Kodeeswari (Tamil: கோடீஸ்வரி), earlier - Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi (Tamil: நீங்களும் வெல்லலாம் ஒரு கோடி), NVOK or KBC Tamil is the one of 9 Indian versions for Tamil-speaking peoples based off British game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It premiered on February 27, 2012 on STAR Vijay, but the fourth season aired on Colors Tamil. It is hosted by Suriya, Prakash Raj, Arvind Swamy and Radhika Sarathkumar. The top prize is ₹1 Crore.
In season 1 of the original version, for questions 1-5, the contestants were given 30 seconds to answer, for questions 6-10, the contestants were given 45 seconds to answer, and for questions 11-15, there was no time limit.
For the second season, the time limit for questions 1-5 was increased to 45 seconds while the time limit for questions 6-10 was increased to 60 seconds. Like last time, there was no time limit for questions 11-15. This format was also adopted by the women's edition reboot in 2019.
In season 3 of the original version, each player had a time limit of 60 seconds for all questions up until their single safety net that they set at the beginning of the game. After this, there is no time limit for the remaining questions.
Lifelines[]
In this version used these lifelines:
- 50:50 (2012-2013, 2019-2020)
- Phone-a-Friend (2012-2016)
- Audience Poll
- Double Dip (2016)
- Switch the Question (2019-2020)
- Ask the Expert (2019-2020)
Seasons[]
Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi[]
- Season 1 (80 episodes, February 27 - July 12, 2012)
- Season 2 (81 episodes, March 11 - July 11, 2013)
- Season 3 (61 episodes, May 30 - November 19, 2016)
In total, for 3 seasons 222 episodes aired.
Kodeeswari[]
- Season 1 (40 episodes, December 23, 2019 - February 14, 2020)
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[]
- Kousalya Kharthika S A (January 21, 2020)
The biggest winners[]
- Manikandan T - ₹2,500,000 (March 27, 2012)
- Rajkumar D - ₹2,500,000 (May 31, 2012)
- Jeevika Z J - ₹2,500,000 (March 26, 2013)
- Kamal Haasan and Gouthami - ₹5,000,000 (April 15, 2013)
- Arvind Swamy - ₹5,000,000 (April 22, 2013)
- Duraikannan Shanmugam - ₹2,500,000 (April 22, 2013)
- Vasantha Kumar - ₹5,000,000 (June 5, 2013)
- Suriya - ₹5,000,000 (June 25, 2013)
- Kaliyammal Rathinavel and Prakash - ₹2,500,000 (June 7, 2016)
- Mahalakshmi - ₹2,500,000 (January 3, 2020)
Rs. 0 winners[]
- Sukanya Sivakumar (March 14, 2012) (2nd question wrong)
- Saravanan (April 17, 2012) (4th question wrong)
- Manoji Manoharan (April 2, 2013) (3rd question wrong)
- Uma Maheswari (December 31, 2019) (5th question wrong)
See also[]
- Kaun Banega Crorepati (for Hindi and English-speaking people)
- Kannadada Kotyadhipati (for Kannada-speaking people)
- Ke Bani Crorepati (for Bhojpuri-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 Hobe Banglar Kotipoti (for Bengali-speaking people)
- Kus Bani Koshur Crorepati (for Kashmiri-speaking people)
Gallery[]
Sources[]
- Season 1 episodes list
- Season 1 (76 videos)
- Season 1 (30 videos)
- Season 1 (102 videos)
- Season 2 (81 videos)
- Season 2 (97 videos)
- NVOK Youtube channel (archived)
- Official website (archive)
- Full episodes (unavailable)
- Official website (2016)
- About returning in 2019
- Official website (2019-2020)