StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel operated by Disney Star, a subsidiary of Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films.
Mini Mathur is an Indian television host, actor and model. She was the host of the Indian reality singing contest Indian Idol for 6 seasons. Earlier, she was a VJ on MTV India where she hosted many shows. She has a bachelor's degree in English literature and an MBA in marketing from IMT Ghaziabad and recently played the lead in the Amazon original series Mind the Malhotras for which she received 7 best actor awards for her role as Shefali Malhotra. She hosts the Discovery School Super League on Discovery India and is the producer presenter of her travel series Minime, the first season of which aired on TLC. She also hosted an interview show with politicians, industrialists and opinion makers called Dilli dil se. She also was a contestant in the second season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in 2007.
Siddhartha Basu is an Indian television producer-director and quiz show host, widely regarded as the "Father of Indian television quizzing".
Kaun Banega Crorepati is an Indian Hindi-language television game show. It is the official Hindi adaptation of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise. It began with actor Amitabh Bachchan as presenter. The actor Shah Rukh Khan replaced Bachchan for the third season, after which Bachchan returned as the presenter. The programme aired on Star Plus for its first three seasons from 2000 to 2007, and was commissioned by the programming team of Sameer Nair. In 2010, it started airing on Sony Entertainment Television and was produced by BIG Synergy from season 1 till season 10. Afterwards, the credited production companies co-producing are Studio NEXT since season 10 and Tree of Knowledge since season 11 respectively.
Sameer Nair is an Indian media executive and business professional currently serving as CEO of Applause Entertainment Limited. He helped revamp the Star India, Star One, Star Utsav, Star Gold, Star Vijay, and Channel V television networks and participated in the launch of the Kaun Banega Crorepati, and Balaji Telefilms' soap operas on Star Plus.
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, often abbreviated as TMKOC, is an Indian sitcom based on the weekly column Duniya Ne Undha Chasma by Tarak Mehta for the magazine, Chitralekha. Produced by Asit Kumarr Modi, it is one of the longest-running television series in India. The series premiered on 28 July 2008 on Sony SAB and is also digitally available on SonyLIV.
Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi, also known by the initialism NVOK, is an Indian Tamil language game show. It is the official Indian Tamil adaptation of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Kannadada Kotyadhipati is an Indian Kannada language quiz game show, produced by BIG Synergy.
Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran 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. The show is hosted by actor Suresh Gopi.
Faisal Khan, is an Indian dancer and actor. He is the winner of reality shows including Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8, Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 2, Dance Ke Superkids and DID Dance Ka Tashan.
Indian Telly Award for Best Anchor is an award given by Indiantelevision.com as part of its annual Indian Telly Awards for TV serials, to recognize a person who has hosted a television reality show and been appreciated by the Indian audience.
Vikram Joshi was an Indian quizzer and quizmaster who won the World Quizzing Championship (WQC) 2014. He was the first winner who wasn't based in England. In the 2013 contest, he stood 9th.
Super Night with Tubelight was an Indian comedy television special developed by Sunil Grover and was broadcast on Sony TV. The special episode was hosted by Aparshakti Khurana. It was scheduled to release on 18 June 2017, but got aired a day before; due to the final match of 2017 ICC Champions Trophy between India and Pakistan on 18 June.
Ko Banchha Crorepati is a Nepali television game show based on the British program Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Kus Bani Koshur Karorpaet is an Indian Kashmiri-language television game show based on Kaun Banega Crorepati. It premiered on 29 April 2019. It had its finale episode aired on 6 July 2019. It is hosted by Rayees Mohiuddin. The show is broadcast on Doordarshan Kashir. On 3 July 2019, muppets Chamki and Grover from the Indian adaptation of Sesame Street, Galli Galli Sim Sim which airs on national sister channel Doordarshan National, made a crossover appearance in the 56th episode of the show by speaking in Hinglish.
Sparsh Shah is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and inspirational speaker from New Jersey, US. He was born in 2003 in Iselin, New Jersey, to a family of Indian descent.
Tarun Katial is an Indian media executive and business professional, known for his work in Indian television. He is the Founder and CEO at coto and served as CEO of Reliance Broadcast Network and ZEE5 (2018–2020). He was a founder and CEO of Big FM.
The first season of Shark Tank India premiered on 20 December 2021 and concluded on 11 February 2022.
Ke Bani Crorepati or KBC Bhojpuri was the one of 9 Indian versions for Bhojpuri-speaking peoples. It was aired from 6 June to 29 July 2011, on Mahuaa TV channel. It was hosted by Shatrughan Sinha. Top prize was ₹ 1,00,00,000/-.
