Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati or Kon Honar Crorepati (transl. Who will be a millionaire?) is an Indian game show presented in Marathi language on ETV Marathi and later on Sony Marathi. It is the official Indian Marathi adaptation of the Sony Pictures, television-owned game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and its Hindi adaptation Kaun Banega Crorepati hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.[1][2][3][4]
| Kon Honar Crorepati | |
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| Also known as | Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati |
| Presented by | Sachin Khedekar (1-2; 5-7) Swapnil Joshi (3) Nagraj Manjule (4) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Marathi |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 192 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60–90 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ETV Marathi (1–3) Sony Marathi (4–8) |
| Release | 6 May 2013 – 12 August 2023 |
The Marathi version of this show will be featuring Marathi actor Sachin Khedekar as the anchor. The third season is being hosted by comedian Swapnil Joshi. Later the show mainly hosted by film director Nagraj Manjule, the season also introduced Karamveer special episodes about people who did extraordinary work in social sector in the show. First Karamveer is being called on show was Adhik Kadam who worked for the children of Jammu and Kashmir since 1997 and helping communities with emergency medical services by providing Ambulances, doctors, paramedics but mostly love and respect.[5][6][7]
Format
editSachin Khedekar will ask a set of 15 questions, and the contestant who answers all of them correctly will be awarded a prize of ₹1,00,00,000 (1 crore).
The questions each have a time limit of 30 seconds, and each successive correct response increases the assigned prize in a way that the 15th correct response awards 1 crore rupees.
The game will have 3 lifelines, which are the following:
- 50-50, where 2 incorrect options are removed
- Phone A Friend, where a friend will assist
- Audience Poll, where the audience will vote on the question asked to the contestant and select an option of their choice. The options with their corresponding votes will be graphically represented and the contestant will have to make a choice among those.
Selecting a wrong answer will lead to immediate termination and the contestant will have to leave with only the amount of prize assigned for the nearest 5th correct response (meaning if the contestant gets the 1st through 5th question wrong, he ends up with nothing, or if the contestant gets the 6th through 10th question wrong, then he ends up with only the prize for the 5th correct response, and so on and so forth so that if the contestant gets the 11th through 15th question wrong, then he ends up with only the prize for the 10th correct response).
That said, the contestant will have the power to quit at any moment of the show to receive the current prize and avoid risking loss of prize for all correct responses past the nearest 5th correct response.
Seasons
editThe award prize in Season 1 was Rs. 1 crore. In Season 2, the award prize was increased to Rs. 2 crores. Season 3 was hosted by Swapnil Joshi.[8] The show started in 6 May 2013 on ETV Marathi.[9]
The 4th and 5th season aired on Sony Marathi.[10] The 4th season was hosted by Director Nagraj Manjule.[11] Seasons 1, 2 and 5 were hosted by Sachin Khedekar.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Exclusive! Sachin Khedekar: I still feel like a newcomer". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Popular Marathi TV show Kon Honaar Crorepati is back with a new season; details inside". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Kon Honaar Crorepati witnesses a record number of entries". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Kon Honaar Crorepati host Nagraj Manjule on Amitabh Bachchan: He is an incredible personality; there can be no comparison". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Kon Honaar Crorepati: Nagraj Manjule turns a playback singer". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "'कोण होणार करोडपती' लवकरच प्रेक्षकांच्या भेटीला, अशी करा नोंदणी". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Nagraj Manjule-hosted Kon Honaar Crorepati season 4 set for a re-telecast soon". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Swwapnil Joshi to host Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Sachin Pilgaonkar is my guru: Swwapnil Joshi". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "'Kon Honaar Crorepati' to launch soon on Marathi Television". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Kon Honaar Crorepati to launch on this date; read details inside". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Kon Honaar Crorepati: Here's how Sairat director Nagraj Manjule moulded himself from a director to a reality TV show host". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
