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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:

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[]

The biggest winners[]

Rs. 0 winners[]

See also[]

Gallery[]

Sources[]

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