Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti (Bengali: কে হবে বাংলার কোটিপতি, transliterated: Kē kabē bānlāra kōṭipati), KHBK or KBC Bangla, was one of the 9 Indian versions for Bengali-speaking peoples based on the original British game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Premiered on June 6, 2011 on Mahuaa Bangla channel. Hosted by Sourav Ganguly. In 2018 show returned in air with new host - Prosenjit Chatterjee.
In all seasons each contestants had clock: 45 (in 1st season - 30) seconds for answer the questions 1-5 and 60 (in 1st season - 45) seconds for answer the questions 6-10. On questions 11-15, clock disappeared.
Lifelines[]
In this version, contestant could use three lifelines:
Seasons[]
Money Tree[]
| Question No. |
Correct Answer Value |
Walk Away Value |
Miss Answer Value |
Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Rs. 10,000,000 | Rs. 5,000,000 | Rs. 320,000 | Rs. 4,680,000 |
| 14 | Rs. 5,000,000 | Rs. 2,500,000 | Rs. 2,180,000 | |
| 13 | Rs. 2,500,000 | Rs. 1,250,000 | Rs. 930,000 | |
| 12 | Rs. 1,250,000 | Rs. 640,000 | Rs. 320,000 | |
| 11 | Rs. 640,000 | Rs. 320,000 | Rs. 0 | |
| 10 | Rs. 320,000 | Rs. 160,000 | Rs. 10,000 | Rs. 150,000 |
| 9 | Rs. 160,000 | Rs. 80,000 | Rs. 70,000 | |
| 8 | Rs. 80,000 | Rs. 40,000 | Rs. 30,000 | |
| 7 | Rs. 40,000 | Rs. 20,000 | Rs. 10,000 | |
| 6 | Rs. 20,000 | Rs. 10,000 | Rs. 0 | |
| 5 | Rs. 10,000 | Rs. 5,000 | Rs. 0 | Rs. 5,000 |
| 4 | Rs. 5,000 | Rs. 3,000 | Rs. 3,000 | |
| 3 | Rs. 3,000 | Rs. 2,000 | Rs. 2,000 | |
| 2 | Rs. 2,000 | Rs. 1,000 | Rs. 1,000 | |
| 1 | Rs. 1,000 | Rs. 0 | Rs. 0 |
Winners[]
Top Prize Winners[]
- Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao (July 8, 2011)
Rs. 5,000,000 winners[]
- Rani Mukherjee (August 12, 2011)
Rs. 2,500,000 winners[]
- Sayonti Goswami (August 22, 2018)
- Jayanta Maity (August 28, 2018)
Rs. 1,250,000 winners[]
- Koel Mallick (June 17, 2011)
- Sumit Bhattacharya (July 17, 2018)
- Sohini Kayal (August 3, 2018)
- Prabir Kumar Sarbar (August 15, 2018)
- Pampa Chakraborty (August 23, 2018)
- Partha Ghosh (August 30, 2018)
- Soumitra Chatterjee (August 31, 2018)
Rs. 640,000 winners[]
- Abhibrata Dey (July 19, 2018)
- Payel Mukherjee (July 23, 2018)
- Ranita Basu (July 27, 2018)
- Indranil Bose (August 7, 2018)
- Pratyusha Das (August 8, 2018)
- Usha Uthup (August 17, 2018)
Rs. 320,000 winners[]
- Pranab Kumar (July 27, 2018)
- Soumita Das (July 31, 2018)
- Chitralekha Mondal (August 1, 2018)
- Jashan Goswami (August 3, 2018)
- Srabanti Chatterjee (August 10, 2018)
- Nusrat Jahan and Shraddha Rati (August 24, 2018)
- Pankaj Goon (August 27, 2018)
Rs. 160,000 winners[]
- Prasoon Pal (July 20, 2018)
- Sirsha Ray (July 20, 2018)
- Payel Mukherjee (July 23, 2018)
Rs. 10,000 winners[]
- Prasanta Chakraborty (2011)
- Ashim Kumar Jana (July 18, 2018)
- Dipyendu Ghosh (July 18, 2018)
- Sagarika Ghosh (August 9, 2018)
- Santu Jana (August 16, 2018)
- Sajal Das (August 29, 2018)
- Writambhara Das (August 31, 2018)
Rs. 5,000 winners[]
- Jayanti Mitra (August 17, 2018)
See also[]
- Kaun Banega Crorepati (for Hindi and English-speaking people)
- Kannadada Kotyadhipati (for Kannada-speaking people)
- Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi (for Tamil-speaking people)
- Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu (for Telugu-speaking people)
- Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati (for Marathi-speaking people)
- Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran (for Malayalam-speaking people)
- Ke Bani Crorepati (for Bhojpuri-speaking people)
- Kus Bani Koshur Crorepati (for Kashmiri-speaking people)
- Kodeeswari (women version)
- Ke Hotey Chay Kotipoti (Bangladeshi version)
Gallery[]
Logo (2011)
Studio (2011)
Main intro (2018)
Studio (2018)
1st money tree (2011)
2nd money tree (2018)
Sources[]
- Episodes on Sony Pictures Entertainment India's YouTube channel
- Official website (2011)
- Official website (2012)