This is the sixteenth season of Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Hindi Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The host of the season is Amitabh Bachchan. The series premiered on 12th August 2024 at 9pm (UTC +5:30). The top prize is ₹70,000,000 (₹7 Crore).
Changes[]
Super Sawaal[]
A new minigame called Super Sawaal (Super Question) was introduced in this new season. The Super Sawaal is a bonus question that appears after the first safe haven (Question 5) and will have no options and no choice of using a lifeline. They will just have to use their knowledge. If the Super Sawaal is answered correctly, contestants get the opportunity to use the 2x superpower or Dugnastra. If the contestants get the Super Sawaal the wrong answer, they will not be able to earn any extra winnings and there is no limit on the Super Sawaal.
This superpower enables the contestants to press the buzzer and double the winnings of a particular question of their choice from Q6 to Q10. So, if a contestant used the superpower at Q9 (₹1,60,000) and answers it correctly, they end up with a bonus amount of ₹1,60,000 that will be added to their final winning amount. For an example, if a contestant wins ₹1,00,00,000, an additional ₹3,20,000 from the Dugnastra is awarded, and the total prize winnings will be ₹1,03,20,000. However, if the player uses a lifeline during the Dugnastra, it will no longer be available and the timer returns as normal.
Combined with the Super Sandook, the maximum amount of winnings that can be awarded in one game in this season is ₹7,04,20,000, by using the superpower at ₹3,20,000 (question 10), correctly answering all 10 questions in the Super Sandook and not trading it in for reusing a lifeline, along with winning the jackpot prize. Because the superpower is only usable between the 6th question and the 10th question, a contestant cannot win ₹2 Crores or ₹14 Crores with this superpower.
This minigame is not available in KBC Junior episodes.
Challenger Week and Jaldi 5[]
Instead of playing on Friday every week, contestants who qualified through SonyLIV Play Along will compete in India's Challenger Week, which took place every last week of each month. In these episodes, the top two contestants in the Fastest Finger First will take part in a minigame called Jaldi 5.
In Jaldi 5, the two contestants battle each other out for a place in the Hot Seat by being the first to give five correct answers. Contestants must buzz in to give an answer; whoever presses the button first must give their answer. They can press the button whenever, even when the options are not fully revealed. A contestant gets one point for each correct answer, but if they give the incorrect answer or take too long to answer, their opponent has a chance to steal by locking another option. If both contestants get it wrong, or if 5 seconds have passed and neither contestant buzzes in after the host finished reading the options, the question is then voided. Whoever gets five points first will make it into the Hot Seat, while the losing contestant returns to the FFF row and can compete in the next Jaldi 5 if they reach the top 2 in Fastest Finger First again.
For these episodes as well, the first five questions are skipped, with the winning contestant starting their run on question 6 (₹20,000) and a guaranteed first milestone. However, Super Sawaal and Dugnaastra are unavailable, and contestants cannot get the bonus money from these minigames. Super Sandook is still available after correctly answering question 10.
Lifelines[]
It is a clock format (for the first ten questions) and three lifelines are given from the start. These lifelines previously appeared in Season 15.
- Audience Poll
- Phone a Friend (video calls, 45 seconds)
- Double Dip
- Switch the Question - (also known as 'Superpower' in the KBC Junior Episodes)
- Ask the Expert (KBC Junior Episodes)
Money Tree[]
Regular episodes[]
Question No. |
Correct Answer Value |
Walk Away Value |
Miss Answer Value |
Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer |
---|---|---|---|---|
16 | ₹70,000,000 | ₹10,000,000 | ₹320,000 | ₹9,680,000 |
15 | ₹10,000,000 | ₹5,000,000 | ₹4,680,000 | |
14 | ₹5,000,000 | ₹2,500,000 | ₹2,180,000 | |
13 | ₹2,500,000 | ₹1,250,000 | ₹930,000 | |
12 | ₹1,250,000 | ₹640,000 | ₹320,000 | |
11 | ₹640,000 | ₹320,000 | ₹0 | |
10 | ₹320,000 | ₹160,000 | ₹10,000 | ₹150,000 |
9 | ₹160,000 | ₹80,000 | ₹70,000 | |
8 | ₹80,000 | ₹40,000 | ₹30,000 | |
7 | ₹40,000 | ₹20,000 | ₹10,000 | |
6 | ₹20,000 | ₹10,000 | ₹0 | |
5 | ₹10,000 | ₹5,000 | ₹0 | ₹5,000 |
4 | ₹5,000 | ₹3,000 | ₹3,000 | |
3 | ₹3,000 | ₹2,000 | ₹2,000 | |
2 | ₹2,000 | ₹1,000 | ₹1,000 | |
1 | ₹1,000 | ₹0 | ₹0 |
Challenger Week episodes[]
In the money tree graphics, questions 1-4 are simply greyed out. For the sake of consistency, this money tree chart starts at question 5 and ends at 16. However, the first question is at question no. 6.
Question No. |
Correct Answer Value |
Walk Away Value |
Miss Answer Value |
Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer |
---|---|---|---|---|
16 | ₹70,000,000 | ₹10,000,000 | ₹320,000 | ₹9,680,000 |
15 | ₹10,000,000 | ₹5,000,000 | ₹4,680,000 | |
14 | ₹5,000,000 | ₹2,500,000 | ₹2,180,000 | |
13 | ₹2,500,000 | ₹1,250,000 | ₹930,000 | |
12 | ₹1,250,000 | ₹640,000 | ₹320,000 | |
11 | ₹640,000 | ₹320,000 | ₹0 | |
10 | ₹320,000 | ₹160,000 | ₹10,000 | ₹150,000 |
9 | ₹160,000 | ₹80,000 | ₹70,000 | |
8 | ₹80,000 | ₹40,000 | ₹30,000 | |
7 | ₹40,000 | ₹20,000 | ₹10,000 | |
6 | ₹20,000 | ₹10,000 | ₹0 | |
5 | ₹10,000 | N/A |
Episodes[]
August 2024[]
- Episode 1 (August 12, 2024)
Utkarsh Baxi (₹3,20,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹6,40,000; lost on ₹25,00,000) Dipali Soni (₹0, continued)
- Episode 2 (August 13, 2024)
Dipali Soni (₹6,40,000 + ₹40,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹6,80,000) Vaishnavi Bharti (₹5,000, continued)
- Episode 3 (August 14, 2024)
Vaishnavi Bharti (₹6,40,000 + ₹40,000 from the Super Sawaal + ₹50,000 from the Super Sandook = ₹7,30,000) Sudheer Kumar Verma (₹3,20,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹4,00,000, continued)
- Episode 4 (August 15, 2024) - Independence Day Special
Sudheer Kumar Verma (₹25,00,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹25,80,000) Ram Kishor Pandit (₹10,000 - lost on ₹1,60,000) Simran Bajaj (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 5 (August 16, 2024)
Simran Bajaj (₹1,60,000 + ₹20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹1,80,000) Jayanta Duley (₹12,50,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹15,70,000)
- Episode 6 (August 19, 2024)
Kajol Ved (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹12,50,000) Dr. Raghavendra (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 7 (August 20, 2024)
Dr. Raghavendra (₹10,000 - lost on ₹3,20,000) Vishnu Achyut Managoli (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹14,10,000, continued)
- Episode 8 (August 21, 2024)
Vishnu Achyut Managoli (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹14,10,000) Nareshi Meena (₹50,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹51,60,000, continued)
- Episode 9 (August 22, 2024)
Nareshi Meena (₹50,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹51,60,000) Mrs. Priyanka Porwal (₹80,000) Dr. Mustansir Abbasi (₹1,60,000)
- Episode 10 (August 23, 2024)
Mitesh Damji Nandu (₹1,60,000) Nisha Raj (₹3,20,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹4,80,000; lost on ₹6,40,000)
- Episode 11 (August 26, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 1
Alka Singh (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹12,50,000) Paras Mani Singh (₹80,000, continued)
- Episode 12 (August 27, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 2
Paras Mani Singh (₹12,50,000) Harshit Bhutani (₹12,50,000)
- Episode 13 (August 28, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 3
Krishna Selukar (₹12,50,000) Srishty Sharma (₹0, continued)
- Episode 14 (August 29, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 4
Srishty Sharma (₹6,40,000) Paritosh Bhatt (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹12,50,000) Dipti Singh (₹0, continued)
- Episode 15 (August 30, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 5
Dipti Singh (₹6,40,000 + ₹70,000 from Super Sandook = ₹7,10,000) Shalini Sharma (₹25,00,000)
September 2024[]
- Episode 16 (September 2, 2024)
Satnam Singh (₹10,000 - lost on ₹40,000) Shreem Sharma (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹14,10,000)
- Episode 17 (September 3, 2024)
Mamta Sahu (₹10,000 - lost on ₹80,000) Pankaj Mehta (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹14,10,000)
- Episode 18 (September 4, 2024)
Banti Vadiva (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000, continued)
- Episode 19 (September 5, 2024)
Banti Vadiva (₹50,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹51,60,000) Aman Sehrawat and Manu Bhaker (₹25,00,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal + ₹90,000 from Super Sandook = ₹29,10,000)
- Episode 20 (September 6, 2024)
Dr. Shobhika Shree (₹3,20,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹4,80,000; lost on ₹6,40,000) Devang Agrawal (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹14,10,000)
- Episode 21 (September 9, 2024)
Sumitra Dinesh Kapade (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹14,10,000) Akshay Narang (₹0, continued)
- Episode 22 (September 10, 2024)
Akshay Narang (₹12,50,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹13,30,000) Mukund Narayan More (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 23 (September 11, 2024)
Mukund Narayan More (₹6,40,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹9,60,000) Sakshi Panwar (₹6,40,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹8,00,000)
- Episode 24 (September 12, 2024)
Pranati Paidipati (₹12,50,000) Naman Jain (₹5,000, continued)
- Episode 25 (September 13, 2024)
Naman Jain (₹10,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹1,70,000; lost on ₹3,20,000) Dr. Rani Bang and Dr. Abhay Bang (₹25,00,000)
- Episode 26 (September 16, 2024)
Trishul Singh Choudhary (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000) Ritika Kumari (₹0, continued)
- Episode 27 (September 17, 2024)
Ritika Kumari (₹6,40,000) Rakshinda Alvi (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 28 (September 18, 2024)
Rakshinda Alvi (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000) Anish Bose (₹1,60,000) Sanidhya Gupta (₹0, continued)
- Episode 29 (September 19, 2024)
Sanidhya Gupta (₹10,000 - lost on ₹40,000) Jaya Odedara (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000)
- Episode 30 (September 20, 2024)
Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000)
- Episode 31 (September 23, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 6
Ujjwal Prajapat (₹50,00,000, continued)
- Episode 32 (September 24, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 7
Ujjwal Prajapat (₹50,00,000) Swapn Chaturvedi (₹6,40,000) Chander Parkash (₹1,60,000, continued)
- Episode 33 (September 25, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 8
Chander Parkash (₹1,00,00,000) Abhishek Sandhu (₹80,000, continued)
- Episode 34 (September 26, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 9
Abhishek Sandhu (₹25,00,000) Rishi Sharma (₹80,000) Akash Kumar Sharma (₹0, continued)
- Episode 35 (September 27, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 10
Akash Kumar Sharma (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹6,40,000) Apoorva L Shetty (₹6,40,000)
- Episode 36 (September 30, 2024)
Kirti (₹6,40,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹8,00,000) Nandan Kumar (₹80,000, continued)
October 2024[]
- Episode 37 (October 1, 2024)
Nandan Kumar (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal + ₹70,000 from Super Sandook = ₹14,80,000) Bhautik Bharatbhai Bhanderi (₹3,20,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹6,40,000, continued)
- Episode 38 (October 2, 2024)
Bhautik Bharatbhai Bhanderi (₹3,20,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹6,40,000; lost on ₹25,00,000) Kishor Aher (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000) Neha (₹0, continued)
- Episode 39 (October 3, 2024)
Neha (₹6,40,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal + ₹30,000 from Super Sandook = ₹9,90,000) Amandeep Singh Kohli (₹10,000 - lost on ₹80,000)
- Episode 40 (October 4, 2024) - Paralympics Special
Navdeep Singh and Sumit Antil (₹80,000, Avani joined the game) Navdeep Singh, Avani Lekhara and Sumit Antil (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000)
- Episode 41 (October 7, 2024)
Santoshgiri Bawa (₹10,000 - lost on ₹3,20,000) Ananya Vinod (₹10,000 - lost on ₹1,60,000) Dinesh Kumar (₹0, continued)
- Episode 42 (October 8, 2024)
Dinesh Kumar (₹25,00,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹28,20,000)
Anuragsinh Puvar (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 43 (October 9, 2024)
Anuragsinh Puvar (₹3,20,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹6,40,000; lost on ₹6,40,000)
Pardeep Kaur Benipal (₹25,00,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹25,80,000)
- Episode 44 (October 10, 2024)
Vinay Dattatraya Bhute (₹12,50,000) Shirish S Shetty (₹3,20,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹4,00,000, continued)
- Episode 45 (October 11, 2024)
Shirish S Shetty (₹12,50,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹13,30,000)
Aamir Khan and Junaid Khan (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal + ₹1,00,000 from Super Sandook = ₹27,60,000)
- Episode 46 (October 14, 2024)
Mansi Laheru (₹12,50,000) Prashant Pramod Jamdade (₹5,000, continued)
- Episode 47 (October 15, 2024)
Prashant Pramod Jamdade (₹25,00,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹25,80,000)
Bachchu Santra (₹1,60,000)
- Episode 48 (October 16, 2024)
Hitali Jagwani (₹6,40,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹8,00,000) Ranveer Raghuwanshi (₹80,000, continued)
- Episode 49 (October 17, 2024)
Ranveer Raghuwanshi (₹10,000 - lost on ₹1,60,000) Dr. Neeraj Saxena (₹3,20,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹6,40,000; voluntarily walk away) Soniya Rijhwani (₹3,20,000 + ₹40,000 from Super Sandook = ₹3,60,000; lost on ₹6,40,000)
- Episode 50 (October 18, 2024)
Vidya Balan and Kartik Aaryan (₹25,00,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹28,20,000)
- Episode 51 (October 21, 2024)
Tejas Sharadkunar Deshmukh (₹1,60,000) Dhanraj Dhirubhai Mori (₹3,20,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹4,00,000, continued)
- Episode 52 (October 22, 2024)
Dhanraj Dhirubhai Mori (₹3,20,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹4,00,000; lost on ₹12,50,000) Ravi Kumar (₹12,50,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹13,30,000) Harsha Upadhyay (₹0, continued)
- Episode 53 (October 23, 2024)
Harsha Upadhyay (₹12,50,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹13,30,000)
Rashmi Kumari (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 54 (October 24, 2024)
Rashmi Kumari (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹6,40,000)
Shravani Jena (₹3,20,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹4,80,000, continued)
- Episode 55 (October 25, 2024)
Shravani Jena (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹14,10,000)
Farah Khan and Boman Irani (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal + ₹70,000 from Super Sandook = ₹27,30,000)
- Episode 56 (October 28, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 11
Rahul Sharma (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹12,50,000) Abhinav Kishor (₹3,20,000, continued)
- Episode 57 (October 29, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 12
Abhinav Kishor (₹25,00,000 + ₹40,000 from Super Sandook = ₹25,40,000) Vijay Srivastava (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹6,40,000) Anushree Samota (₹0, continued)
- Episode 58 (October 30, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 13
Varuh Dhawan and Raj Nidimonu (₹12,50,000)
- Episode 59 (October 31, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 14
Anushree Samota (₹6,40,000 + ₹40,000 from Super Sandook = ₹6,80,000) Shaffy Singla (₹6,40,000 + ₹40,000 from Super Sandook = ₹6,80,000) Vineet Bharuka (₹0, continued)
November 2024[]
- Episode 60 (November 1, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 15
Vineet Bharuka (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹12,50,000)
Ankita Singh (₹25,00,000 + ₹80,000 from Super Sandook = ₹25,80,000)
- Episode 61 (November 4, 2024) - KBC Juniors Special (1)
Arjun Agrawal (₹12,50,000) Yuvraj Sethi (₹3,000, continued)
- Episode 62 (November 5, 2024) - KBC Juniors Special (2)
Yuvraj Sethi (₹25,00,000)
Virat Chaturvedi (₹5,000, continued)
- Episode 63 (November 6, 2024) - KBC Juniors Special (3)
Virat Chaturvedi (₹6,40,000)
Bhavik Garg (₹3,20,000, continued)
- Episode 64 (November 7, 2024) - KBC Juniors Special (4)
Bhavik Garg (₹25,00,000) Tritee Ranjana (₹25,00,000) Yuvaan Minocha (₹0, continued)
- Episode 65 (November 8, 2024)
Manoj Kumar Sharma and Vikrant Massey (₹12,50,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal + ₹30,000 from Super Sandook = ₹16,00,000)
- Episode 66 (November 11, 2024) - KBC Juniors Special (5)
Yuvaan Minocha (₹12,50,000)
Utkarsh Vasudev Mule (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 67 (November 12, 2024) - KBC Juniors Special (6)
Utkarsh Vasudev Mule (₹12,50,000)
Hetvi Patel (₹3,20,000, continued)
- Episode 68 (November 13, 2024) - KBC Juniors Special (7)
Hetvi Patel (₹12,50,000) Aashi Singh (₹25,00,000) Parth Upadhyay (₹0, continued)
- Episode 69 (November 14, 2024) - KBC Juniors Special (8)
Parth Upadhyay (₹25,00,000)
Aryan Handa (₹3,000, continued)
- Episode 70 (November 15, 2024) - KBC Juniors Special (9)
Aryan Handa (₹50,00,000)
Saksham Ranjan (₹6,40,000)
- Episode 71 (November 18, 2024)
Nishant Jaiswal (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000, continued)
- Episode 72 (November 19, 2024)
Nishant Jaiswal (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000) Shobha Devi (₹6,40,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹7,20,000) Naveed Ahmed Sanadi (₹3,000, continued)
- Episode 73 (November 20, 2024)
Naveed Ahmed Sanadi (₹10,000 - lost on ₹20,000) Apoorva Chaudhary (₹3,20,000 + ₹40,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹3,60,000; lost on ₹6,40,000) Rachna Rani (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 74 (November 21, 2024)
Rachna Rani (₹10,000 - lost on ₹1,60,000)
Kunwar Nishat Khalid Khan (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal + ₹60,000 from Super Sandook = ₹14,70,000)
- Episode 75 (November 22, 2024)
Abhishek Bachchan and Arjun Sen (₹20,000, Arjun replaced with Shoojit) Abhishek Bachchan and Shoojit Sircar (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000)
- Episode 76 (November 25, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 16
Paritosh Gupta (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹6,40,000) Anshuman Mathur (₹12,50,000)
- Episode 77 (November 26, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 17
Vishwas Nangre Patil (₹10,000, Sanjay joined the game) Vishwas Nangre Patil and Sanjay Govilkar (₹25,00,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹25,80,000)
- Episode 78 (November 27, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 18
Sarita Rani (₹12,50,000) Premswaroop Singh Negi (₹80,000, continued)
- Episode 79 (November 28, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 19
Premswaroop Singh Negi (₹6,40,000) Virenda Sharma (₹25,00,000) Trupti Gandhewar (₹0, continued)
- Episode 80 (November 29, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 20
Trupti Gandhewar (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹12,50,000) Sonali Singh (₹6,40,000) Renuka Pattanshetty (₹0, continued)
December 2024[]
- Episode 81 (December 2, 2024)
Renuka Pattanshetty (₹12,50,000) Shreya Jani (₹10,000 + ₹40,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹50,000; lost on ₹3,20,000) Anurag Chourasia (₹0, continued)
- Episode 82 (December 3, 2024)
Anurag Chourasia (₹25,00,000)
Graciella Giri (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 83 (December 4, 2024)
Graciella Giri (₹3,20,000 + ₹20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹3,40,000; lost on ₹6,40,000) Sonal Gupta (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹6,40,000) Rachit Kumar Biltharia (₹3,000, continued)
- Episode 84 (December 5, 2024)
Rachit Kumar Biltharia (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹6,40,000)
Rani Kumari (₹6,40,000)
- Episode 85 (December 6, 2024)
Mintu Sarkar (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000)
- Episode 86 (December 9, 2024)
Twinkle Bhati Rathore (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹14,10,000) Ashutosh Singh (₹40,000, continued)
- Episode 87 (December 10, 2024)
Ashutosh Singh (₹12,50,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹15,70,000)
Sourav Chowdhury (₹80,000, continued)
- Episode 88 (December 11, 2024)
Sourav Chowdhury (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000) Rahul Wadhwa (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹6,40,000)
- Episode 89 (December 12, 2024)
Pankajini Dash (₹25,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹26,60,000, continued)
- Episode 90 (December 13, 2024)
Pankajini Dash (₹50,00,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹51,60,000) Nana Patekar (₹12,50,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹15,70,000)
- Episode 91 (December 16, 2024)
Dr. Anuja Tukaram Bandgar (₹12,50,000 + ₹20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹12,70,000) Praveen Nath (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 92 (December 17, 2024)
Praveen Nath (₹3,20,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹6,40,000; lost on ₹25,00,000) Amit Kumar Sadh (₹10,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹90,000; lost on ₹1,60,000) Prashant Tripathi (₹0, continued)
- Episode 93 (December 18, 2024)
Prashant Tripathi (₹50,00,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal + ₹40,000 from Super Sandook = ₹53,60,000, continued again)
- Episode 94 (December 19, 2024)
Prashant Tripathi (₹50,00,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal + ₹40,000 from Super Sandook = ₹53,60,000) Poonam Gupta (₹12,50,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹15,70,000) Asha Gaur (₹0, continued)
- Episode 95 (December 20, 2024)
Asha Gaur (₹10,000 - lost on ₹40,000)
Daniyah Ahmed (₹6,40,000)
- Episode 96 (December 23, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 21
Rituraj Mansarea (₹25,00,000) Jaspal Singh (₹3,20,000, continued)
- Episode 97 (December 24, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 22
Jaspal Singh (₹12,50,000) Dakshita Agarwal (₹1,60,000) Dilip Kumar Barsiwal (₹1,60,000, continued)
- Episode 98 (December 25, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 23
Dilip Kumar Barsiwal (₹1,60,000) Priyanka (₹6,40,000) Arun Singla (₹1,60,000, continued)
- Episode 99 (December 26, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 24
Arun Singla (₹12,50,000) Osman Khan (₹12,50,000) Debouttam Roy (₹80,000, continued)
- Episode 100 (December 27, 2024) - Challenger Week - Day 25
Debouttam Roy (₹6,40,000) Ghanshyam Jaiswal (₹6,40,000) Rajani Barnwal (₹1,60,000)
- Episode 101 (December 30, 2024)
Bijalben Desai (₹0 - lost on ₹10,000) Neeraj Giri (₹12,50,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹14,10,000) Annu Kumari (₹0, continued)
- Episode 102 (December 31, 2024) - New Year Special
Gurdas Maan and Shankar Mahadevan (₹12,50,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹15,70,000)
January 2025[]
- Episode 103 (January 1, 2025)
Annu Kumari (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹12,50,000)
Sumit Yadav (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 104 (January 2, 2025)
Sumit Yadav (₹3,20,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹4,80,000; lost on ₹12,50,000) Manish Kumar Singh (₹10,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹1,70,000; lost on ₹3,20,000) Dr. Kanhaiyalal Agarwal (₹0, continued)
- Episode 105 (January 3, 2025)
Dr. Kanhaiyalal Agarwal (₹25,00,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹25,80,000)
- Episode 106 (January 6, 2025)
Kaushalendra Pratap Singh (₹12,50,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹13,30,000) Zamzam Mehamood Pathan (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 107 (January 7, 2025)
Zamzam Mehamood Pathan (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹12,50,000) Jahanvi Rathod (₹10,000 - lost on ₹40,000) Chanda Verma (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 108 (January 8, 2025)
Chanda Verma (₹6,40,000 + ₹40,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹6,80,000)
Avleen Kaur Chahal (₹12,50,000)
- Episode 109 (January 9, 2025)
Kavya Gupta (₹6,40,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹9,60,000) Pushkal Gupta (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 110 (January 10, 2025)
Pushkal Gupta (₹12,50,000)
Pabitralal Paul (₹6,40,000 + ₹40,000 from Super Sandook = ₹6,80,000)
- Episode 111 (January 13, 2025)
Gaurav Agarwal (₹6,40,000) Uttam Kumar Jha (₹10,000 - lost on ₹3,20,000) Divya Chauhan (₹0, continued)
- Episode 112 (January 14, 2025)
Divya Chauhan (₹6,40,000 + ₹40,000 from Super Sandook = ₹6,80,000)
Tejas Deshmane (₹1,60,000)
- Episode 113 (January 15, 2025)
Ramzan Maliksab Pirajade (₹50,00,000 + ₹40,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹50,40,000)
- Episode 114 (January 16, 2025)
Madhuri Rajendra Kamble (₹10,000 - lost on ₹1,60,000) Saurabh Bansal (₹1,60,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹3,20,000) Pushpanjali Lohara (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 115 (January 17, 2025)
Pushpanjali Lohara (₹12,50,000 + ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹15,70,000) Navita Singh (₹0 - lost on ₹3,000) Rinkoo Shrivastav (₹80,000)
- Episode 116 (January 20, 2025) - 25th anniversary Special (1)
Anjali Tomar (₹25,00,000)
- Episode 117 (January 21, 2025) - 25th anniversary Special (2)
Vinay Gupta (₹1,60,000) Ronit Harishchandra Rokade (₹1,60,000)
- Episode 118 (January 22, 2025) - 25th anniversary Special (3)
Binod Kumar Choudhary (₹10,000 + ₹20,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹30,000; lost on ₹40,000) Fawaz Kamaal Hashmi (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹6,40,000)
- Episode 119 (January 23, 2025) - 25th anniversary Special (4)
Partha Chatterjee (₹25,00,000 + ₹80,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹25,80,000) Renu Pandey (₹10,000, continued)
- Episode 120 (January 24, 2025) - 25th anniversary Special (5)
Renu Pandey (₹6,40,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹8,00,000)
Ujjwal Dutta (₹80,000, continued)
- Episode 121 (January 27, 2025) - 25th anniversary Special (6)
Ujjwal Dutta (₹6,40,000) Ishan Ahmad (₹6,40,000) Nidhi Amol Sahu (₹10,000 - lost on ₹80,000) Nazam Trikamani (₹0, continued)
- Episode 122 (January 28, 2025) - 25th anniversary Special (7)
Nazam Trikamani (₹12,50,000)
Milansingh Pradyumansingh Jethwa (₹3,20,000, continued)
- Episode 123 (January 29, 2025) - 25th anniversary Special (8)
Milansingh Pradyumansingh Jethwa (₹12,50,000) Aditi Bhate (₹6,40,000 + ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal = ₹8,00,000) Rahul Ashok Sachdeo (₹20,000, continued)
- Episode 124 (January 30, 2025) - 25th anniversary Special (9)
Rahul Ashok Sachdeo (₹3,20,000 - lost on ₹6,40,000)
Karishma Sharma (₹12,50,000)
- Episode 125 (January 31, 2025) - 25th anniversary Special (10)
Kamiya Jani and Bhuvan Bam (₹20,000, replaced by second couple) Tanmay Bhat and Samay Raina (₹12,50,000)
February 2025[]
- Episode 126 (February 3, 2025) - KBC Juniors Special (10)
Pranshul Jain (₹6,40,000) Pranusha Thamke (₹3,20,000, continued)
- Episode 127 (February 4, 2025) - KBC Juniors Special (11)
Pranusha Thamke (₹12,50,000) Shreya Akhileshwar Chaurasia (₹6,40,000) Ishita Gupta (₹40,000, continued)
- Episode 128 (February 5, 2025) - KBC Juniors Special (12)
Ishita Gupta (₹50,00,000)
Vaishnavi Vaibhav Ramdasi (₹80,000, continued)
- Episode 129 (February 6, 2025) - KBC Juniors Special (13)
Vaishnavi Vaibhav Ramdasi (₹12,50,000)
M Siddhant Reddy (₹25,00,000)
- Episode 130 (February 7, 2025) - KBC Juniors Special (14)
Hritvik Rajesh Dey (₹10,000 - lost on ₹80,000) Aarav Raghuvanshi (₹3,20,000 + ₹30,000 from Super Sandook = ₹3,50,000; lost on ₹6,40,000)
- Episode 131 (February 10, 2025)
- Episode 132 (February 11, 2025)
- Episode 133 (February 12, 2025)
- Episode 134 (February 13, 2025)
- Episode 135 (February 14, 2025)
- Episode 136 (February 17, 2025)
- Episode 137 (February 18, 2025)
- Episode 138 (February 19, 2025)
- Episode 139 (February 20, 2025)
- Episode 140 (February 21, 2025)
- Episode 141 (February 24, 2025)
- Episode 142 (February 25, 2025)
- Episode 143 (February 26, 2025)
- Episode 144 (February 27, 2025)
- Episode 145 (February 28, 2025)
March 2025[]
- Episode 146 (March 3, 2025)
- Episode 147 (March 4, 2025)
- Episode 148 (March 5, 2025)
- Episode 149 (March 6, 2025)
- Episode 150 (March 7, 2025)
Winners[]
The winners of any amounts of money are based in the chronological order.
₹10,000,000 winners[]
- Chander Parkash - September 25, 2024
₹5,000,000 winners[]
- Nareshi Meena - August 22, 2024
- Banti Vadiva - September 4, 2024
- Ujjwal Prajapat - September 24, 2024
- Aryan Handa - November 15, 2024
- Pankajini Dash - December 13, 2024
- Prashant Tripathi - December 19, 2024
- Ramzan Maliksab Pirajade - January 15, 2025
- Ishita Gupta - February 5, 2025
₹2,500,000 winners[]
- Sudheer Kumar Verma - August 15, 2024
- Shalini Sharma - August 30, 2024
- Aman Sehrawat and Manu Bhaker - September 5, 2024
- Dr. Rani Bang and Dr. Abhay Bang - September 13, 2024
- Trishul Singh Choudhary - September 16, 2024
- Rakshinda Alvi - September 18, 2024
- Jaya Odedara - September 19, 2024
- Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam - September 20, 2024
- Abhishek Sandhu - September 26, 2024
- Kishor Aher - October 2, 2024
- Navdeep Singh, Avani Lekhara and Sumit Antil - October 4, 2024
- Dinesh Kumar - October 8, 2024
- Pardeep Kaur Benipal - October 9, 2024
- Aamir Khan and Junaid Khan - October 11, 2024
- Prashant Pramod Jamdade - October 15, 2024
- Vidya Balan and Kartik Aaryan - October 18, 2024
- Farah Khan and Boman Irani - October 25, 2024
- Abhinav Kishor - October 29, 2024
- Ankita Singh - November 1, 2024
- Yuvraj Sethi - November 5, 2024
- Bhavik Garg - November 7, 2024
- Tritee Ranjana - November 7, 2024
- Aashi Singh - November 13, 2024
- Parth Upadhyay - November 14, 2024
- Nishant Jaiswal - November 19, 2024
- Abhishek Bachchan and Shoojit Sircar - November 22, 2024
- Vishwas Nangre Patil and Sanjay Govilkar - November 26, 2024
- Virenda Sharma - November 28, 2024
- Anurag Chourasia - December 3, 2024
- Mintu Sarkar - December 6, 2024
- Sourav Chowdhury - December 11, 2024
- Rituraj Mansarea - December 23, 2024
- Dr. Kanhaiyalal Agarwal - January 3, 2025
- Anjali Tomar - January 20, 2025
- Partha Chatterjee - January 23, 2025
- M Siddhant Reddy - February 6, 2025
₹1,250,000 winners[]
- Jayanta Duley - August 16, 2024
- Vishnu Achyut Managoli - August 21, 2024
- Paras Mani Singh - August 27, 2024
- Harshit Bhutani - August 27, 2024
- Krishna Selukar - August 28, 2024
- Shreem Sharma - September 2, 2024
- Pankaj Mehta - September 3, 2024
- Devang Agrawal - September 6, 2024
- Sumitra Dinesh Kapade - September 9, 2024
- Akshay Narang - September 10, 2024
- Pranati Paidipati - September 12, 2024
- Nandan Kumar - October 1, 2024
- Vinay Dattatraya Bhute - October 10, 2024
- Shirish S Shetty - October 11, 2024
- Mansi Laheru - October 14, 2024
- Ravi Kumar - October 22, 2024
- Harsha Upadhyay - October 23, 2024
- Shravani Jena - October 25, 2024
- Varuh Dhawan and Raj Nidimonu - October 30, 2024
- Arjun Agrawal - November 4, 2024
- Manoj Kumar Sharma and Vikrant Massey - November 8, 2024
- Yuvaan Minocha - November 11, 2024
- Utkarsh Vasudev Mule - November 12, 2024
- Hetvi Patel - November 13, 2024
- Kunwar Nishat Khalid Khan - November 21, 2024
- Anshuman Mathur - November 25, 2024
- Sarita Rani - November 27, 2024
- Renuka Pattanshetty - December 2, 2024
- Twinkle Bhati Rathore - December 9, 2024
- Ashutosh Singh - December 10, 2024
- Nana Patekar - December 13, 2024
- Dr. Anuja Tukaram Bandgar - December 16, 2024
- Poonam Gupta - December 19, 2024
- Jaspal Singh - December 24, 2024
- Arun Singla - December 26, 2024
- Osman Khan - December 26, 2024
- Neeraj Giri - December 30, 2024
- Gurdas Maan and Shankar Mahadevan - December 31, 2024
- Kaushalendra Pratap Singh - January 6, 2025
- Avleen Kaur Chahal - January 8, 2025
- Pushkal Gupta - January 10, 2025
- Pushpanjali Lohara - January 17, 2025
- Nazam Trikamani - January 28, 2025
- Milansingh Pradyumansingh Jethwa - January 29, 2025
- Karishma Sharma - January 30, 2025
- Tanmay Bhat and Samay Raina - January 31, 2025
- Pranusha Thamke - February 4, 2025
- Vaishnavi Vaibhav Ramdasi - February 6, 2025
₹640,000 winners[]
- Dipali Soni - August 13, 2024
- Vaishnavi Bharti - August 14, 2024
- Srishty Sharma - August 29, 2024
- Dipti Singh - August 30, 2024
- Mukund Narayan More - September 11, 2024
- Sakshi Panwar - September 11, 2024
- Ritika Kumari - September 17, 2024
- Swapn Chaturvedi - September 24, 2024
- Apoorva L Shetty - September 27, 2024
- Kirti - September 30, 2024
- Neha - October 3, 2024
- Hitali Jagwani - October 16, 2024
- Anushree Samota - October 31, 2024
- Shaffy Singla - October 31, 2024
- Virat Chaturvedi - November 6, 2024
- Saksham Ranjan - November 15, 2024
- Shobha Devi - November 19, 2024
- Premswaroop Singh Negi - November 28, 2024
- Sonali Singh - November 29, 2024
- Rani Kumari - December 5, 2024
- Daniyah Ahmed - December 20, 2024
- Priyanka - December 25, 2024
- Debouttam Roy - December 27, 2024
- Ghanshyam Jaiswal - December 27, 2024
- Chanda Verma - January 8, 2025
- Kavya Gupta - January 9, 2025
- Pabitralal Paul - January 10, 2025
- Gaurav Agarwal - January 13, 2025
- Divya Chauhan - January 14, 2025
- Renu Pandey - January 24, 2025
- Ujjwal Dutta - January 27, 2025
- Ishan Ahmad - January 27, 2025
- Aditi Bhate - January 29, 2025
- Pranshul Jain - February 3, 2025
- Shreya Akhileshwar Chaurasia - February 4, 2025
₹320,000 winners[]
- Utkarsh Baxi - August 12, 2024
- Kajol Ved - August 19, 2024
- Nisha Raj - August 23, 2024
- Alka Singh - August 26, 2024
- Paritosh Bhatt - August 29, 2024
- Dr. Shobhika Shree - September 6, 2024
- Akash Kumar Sharma - September 27, 2024
- Bhautik Bharatbhai Bhanderi - October 2, 2024
- Anuragsinh Puvar - October 9, 2024
- Dr. Neeraj Saxena - October 17, 2024
- Soniya Rijhwani - October 17, 2024
- Dhanraj Dhirubhai Mori - October 22, 2024
- Rashmi Kumari - October 24, 2024
- Rahul Sharma - October 28, 2024
- Vijay Srivastava - October 29, 2024
- Vineet Bharuka - November 1, 2024
- Apoorva Chaudhary - November 20, 2024
- Paritosh Gupta - November 25, 2024
- Trupti Gandhewar - November 29, 2024
- Graciella Giri - December 4, 2024
- Sonal Gupta - December 4, 2024
- Rachit Kumar Biltharia - December 5, 2024
- Rahul Wadhwa - December 11, 2024
- Praveen Nath - December 17, 2024
- Annu Kumari - January 1, 2025
- Sumit Yadav - January 2, 2025
- Zamzam Mehamood Pathan - January 7, 2025
- Fawaz Kamaal Hashmi - January 22, 2025
- Rahul Ashok Sachdeo - January 30, 2025
- Aarav Raghuvanshi - February 7, 2025
₹160,000 winners[]
- Simran Bajaj - August 16, 2024
- Dr. Mustansir Abbasi - August 22, 2024
- Mitesh Damji Nandu - August 23, 2024
- Anish Bose - September 18, 2024
- Bachchu Santra - October 15, 2024
- Tejas Sharadkunar Deshmukh - October 21, 2024
- Dakshita Agarwal - December 24, 2024
- Dilip Kumar Barsiwal - December 25, 2024
- Rajani Barnwal - December 27, 2024
- Tejas Deshmane - January 14, 2025
- Saurabh Bansal - January 17, 2025
- Vinay Gupta - January 21, 2025
- Ronit Harishchandra Rokade - January 21, 2025
₹80,000 winners[]
- Mrs. Priyanka Porwal - August 22, 2024
- Rishi Sharma - September 26, 2024
- Rinkoo Shrivastav - January 17, 2025
₹10,000 winners[]
- Ram Kishor Pandit - August 15, 2024
- Dr. Raghavendra - August 20, 2024
- Satnam Singh - September 2, 2024
- Mamta Sahu - September 3, 2024
- Naman Jain - September 13, 2024
- Sanidhya Gupta - September 19, 2024
- Amandeep Singh Kohli - October 3, 2024
- Santoshgiri Bawa - October 7, 2024
- Ananya Vinod - October 7, 2024
- Ranveer Raghuwanshi - October 17, 2024
- Naveed Ahmed Sanadi - November 20, 2024
- Rachna Rani - November 21, 2024
- Shreya Jani - December 2, 2024
- Amit Kumar Sadh - December 17, 2024
- Asha Gaur - December 20, 2024
- Manish Kumar Singh - January 2, 2025
- Jahanvi Rathod - January 7, 2025
- Uttam Kumar Jha - January 13, 2025
- Madhuri Rajendra Kamble - January 17, 2025
- Binod Kumar Choudhary - January 22, 2025
- Nidhi Amol Sahu - January 27, 2025
- Hritvik Rajesh Dey - February 7, 2025
₹0 winners[]
- Bijalben Desai - December 30, 2024 (5th question wrong)
- Navita Singh - January 17, 2025 (3rd question wrong)
Losses[]
This is a list of the season's contestants who lost some money, those who lost zero will not be included on this list.
- Utkarsh Baxi - lost ₹9,30,000 - August 12, 2024
- Bhautik Bharatbhai Bhanderi - lost ₹9,30,000 - October 2, 2024
- Praveen Nath - lost ₹9,30,000 - December 17, 2024
- Kajol Ved - lost ₹3,20,000 - August 19, 2024
- Alka Singh - lost ₹3,20,000 - August 26, 2024
- Paritosh Bhatt - lost ₹3,20,000 - August 29, 2024
- Dhanraj Dhirubhai Mori - lost ₹3,20,000 - October 22, 2024
- Rahul Sharma - lost ₹3,20,000 - October 28, 2024
- Vineet Bharuka - lost ₹3,20,000 - November 1, 2024
- Trupti Gandhewar - lost ₹3,20,000 - November 29, 2024
- Annu Kumari - lost ₹3,20,000 - January 1, 2025
- Sumit Yadav - lost ₹3,20,000 - January 2, 2025
- Zamzam Mehamood Pathan - lost ₹3,20,000 - January 7, 2025
- Dr. Raghavendra - lost ₹1.50.000 - August 20, 2024
- Naman Jain - lost ₹1.50.000 - September 13, 2024
- Santoshgiri Bawa - lost ₹1.50.000 - October 7, 2024
- Shreya Jani - lost ₹1.50.000 - December 2, 2024
- Manish Kumar Singh - lost ₹1.50.000 - January 2, 2025
- Uttam Kumar Jha - lost ₹1.50.000 - January 13, 2025
- Ram Kishor Pandit - lost ₹70,000 - August 15, 2024
- Ananya Vinod - lost ₹70.000 - October 7, 2024
- Ranveer Raghuwanshi - lost ₹70.000 - October 17, 2024
- Rachna Rani - lost ₹70.000 - November 21, 2024
- Amit Kumar Sadh - lost ₹70.000 - December 17, 2024
- Madhuri Rajendra Kamble - lost ₹70.000 - January 17, 2025
- Mamta Sahu - lost ₹30,000 - September 3, 2024
- Amandeep Singh Kohli - lost ₹30,000 - October 3, 2024
- Nidhi Amol Sahu - lost ₹30,000 - January 27, 2025
- Hritvik Rajesh Dey - lost ₹30,000 - February 7, 2025
- Satnam Singh - lost ₹10,000 - September 2, 2024
- Sanidhya Gupta - lost ₹10,000 - September 19, 2024
- Asha Gaur - lost ₹10,000 - December 20, 2024
- Jahanvi Rathod - lost ₹10,000 - January 7, 2025
- Binod Kumar Choudhary - lost ₹10,000 - January 22, 2025
- Bijalben Desai - lost ₹5,000 - December 30, 2024
- Navita Singh - lost ₹2,000 - January 17, 2025
Trivia[]
- The 10th question music cue with Sitar and Bongo Drums has been first played since the 40th episode of Season 14 aired on 29th September, 2022. In Season 16, this cue is played in the Super Sawaal or when contestants use Dugnastra; while in Season 14, episodes from 01 to 20 and 22, it was played in the 7th and 10th question (in the 40th episode, it was played in the 8th question of contestant Sneha Nair by a mistake)[1].
- This is the fourth season to have at least 100 episodes, after Seasons 1 (2000-2001), 14 (2022), 15 (2023). Besides, it is the second longest season, after Season 1 with 315 episodes.
- This is the third inter-year season, after Seasons 1 (2000-2001) and 12 (2020-2021).
Episodes 01-10[]
- In the 1st episode, Utkarsh Baxi was the first contestant to get ₹3,20,000 from the Super Sawaal.
- In the 3rd episode, Vaishnavi Bharti was the first contestant to take the money from both Super Sawaal and Super Sandook.
- In the 4th episode, Ram Kishor Pandit was the first contestant to answer the Super Sawaal incorrectly and his Dugnastra could never be activated. He left the game with ₹10,000 after answering the 9th question incorrectly.
- In the 6th episode, Kajol Ved was the first contestant to use her lifeline (Double Dip) during activating the Dugnastra, which then, her Dugnastra was forfeited. Dr. Mustansir Abbasi was the second to do that in the 09th episode, but he used Video-Call-A-Friend instead of Double Dip.
- Also in the 6th episode, Dr. Raghavendra was the first contestant to answer incorrectly during using the Dugnastra. It was the 10th question, so he left the game with ₹10,000 (lost ₹1,50,000).
- In the 9th episode, Nareshi Meena was the first contestant to see the ₹1 Crore question, after Avinash Bharti, the final original contestant of Season 15. Same as Avinash, Nareshi's ₹1 Crore question was also the first question in the new episode.
- The 9th episode was the first one not to have any Super Sandook games, since Priyanka Porwal and Dr. Mustansir Abbasi, the two contestants after Nareshi Meena, couldn't finish the 10th question.
- In the 10th episode, Mitesh Damji Nandu was the first contestant to quit during the Dugnastra. He left the game with ₹1,60,000.
- Also, in the 10th episode and in the 11th question of contestant Nisha Raj, 62% of audience voted for option B (WB Yeats), which was the wrong answer. The right answer was D (William Rothenstein), and it was voted by only 19% of audience. Luckily, her question was low risk, so she lost nothing, leaving game with ₹4,80,000 (₹3,20,000 from the main game and ₹1,60,000 from the Super Sawaal). See her question here:
₹6,40,000 (11 of 16) - Not Timed | |
To whom did Rabindranath Tagore dedicate the English translation of his poem, Gitanjali? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used | |
⬥ A: Piet Mondrian | ⬥ B: WB Yeats |
⬥ C: Fyodor Dostoevsky | ⬥ D: William Rothenstein |
Ask the Audience Results: A: 8% ⬥ B: 62% ⬥ C: 11% ⬥ D: 19% |
Episodes 11-20[]
- Alka Singh was the first contestant to win in the minigame Jaldi 5.
- Three additional contestants were introduced during episode 13.
Episodes 31-40[]
- In the 33rd episode, Chander Parkash was the first Crorepati in this season. He was the next Crorepati of KBC History after the Junior Crorepati - Mayank in episode 77 of the previous season. Surprisingly, this was the third season where the first Crorepati was found in the 33rd episode, after Seasons 12 and 14. In Season 12, the first Crorepati was Nazia Nasim; and for Season 14, it was Kavita Chawla.
- Interestingly, Chander Parkash was the second person to see 1 Crore question in that week, the first one being Ujjwal Prajapat, who decided to take the money instead.
- Until now (26th January, 2025), he was still the only contestant to answer correctly 15 questions and the only Crorepati in this season, despite the fact that 120 episodes was aired with nearly 200 contestants were in the Hot Seat. In five previous seasons, at least 3 contestants answer correctly 15 questions.
- When Chander Parkash answered correctly the 15th question, the Indian Version of Host Entrance cue was played instead of the Ajay-Atul 1 Crore music cue as in Seasons 11-15[2]. This Host Entrance cue was usually played in many Friday episodes of Seasons 9 and 10.
- In the 40th episode, the Paralympic champions of Navdeep Singh, Avani Lekhara and Sumit Antil were the first of the season to get all 10 questions correct in Super Sandook. Since they have used a lifeline before the round, they decided to exchange the money for the lifeline instead.
- The music used for winning 1 Lakh in Super Sandook is the Indian version of outro cue, the same one used for the actual outro portion of the season.
Episodes 41-50[]
- In the 49th episode, Dr. Neeraj Saxena was the first contestant of the series to walk away after winning question 10 but before playing Super Sandook.
Episodes 101-110[]
- In the 101st episode, Bijaiben Desai was the first contestant to left the game with empty-handed since Abhishek Sharma in the 43rd episode of Season 12. Surprisingly in that episode, there was also a crorepati - Anupa Das. Due to the terrible play of Bijaiben Desai, Season 16 became the seventh season to have at least one contestant who left the game with empty-handed.
Episode 111-120[]
- In the 115th episode, Navita Singh was the second contestant to left the game with empty-handed in this season. She answered the 3rd question incorrectly.
- In the 25th Anniversary Special Episodes, the intro animation and soundtrack in Season 11 (2019) is reused. However, unlike Season 11, the 3D graphics are not used in these episodes. Besides, from the 11th question, the soundtracks with only Sitar and Bongo Drums are played during each question. Not to be confused with the soundtracks also with Sitar and Bongo Drums played from Seasons 5 to 14. From the 1st to 10th question, the original soundtracks composed by Ramon Covalo are still played.
Sources[]
- KBC Season 16 on SET India's official YouTube channel (Full episodes)
- Season 16 - Full episodes on KBC India's official Youtube channel
- Season 16 - Full game play of all contestants on KBC India's official Youtube channel
References[]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dur7bVTpyjw | Sneha Nair's play - 8th question (41:40)
- ↑ The music cue played when Chander Parkash answered correctly the 15th question: https://www.facebook.com/sonytelevision/videos/1041068071087654
Preceded by Season 15 |
Indian Series Season 16 |
Succeeded by - |
Kaun Banega Crorepati |
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