The popular game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati", hosted by megastar Amitabh Bachchan, is back and this time it's bigger and better. The seventh edition of the show will start tonight and singer Sonu Nigam will be seen with megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the opening act. Sonu, 40, will belt out some hit numbers while Big B will jive to its beats.
Except for the third season, which was hosted by superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh has been the quiz master of the show since the beginning, but is still nervous about the premiere episode of the seventh season. The jackpot prize in the "Kaun Banega Crorepati 2013" will be Rs.7 crore and participants will have to answer 15 questions to win the whopping prize money.
There will be four questions in the new feature "Sapta koti sandook" that will let contestants win from Rs.1 crore to Rs.3 crore, Rs.5 crore and finally Rs.7 crore. Entering the hot seat has become more challenging as 'Fastest finger first' round has been modified. It will now be called 'Best out of three'.
That's not all. Five, instead of four, lifelines will help contestants to reach closer to prize money. While "audience poll" and "phone a friend" will continue as lifelines, "flip the question" will return in place of "ask the expert". "50:50" will replace "double dip". The latest addition is "power paplu". It will help to revive any used lifeline.
Along with modifications in the game, the show's set has also been changed not just geographically, but design-wise too. It will be a multimedia rectangular stage with LED lights.
The "Kaun Banega Crorepati 2013" set will now be a magnificent 360 degree multimedia stage, making India the first ever country to change the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" set worldwide.
The round set has been transformed into a rectangular one with LED lights enhancing the aura of the set, said a statement. It has also been shifted from Filmcity in Goregaon here to Yash Raj Films studio in Andheri West due to infrastructure reasons. The show, based on international quiz show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", started in 2000.
