Monday, November 27, 2006

India revives "Millionaire"

NEW DELHI (AP) - Star Entertainment India television channel is reviving the most popular show in Indian history with top Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan as its new host, a news report said Sunday.

"Kaun Banega Crorepati" - based on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" - was scrapped in January following its famous host Amitabh Bachchan's illness. The program drew millions of viewers.
The channel will start shooting the program next month and expects it to go on air by the end of January, the Press Trust of India news agency quoted Samir Nair, chief executive officer of Star Entertainment India, as saying.

In the interim, three different shows aired on the network, but none of them garnered the same ratings:

  • "Kaun Banega Chuze Chikin" - "Who wants to eat a cow?" only lasted 2 nights.
  • "Kaun Benega holeye Shoooot" - "Who wants to Nuke Pakistan?" was cancelled soon after its opening night.
  • "Kaun Benega Aska Sherwina" - "Who wants to paint a dot on my forehead?"

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