Kaun Banega Crorepati 4 to have Rs5-Crore Prize Money
Amitabh Bachchan-hosted Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) game show, which begins its fourth season from the megastar’s birthday on October 11, has increased the prize money to Rs5 crore.
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This was announced today at a press conference here by Bachchan and Sidhharth Basu of Big Synergy, the producer of the popular quiz show to be aired on Sony TV.
“Even though the basic format remain unchanged, the show will be faster and crispier this time. There will be 12 questions for Rs1 crore and the last one would be the jackpot of Rs5 crore,” Bachchan said.
A new life line ‘ask an expert’ will be introduced this time besides the earlier ones — audience poll and phone a friend, Bachchan said.
Kaun Banega Crorepati KBC 4 Auditions Date City Address
1st September,2010Lucknow – Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow – 227106
1st September,2010
Nagpur – Lamba Creations, Kamptee Highway Road, Nagpur – 440017
4th September,2010
Delhi – Asian Academy of Film & Television (Marwah studios), FC – 14/15, Sec – 16a, Film City, Noida, Noida 201305
4th September,2010
Ahmedabad – Rajpath Club, S.G Highway, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – 380051
4th September,2010
Mumbai – H.K. Institute of Management studies & Research, HK Bldg, Pratiksha Nagar, Adj. Mhada Complex, Oshiwara, Jogeshwari (West), Mumbai – 400102
4th September,2010
Kolkatta – CII – Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for Leadership, DC – 36, Sector 1, Salt Lake City, Behind City Centre, Kolkata – 700 064.
The ’50:50′ helpline has been dropped. Instead, after the seventh question there will be ‘double dip’ in which the contestant can give two tries for the answer, the actor said.
The ten contestants participating in fastest finger first would get chance for four days to try their luck this time, Basu said.
Several celebrities would appear on the show. Instead of a single participant, a team would play this time around, Basu said, adding the prize money would go to charity.
Also, under a new concept of ‘Ghadiyal babu’, the participants would have to answer the first two questions in 30 seconds and the next five in 45 seconds
This was the first appearance of Bachchan on Indian television. The show was hugely popular in India.
On August 5, 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 rupees. It was abruptly ended by STAR Plus after the host Amitabh Bachchan fell ill in 2006.[1] 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 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 rupees (approx. $430,000 USD) was still used in KBC3. The third season of the show began airing on January 22, 2007. But all the hysteria receded soon after and its TRP went down. The third season did not receive good reviews from audiences. The show ended on April 19, 2007 with a special finale. The key sponsors of the third season were AirTel, Unit Trust of India (UTI Mutual Funds) and ITC Limited.
The fourth season (KBC4) will again be hosted by Amitabh Bachchan and will go on air from October 11, 2010, on Bachchan’s birthday. According to online news sources, over five million (50 Lakh) people are reported to have participated in ‘KBC 4′ auditions. The prize money has been increased to Rs 5 crores (slightly more than $1 million USD) in the fourth season of the show
Kaun Kanega Crorepati Rules
As in the UK version, 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 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 2 crores in KBC2 and 3). The current sequence of prize amounts on KBC are as follows (Western digit grouping in parentheses):
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