The tenth season of quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) will begin soon on Sony Entertainment Television, hosted by megastar Amitabh Bachchan. The teaser of KBC 10, also known as Kaun Banega Crorepati 2018, was released on July 23, 2018. The teaser shows a glimpse into what the quiz show and its participants will be like this season, and it is no less inspirational than the previous seasons.
The promo of Kaun Banega Crorepati 10 has garnered almost 8 lakh views on Facebook in the last count. It shows a couple striving to make ends meet to educate their son, who grows up to secure a seat in an engineering college. The couple's woes are not over and so the husband tries for KBC, and lands on the hot seat opposite Amitabh Bachchan. This has been shown as the biggest dream of Indians, and the quiz show has indeed changed the lives of many.
At the same time, when Amitabh Bachchan asks the man what he would do if he loses on the hot seat, to which the man says that he will still not give up. "Phir bhi haar nahin manenge," he says, and it is this spirit that KBC 2018 salutes, with the tagline Kab Tak Rokoge.
Kaun Banega Crorepati is based on the American quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and is its official version. It was first aired in India in 2000 on STAR TV, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. It marked the entry of the megastar of Bollywood into Indian television. Big B, as Bachchan is called, was going through a rough patch at the time and KBC salvaged his position in the market.
In fact, the quiz show format was a hit with the Indians, who have a thirst for knowledge. Moreover, the beloved superstar host Amitabh Bachchan with his fatherly manner on KBC was a huge success, helping the superstar build a brand new image among the masses and it pushed his film career upwards again.
Amitabh Bachchan has hosted KBC for nine seasons, with one season hosted by superstar Shah Rukh Khan. KBC's first, second and third seasons were aired on STAR TV. Since then, the remaining seasons have been aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
There have been many spin-offs of KBC, but it remains the ultimate favourite quiz show of Indians, whether in Hindi or other languages, with Kaun Banega Crorepati 9 hosted by Amitabh Bachchan in 2017 garnering the highest ratings on TV. The registrations for KBC 10 began on June 6, 2018.
Watch the promo of Kaun Banega Crorepati 10 here!
