Kaun Banega Crorepati (2005 season)

Kaun Banega Crorepati 2
Host	Amitabh Bachchan
Start Date	August 5, 2005
End Date	December 24, 2005
Number of Episodes	62
Number of Contestants	105+
Prize Winnings
₹10,000,000 Winners	2
₹5,000,000 Winners	3
₹2,500,000 Winners	6
₹1,250,000 Winners	10
₹640,000 Winners	17
₹320,000 Winners	13
₹160,000 Winners	8
₹80,000 Winners	2
₹20,000 Winners	31
₹0 Winners	3
Total Winnings	Rs. 79,920,000+

The second season of Kaun Banega Crorepati, known as Kaun Banega Crorepati Dwitiya (Kaun Banega Crorepati the Second, or KBC 2), the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? aired from 5 August to 24 December 2005, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.

On the evening of November 30, when news broke that Bollywood's most celebrated icon, Amitabh Bachchan, had been wheeled in for an emergency surgery at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, fans of his and of Kaun Banega Crorepati, well-wishers and those from the film industry and media were all spun into a state of shock.

Star Plus has already filmed 61 episodes, planned to run until December 23. Bachchan was booked to film the show from November 25–26 and from November 30-December 6. Those episodes were not aired. He was also said to have agreed to a series of stage shows with son Abhishek for Wizcraft in 2006, the fate of which also hang in the balance. As a result, 62 episodes aired in all.

Due to Bachchan's surgery, of the planned 76 only 62 episodes aired. 24 episodes did not have time finish filming. He promised to return in a month, but this did not happen. In 2007, in Season 3 he was replaced by Shahrukh Khan. Bachchan returned to the air in Season 4 in 2010.

Lifelines

It is a classic format where three standard and one new lifelines were:

• 50:50
• Phone-a-Friend
• Audience Poll
• Switch the Question

Episodes

• Episode 1 (5 August 2005)

Abhishek Gaurav (Rs. 640,000)
Vivek Kalekar (Rs. 3,000, continued)

• Episode 2 (6 August 2005)

Vivek Kalekar (Rs. 20,000)
Asha Lata Chada (Rs. 640,000)
Mahesh Bagdi (continued)

• Episode 3 (7 August 2005)

Mahesh Bagdi (Rs. 160,000)
Saurabh Arora (Rs. 20,000)
Mojahid Akhtar Khan (continued)

• Episode 4 (12 August 2005)

Mojahid Akhtar Khan (Rs. 320,000)
Tarun Bansal (continued)

• Episode 5 (13 August 2005)

Tarun Bansal (Rs. 1,250,000)
Subrata Das (Rs. 640,000)
Ekta Agarwal (Rs. 20,000)
Kushal Saha (continued)

• Episode 6 (14 August 2005) - Independence Day Special

Kushal Saha (Rs. 1,250,000)
Kavita Verma (continued)

• Episode 7 (19 August 2005)

Kavita Verma (Rs. 20,000)
Govind Singh Butola (Rs. 20,000)
Suresh Kanojia (continued)

• Episode 8 (20 August 2005)

Suresh Kanojia (?)

• Episode 9 (21 August 2005)

Mr Jitendra Chaudhary (Rs. 160,000)
Prasnajit Mukherji (Rs. 0 - lost on Rs. 1,000)
Prafull Sahu (continued)

• Episode 10 (26 August 2005)

Prafull Sahu (Rs. 1,250,000)
Vipin Namdeo (Rs. 20,000)
Kaushal Kumar Jayswal (Rs. 20,000)
Pradeep Kumar (continued)

• Episode 11 (27 August 2005)

Pradeep Kumar (Rs. 320,000)
Hari Mohan Gupta (continued)

• Episode 12 (28 August 2005)

Hari Mohan Gupta (Rs. 2,500,000)
Sunil Khanna (Rs. 320,000)
Manoj Srivastava (continued)

• Episode 13 (2 September 2005)

Manoj Srivastava (Rs. 20,000)
Biswajeet Panda (Rs. 20,000)
Sonal Meena (Rs. 20,000)

• Episode 14 (3 September 2005)

Ashok (Rs. 640,000)

• Episode 15 (4 September 2005)

Raghav Bhatt (Rs. 20,000)
Debanjan Bhadury (Rs. 640,000)
Prem Prakash Rai (continued)

• Episode 16 (9 September 2005)

Prem Prakash Rai (Rs. 20,000)
Sanjay Kawale (Rs. 320,000)
Mandroopram Deora (continued)

• Episode 17 (10 September 2005)

Mandroopram Deora (Rs. 1,250,000)
Vipin Saboo (Rs. 1,250,000)
Ashutosh Singh (continued)

• Episode 18 (11 September 2005)

Ashutosh Singh (Rs. 1,250,000)
Barsha Baishakhi (continued)

• Episode 19 (16 September 2005)

Barsha Baishakhi (Rs. 2,500,000)
Raja Jey Singh (Rs. 20,000)
Sudesh Kumar (continued)

• Episode 20 (17 September 2005)

Sudesh Kumar (Rs. 320,000)
Brahm Prakash Chaturvedi (Rs. 160,000)
Divya Damodaran (continued)

• Episode 21 (18 September 2005) - Ajay-Kajol (Cancer Rose Day) Special

Ajay Devgan and Kajol (Rs. 10,000,000)

• Episode 22 (23 September 2005)

Divya Damodaran (Rs. 2,500,000)
Savio Victoria (continued)

• Episode 23 (24 September 2005)

Savio Victoria (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 2,500,000)
G. Chandrashekhar (Rs. 20,000)
Aditya Singh (Rs. 0 - lost on Rs. 1,000)

• Episode 24 (25 September 2005)

Mohammed Afzal (Rs. 1,250,000)
Joseph Varghese (continued)

• Episode 25 (30 September 2005)

Joseph Varghese (Rs. 5,000,000)
Shridevi Baichwal (Rs. 20,000)

• Episode 26 (1 October 2005)

Mahesh Malik (Rs. 80,000)
Liju Marceley Dauravu (continued)

• Episode 27 (2 October 2005)

Liju Marceley Dauravu (Rs. 2,500,000)
Shyam Bihari Sharma (Rs. 20,000)
Pankaj Duggal (continued)

• Episode 28 (7 October 2005)

Pankaj Duggal (Rs. 640,000)
Piyush Swain (Rs. 5,000,000, continued)

• Episode 29 (8 October 2005)

Piyush Swain (Rs. 5,000,000)
Shikha Srivastava (Rs. 20,000)
Khyati Chaurey (Rs. 80,000, continued)

• Episode 30 (9 October 2005) - Celebrity Special

John Abraham and Bipasha Basu (Rs. 2,500,000)

• Episode 31 (14 October 2005)

Khyati Chaurey (Rs. 80,000)
P. Puspa Kumari (Rs. 20,000)

• Episode 32 (15 October 2005)

Aditya Singh (Rs. 640,000)
Irfan Mamajiwala (continued)

• Episode 33 (16 October 2005)

Irfan Mamajiwala (Rs. 640,000)
Akhil Shukla (Rs. 320,000)
Satyaki Biswas (Rs. 5,000, continued)

• Episode 34 (21 October 2005)

Satyaki Biswas (Rs. 320,000)
Prarthana Singh (Rs. 320,000, continued)

• Episode 35 (22 October 2005)

Prarthana Singh (Rs. 320,000)
A. Venkatraman (Rs. 0 - lost on Rs. 5,000)
Vinod Bhandari (Rs. 160,000)
Maneesh Akhory (continued)

• Episode 36 (23 October 2005)

Maneesh Akhory (Rs. 20,000)
Rajneesh Pandey (Rs. 20,000)
Premnath Mangal (continued)

• Episode 37 (28 October 2005)

Premnath Mangal (Rs. 320,000)
Radharani (Rs. 20,000)
M.P. Sugunan (Rs. 20,000)
Abhay Jain (continued)

• Episode 38 (29 October 2005)

Abhay Jain (Rs. 640,000)
Amit Kerketta (continued)

• Episode 39 (30 October 2005) - Diwali Special

Tulsi and Parvati (Rs. 640,000)
Ali Asgar and Apara Mehta (Rs. 640,000)

• Episode 40 (4 November 2005)

Amit Kerketta (Rs. 2,500,000)
Y.R.K. Dubey (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 5,000,000)

• Episode 41 (5 November 2005)

Brajesh Dubey (Rs. 10,000,000)

• Episode 42 (6 November 2005)

Pankaj Kumar Jha (Rs. 640,000)
Sheela Bhana (Rs. 80,000, continued)

• Episode 43 (11 November 2005)

Sheela Bhana (Rs. 20,000)
Deepak Jankar (Rs. 320,000)
Pradeep Kumara Tewari (Rs. 80,000, continued)

• Episode 44 (12 November 2005)

Pradeep Kumara Tewari (Rs. 320,000)
Satish Kumar (Rs. 640,000)
Paresh Vinod Dave (Rs. 80,000, continued)

• Episode 45 (13 November 2005) - Children's Day Special

Sania Mirza and Lara Dutta (Rs. 5,000,000)

• Episode 46 (18 November 2005)

Paresh Vinod Dave (Rs. 20,000)
Deepak Bhardawaj (Rs. 1,250,000)
Krishna Porel (Rs. 20,000, continued)

• Episode 47 (19 November 2005)

Krishna Porel (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 320,000)
Pramod Sinha (Rs. 640,000)

• Episode 48 (20 November 2005)

Kunal Thorat (Rs. 20,000)
Jerad Suresh (Rs. 1,250,000, continued)

• Episode 49 (25 November 2005)

Jerad Suresh (Rs. 1,250,000)
Fazal Shaikh (Rs. 20,000)
Madhu Berry (Rs. 160,000, continued)

• Episode 50 (26 November 2005)

Madhu Berry (Rs. 160,000)
Sachin Vasant Sonawne (Rs. 20,000)
Bijay Kumar (Rs. 320,000)
Gangadhar Joshi (Rs. 5,000, continued)

• Episode 51 (27 November 2005)

Gangadhar Joshi (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 5,000,000)
Manmohan Agarwal (continued)

• Episode 52 (2 December 2005)

Manmohan Agarwal (Rs. 160,000)
Savedna Shirshat (Rs. 20,000)
P. Shanmugham (Rs. 20,000)

• Episode 53 (3 December 2005)

Usha Rani Kumar (Rs. 160,000)
Kamal Nayan Sharma (Rs. 160,000, continued)

• Episode 54 (4 December 2005)

Kamal Nayan Sharma (Rs. ?)
Sujata Srivastav (Rs. 1,250,000, continued)

• Episode 55 (9 December 2005)

Sujata Srivastav (Rs. 1,250,000)
Alok Sharma (Rs. 20,000)
Venkata Sukanta (Rs. 160,000)

• Episode 56 (10 December 2005)

Shashikant Suman (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 5,000,000)
B.C. Roatray (Rs. 10,000, continued)

• Episode 57 (11 December 2005)

B.C. Roatray (Rs. 20,000)

• Episode 58 (16 December 2005)
• Episode 59 (17 December 2005)
• Episode 60 (18 December 2005)

Balamurugan (Rs. 2,500,000, continued)

• Episode 61 (23 December 2005)

Balamurugan (Rs. 5,000,000)
Bandana Misro (Rs. 640,000, continued)

• Episode 62 (24 December 2005)

Bandana Misro (Rs. ?)
Prasenjit Sarkar (continued in new season)

Trivia

• The Fastest Finger First monitor used on this season was similar to one used in Ai Là Triệu Phú
• Govind Singh Butola become first contestant in this season, who used all three lifelines on first 2 questions.
• Prasnajit Mukherji is first contestant of this season to answer the first question incorrectly. He used Ask the Audience on the first question, but 55% voted for the wrong answer.
• Piyush Swain was the only contestant in this season to use his three lifelines (Phone-a-Friend, Ask the Audience and Flip the Question) used on penultimate question.
• In 32nd episode made history by itself as for the very first time, a contestant was given a chance to reappear on the show and move straight to the Hot Seat. On 24 September, in 23rd episode, contestant Aditya Singh was declared out after giving an incorrect answer. However, it was later discovered that the question was rather controversial and there was a possibility of there being more than one correct answer. He was therefore allowed to continue from where he had left. As result, Aditya Singh twice appeared in this season.
• Also Season 2 has several contestants, who twice appeared in show among 10 candidates in FFF: Prem Prakash Rai (4th and 15th episodes), Pankaj Kumar Jha (16th and 27th episodes), Sayed Habeebuddin Shakeel (32nd and 36th episodes) and Rajnish Pandey (32nd and 36th episodes).
• Prasenjit Sarkar appeared multiple times across series: he appeared in seasons 2 and 3.

Sources

• List of episodes
• Kaun nahin banega crorepati
• KBC dwitiya will soon go off-air
• About hospitalization of host
• Season 2 Winners

Preceded by Season 1

Indian Series Season 2

Succeeded by Season 3