Kaun Banega Crorepati (2019 season)

This is the eleventh season of Kaun Banega Crorepati, Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It's hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. KBC Season 11 have its season premiere on August 19, 2019.

Lifelines[]

In this season, 4 lifelines used:

Episodes[]

Episode 1 (19 August 2019)

Anil Rameshbhai Jivanani (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 320,000) 
Chitrarekha Rathore (Rs. 40,000, continued)

Episode 2 (20 August 2019)

Chitrarekha Rathore (Rs. 640,000) 
Vivek Bhagat (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 320,000) 
Saroj Sisodiya (Rs. 2,000, continued)

Episode 3 (21 August 2019)

Saroj Sisodiya (Rs. 640,000) 
Ravi Jain (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 160,000)

Episode 4 (22 August 2019)

Mahesh Badrinath Borude (Rs. 640,000) 
Noopur Chauhan (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 5 (23 August 2019) - Karamveer Special

Noopur Chauhan (Rs. 1,250,000)
Sindhutai Sapkal (Rs. 2,500,000)

Episode 6 (26 August 2019)

Charna Gupta (Rs. 5,000,000) 
Nitin Kumar Patwa (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 7 (27 August 2019)

Nitin Kumar Patwa (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000) 
Hemant Nandlal Goyal (Rs. 80,000, continued)

Episode 8 (28 August 2019)

Hemant Nandlal Goyal (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000) 
Raj Rani Bhalla (Rs. 640,000) 
Ranjeet Kumar (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 9 (29 August 2019)

Ranjeet Kumar (Rs. 2,500,000) 
Deepika Sharma (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 10 (30 August 2019) - Karamveer Special

Deepika Sharma (Rs. 640,000)
S N Pradhan and Pradeep Kumar Srivastava (Rs. 2,500,000)

Episode 11 (2 September 2019)

Aasim Choudhary (Rs. 1,250,000) 
Saniya Chakraborty (Rs. 2,000, continued)

Episode 12 (3 September 2019)

Saniya Chakraborty (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 40,000) 
Arpita Yadav (Rs. 640,000, continued)

Episode 13 (4 September 2019)

Arpita Yadav (Rs. 640,000)
Neha Malhotra (Rs. 640,000)
Abhishek Dubey (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 14 (5 September 2019)

Abhishek Dubey (Rs. 2,500,000)
Balaji Saudagar Mane (Rs. 80,000, continued)

Episode 15 (6 September 2019) - Karamveer Special

Balaji Saudagar Mane (Rs. 1,250,000)
Navin Gulia and Deepa Govekar (Rs. 1,250,000)

Episode 16 (9 September 2019)

Himanshu Dharia (Rs. 5,000,000, continued)

Episode 17 (10 September 2019)

Himanshu Dharia (Rs. 5,000,000)
Dr. Krupa Mehlubhai Desai (Rs. 2,500,000)
Rohit Kumar (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 18 (11 September 2019)

Rohit Kumar (Rs. 640,000)
Rakesh Sharma (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 19 (12 September 2019)

Rakesh Sharma (Rs. 2,500,000)
Priyanka Joon (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 160,000)
Sanoj Raj (Rs. 5,000, continued)

Episode 20 (13 September 2019) - Karamveer Special

Sanoj Raj (Rs. 10,000,000)
Dr. B. Ramana Rao and Hema Rao (Rs. 1,250,000)

Episode 21 (16 September 2019)

Laboney Basu (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Arti Kumari (Rs. 3,000, continued)

Episode 22 (17 September 2019)

Arti Kumari (Rs. 640,000)
Rani Patel (Rs. 10,000 - lost Rs. 80,000)
Mohammad Younis Dar (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 23 (18 September 2019)

Mohammad Younis Dar (Rs. 1,250,000)
Babita Tade (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 24 (19 September 2019)

Babita Tade (Rs. 10,000,000)
Akash Kushwaha (Rs. 5,000, continued)

Episode 25 (20 September 2019) - Karamveer Special

Akash Kushwaha (Rs. 160,000)
Ruma Devi and Sonakshi Sinha (Rs. 2,500,000)

Episode 26 (23 September 2019)

Usha Yadav (Rs. 2,500,000)
Aditya Gulia (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 27 (24 September 2019)

Aditya Gulia (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000)
Divya Adlakha (Rs. 40,000, continued)

Episode 28 (25 September 2019)

Divya Adlakha (Rs. 2,500,000)
Hariom Sharma (Rs. 40,000, continued)

Episode 29 (26 September 2019)

Hariom Sharma (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 80,000)
Ashwini Bhosale (Rs. 160,000)
Anil Joshi (Rs. 640,000)
Jahida Riyaz Hundekar (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 30 (27 September 2019) - Karamveer Special

Jahida Riyaz Hundekar (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 320,000)
Amla Ruia and Randeep Hooda (Rs. 2,500,000)

Episode 31 (30 September 2019)

Mustafa Pardawala (Rs. 80,000)
Shivani Dhingra (Rs. 80,000, continued)

Episode 32 (1 October 2019)

Shivani Dhingra (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Abhishek Jha (Rs. 640,000, continued)

Episode 33 (2 October 2019) - Gandhi Jayanti Special

Ashish Singh and Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak (Rs. 1,250,000)

Episode 34 (3 October 2019)

Abhishek Jha (Rs. 2,500,000)
Sangeeta Kumari (Rs. 1,250,000)

Episode 35 (4 October 2019)

Arun Kumar Mishra (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 80,000)
Dr. Urmi Dhatterwal (Rs. 2,500,000)

Episode 36 (7 October 2019)

Deepak Vishwakarma (Rs. 160,000)
Shailesh Bansal (Rs. 80,000, continued)

Episode 37 (8 October 2019)

Shailesh Bansal (Rs. 640,000)
Deep Jyoti (Rs. 1,250,000, continued)

Episode 38 (9 October 2019)

Deep Jyoti (Rs. 2,500,000)
Madhuri Ramesh Asati (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 2,500,000)

Episode 39 (10 October 2019)

Dr. Surbhi Gunjan Dave (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000)
Sunny Prajapati (Rs. 40,000, continued)

Episode 40 (11h October 2019) - Karamveer Special

Sunny Prajapati (Rs. 1,250,000)
Deen Malik and Manasi Joshi (Rs. 2,500,000)

Episode 41 (14 October 2019)

Nimita Raut (Rs. 1,250,000)
Akhilesh Kumar Ambesh (Rs. 2,000, continued)

Episode 42 (15 October 2019)

Akhilesh Kumar Ambesh (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 2,500,000)
Gautam Kumar Jha (Rs. 40,000, continued)

Episode 43 (16 October 2019)

Gautam Kumar Jha (Rs. 10,000,000)
Anchal Gupta (Rs. 40,000, continued)

Episode 44 (17 October 2019)

Anchal Gupta (Rs. 1,250,000)
Pawan Kumar Nai (Rs. 640,000)
Jalim Sai (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 45 (18 October 2019) - Karamveer Special

Jalim Sai (Rs. 640,000)
Sunitha Krishnan and Rajesh Touchriver (Rs. 1,250,000)

Episode 46 (21 October 2019) - Diwali Special (1)

Sumit Tariyal (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Akash Garg (Rs. 80,000, continued)

Episode 47 (22 October 2019) - Diwali Special (2)

Akash Garg (Rs. 2,500,000)
Chandni Modi (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 2,500,000)

Episode 48 (23 October 2019) - Diwali Special (3)

Pooja Jha (Rs. 640,000)
Kumar Rajan (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 49 (24 October 2019) - Diwali Special (4)

Kumar Rajan (Rs. 2,500,000)
Dr. Sushil Kumar Makhija (Rs. 20,000, continued)

Episode 50 (25 October 2019) - Diwali Special (5)

Dr. Sushil Kumar Makhija (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000)
Dr Brij Mohan Bharadwaj and Madhuri Bharadwaj (Rs. 1,250,000)

Episode 51 (28 October 2019)

Sharmistha Dey (Rs. 640,000)
B. Lavanya (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 52 (29 October 2019)

B. Lavanya (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 80,000)
Beenaben Pravinbhai Rathod (Rs. 160,000)
Payal Purvesh Shah (Rs. 2,000, continued)

Episode 53 (30 October 2019)

Payal Purvesh Shah (Rs. 1,250,000)
Bhavesh Kumar Jha (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 54 (31 October 2019)

Bhavesh Kumar Jha (Rs. 1,250,000)
Narendra Kumar (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 55 (1 November 2019) - Karamveer Special

Narendra Kumar (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Dutee Chand and Virender Sehwag (Rs. 1,250,000)

Episode 56 (4 November 2019)

Suraj Ashok Shevatkar (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 160,000)
Pankaj Maheshwari (Rs. 320,000, continued)

Episode 57 (5 November 2019)

Pankaj Maheshwari (Rs. 2,500,000)
Sapna Badaya (Rs. 160,000)
Shaheda Chandran (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 58 (6 November 2019)

Shaheda Chandran (Rs. 1,250,000)
Dr. Ashu Sethi (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 59 (7 November 2019)

Dr. Ashu Sethi (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Sushma Singh Chauhan (Rs. 320,000, continued)

Episode 60 (8 November 2019) - Karamveer Special

Sushma Singh Chauhan (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000)
Shyam Sundar Paliwal and Sakshi Tanwar (Rs. 2,500,000)

Episode 61 (11 November 2019)

Ajeet Kumar (Rs. 1,250,000, continued)

Episode 62 (12 November 2019)

Ajeet Kumar (Rs. 10,000,000)
Chandan Kumar (Rs. 40,000, continued)

Episode 63 (13 November 2019)

Chandan Kumar (Rs. 160,000)
Sarabjeet Singh Makkar (Rs. 10,000 - lost on Rs. 160,000)

Episode 64 (14 November 2019)

Marieatta Mendis (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Khushboo Tiwari (Rs. 5,000, continued)

Episode 65 (15 November 2019) - Karamveer Special

Khushboo Tiwari (Rs. 640,000)
Achyuta Samanta and Taapsee Pannu (Rs. 1,250,000)

Episode 66 (18 November 2019)

Pratik Kalkal (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Jitender Singh Chauchan (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 67 (19 November 2019)

Jitender Singh Chauchan (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Prerana (Rs. 2,000, continued)

Episode 68 (20 November 2019)

Prerana (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Ankeeta Kaul Ahlawat (Rs. 2,000, continued)

Episode 69 (21 November 2019)

Ankeeta Kaul Ahlawat (Rs. 160,000)
Sangita Chowdhury (Rs. 10,000, continued)

Episode 70 (22 November 2019) - Karamveer Special

Sangita Chowdhury (Rs. 640,000)
Purnota Dutta Bahl and Imran Hashmi (Rs. 640,000)

Episode 71 (25 November 2019)

Akshay Upadhyay (Rs. 160,000)
Mansi Joshi (Rs. 3,000, continued)

Episode 72 (26 November 2019)

Mansi Joshi (Rs. 640,000)
Prashant Kalbende (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 73 (27 November 2019)

Prashant Kalbende (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 640,000)
Abinash Kumar Mohanta (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 74 (28 November 2019)

Abinash Kumar Mohanta (Rs. 320,000 - lost on Rs. 1,250,000)
Sukhvinder Kaur (Rs. 0, continued)

Episode 75 (29 November 2019) - Women's Karamveer Special - Final Episode

Sukhvinder Kaur (Rs. 1,250,000)
Sudha Murty (Rs. 2,500,000)

Trivia[]

Sanoj Raj, Babita Tade, Gautam Kumar Jha, and Ajeet Kumar become crore winners this season, the third-sixth in Indian and worldwide WWTBAM versions history to reach the 16th question. Also, Raj and Tade became the first and second contestants this season who saved Ask the Expert for the penultimate question and Kumar became the first this season to save 50:50 for the penultimate question. They used it and answered them right. Raj, Babita, Jha, and Kumar took home 1 Crore. Had only Babita guessed it she would’ve won the top prize.
- Since Gautam Kumar Jha won 1 crore, this is the first season since Season 1 that more than two contestants became Crore winners.
  - Since Ajeet Kumar won 1 crore, this season has the most crorepatis in the history of the show.
Jahida Riyaz Hundekar walked away with Rs. 10,000 and used no three lifelines - 50:50, Switch the Question and Ask the Expert.
Sushma Singh Chauhan answered the 12th question wrong, walked away with Rs. 320,000 and used no two lifelines - Switch the Question and Ask the Expert.
On Sarabjeet Singh Makkar's 9th question after 50:50 elimination and Ask the Audience lifelines usage, 74% voted for wrong answer, but 26% were right.

Kaun Banega Crorepati
1 (2000-2001) • 2 (2005) • 3 (2007) • 4 (2010) • Hot Seat version (2010) • 5 (2011) • 6 (2012-2013) • 7 (2013) • 8 (2014) • 9 (2017) • 10 (2018) • 11 (2019) • 12 (2020-2021) • 13 (2021) • 14 (2022) • 15 (2023) • 16 (2024-2025)

Preceded by Season 10	Indian Series Season 11	Succeeded by Season 12