Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti

Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti (transliterated: Kē kabē bānlāra kōṭipati), KHBK or KBC Bangla, is one of the 9 Indian versions for Bengali-speaking peoples based on the original British game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? It premiered on 4 June 2011, on Mahuaa Bangla channel hosted by Sourav Ganguly.[1] In 2018, this show returned to air with new host Prosenjit Chatterjee.[2][3][4] This version is the only Indian version where the questions are only in the local language and not asked again in English.

Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti
Bengaliকে হবে বাংলার কোটিপতি
GenreQuiz show
Presented by
Country of originIndia
Original languageBengali
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes85
Original release
NetworkMahuaa Bangla (2011)
Colors Bangla (2018)
Release4 June 2011 (2011-06-04)
Related
Kaun Banega Crorepati
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

Lifelines

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  • Audience Poll:- If any contestant would use this lifeline, the host would repeat the question to the audience. The studio audience would get 10 seconds to answer the question. Audience members would use touchpads to give the answer what they believe. After the audience would have chosen their choices, their choices would be 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.
  • 50:50 (Fifty-fifty):- If the contestant would use this lifeline, the host would ask the computer to remove two of the wrong answers. This would remain one right answer and one wrong answer. This would help a contestant giving 50% chance of answering the correct answer.
  • Phone A Friend:- If the contestant would use this lifeline, the contestant would be allowed to call one of the three pre-arranged friends, who all have to provide their phone numbers in advance. The host would usually be started off by talking to the contestant's friend and introduces him/her to the viewers. After the introduction, the host would hand the phone call over to the contestant, who then immediately had 30 seconds to ask and hope for a reply from their friend.

Rules

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In season 1, every contestant had a time limit: 30 seconds for questions 1-5, and 45 seconds for questions 6-10. On questions 11-15, it goes away, giving the contestant as much time as they need to answer the questions. But in season 2, every contestant had clock: 45 seconds for answer the questions 1-5, 60 seconds for answer the questions 6-10 and for questions 11-15, clock disappeared.

Money Tree

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Question Number Winnings for right answer Winnings if walk away Winning for wrong answer
1 ₹1,000/- ₹0/- ₹0/-
2 ₹2,000/- ₹1,000/- ₹0/-
3 ₹3,000/- ₹2,000/- ₹0/-
4 ₹5,000/- ₹3,000/- ₹0/-
5 ₹10,000/- (guaranteed sum) ₹5,000/- ₹0/-
6 ₹20,000/- ₹10,000/- ₹10,000/-
7 ₹40,000/- ₹20,000/- ₹10,000/-
8 ₹80,000/- ₹40,000/- ₹10,000/-
9 ₹1,60,000/- ₹80,000/- ₹10,000/-
10 ₹3,20,000/- (guaranteed sum) ₹1,60,000/- ₹10,000/-
11 ₹6,40,000/- ₹3,20,000/- ₹3,20,000/-
12 ₹12,50,000/- ₹6,40,000/- ₹3,20,000/-
13 ₹25,00,000/- ₹12,50,000/- ₹3,20,000/-
14 ₹50,00,000/- ₹25,00,000/- ₹3,20,000/-
15 ₹1,00,00,000/- ₹50,00,000/- ₹3,20,000/-

Winners

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Top Prize Winners

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Rs. 50,00,000/- winners

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Rs. 25,00,000/- winners

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  • Sayonti Goswami (22 August 2018)
  • Jayanta Maity (28 August 2018)

Rs. 12,50,000/- winners

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  • Koel Mallick (17 June 2011)
  • Sumit Bhattacharya (17 July 2018)
  • Sohini Kayal (3 August 2018)
  • Prabir Kumar Sarbar (15 August 2018)
  • Pampa Chakraborty (23 August 2018)
  • Partha Ghosh (30 August 2018)
  • Soumitra Chatterjee (31 August 2018)[5]

Rs. 640,000/- winners

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  • Abhibrata Dey (19 July 2018)
  • Payel Mukherjee (23 July 2018)
  • Ranita Basu (27 July 2018)
  • Indranil Bose (7 August 2018)
  • Pratyusha Das (8 August 2018)
  • Usha Uthup (17 August 2018)[6]

Rs. 320,000/- winners

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  • Pranab Kumar (27 July 2018)
  • Soumita Das (31 July 2018)
  • Chitralekha Mondal (1 August 2018)
  • Jashan Goswami (3 August 2018)
  • Srabanti Chatterjee (10 August 2018)[7]
  • Nusrat Jahan and Shraddha Rati (24 August 2018)
  • Pankaj Goon (27 August 2018)

Rs. 160,000/- winners

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  • Prasoon Pal (20 July 2018)
  • Sirsha Ray (20 July 2018)
  • Payel Mukherjee (23 July 2018)

Rs. 10,000/- winners

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  • Prasanta Chakraborty (2011)
  • Ashim Kumar Jana (18 July 2018)
  • Dipyendu Ghosh (18 July 2018)
  • Sagarika Ghosh (9 August 2018)
  • Santu Jana (16 August 2018)
  • Sajal Das (29 August 2018)
  • Writambhara Das (31 August 2018)

Rs. 5,000/- winners

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  • Jayanti Mitra (17 August 2018)

References

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  1. ^ "Sourav's in the hotseat for KBC Bangla". The Times of India. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ^ Scroll Staff. "Prosenjit Chatterjee confirmed as host of Bengali version of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Prosenjit Chatterjee's films set to entertain on his birthday - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. ^ "আসছে 'কে হবে বাংলার কোটিপতি?' সঞ্চালনার দায়িত্বে প্রসেনজিৎ". Zee24Ghanta.com. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Soumitra Chatterjee to appear on 'Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Popular playback singer Usha Uthup to appear on 'Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  7. ^ Team, Tellychakkar. "Srabanti Chatterjee to make an appearance on Colors Bangla's Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.