Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran

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Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran
Malayalam
നിങ്ങൾക്കും ആകാം കോടീശ്വരൻ
Presented bySuresh Gopi
ComposersKeith Strachan
Matthew Strachan
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes444
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companyBIG Synergy
Original release
NetworkAsianet (Season 1-4)
Mazhavil Manorama (Season 5)
Release9 April 2012 (2012-04-09) –
31 March 2020 (2020-03-31)

Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran (transl. You Too Can Be a Millionaire) is an Indian Malayalam-language game show. It is an adaptation of the British Sony Pictures Television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and its Hindi version Kaun Banega Crorepati.[1] The show is hosted by actor Suresh Gopi.

Series overview

Season Main Host Channel Originally Aired Episodes Special
Launch Day Final Day
1 Suresh Gopi Asianet 9 April 2012 23 August 2012 80 —
2 4 March 2013 18 July 2013 80 Kodeeshwaran KIDS / Junior
3 29 December 2014 2015 100
4 16 January 2017[2] 23 June 2017 102
5 Mazhavil Manorama 11 November 2019 31 March 2020[3] 82 —
6 Zee Keralam Launching Soon TBA — —

Background

In 2011, Business Standard announced that Kaun Banega Crorepati was going to be remade into five regional Indian languages.[4] Suresh Gopi was selected to host the Malayalam version and was quoted saying:[5]

Expecting and hoping that Ningalkkum Aakam Kodeeshwaran would be really very big in Kerala... It was a really enriching and rewarding experience to get trained under Siddhartha Basu, with support from the Big Synergy and Asianet team to get into this new role, as a Host for the No. 1 game show in the World.

The episodes for Ningalkkum Aakam Kodeeshwaran were shot at

AVM Studios in Chennai, where its Tamil equivalent Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi was also shot.[6]

Production

Season 1

Shyla CK, a contestant from Idukki, was the first person to win ₹50,00,000/- in the show, the highest amount won in the season. Shyla correctly answered the 14th question worth ₹50 lakhs/-, but she quit on the final question.[7]

The tagline of the season used for was Oru Chodyam Madi Jeevidam Mari Marayan (English: One Question Is Enough For Life To Change)[8]

Celebrity guests

No. Date Guest(s) Amount won Notes
1 8, 9 May 2012 Suraj Venjaramoodu ₹3,20,000/- First celebrity to play In the first season
2 21 May 2012 Kavya Madhavan ₹3,20,000/- Played just after the 50 lakhs winner Shyla
3 7 June 2012
Samvritha Sunil
 ₹3,20,000/- Quit the show due to the film shoot after getting to the second safe zone
4 28 June 2012 K. S. Chithra ₹3,20,000/- Sang in the show
5 3, 4 July 2012 Jayaram & Parvathy ₹6,40,000/- Appeared on the 50th episode of the show, first Double Celebrity episode
6 2 August 2012 Guinness Pakru & Ranjini Haridas ₹3,20,000/- Second Double Celebrity episode
7 15 August 2012
Swetha Mohan
 ₹3,20,000/- Appeared on Independence Day

Season 2

Second season started on 4 March 2013.[9] Sangeetha, a handicapped woman from Painavu had scored ₹25,00,000/- in the 3rd day of the 2nd season. For the first time in the history of the show, the season started 'All Asianet Serial Celebrities Week' which started from 15 April 2013. Sanooja Rajan was declared as the first Crorepati of the show. This sparkling moment was aired on Asianet on 30 April 2013.

The tagline used for the season was Orarivum Cheruthalla, Deyvathinte Varamaanu (English: No Knowledge is Small, It Is The Blessing Of God)[8]

Celebrity guests

No. Date Guest(s) Amount won Notes
1 7 March 2013
Shweta Menon
 ₹3,20,000/- Appeared on the day before International Women's Day
2 28 March 2013 Rimi Tomy ₹1,60,000/- Appeared on the Maundy Thursday
3 15 April 2013 Rajeev Parameswaran & Shemi Martin ₹6,40,000/- All Asianet serial celebrities week
4 15–16 April 2013 Shanavas Shanu & Shelly Kishore ₹6,40,000/-
5 16–17 April 2013 Shaju Kalabhavan & Fathimath Rasana ₹3,20,000/-
6 17–18 April 2013 Sarath & Anupama Meera ₹6,40,000/-
7 18 April 2013 Sajan & Anjana Haridas ₹3,20,000/-
8 16 May 2013 Madhu ₹3,20,000/- Oldest celebrity ever
9 6 June 2013
Manoj K Jayan & Vineeth
 ₹6,40,000/- First double-male episode
10 26–27 June 2013 Najim Arshad & Kalpana Raghavendra ₹1,60,000/-
Idea Star Singer
winners
11 27 June 2013 Vivekanandan & Merin Gregory ₹1,60,000/-
12 4 July 2013 Asif Ali & Nadirshah ₹3,20,000/-
13 18 July 2013
Asha Sarath & Sudha Chandran
 ₹3,20,000/- Appeared on the closing episode of season 2 of the show

Kids Special Episode

For the first time in the history of NAK, the "Kids special episode" started on Asianet from 27 May onwards. It was also continued from 8 July 2013 due to the request of Audience.

No. Date Students Amount won School Place
1 27 May 2013 Mithu & Anila ₹12,50,000/- Netaji Higher Secondary School Pathanamthitta
2 27–28 May 2013 Samil & Faheema ₹3,20,000/- G.M.U.P School Malappuram
3 28 May 2013 Nandini & Goutham ₹20,000/- Christ Nagar Higher Secondary School Thiruvananthapuram
4 28–29 May 2013 Snehamol & Vishnu ₹3,20,000/- A K G Memorial Government Higher Secondary School Kannur
5 29–30 May 2012 Reshmi & Namitha ₹6,40,000/- St. Vincent Colony Girls HS
Calicut
6 30 May 2013 Gopika & Alan ₹6,40,000/- Government Higher Secondary School
Kasargodu
7 8 July 2013 Arshel & Amritha ₹3,20,000/- St. Joseph High School Kannur
8 8–9 July 2013 Ajay & Lija ₹3,20,000/- St. George High School Alappuzha
9 9–10 July 2013 Vijayalakshmi & Shahbas ₹1,60,000/- Jayarani Public School
Idukki
10 10 July 2013 Gopika & Nanditha ₹80,000/- Government Girls Higher Secondary School Kottayam
11 10–11 July 2013 Arjun & Haritha ₹6,40,000/- Government Higher Secondary School Palakkad
12 11 July 2013 Priya & Ranjan ₹10,000/- Bhavan's Vidya Mandir
Wayanadu

Season 3

Third season kicked off from 29 December 2014 with the sparkling inaugural song of

K S Chitra
. This season started with a few differences from the last seasons. The timer from 1-5 questions was made 45 seconds and from 6-10 is 60 seconds. Also this season had the introduction of a new lifeline called 'Double Dip' replacing 'Fifty-Fifty (50/50)' from the previous seasons. This season also featured a fourth additional lifeline (not included as the main lifeline) called 'Code Red' which gave the opportunity for the contestant's family members to warn the contestant if they feel the answer is wrong.

Celebrity guests

No. Date Guest(s) Amount won Notes
1 1 January 2015 Namitha Pramod ₹1,60,000/- Appeared on New Year's Day
2 19 February 2015 Amala Paul ₹6,40,000/-
3 2 March 2015
Chithra Shenoy & Divya Padmini
 ₹3,20,000/- All Asianet serial celebrities week
4 3 March 2015 Gayatri Arun & Sneha ₹3,20,000/-
5 4 March 2015
Roopa Sri & Meghna Vincent
 ₹3,20,000/-
6 5 March 2015 Gauri & Niya ₹6,40,000/-
7 12 March 2015 Ramesh Pisharody & Dharmajan Bolgatty ₹3,20,000/-
8 19 March 2015
Kalabhavan Shajon
 ₹3,20,000/-

Ningalkkum Aakam Kodeeshwaran (KIDS)

No. Date Student(s) Amount won District Notes
1 11 May 2015 Aswin Joseph & Nithya ₹6,40,000/- Govt. HSS, Kalpetta, Wayanad
2 12 May 2015 Aswin & Krishnapriya ₹10,000/- Vyasa Vidyanikethan Central School, Chalakudy, Thrissur
3 13 May 2015 Abhimanyu Unnikrishnan & Hridya ₹3,20,000/- Govt.HSS Kuttippuram, Malappuram
4 14 May 2015 Bilal Husaain & Swaliha ₹1,60,000/- GHSS,Koothuparambu,Kannur

Season 4

Swetha Mohan
rendering the inaugural song (Allah thero Naah).

Celebrity guests

No. Date Guest(s) Amount won Notes
1 2 February
Swetha Mohan
 ₹1,60,000/-
2 14 February
Miya
 ₹1,60,000/- Valentine's Day special episode
3 22–27 February Innocent ₹6,40,000/-
4 8 March
Chippy Renjith and Gayatri Arun
 ₹ 80,000 Women's day special episode
5 16 March Anusree ₹1,60,000/-
6 27, 28 March Rajisha Vijayan and Aparna Balamurali ₹3,20,000/-
7 6 April Rekha Ratheesh
8 10 April Roopa Sree, Meghna Vincent
9 11 April Sneha Divakar
10 12 April Jewel Mary
11 13 April Meena (actress)
13 20 April Shalu Kurian
14 27 April Sethu Lakshmi, Rajesh Hebbar
15 11 May Jayaraj Warrier
16 15 May
Anika Surendran
17 16 May Sreya Jayadeep, Gauri. P. Krishnan
18 17 May Gaurav Melon, Baby Nayantara
19 18 May Master Rudraksh, Master Ajaas
20 22 May Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, Sithara (singer)
21 23 May Ranjini Jose, Sachin Warrier
22 24 May Kavya, Sooraj Santhosh
23 25 May
Gayathri
24 26 June
Nandu, Thesni Khan
25 27 June K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sshivada
26 28 June Sajan Surya, Devi Chandana
27 29 June Surabhi Lakshmi
28 6 July Sheela, Parvathy Nambiar ₹6,40,000/- Appeared in the closing episode (100th episode) of Season 4 of the show

Kodeeshwaran Junior

This is a special round that contained school students as the contestants. The episodes were telecasted from 1 May 2017 to 10 May 2017, from 5 June 2017 to 9 June 2017 and again from 19 June 2017 to 23 June 2017.

No. Date Students Amount won
1 1, 2 May Keerthana & Darshana ₹1,60,000/-
2 3, 4 May Sreya & Prathyusha ₹1,60,000/-
3 8 May Allen & Kevin ₹10,000/-
4 8, 9 May Malavika & Arya ₹80,000/-
5 10 May Arundhati & Sarad ₹40,000/-
6 5 June Abhiram & Meera ₹40,000/-
7 6,7 June Arya & Sreya ₹6,40,000/-
8 7, 8 June Juhina & Allen ₹1,60,000/-
9 9, 19 June Aswin & Anuvinda ₹40,000/-
10 19, 20 June Jeevan & Neha ₹3,20,000/-
11 21, 22, 23 June Charudath & Shamna ₹12,50,000/-

Rules

The standard Millionaire format is used, with the Fastest Finger contest before the main game.

The money won after each question is roughly doubled from the previous amount won, exponentially increasing the amount won after each correct answer until the contestant reaches the final question, after which they win the maximum prize (1 crore).

Prize table

All seasons
  • ₹1,000/-
  • ₹2,000/-
  • ₹3,000/-
  • ₹5,000/-
  • ₹10,000
  • ₹20,000/-
  • ₹40,000/-
  • ₹80,000/-
  • ₹1,60,000/-
  • ₹3,20,000/-
  • ₹6,40,000/-
  • ₹12,50,000
  • ₹25,00,000
  • ₹50,00,000/-
  • ₹1,00,00,000/-

Lifelines

A contestant can use a lifeline when he/she is undecided about which answer is correct. A lifeline can only be used once.

  • Audience Poll: If the contestant uses this lifeline, it will result in the host repeating the question to the audience. The studio audience get 10 seconds to answer the question. Audience members use touch pads to designate what they believe the correct answer to be. After the audience have chosen their choices, the results are displayed to the contestant in percentages in bar-graph format and also shown on the monitors screens of the host and contestant, as well as the TV viewers.
  • Phone a Friend: If the contestant uses this lifeline, the contestant is allowed to call one of the three pre-arranged friends, who all have to provide their phone numbers in advance. The host usually starts off by talking to the contestant's friend and introduces him/her to the viewers. After the introduction, the host hands the phone call over to the contestant who then immediately has 30 seconds to ask and hope for a reply from their friend.
  • Fifty-Fifty (50/50) (except season 3): If the contestant uses this lifeline, the host will ask the computer to randomly remove and eliminate two of the "wrong" answers. This will leave one right answer and one wrong answer, resulting in a situation of eliminating 50% of the choices as well as having a 50% chance of getting the answer right if the contestant is in a situation of making a guess.
  • Double Dip (for season 3): This lifeline allows the contestant to make two guesses at a question. Getting both answers incorrect results in the contestant's winnings dropping back down to the last milestone achieved. This lifeline differs from others in that once the player has chosen to use this lifeline, he/she must answer the question, and cannot walk away or use any further lifelines on that question.
  • Code Red (from season 3) which gives the opportunity for the contestant's family members to warn the contestant if they feel the answer is wrong.

Records

Sanooja Rajan from Nedumangad, Thiruvananthapuram made history by winning the top prize (₹1,00,00,000/-) in Season 2. This made Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeswaran as the second version after KBC to have a top score winner in India.[citation needed] Shyla C. K was the top scorer of Ningalkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran in Season 1, winning ₹50 lakh. This season also witnessed the game played by pairs other than Individuals while previously pairs game were allowed only for celebrities.

Top scorers

No. Date Name Place Amount won
1 30 April 2013 – 1 May 2013 (Season 2) Sanooja Rajan Nedumangad ₹1,00,00,000/-
2 15–17 May 2012 (Season 1) Shyla C.K Painavu ₹50,00,000/-
3 6 April 2015 (Season 3) Sooraj Pappanamcode ₹50,00,000/-
4 7–8 May 2012 (Season 1) Shobha Kadakkavoor ₹25,00,000/-
5 22–23 August 2012 (Season 1) Aneesh Mavelikkara ₹25,00,000/-
6 7 March 2013 (Season 2) Sangeetha Pathanamthitta ₹25,00,000/-
7 4 April 2013 (Season 2) Kishore K.P Thrissur ₹25,00,000/-
8 11 March 2015 (Season 3) Dhanya Beypore ₹25,00,000/-

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ningalkkum Akam Kodeeswaran's debut". Kerala TV. 26 March 2012. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. ^ "'Ningalkum Akam Kodeeshwaran' soon on Asianet! - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "'Kodeeswaran' is not just a show, it's my heart: Suresh Gopi". Onmanorama. 11 November 2019.
  4. ^ Bhat, Varada (21 April 2011). "Now, KBC to cross language barriers" – via Business Standard.
  5. ^ "KBC's southern avatars make a big splash". www.bestmediaifo.com.
  6. ^ Sudhish Kamath (19 June 2012). "Setting the stage for stars". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  7. ^ Syla wins 50 lakhs in Ningalkkum Aakam Kodeeswaran. keralatv.in. May 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Ningalkkum Akam Kodeeswaran(NAK) 1 Crore Winner - Sanooja". spiderkerala.net.
  9. ^ "Ningalkkum Aakam Kodeeswaran Season 2 all set to hit Asianet".

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