Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) is India's Hindi-language adaptation of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, a quiz format created in Britain in 1998. It premiered on S…
David Briggs, Steven Knight and Mike Whitehill created Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for British producer Celador. It premiered on ITV on 4 September 1998 and was later…
Star Plus's Sameer Nair acquired the Indian rights in 1999. The show was planned as "Kaun Banega Lakhpati" with a ₹1 lakh prize, until Star TV chairman Rupert Murdoch or…
KBC premiered 3 July 2000 with Amitabh Bachchan hosting — his first sustained television role. Harshvardhan Navathe became India's first-ever crorepati that October, win…
Bachchan's Season 2 was cut short by illness in 2006. Shah Rukh Khan hosted Season 3 alone in 2007 — the only KBC season without Bachchan, and the only one with no crore…
Star did not renew its rights, so KBC moved to Sony from Season 4 (2010). Amitabh Bachchan returned as host and the top prize rose to ₹5 crore, new lifelines Double Dip…
Brothers Achin and Sarthak Narula answered all 14 questions correctly to win ₹7 crore in Season 8 — still the highest amount any KBC contestant has actually taken home,…
KBC Play Along launched on SonyLIV in 2018, letting home viewers answer questions in real time alongside the broadcast and compete for an actual hot-seat appearance on F…
After scammers used Bachchan's voice, image and signature phrasing in fake "KBC lottery" fraud, the Delhi High Court granted him personality-rights protection. KBC runs…
Season 18, themed "Sochna Padega" (you'll have to think), premiered 10 August 2026 with Amitabh Bachchan hosting and a new Google Gemini AI integration for contestant re…
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