Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007 season)

Kaun Banega Crorepati
Host	Shahrukh Khan
Start Date	January 22, 2007
End Date	April 19, 2007
Number of Episodes	53
Number of Contestants	74
Number of Couples	7
Prize Winnings
₹5,000,000 Winners	6
₹2,500,000 Winners	10
₹1,250,000 Winners	9
₹640,000 Winners	13
₹320,000 Winners	6
₹160,000 Winners	4
₹80,000 Winners	2
₹40,000 Winners	1
₹20,000 Winners	13
₹0 Winners	3
Total Winnings	Rs. 77,590,000
Average Winnings Per Contestant	Rs. 1,048,513.50

This is the third season of Kaun Banega Crorepati, Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It's hosted by Shahrukh Khan because the old host, Amitabh Bachchan, got sick.

Lifelines

It is a classic format where four standard lifelines were:

• 50:50
• Phone-a-Friend
• Ask the Audience
• Switch the Question (after 5th question)

Episodes

• Episode 1 (22 January 2007)

Prasenjit Sarkar (Rs. 1,250,000)
Rama Guggila (Rs. 20,000, continued)

• Episode 2 (23 January 2007)

Rama Guggila (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Mohit Mahipal (Rs. 80,000, continued)

• Episode 3 (24 January 2007)

Mohit Mahipal (Rs. 2,500,000)
Vinayak Karan (Rs. 40,000, continued)

• Episode 4 (25 January 2007)

Vinayak Karan (Rs. 80,000)
Vasu Jaitly (Rs. 320,000, continued)

• Episode 5 (29 January 2007)

Vasu Jaitly (Rs. 320,000)
Nawraj (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)

• Episode 6 (30 January 2007)

Padmaja Limaye (Rs. 2,500,000, continued)

• Episode 7 (31 January 2007)

Padmaja Limaye (Rs. 2,500,000)
Liladhar Gurbani (Rs. 160,000)

• Episode 8 (1 February 2007)

Rachana Sharma (Rs. 1,250,000)

• Episode 9 (5 February 2007)

Vishal Malavya (Rs. 2,500,000, continued)

• Episode 10 (6 February 2007)

Vishal Malavya (Rs. 2,500,000)
Vasant Balakrishnan (Rs. 2,500,000, continued)

• Episode 11 (7 February 2007)

Vasant Balakrishnan (Rs. 2,500,000)
V.V.L. Raju (Rs. 2,500,000, continued)

• Episode 12 (8 February 2007)

V.V.L. Raju (Rs. 2,500,000)
Madhulata Tamrakar (Rs. 40,000)
A.V. Sreenivasa Rao (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 160,000)

• Episode 13 (12 February 2007)

Mridul Gogoi (Rs. 320,000)
P.S. Krishnamurthy (Rs. 40,000, continued)

• Episode 14 (13 February 2007)

P.S. Krishnamurthy (Rs. 320,000)
Siddhartha Misra (Rs. 0 - lost on Rs. 20,000)
Nisha Agarwal (Rs. 20,000, continued)

• Episode 15 (14 February 2007) - Valentine Special

Arbaaz Khan and Farah Khan (Rs. 1,250,000)
Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar (Rs. 2,500,000)
Farakh Khan and Karan Johar (Rs. 2,500,000)

• Episode 16 (15 February 2007)

Nisha Agarwal (Rs. 320,000)
Prashant P. Mannur (Rs. 160,000, continued)

• Episode 17 (19 February 2007)

Prashant P. Mannur (Rs. 640,000)
Hafeez Nawaz Khan (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 160,000)

• Episode 18 (20 February 2007)

Sakharam Chopade (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 2,500,000)

• Episode 19 (21 February 2007)

Kumud Bajaj (Rs. 160,000)
Aacharya Dilip J (Rs. 10,000, continued)

• Episode 20 (22 February 2007)

Aacharya Dilip J (Rs. 1,250,000)
Nitesh Ukani (Rs. 320,000, continued)

• Episode 21 (26 February 2007)

Nitesh Ukani (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000)
Deepak Jain (Rs. 320,000, continued)

• Episode 22 (27 February 2007)

Deepak Jain (Rs. 1,250,000)
Sriram Gopalkrishnan (Rs. 640,000, continued)

• Episode 23 (28 February 2007)

Sriram Gopalkrishnan (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000)
Rakshit Ghai (Rs. 1,250,000)
Manish Singh (Rs. 0, continued)

• Episode 24 (1 March 2007) - Holi Special

Rani and Preity (Rs. 5,000,000)

• Episode 25 (5 March 2007)

Manish Singh (Rs. 160,000)
S. Yousuf Qaseem (Rs. 80,000, continued)

• Episode 26 (6 March 2007)

S. Yousuf Qaseem (Rs. 80,000)
Nagendra K. Biyani (Rs. 0 - lost on Rs. 5,000)
Rohit Tripathi (Rs. 640,000, continued)

• Episode 27 (7 March 2007)

Rohit Tripathi (Rs. 2,500,000)
Jeenu Priya (Rs. 160,000)

• Episode 28 (8 March 2007)

Ajith Tharakan (Rs. 5,000,000)

• Episode 29 (12 March 2007)

Arvind Mishra (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 5,000,000)
Sameer Gujar (Rs. 5,000, continued)

• Episode 30 (13 March 2007)

Sameer Gujar (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Vishal Shah (Rs. 40,000, continued)

• Episode 31 (14 March 2007)

Vishal Shah (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 2,500,000)
Sanjaya. K (Rs. 40,000, continued)

• Episode 32 (15 March 2007)

Sanjaya. K (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 320,000)
Vikas Gupta (Rs. 160,000, continued)

• Episode 33 (19 March 2007)

Vikas Gupta (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000)
Komal Ved (Rs. 160,000, continued)

• Episode 34 (20 March 2007)

Komal Ved (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 320,000)
Shoba Rajgiri (Rs. 640,000, continued)

• Episode 35 (21 March 2007)

Shoba Rajgiri (Rs. 1,250,000)
Kanahaiya Lal (Rs. 160,000, continued)

• Episode 36 (22 March 2007)

Kanahaiya Lal (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Rahul Ghai (Rs. 320,000)

• Episode 37 (26 March 2007)

Ravindra Gautam (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 160,000)
Subir K. Das (Rs. 20,000, continued)

• Episode 38 (27 March 2007)

Subir K. Das (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 80,000)
Dharmesh Malhotra (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 80,000)
Akhilesh Chandra (Rs. 40,000, continued)

• Episode 39 (28 March 2007)

Akhilesh Chandra (Rs. 2,500,000)
Balabhadra Deva (Rs. 0, continued)

• Episode 40 (29 March 2007) - Munnabhai Especial

Sanjay Dutt and Boman Irani (Rs. 5,000,000)

• Episode 41 (2 April 2007)

Balabhadra Deva (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 2,500,000)
Dominik Fernandes (Rs. 0, continued)

• Episode 42 (3 April 2007)

Dominik Fernandes (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000)
Washim Ahamed (Rs. 20,000, continued)

• Episode 43 (4 April 2007)

Washim Ahamed (Rs. 320,000)
Manoj Pande (Rs. 160,000, continued)

• Episode 44 (5 April 2007)

Manoj Pande (Rs. 5,000,000)
Rahul T. Kamdar (Rs. 40,000, continued)

• Episode 45 (9 April 2007)

Shiva Kumar (Rs. 0 - lost on Rs. 20,000)
Dinesh Goswami (Rs. 640,000)

• Episode 46 (10 April 2007)

Rahul T. Kamdar (Rs. 1,250,000)
Pooja Agarwal (Rs. 5,000, continued)

• Episode 47 (11 April 2007)

Pooja Agarwal (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 2,500,000)
T. Paresh (Rs. 3,000, continued)

• Episode 48 (12 April 2007)

T. Paresh (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000)
Nishant Gupta (Rs. 3,000, continued)

• Episode 49 (16 April 2007)

Nishant Gupta (Rs. 2,500,000)
Mumukshu Mohanty (Rs. 0, continued)

• Episode 50 (17 April 2007)

Mumukshu Mohanty (Rs. 1,250,000)
Pradeep Rana (Rs. 0, continued)

• Episode 51 (18 April 2007)

Pradeep Rana (Rs. 640,000 - lost on Rs. 5,000,000)
P. Prajatha (Rs. 0, continued)

• Episode 52 (19 April 2007)

P. Prajatha (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 320,000)
Jitesh Kumar (Rs. 20,000 - lost on Rs. 40,000)

• Episode 53 (19 April 2007) - Grand Finale

Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor (Rs. 5,000,000)
Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan (Rs. 5,000,000)

Trivia

• This is the only season without a crorepati.
• In some episodes, the host gave the contestants watches after they left with Rs. 20,000 or walked away nothing.
• Prasenjit Sarkar was roll over contestant, who in seasons 2 and 3 appeared.
• Vinayak Karan became the first player in this season, who used all three lifelines to the 5th question.
• In 12th and 33rd episodes, the contestants A.V. Sreenivasa Rao and Komal Ved on 1st question the Ask the Audience lifeline used.
• In 13th episode, contestant Mridul Gogoi the Ask the Audience lifeline used on 2nd question, both 36% voted for A and C options.
• Prashant P. Mannur is one of few contestants, who all three lifelines used on one question (2nd question).
• In 36th episode, Rahul Ghai on 2nd question Ask the Audience lifeline used where results are: A: 1%, B: 97%, C: 1%, D: 1%. For the three choices voted for 1% of the audience.
• In the 40th episode an unusual case occurred. The couple was asked the 6th question. She did not know the answer and phoned her friend. A friend was given twice for 30 seconds to help. The host said that this question is worth 20,000,000 rupees. He suggested the wrong choice, because of what the contestants believed him and answered the this question wrong. The presenter said that it was a joke question. Despite the wrong answer, after that the game continued, and the couple was asked the 6th question again.

Preceded by Season 2

Indian Series Season 3

Succeeded by Season 4