Mumbai, September 28: Amitabh Bachchan-hosted ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ (KBC) game show, which begins its fourth season from the megastar’s birthday on October 11, has increased the prize money to Rs 5 crore.
This was announced today at a press conference here by Bachchan and Sidhharth Basu of Big Synergy, the producer of the popular quiz show to be aired on Sony TV.
“Even though the basic format remain unchanged, the show will be faster and crispier this time. There will be 12 questions for Rs one crore and the last one would be the jackpot of Rs 5 crore,” Bachchan said.
A new life line ‘ask an expert’ would be introduced this time besides the earlier ones — audience poll and phone a friend, Bachchan said.
The ’50:50′ helpline has been dropped.
–Agencies