Kaun Banega Crorepati | |
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Based on | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? |
Directed by | Arun Sheshkumar[1] |
Presented by | Amitabh Bachchan (Seasons 1–2, 4–16) Shah Rukh Khan (Season 3) |
Composers | Keith Strachan (seasons 1–16) Matthew Strachan (seasons 1–16) Ramon Covalo (seasons 4–16) Sawan Dutta (seasons 5–10) Ajay–Atul (season 11–16) Rohan-Vinayak and Amitabh Bachchan (season 15-Present) |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 15 |
No. of episodes | 1,230 |
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Running time | 38–96 minutes |
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Network | Star Plus (seasons 1–3) Sony Entertainment Television (seasons 4–16) |
Release | 3 July 2000 |
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Kaun Banega Crorepati (simply KBC; English: Who Will Become a Crorepati) is an Indian Hindi-language television game show. It is the official Hindi adaptation of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise. It is presented by actor Amitabh Bachchan, who has hosted the show for its entire run except for its third season, during which actor Shah Rukh Khan replaced Bachchan.[2] The programme aired on Star Plus for its first three seasons from 2000 to 2007, and was commissioned by the programming team of Sameer Nair.[3][4] In 2010, it started airing on Sony Entertainment Television and was produced by BIG Synergy (under various names over periods of time) from season 1 till season 10. Afterwards, the credited production companies co-producing are Studio NEXT since season 10[a] and Tree of Knowledge (Digi TOK) since season 11[b] respectively.
The format is similar to other shows in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise: contestants are asked multiple choice questions and must select the correct answer from four possible choices, and are provided with lifelines that may be used if they are uncertain. Starting in season 7 in 2013, the top prize was ₹7 crore and was increased to ₹7.5 crore in Season 14 in 2022 to celebrate 75 years of India's Independence.
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