9 December 2010. The fifth season started on 15 August 2011 on the Independence Day of India

Independence Day (India)

The Independence Day of India is celebrated on the fifteenth of August to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation in 1947. The day is a national holiday in India. All over the country, flag-hoisting ceremonies are conducted by the local administration in...

with the same format. The season ended on 10 November 17 2011.

Rules

First of all, 2–3 months before the show starts, a question is asked on television and users can have to answer that question in order to come in that show, only a selected contestants are selected and come in the show. 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 they have already won if they decide not to answer the currently shown question. The contestant is asked to pick a "Padao", which means that after a certain question, for example after Question 6, he will at least get that amount of money after answering that question rightly. Until that question, 45 seconds will be given to the contestant to answer, and after that question, there will be no time limit.

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 they win the maximum prize (currently 5 crores in KBC 4). The current sequence of prize amounts on KBC are as follows (Western digit grouping in parentheses

KBC 4

There will be only 13 questions, a missed answer before reaching your set "goal" will mean leaving with nothing. Once you have reached your goal, the clock stops after that question. If you miss a question after the "goal" question, then you drop down to that much money. If you "quit", you keep the worth of that question.
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KBC 5

Sushil Kumar, a computer operator and tutor who earns Rs.6,000 per month, went on to win the top prize of 1 million dollars (INR 5,00,00,000) in the show hosted by megastar Amitabh Bachchan. The 27-year-old is married and lives in a big joint family with five brothers, five nieces and a nephew in a small village near East Champaran district, Bihar.

Lifelines

A contestant can use a lifeline when he/she is undecided about which answer is correct. A lifeline can only be used once. The current lifelines in KBC5 are the same as KBC4

Audience Poll: If the contestant uses this lifeline, it will result in the host repeating the question to the audience. The studio audience get 10 seconds to answer the question. Audience members use touch pads to designate what they believe the correct answer to be. After the audience have chosen their choices, the results are displayed to the contestant in percentages in bar-graph format and also 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 three pre-arranged friends, who all have to provide their phone numbers in advance. 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.

Ask an Expert: This lifeline allows the contestant to ask an expert via live face-to-face audio and video connection. The expert could be anyone from a celebrity to a previous Millionaire contestant. Ask the Expert is available throughout the game. There is no set time limit, and the contestant and expert are allowed to discuss the question.

Double Dip: This lifeline allows the contestant to make two guesses at a question. This lifeline is available after the contestant correctly answers the seventh question. A second incorrect answer results in a loss and the contestant's winnings dropping back down to the last milestone achieved. This lifeline differs from others in that once the player has chosen to use this lifeline, he/she must answer the question, and cannot walk away or use any further lifelines on that question.

Former lifelines

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. In 2010, 50/50 was replaced by Double Dip.

Flip the Question: The contestant earned this lifeline upon answering the fifth question. The computer replaced, at the contestant's request, one question with another of the same monetary value. Any lifelines used on the original question prior to the switching were not reinstated.

The fourth season

Amitabh Bachchan was roped in once again to host the fourth season in 2010. The show was shifted from Star Plus

STAR Plus

STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...

to Sony Television, but the faces behind the curtain will be the same such as Siddhartha Basu

Siddhartha Basu

Siddhartha Basu is an Indian television producer-director and quiz show host, most known as producer-director of shows like, Kaun Banega Crorepati , and Dus Ka Dum . He is Chairman and Managing Director of Big Synergy Media Ltd., established in 1989 as Synergy Media Ltd., which produces these shows...

remains the director and creative head. The new logo designed for the fourth season incorporated the new Indian Rupee symbol, which was unveiled the same year. The phone lines for the fourth season opened on 2 August 2010 at 9 pm (IST

Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...

). Sony TV announced that the fourth season will go on air from 11 October 2010; which also happens to be Bachchan's birthday.

The Indian version adopted the clock format from the US version and is the fourth country's version to do (the others being Japan and the UK; although the US version no longer uses the clock), although the time limits were more similar to the UK version. There was a 30-second time limit for questions 1 and 2, and a 45 second time limit for questions 3–6, but questions 7–13 were not timed.

The clock stops whenever a lifeline is used, and if the contestant allows the clock to run out, he/she will be forced to walk away. There were four lifelines: Audience Poll and Phone a Friend will make a return, along with the addition of two new lifelines Ask the Expert and Double Dip. The season ended on 9 December 2010.

The fifth season

Amitabh Bachchan was roped in again to host the fifth season of KBC in 2011. The season premièred on the eve of 64th Indian Independence Day.The Fifth season was the most popular show on indian television in 2011. There is "Manchaha Padav" in the money tree in this season. 'Mrs. Tick Ticki' takes place of 'Ghadiyal Babu' in this season. One can also Participate in the "Ghar Baithe Jeeto Jackpot", in which one need to answer the question asked for "Ghar Baithe Jeeto Jackpot" during the episode through SMS and computer selects a random Winner. The Winner automatically wins Rs. 1 Lac (One Hundred Thousand Rupees) and get a chance to just go away or play for one another question to add up another Rs. 2 Lacs/3 Lacs (Two Hunderd Thousand Rupees/Three Hundred Thousand Rupees) to the total Prize money, if the answer is correct.

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.

Season 1

{| class="wikitable"
!Guest(s)
!Year
!Amount won
!Notes
|-
|Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan

Aamir Hussain Khan is an Indian film actor, director and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema....

|2000
| 50,00,000
|First celebrity guest to play the game
|-
|Sonali Bendre

Sonali Bendre

Sonali Bendre is an Indian actress and model. She has mostly starred in Bollywood films but has acted in many Telugu films as well as a number of Marathi, Tamil and Kannada films. She was also one of the four judges in the fourth season of Indian Idol and India's Got Talent...

|2000
| 25,00,000
|Played during Diwali Special
|-
|Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan

|2000
| 50,00,000
|Played during New Year Special for promoting Asoka, then later Khan replaced Bachchan in 2007 due to Amitabh's illness
|-
|Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies. In the course of her film career, she has received six Filmfare Awards, among twelve nominations....

|2000
| 25,00,000
|Played before Khan during New Year Special and later appeared on KBC3 with Khan as host
|-
|Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...

|2001
| 50,00,000
|
|-
|Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who mainly appears in Bollywood films. He won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Yash Chopra's film Mashaal ....

|2001
| 50,00,000
|Played KBC host in Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British epic romantic drama adventure film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup...

|-
|Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket...

Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri Dixit is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Hindi films. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, she established herself as one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses and most accomplished dancers. She appeared in numerous commercially successful films and was recognised for several of...

|2001
| 50,00,000
|Won 50,00,000 each in Special episode to raise funds for helping victims of a natural disaster
|-
|Smriti Irani
Amar Upadhyay

Amar Upadhyay

Amar Upadhyay is an Indian model, film and television actor. The role which gave Amar his major breakthrough and is well known for is of Mihir Virani from the popular serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi on Star Plus channel.-Early life:...

|2001
| 50,00,000
|To celebrate the first anniversary of the show
|-
|Sakshi Tanwar
Shweta Kawatra

Shweta Kawatra

Shweta Kawatra is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role of Pallavi in the popular television soap opera, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii. She has had appearances in a large number of other TV serials, most notable in Kkusum and C.I.D.....

|2001
| 12,50,000
|
|}

Season 2

{| class="wikitable"
!Guest(s)
!Year
!Amount won
!Notes
|-
|John Abraham

John Abraham (actor)

John Abraham is an Indian film actor and former model. After modeling for numerous advertisements and companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism , which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination. This was followed by his first commercial success, Dhoom...

Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. A former model, she was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest in 1996.-Early life:...

|2005
| 50,00,000
|
|-
|Kajol

Kajol

Kajol Devgn , better known as Kajol, is an Indian film actress appearing in Hindi films. She is regarded as one of India's most successful and talented female actors....

Ajay Devgn
|2005
| 1,00,00,000
|Biggest celebrity winners on KBC with Bachchan
|-
|Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta...

Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...

|2005
| 50,00,000
|Appeared on Children's day.
|-
|Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....

Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta is an Indian film actress. She has appeared in Hindi films of Bollywood, as well as Telugu, Punjabi and English language films. After graduating with a degree in criminal psychology, Zinta made her acting debut in Dil Se in 1998 followed by a role in Soldier the same year...

|2005
| 50,00,000
|To promote their film "Salaam Namaste"
|-
|Smriti Irani
Saakshi Tanwar

Saakshi Tanwar

Sakshi Tanwar is an Indian television and film actress. Sakshi is one of the leading ladies of Indian Television. Sakshi's consequent continued patronage of the largely female audience of the show had been instrumental in changing the fortunes of the production house Balaji Telefilms and in...

|2005
| 6,40,000
|They appeared for Diwali Special
|}

Season 3

{| class="wikitable"
!Guest(s)
!Date
!Episode
!Notes
|-
|Arbaaz Khan
Malaika Arora Khan

Malaika Arora Khan

Malaika Arora Khan , also known as Malaika Arora, is an Indian model, actress, television personality and former MTV VJ. She is one of India's top item girls...

Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar is an Indian filmmaker, script writer, actor, playback singer, lyricist, film producer in Hindi cinema and a television host.His directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi...

& Zoya Akhtar

Zoya Akhtar

Zoya Akhtar is a contemporary Indian film director. She made her debut as director with critically acclaimed Luck By Chance.-Personal life:Zoya Akhtar was born on January 9, 1974 in Bombay...

Karan Johar

Karan Johar is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and Television host. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and Yash Johar. He is one of the most successful filmmakers in Bollywood. He is most known for directing and producing some of Bollywood's highest grossing films in India and the...

Farah Khan

Farah Khan is an Indian film director and choreographer. She is best known for her choreographical work in numerous Bollywood films. Khan has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 Hindi films. Khan has since become a noted Hindi film director as well...

Preity Zinta

Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies. In the course of her film career, she has received six Filmfare Awards, among twelve nominations....

Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...

Boman Irani

Boman Irani is an Indian film and theatre actor and photographer. Irani began his acting career in theatre and moved to film in 2000 at the age of 44 with a role in Josh...

Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor , often informally referred to as Bebo, is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. During her career, Kapoor has received six Filmfare Awards, among nine nominations, and has been noted for her performances in a range of film genres; these include her work from contemporary...

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...

Salman Khan

Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...

Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011...

|19 April
|Series Finale
|
|}

Season 4

{| class="wikitable"
!Guest(s)
!Year
!Amount won
!Notes
|-
|Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...

Aditya Roy Kapoor
Vipul Shah
Neha Dhupia

Neha Dhupia

Neha Dhupia is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen and winner of Femina Miss India 2002.-Early life:...

Rannvijay Singh

Ranvijay Singh Singha , is a VJ and Bollywood actor. He was a participant and also the finalist in the first season of MTV Roadies and that lead to him becoming the host for the MTV show, Roadies. He also became a part of the judging panel for MTV Roadies 8 along with Raghu Ram and Rajiv Lakshman....

Shefali Shah

- Biography :Shefali Shah was born in July 1974 and is the only child of Sudhakar Shetty and Shobha Shetty...

|2010
| 50,00,000
|For the promotion of Action Replayy
|-
|Leander Paes

Leander Paes

Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...

S. Sreesanth
Manoj Kumar

Manoj Kumar

Manoj Kumar is an award-winning Indian actor and director in the Bollywood film industry. He is known for acting in and directing films with patriotic themes, and has been given the nickname "Mr Bharat"...

Sushil Kumar

Sushil Kumar may refer to:*Sushil Kumar , Indian wrestler*Sushil Kumar , former Indian Chief of Naval Staff...

Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa

Ashwini Ponnappa

Ashwini Ponnappa is an Indian badminton player.- Career :She completed her schooling in Bangalore and she moved to Hyderabad for her Bachelor's Degree....

|2010
| 25,00,000
|Diwali Special
|-
|Disha Vakani

Disha Vakani

Disha Vakani grew up in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She is an Indian TV actress who appears mainly in TV serials, but have also acted in some bollywood films and TV commercials. She lives in Goregaon, Mumbai. She is popularly known as "Daya Gada", because of her character in the popular comedy serial...

Ragini Khanna

Ragini Khanna is an Indian television actress. She has appeared in many serials, initially starting with Bhaskar Bharti and Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi. Currently, she is playing the lead role in the popular television show, Sasural Genda Phool with Jay Soni on STAR Plus...

Pooja Gor

-External links:*...

Aashka Goradia
Bharti Singh
Aishwarya Sakhuja
|2010
| 12,50,000
|Diwali Special
|-
|Ajay Devgan

Ajay Devgan

Ajay Devgan , born Vishal Veeru Devgan on 2 April 1969, is an Indian film actor, director, and producer.He made his film debut with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film and for which he won a Filmfare Best Debut Award...

Arshad Warsi

Arshad Warsi is an Indian actor who debuted in 1996 with the film Tere Mere Sapne which was a success but he is best known for his role as "Circuit" in the comedy films Munnabhai M.B.B.S. and Lage Raho Munnabhai and his role as Babban in Ishqiya which won him acclaim.-Early life and...

Shreyas Talpade

-Early life:Talpade was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, in a Marathi family. He attended Shree Ram Welfare Society's High School in Andheri-West. He is married to Deepti Talpade. Shreyas met his wife Deepti when he went to her college as a celebrity...

Rohit Shetty

Rohit Shetty is an Indian film director, presenter and cinematographer. His work as director include the hits Golmaal, Golmaal Returns, Golmaal 3 and Singham....

Tusshar Kapoor

Tusshar Kapoor is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor and brother of Ekta Kapoor. He studied at the University of Michigan and graduated with a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business.Tushar made his debut with Mujhe kuch kehna hai alongside...

Kunal Khemu
|2010
| 25,00,000
|For the promotion of Golmaal 3

Golmaal 3

Golmaal 3 is a 2010 Bollywood comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. A sequel to the 2008 film Golmaal Returns, the project stars most of the actors from the previous film, including Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor and Shreyas Talpade. New additions to the cast include...

Devgan's second and final time on the show.

|-
|Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri Dixit

Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and a former model. She appears mostly in Hindi as well as Tamil and Kannada language films. Born to Badminton player Prakash Padukone, she chose to become an actress and not pursue a career in sports.Padukone made her acting debut in the 2006 Kannada film...

Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...

Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who mainly appears in Bollywood films. He won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Yash Chopra's film Mashaal ....

Dharmendra

Dharmendra Singh Deol |Punjab]]), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema and also another Lifetime...

|2010
|
|Appeared in the Grand Finale and Dutt's and Dixit's third and second time on show
|-
|}

Season 5

{| class="wikitable"
!Guest(s)
!Year
!Amount won
!Notes
|-
|Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan

Deepika Padukone

|2011
|Did not play for any money
|For the promotion of Aarakshan

Aarakshan

Aarakshan is a 2011 Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Directed by Prakash Jha, the film is a socio-political drama based on the controversial policy of caste based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions...

Khan's second time on the show

|-
|Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He is also a trained dancer.Starting off his career by working in music videos and advertisements, Kapoor made his Bollywood debut as a background dancer in Subhash Ghai's Taal . Four years later, he made his acting debut in Ishq...

Sonam Kapoor

Sonam Kapoor is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films. Kapoor made her acting debut in the unsuccessful film Saawariya opposite newcomer Ranbir Kapoor, which earned her a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She earned her first commercial success in I Hate Luv...

|2011
|Played for the charity and won 25,00,000
|For the promotion of Mausam

Mausam

Mausam is a 1975 Indian film directed by Gulzar and loosely based on the story "Weather", from the novel, The Judas Tree, by A.J. Cronin. Sharmila Tagore for her acting received The Silver Lotus Award at the 23rd National Film Festival and the movie was honoured by presenting an award for 2nd Best...

|-
|Imran Khan

Imran Khan (actor)

Imran Khan is an Indian American film actor. He is the nephew of actor Aamir Khan and producer-director Mansoor Khan.Khan rose to stardom for his debut role in the 2008 blockbuster film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. The film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut...

Katrina Kaif

|2011
|Played for the charity
|For the promotion of Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan , also known by the abbreviated form MBKD, is a Bollywood romantic comedy film that marks the writing and directing debut of Ali Abbas Zafar and stars Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif and Ali Zafar in the lead roles. Produced and distributed by Yash Raj Films. The official theatrical...

Kaif's second time on the show

|-
|Yusuf Mallu
|2011
|Played For The Charity
|For The Promotion Of
|-
|Ranbir Kapoor

Ranbir Kapoor

Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood movies.Making his acting debut in the 2007 film Saawariya, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut, Kapoor went on to earn critical praise for his performance in Wake Up Sid...

|2011
|Played for the charity and won 12,50,000
|For the promotion of Rockstar (2011 film)

Rockstar (2011 film)

Rockstar is a 2011 Hindi musical film directed by Imtiaz Ali, starring Ranbir Kapoor and debutant Nargis Fakhri, with music composed by A. R. Rahman. Eros International Ltd. co-produces the film with Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd...

Ra.One

Ra.One is a 2011 Indian science fiction superhero film written and directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film features Shahrukh Khan in dual roles, and also stars Kareena Kapoor, Armaan Verma and Arjun Rampal in the lead...

Khan's second time on the show

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|Saakshi Tanwar

Saakshi Tanwar

Ram Kapoor

Ram Kapoor is an Indian television actor noted particularly for his portrayal of Jai Walia on Kasamh Se' & also for his charecter Ram Kapoor in the very populay daily, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain.He rose to prominence as the host of Rakhi ka Swayamvar'. He is the only actor to win the Indian Telly...

|2011
|Played for the charity and won 25,00,000
|For the Diwali Jodi Special episode

Saakshi's third time on the show

|-
|Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in sociology, she started her career starring in music videos, television shows and commercials, before appearing in feature films....

|2011
|Played for the charity Project Nanhi Kali

Project Nanhi Kali

Project Nanhi Kali is an Indian non-governmental organisation that supports education for underprivileged girls in India. Founded by Anand Mahindra in 1996, it is jointly managed by the Naandi Foundation and the KC Mahindra Education Trust, which is part of the corporate social responsibility...

and won 6,40,000
|For promotion of The Dirty Picture

The Dirty Picture

The Dirty Picture is an upcoming Bollywood biopic on the life of the South Indian movie siren Silk Smitha, directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor, together after their last hit Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai . The film stars Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Tusshar...

|-
|Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh Plaha , commonly known as Harbhajan Singh, is an Indian cricketer. A specialist bowler, he has the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off spinner, behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan....

|2011
|Nil - Did not play
|On behalf of Pepsi

Pepsi

Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo...

Company to announce the winner of INR 1 Crore
|-
|Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Hindi films. In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract and made her screen debut in Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She later received acclaim for her role as Shruti Kakkar in Band Baaja Baaraat...

Ranveer Singh

Ranveer Singh is an Indian actor working in the Hindi film industry. Born in Mumbai, India, Singh had always wanted to be an actor since his childhood. However, during his college days he felt that the idea of acting was far-fetched and focused on creative writing...

|2011
|Did not play. Came for Promotion
|For promotion of Ladies vs Ricky Bahl

|}

Winners

So far, there have been a few notable winners of KBC that have left with an amount of 10,000,000 (approx. 200,000):

Harshvardhan Nawathe – 1st winner of KBC in 2000.
Ravi Saini – Winner of the equally popular series KBC Junior 1 Crore that featured children under the age of 14 as contestants in 2001.
Vijay and Arundhati Raul – Winner of KBC Jodi 1 Crore in 2001.
Ajay Devgan and Kajol – Winner of 1 Crore in 2005.
Brajesh Dubey – Winner of KBC 2 leaving with 1 Crore when the top prize was 2 Crore.
Rahat Taslim – Winner of 1 crore in Season 4 from Jharkhand. She quit at the jackpot question (for 5 Crore).
Sushil Kumar – Winner of 5 Crore in Season 5 from Bihar. He is the first contestant who has won the full jackpot in KBC series. The episode was aired on November 2nd, 2011.
Anil Sinha – Winner of 1 Crore in Season 5 from Bihar. KBC 5 gets its second crorepati.

Phraseology

Since its launch in the year 2000, KBC has inspired thousands with Amitabh's catchy phrases like "Lock

Lock (device)

A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object or secret information , or combination of more than one of these....

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

Nayak: The Real Hero

Nayak: The Real Hero is a 2001 Indian movie starring Anil Kapoor and Rani Mukerji. It was directed by S. Shankar. The film is a remake of S. Shankar's earlier released Tamil film Mudhalvan . The film's score and soundtrack, composed by A. R. Rahman, were dubbed from Mudhalvan into Hindi for the...

starring Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who mainly appears in Bollywood films. He won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Yash Chopra's film Mashaal ....

and Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji is an Indian film actress who works in Hindi movies. In the course of her film career, she has received six Filmfare Awards, among twelve nominations....

. With the new series that is hosted by Shahrukh Khan, wordage such as "Lock kiya jaye?" have been changed to "Freeze it!". Additional expression

Idiom

Idiom is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made...

s have been introduced in KBC3 like "Kuch sawaal aapki zindagi badal sakte hain!" which is the official motto of the third season and "Kachcha Kachcha? Pakka Pakka?" that figuratively means "Are you sure or are you not sure?". "Tez Teekha Tabadtor" as well as "Koi Sawaal Chota Nahi Hota" in the current season have become immensely popular.

The show plays a major role in the movie Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire

, with Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who mainly appears in Bollywood films. He won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Yash Chopra's film Mashaal ....

playing Prem Kumar, the game show host, though Shah Rukh Khan was asked to play). The movie is an adaptation of the Vikas Swarup

Vikas Swarup

Vikas Swarup is an Indian novelist and diplomat who has served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Japan, best known for his novels Q & A and Six Suspects.-Early life:...

novel Q & A (although the novel depicted a fictional quiz show called Who Will Win a Billion?), and is also loosely connected to a real-life cheating incident

Charles Ingram

Charles Ingram is a former British Army major who made headlines worldwide after he was accused of cheating in the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in 2001. He was convicted of deception, although he maintains that he did not cheat...

on the UK version of the show.

Awards

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! Year !! Award !! Category !! Awarded to
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| 2001 || Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Awards

The Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels....

|| Best Show of The Year 2000 || KBC 1
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| 2001 || Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Awards

The Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels....

|| Best Marketing Activity of the Year 2000 || KBC 1,STAR Plus

STAR Plus

STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...

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| 2001 || Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Awards

The Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels....

|| TV Personality of the Year 2000 || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

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| 2001 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

The Indian Television Academy Awards, also known as the ' is an annual event organised by the Indian Television Academy. The awards are presented in various categories, including popular programming , best television channel in various categories, technical awards, and best performance...

|| Best Anchor of a Game Show || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

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| 2001 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| Best Anchor-Based Show || KBC 1
|-
| 2001 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| Best Host || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

|-
| 2001 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| Best Game/Quiz Show || KBC 1
|-
| 2002 || Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Awards

The Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels....

|| TV Anchor of The Year || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

|-
| 2002 || Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Awards

The Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels....

|| Best Game Show of The Year || KBC 1
|-
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan="4"|Kaun Banega Crorepati 2
|-
| 2005 || Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Awards

The Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels....

|| Best Game Show of The Year || KBC 2
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| 2005 || Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Awards

The Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels....

|| Best TV Anchor || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

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| 2005 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| Best Anchor of a Game Show || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

|-
| 2005 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| Best Game/Quiz Show || KBC 2
|-
| 2006 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| Best Anchor of a Game Show || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

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| 2006 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| Best Game/Quiz Show || KBC 2
|-
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan="4"|Kaun Banega Crorepati 3
|-
| 2007 || Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Awards

The Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels....

|| Best TV Anchor || Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan

|-
| 2007 || Indian Telly Awards

Indian Telly Awards

The Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels....

|| Best Game Show of The Year || KBC 3
|-
| 2008 || The Global Indian Film and Television Honours

The Global Indian Film and Television Honours

The Global Indian Film and Television Honours is an annual Indian television and film production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television and film fields....

|| Best TV Anchor || Shahrukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan

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| 2008 || The Global Indian Film and Television Honours

The Global Indian Film and Television Honours

The Global Indian Film and Television Honours is an annual Indian television and film production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television and film fields....

|| Best Game/Quiz Show || KBC 3
|-
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan="4"|Kaun Banega Crorepati 4
|-
| 2011 || BIG Television Awards

BIG Television Awards

The BIG Television Awards also known as BIG TV Awards are presented annually by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited in association with Star India to honour personalities from the field of entertainment across television,.It is the award show where for the first time we will be seeing characteristic...

|| Shaksiyat of the year || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

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| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan="4"|Kaun Banega Crorepati 5
|-
| 2011 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| Best Anchor Game/Quiz Show || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

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| 2011 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| Best Game/Quiz Show || KBC 5
|-
| bgcolor="#CCCCCC" colspan="4"|Special Awards
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| 2003 || STAR Parivaar Awards

Star Parivaar Awards

STAR Parivaar Awards is a platform on which STAR Plus channel awards the best members of its family for entertaining its audiences and it takes place on a larger & grander scale every year following its launch.M.Haris-History:...

|| Pitamah of STAR Parivaar || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

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| 2007 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| THE ITA LAUREL FOR 'ULTIMATE EMINENCE' || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

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| 2010 || BIG Star Entertainment Awards

BIG Star Entertainment Awards

The Big STAR Entertainment Awards are presented annually by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited in association with Star India to honour personalities from the field of entertainment across movies, music, television, sports, theatre and dance...

|| BIG STAR Non-Fiction Show of the Decade' || KBC
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| 2011 || Indian Television Academy Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

|| THE ITA ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR || Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

External links

KBC Auditions on Sony Entertainment Television kick Started from 1 September
Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007 series) Official Website (Note: The KBC2 Official Website has been merged into this website and redirects to it when clicked)
Kaun Banega Crorepati 4 (2010 series) Website
KBC Quiz questions
KBC online flash game
What Makes KBC work

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