Quiz Shows

Kaun Banega Crorepati

In its fast paced avatar, BIG Synergy's Kaun Banega Crorepati brings back the iconic Amitabh Bachchan as host of the highest rated non-fiction show of Indian television history. With new lifelines, a ticking clock and more money to be won, the latest Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, returns to give the common man another chance to make it big with their favourite Bollywood star.

The series also has special celebrity episodes in the Hot Seat format, where six celebrities play on a rotational basis, making it greater fun to participate and even more exciting to watch.

Kaun Banega Crorepati is being aired on Sony Entertainment Television at 9 pm, Monday to Thursday.

Sports Ka Superstar

A BIG Synergy format, Sports ka Superstar served as a precursor to the Commonwealth Games in New-Delhi in October 2010.

Hosted by the vivacious Mini Mathur, 200 quizzers took the roles of khiladis (players) on Sports ka Superstars, displaying their knowledge of sports and challenging their fellow competitors to a fight to the finish. The challengers stood to win up to Rs.1,00,000 prize money.

A 26-episode quiz series, Sports Ka Superstar was aired on DD 1, Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 pm.

Bollywood ka Boss

It’s a search for the numero uno of filmy gyaan. For all Hindi film fans this is a first time opportunity - to play for top honours and high stakes, and to watch the most mental of all filmy battles on Bollywood Ka Boss on FILMY, India's first-ever Bollywood quiz show.

Anchored by the inimitable and entertaining Boman Irani, a diehard Bollywood fan himself, this is a contest that will crown the one who knows the most about Hindi cinema. It’s a search where the winner takes home Rs 50 lakhs, and the prestigious crown of Bollywood ka Boss.

Every episode consists of 7 levels of quizzing & the top 2 contestants qualify to the next stage of the contest (Semi finals & Final).

Bollywood Ka Boss is on air, only on Sahara FILMY every Sunday at 9:00 PM.

Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai

Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai? is a studio-based game show hosted by Mr. Shah Rukh Khan in which succeeding contestants compete for a large sum of money by attempting to answer questions taken from primary school class materials. It's an enthralling show where in adults go back to school days and answer primary questions. The format outlined below is how the show works.

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Heartbeat

In a peaceful haven, sealed off from the outside world, you have to show what you're made of, and see whether the rest of the world will help.

There is a lot of money at stake: Rs. 25,00,000… 25 lakhs maybe even more!

And the available playing time?

That depends on your own heartbeat…

The exciting quiz game where only your Heartbeat counts . . . Heartbeat, an Endemol format was produced by Synergy for Star One.

India's Child Genius - The search for India's Smartest Kid

On Star World, a show that brought together the sharpest young minds between the age of ten and thirteen in the entire country, every week, a nationwide search to find India's Smartest Kids.

The show was hosted by Siddhartha Basu and produced by Synergy.

The contest provided a platform for the brightest pre-teen academic achievers in the country, who were tested not just on general knowledge, but also on verbal and non-verbal reasoning, maths, science, history, natural world, geography, mythology, literature, English language and spelling.

The aim of the contest was to showcase the brightest young minds in the country in a contest for the title of India's Child Genius. Other than the title, on offer was a share of prizes worth more than Rs. 50 lakhs.

University Challenge

University Challenge, telecast on BBC World, had a successful running over 2 series.

University Challenge was a prime time, elimination quiz show for top university college teams across India who vied for top honours in a head to head challenge with opponent college teams. An institution, University Challenge has been running on BBC, Britain for the last 40 years as the licensed version of the American game format, College Bowl.

Structure

Each episode of University Challenge featured 2 teams of 4 members each.

A typical question answer sequence comprised of a 'Starter' question, which was open to all 8 contestants. Whichever contestant buzzes in the answer to the 'Starter' question correctly, his/her team is asked 3 linked bonus questions, of a specified subject field. This sequence of question answers will be repeated as many numbers of times as the duration of the episode (i.e. 26 minutes) permits.

The series covered the gamut of sports, theatre, technology, industries, films, music, dance, science & medicine, television, advertising, art & literature, destinations, cuisine and many more areas.

Howzatt Concept Note

An original Synergy format, produced for Tara Bangla. The format is based on the One Day International cricket format with lots of energy and emotions. This game show was produced in Bengali for an audience of West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh.

Kaun Banega Crorepati

Kaun Banega Crorepati with superstar Amitabh Bachchan in his first venture as a TV host, was simply the biggest interactive show in the history of Indian television, with the highest rewards ever offered in an ongoing countrywide contest.

The contest was open to members of the viewing public in India, who had to qualify through 2 levels of a telephone quiz to get through to the TV stage of the contest.

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Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 - The Second Series

KBC in its second series, offered double the prize money - a whopping Rs. 2 crores!

Hosted once again by superstar Amitabh Bachchan, it was the biggest interactive show in the history of Indian television. The contestants had to work their way through 15 questions to win an unprecedented amount of prize money.

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Kaun Banega Crorepati 3

Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), the biggest interactive show in the history of Indian television, has resumed telecast, with Bollywood's biggest superstar Shah Rukh Khan replacing Hindi cinema icon Amitabh Bachchan as host.  

The show has been slotted in the 9 pm prime time band and will air Monday through to Thursday every week, the same as was the case when KBC first came on air. The prize money remains the same as KBC 2- a whopping Rs. 2 crores!

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Mastermind India

One black chair, a single spotlight, sustained interrogation and one winner. A show which has come to enjoy the reputation of being one of the most formidable and challenging quiz contests in the world.