Kaun Banega Crorepati (2017 season)

This is the ninth season of Kaun Banega Crorepati, Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It's hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.

As in season 8, this season has a clock for the first 10 questions: 45 seconds for questions 1-5, 60 seconds for questions 6-10, and, after the contestant answered the 10th question, no clock. If the contestant answered 15 questions, he is given a choice: either he takes 1 crore, or he takes the risk of answering the Jackpot question, but is deprived of all remaining lifelines and the right to walk away.

Lifelines
It is a 16-question clock format where three (one new) lifelines were:
 * 50:50
 * Phone-a-Friend (Video-a-Friend)
 * Audience Poll
 * Plus One (named as Jodidaar)

Episodes
Saroj Verma (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 160,000) Shri Kishan Yadav (Rs. 1,250,000, continued) Shri Kishan Yadav (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 2,500,000) Zarina Salim (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 20,000) Archana Vyas (Rs. 40,000, continued) Archana Vyas (Rs. 320,000 - lodt on Rs. 640,000) Mahipal Singh (Rs. 160,000, continued) Mahipal Singh (Rs. 640,000) Harpreet Singh Hora (Rs. 40,000) Neha Kumari (Rs. 40,000, continued) Neha Kumari (Rs. 2,500,000) Smriti Mandhana and Punam Raut (Rs. 3,000, pass) Mithali Raj and Veda Krishnamurthy (Rs. 40,000, pass) Jhulan Goswami and Harmanpreet Kaur (Rs. 320,000, pass) Deepti Sharma and Veda Krishnamurthy (Rs. 640,000) Raj Kumar (Rs. 1,250,000) Mansi Mathurekar (Rs. 0, continued) Mansi Mathurekar (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 20,000) Shivi Pathak (Rs. 80,000) Tausif Ali Sayed (Rs. 2,000, continued) Tausif Ali Sayed (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000) Rupabhai Hadiyal (Rs. 320,000, continued) Rupabhai Hadiyal (Rs. 640,000) Jasmin Lawrence (Rs. 40,000) Kishore Kumar (Rs. 3,000, continued) Kishore Kumar (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000) Anand Kumar and Pranab Kumar (Rs. 2,500,000) Dr. Kolengat Satyabala Omonty (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 160,000) Rajesh Kainthla (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 80,000) Simiran Mohapatra (Rs. 0, continued) Simiran Mohapatra (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 320,000) Rekha Devi (Rs. 10,000, continued) Rekha Devi (Rs. 1,250,000) Veeresh Chaudhary (Rs. 40,000, continued) Veeresh Chaudhary (Rs. 5,000,000) Jaishri Jadhav (Rs. 2,000, continued) Jaishri Jadhav (Rs. 640,000) Abhishek Bachchan and Anju Gupta (Rs. 40,000) Shweta Rathore (Rs. 160,000) Gautam Kohli (Rs. 40,000, continued) Gautam Kohli (Rs. 160,000) Umesh Kumar Sahu (Rs. 640,000, continued) Umesh Kumar Sahu (Rs. 1,250,000) Gajendra Singh Rathi (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 40,000) Anuradha Agrawal (Rs. 3,000, continued) Anuradha Agrawal (Rs. 1,250,000) Md. Masrath Begum (Rs. 2,000, continued) Md. Masrath Begum (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000) Gauri Savant and Usha Uthup (Rs. 2,500,000) Priyattama Bhanj (Rs. 640,000) Nilesh Katrodiya (Rs. 0, continued) Nilesh Katrodiya (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 80,000) Arun Singh Rana (Rs. 10,000, continued) Arun Singh Rana (Rs. 2,500,000) Anita Singh (Rs. 0, continued) Anita Singh (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000) Tarpan Vyas (Rs. 10,000, continued) Tarpan Vyas (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 80,000) Afroz Shah and Shilpa Shetty (Rs. 2,500,000)
 * Episode 1 (28th August 2017)
 * Episode 2 (29th August 2017)
 * Episode 3 (30th August 2017)
 * Episode 4 (31st August 2017)
 * Episode 5 (1st September 2017) - ODI Special
 * Episode 6 (4th September 2017)
 * Episode 7 (5th September 2017)
 * Episode 8 (6th September 2017)
 * Episode 9 (7th September 2017)
 * Episode 10 (8th September 2017)
 * Episode 11 (11th September 2017)
 * Episode 12 (12th September 2017)
 * Episode 13 (13th September 2017)
 * Episode 14 (14th September 2017)
 * Episode 15 (15th September 2017)
 * Episode 16 (18th September 2017)
 * Episode 17 (19th September 2017)
 * Episode 18 (20th September 2017)
 * Episode 19 (21st September 2017)
 * Episode 20 (22nd September 2017)
 * Episode 21 (25th September 2017)
 * Episode 22 (26th September 2017)
 * Episode 23 (27th September 2017)
 * Episode 24 (28th September 2017)
 * Episode 25 (29th September 2017)
 * Episode 26 (2nd October 2017)
 * Episode 27 (3rd October 2017)
 * Episode 28 (4th October 2017)
 * Episode 29 (5th October 2017)
 * Episode 30 (6th October 2017)

Trivia

 * In 1st episode, on 1st question, contestant Saroj Verma used the Ask the Audience lifeline where 42% of the audience voted for the wrong answer, and 40% were right (error of 2%). This happens very rarely. In 11th episode, Rajesh Kainthla also used this lifeline on the 1st question.
 * In 5th episode, One Day International's 7 best cricketers appeared. The game was played according to the Hot Seat rules. A total of 4 couples appeared. The total winnings amounted to 640,000 rupees for all.
 * In 14th episode, Veeresh Chaudhary became the first contestant of season 9, which formally reached the 15th (final) question (according to the rules the 16th question is given to the contestant at his choice).
 * In 15th episode, the host sat in the contestant's hot seat again. The game was spent by his son Abhishek Bachchan. He was asked only two questions outside the game, and they swapped places.
 * Arun Singh Rana is contestant in this season only, who saved all four lifelines to 10th question (second minimum amount).