Sirasa Lakshapathi

Sirasa Lakshapathi (Sinhala: සිරස ලක්ෂපති) is the one of three Sri Lankan versions for Sinhala-speaking peoples based off from the British game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Premiered in September 18, 2010 on Sirasa TV. Hosted by Lucky Dias and Chandana Suriyabandara. It is the most popular Sri Lankan version due to Sinhala being the dominant language spoken in the country.

Payments to the contestants are made digitally on behalf of Sampath Bank.

Lifelines[]

In this version four lifelines are used:

50:50 (පනහට පනහ)
Phone-a-Friend (මිතුරෙකුට කතා කරන්න)
Ask the Audience (ප්‍රේක්ෂකාගාරයෙන් අසන්න)
Switch the Question (ප්‍රශ්ණය මාරු කරන්න) (after 10th question, 22.09.2018–present)

Seasons[]

Season 1 (89 episodes, September 18, 2010 - August 30, 2011)
Season 2 (239 episodes, September 5, 2011 - July 29, 2012)
Season 3 (42 episodes, September 26, 2012 - August 30, 2013)
Season 4 (53 episodes, September 6, 2013 - August 31, 2014)
Season 5 (57 episodes, September 7, 2014 - May 24, 2015)
Season 6 (56 episodes, September 4, 2016 - October 1, 2017)
Season 7 (75 episodes, September 22, 2018 - June 16, 2019)
Season 8 (78 episodes, September 12, 2020 - June 6, 2021)
Season 9 (87 episodes, July 10, 2021 - May 15, 2022)
Season 10 (53 episodes, February 11 - August 27, 2023)
Season 11 (? episodes, May 11, 2024 - 2024)

Note: For 10 seasons, in total 829 episodes aired.

Money Tree[]

18.09.2010 - 06.06.2021[]

Question No.	Correct Answer Value	Walk Away Value	Miss Answer Value	Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer
15	Rs. 2,000,000	Rs. 1,000,000	Rs. 125,000	Rs. 875,000
14	Rs. 1,000,000	Rs. 500,000		Rs. 375,000
13	Rs. 500,000	Rs. 300,000		Rs. 175,000
12	Rs. 300,000	Rs. 200,000		Rs. 75,000
11	Rs. 200,000	Rs. 125,000		Rs. 0
10	Rs. 125,000	Rs. 75,000	Rs. 10,000	Rs. 65,000
9	Rs. 75,000	Rs. 50,000		Rs. 40,000
8	Rs. 50,000	Rs. 35,000		Rs. 25,000
7	Rs. 35,000	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

10.07.2021-present[]

Due to inflation, the top prize was increased by 50 percent to Rs. 3 million (US$14,953.7). Rs. 3 million in 2021 had the same purchasing power as Rs. 2 million back in 2011.

Further inflation has reduced the purchasing power of the rupee. During April 2022, the value of the rupee sunk so low that the top prize is insufficient to buy a new car. The annual inflation rate peaked at nearly 70% in September 2022. At the end of Season 9, the top prize was valued at just US$8,294.46. Due to this, this version has the lowest value top prize of any active version of Millionaire in 2022, beating the Vietnamese version since the top prize of that show was increased to ₫250,000,000, valued at $10,827.70 during that same time period.

By the end of Season 10, the rupee recovered slightly as inflation eased to typical levels, resulting in the top prize being valued at US$9,214.23. Despite that, this version still had the lowest value top prize of any active version of Millionaire in 2023, before the revival Mongolian version aired the following year with a lower jackpot.

Question No.	Correct Answer Value	Walk Away Value	Miss Answer Value	Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer
15	Rs. 3,000,000	Rs. 2,000,000	Rs. 200,000	Rs. 1,800,000
14	Rs. 2,000,000	Rs. 1,000,000		Rs. 800,000
13	Rs. 1,000,000	Rs. 500,000		Rs. 300,000
12	Rs. 500,000	Rs. 300,000		Rs. 100,000
11	Rs. 300,000	Rs. 200,000		Rs. 0
10	Rs. 200,000	Rs. 100,000	Rs. 20,000	Rs. 80,000
9	Rs. 100,000	Rs. 70,000		Rs. 50,000
8	Rs. 70,000	Rs. 50,000		Rs. 30,000
7	Rs. 50,000	Rs. 30,000		Rs. 10,000
6	Rs. 30,000	Rs. 20,000		Rs. 0
5	Rs. 20,000	Rs. 10,000	Rs. 0	Rs. 10,000
4	Rs. 10,000	Rs. 8,000		Rs. 8,000
3	Rs. 8,000	Rs. 4,000		Rs. 4,000
2	Rs. 4,000	Rs. 2,000		Rs. 2,000
1	Rs. 2,000	Rs. 0		Rs. 0

Winners[]

For all winners see: Sirasa Lakshapathi/List of Winners

Trivia[]

Dilishiya Roshani is very first contestant in Sirasa Lakshapathi.
Since January 2021, questions and answer options have been duplicated in two languages - Sinhala and English.
The episode on January 14, 2021 was split into two parts: the first part was a talk show with a host, featuring all 4 Top Prize winners, and the second part was a rerun of the full run by winner Shukra Munawwar (premiered on January 16, 17 and 23, 2021).
Hansini Kavindi is the first contestant in Sri Lanka to use the Switch the Question lifeline on the final question after seeing it twice and was able to win the top prize the second time.
Miyuru Viraratna, Shukra Munawwar, Samjali Navandana and Savika Gayajali are the contestants who have appeared in three episodes in a row.
On June 12-13, 2021, reruns of the full runs of the winner Moksha Madusanka (aired on June 18-25 and July 2, 2017) were aired, on June 19-20, 2021, the full run of the participant Uru Warige Wannila Aththo (aired on October 30 and November 6, 2016) were aired. In addition, all their questions with options were dubbed in English, unlike the original shows in 2016 and 2017 respectively (dubbing was introduced at the beginning of 2021).
On July 4, 2021, a 10th anniversary episode aired, telling the story and showing behind the scenes of the show.
Bryan Kingston is the first contestant to see the Rs 3,000,000 question and is guaranteed to win the biggest prize of Rs 2,000,000.
On May 21-22, May 28-29 and June 4-5, 2022, reruns of the best episodes of the season were aired: the full runs of semi-winner Bryan Kingston (aired October 17-23, 2021), top prize winner Jude Perera (aired March 12, 13, 19, 2022) and contestant Vishwanii Thotamuna (aired August 29 and September 4, 2021), respectively.
Over the course of 8 seasons, the show had 5,120 contestants, but 10 contestants became Top Prize winners. A total of Rs 70,600,000 was won.