Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran () is an Indian Malayalam-language quiz show. It is an adaptation of the original British game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and its Hindi version, Kaun Banega Crorepati. The show is hosted by actor Suresh Gopi.
Series overview SeasonMain HostChannelOriginally AiredEpisodesSpecialLaunch DayFinal Day1Suresh GopiAsianet9 April 201223 August 201280 24 March 2013 18 July 201380Kodeeshwaran KIDS / Junior329 December 20142015100416 January 2017 23 June 20171025Mazhavil Manorama 11 November 2019 31 March 202082
Background In 2011, Business Standard announced that Kaun Banega Crorepati was going to be remade into five regional Indian languages. Suresh Gopi was selected to host the Malayalam version and was quoted saying:
The episodes for Ningalkkum Aakam Kodeeshwaran were shot at AVM Studios in Chennai, where its Tamil equivalent Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi was also shot and Kannadada Kotyadhipati, where its Kannada equivalent was also filmed.
Production Season 1 Shyla CK, a contestant from Idukki, was the first person to win 50,00,000/- on 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.Syla wins 50 lakhs in Ningalkkum Aakam Kodeeswaran. keralatv.in. May 2012.
The tagline used for the season was Oru Chodyam Madi Jeevidam Mari Marayan (English: One Question Is Enough For Life To Change).
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 Vijay Yesudas & Swetha Mohan 3,20,000/- Appeared on Independence Day
Season 2 Second season started on 4 March 2013. 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)
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 the 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 The third season kicked off from 29 December 2014 with the 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 and also a new intro, and a half part of the soundtrack was replaced.
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 Tini Tom & 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 & Swaliha1,60,000/-GHSS, Koothuparambu, Kannur
Season 4 Asianet announced the fourth season of NAK in late 2016. The first question for entry was published on the channel 7 November 2016 at 6:30 pm. Suresh Gopi hosted the fourth season. The show was launched on 16 January 2017 with Sujatha Mohan and Swetha Mohan rendering the inaugural song (Allah thero Naah) with minor changes, new graphics, intro and update for studio, lifeline Double Dip was removed and lifeline Fifty-fifty (50/50) was restored.
Celebrity guests
No. Date Guest(s) Amount won Notes12 FebruarySujatha Mohan and Swetha Mohan 1,60,000/-214 FebruaryMiya1,60,000/-Valentine's Day special episode322–27 FebruaryInnocent6,40,000/-48 MarchChippy Renjith and Gayatri Arun 80,000Women's day special episode516 MarchAnusree 1,60,000/-627, 28 MarchRajisha Vijayan and Aparna Balamurali 3,20,000/-76 AprilRekha Ratheesh810 AprilRoopa Sree, Meghna Vincent 911 AprilSneha Divakar1012 AprilJewel Mary 1113 AprilMeena (actress) 1320 AprilShalu Kurian1427 AprilSethu Lakshmi, Rajesh Hebbar 1511 MayJayaraj Warrier1615 MayBaby Meenakshi, Anika Surendran 1716 MaySreya Jayadeep, Gauri. P. Krishnan1817 MayGaurav Melon, Baby Nayantara 1918 MayMaster Rudraksh, Master Ajaas2022 MayVaikom Vijayalakshmi, Sithara (singer) 2123 MayRanjini Jose, Sachin Warrier 2224 MayKavya, Sooraj Santhosh 2325 MaySayanora Philip, Gayathri 2426 JuneNandu, Thesni Khan 2527 JuneK. P. A. C. Lalitha, Sshivada2628 JuneSajan Surya, Devi Chandana 2729 JuneSurabhi Lakshmi 286 JulySheela, Parvathy Nambiar6,40,000/-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 telecast 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 & Sarad40,000/- 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/-
Season 5 (2019 - 2020)
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).
The clock format was used, question 1 - 5, the contestants has 30 second (season 1 - 2), 45 second (season 3 - 5) for thinking and give the correct answer, for question 5 - 10 contestants has 45 second (season 1 - 2), 60 second (season 3 - 4) in last 5 question, 11 - 15: no time limits.
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.
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