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Big Synergy
IndustryEntertainment
Founded24 February 1988
Headquarters
Oshiwara, Andheri (West), Mumbai
Key people
Rajiv Bakshi (CEO)
ProductsTelevision programs (fiction & non-fiction), web series, short films
ParentReliance Entertainment

Big Synergy Media Limited is a television production company headed by chief executive officer Rajiv Bakshi. It started as one of the country's first few independent television outfits in 1988. BIG Synergy is an acknowledged leader in factual entertainment in India. It has produced some of India's most popular and critically acclaimed factual entertainment shows.

The company is famous for producing Kaun Banega Crorepati, India's biggest television quiz show, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.

History

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Founded in 1988, the production house has been allied with Reliance MediaWorks since 2007. Reliance Mediaworks is a division of the BIG Entertainment conglomerate of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. In 2016, the company formed a strategic alliance with Phantom Films to foray into the scripted segment of TV and digital media. Working out of Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Bangalore and Kolkata, BIG Synergy has produced TV shows in nine languages.[citation needed]

Over the years, BIG Synergy has delivered original non-fiction shows such as Quiz Time, India Quiz, A Question of Answers, Manch Masala, Style Today, Eureka, 3-2-1, Mum Tum aur Hum, Bollywood Ka Boss, Khelo Jeeto Jiyo and Sports Ka Superstar, as well as international formats such as Mastermind, University Challenge, Kamzor Kadi Kaun, India's Child Genius, Bluffmaster, Heartbeat, Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain, 10 Ka Dum, India's Got Talent, Aap Ki Kachehri, Sach Ka Saamna and Kaun Banega Crorepati, along with India's Best Jobs for the Discovery Channel and The GoodHomes Show for TLC.[citation needed]

BIG Synergy is expanding its offerings into the fiction segment of TV and digital media with popular web-series like Yay kay hua Bro with Voot, Kaushiki with VuClip, Bose: Dead/Alive with ALT Balaji, and a few shows under development with Amazon and Netflix.[citation needed]

New shows (2017–2018)

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Shows

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Hindi

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Web series

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Year Title Genre Cast Episodes Platform
2017 Yo Ke Hua Bro Comedy series Aparshakti Khurana, Gaurav Pandey, Ridhima Pandit, Sumeet Vyas, Shamita Shetty 5 Voot (Viacom18)
2017 Bose: Dead/Alive Indian historical period drama Rajkumar Rao, Naveen Kasturia, Patralekha Paul 9 ALTBalaji
2018 Kaushiki Drama Rannvijay Singh 13 Viu

Fiction shows

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Year TV series Status Network
2007 Jiya Jale Off-air 9X
2008 Champ Bindass
Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain NDTV Imagine
2012 Lakhon Mein Ek Star Plus

Non-fiction shows

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Year TV series Network Details Host Language
1995 The Beanstalk Quiz Summit DD Metro Quiz show Siddhartha Basu Hindi
1997 Freedom India Quiz
1998 Mastermind India BBC World Miroshka TV Siddhartha Basu
2000 Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 1) Star Plus Amitabh Bachchan
2001 Kamzor Kadii Kaun (Season 1) Neena Gupta
2003 University Challenge India (Season 1) BBC World Miroshka TV Siddhartha Basu
2004 India's Child Genius Star World
2005 Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 2) Star Plus Amitabh Bachchan
2006 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 1) Sony TV Dance show Archana Puran Singh &
Parmeet Sethi
2007 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 2) Mona Singh &
Rohit Roy
Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 3) Star Plus Quiz show Shahrukh Khan
2008 Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?
10 Ka Dum (Season 1) Sony TV Salman Khan
Aap Ki Kachehri (Season 1) Star Plus Reality show
based on social issues
Kiran Bedi
2009 India's Got Talent (Season 1) Colors TV Reality show Nikhil Chinapa &
Ayushmann Khurrana
10 Ka Dum (Season 2) Sony TV Quiz show Salman Khan
Khelo Jeeto Jiyo Star Plus Game/quiz show Soha Ali Khan
Aap Ki Kachehri (Season 2) Reality show
based on social issues
Kiran Bedi
Sacch Ka Saamna (Season 1) Reality show
Game/quiz show
Rajeev Khandelwal
2010 Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 4) Sony TV Quiz show Amitabh Bachchan
India's Got Talent (season 2) Colors TV Reality show Nikhil Chinapa &
Ayushmann Khurrana
2011 Aap Ki Kachehri (Season 3) Star Plus Reality show
based on social issues
Kiran Bedi
Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 5) Sony TV Quiz show Amitabh Bachchan
Sach Ka Saamna (Season 2) Life OK Reality show
Game/quiz show
Rajeev Khandelwal
2012 Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 6) Sony TV Quiz show Amitabh Bachchan
2013 Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 7)
2014 Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 8)
2017 Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 9)
2018 10 Ka Dum (Season 3) Salman Khan
Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 10) Amitabh Bachchan
2019 Kaun Banega Crorepati (season 11)
Teacher's Genuine Stories Viu Talk show Rahul Bose
2020 Kaun Banega Crorepati (season 12) Sony TV Quiz show Amitabh Bachchan
2021 Kaun Banega Crorepati (season 13)

Other languages

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Year TV series Network Details Host Language
2009 Vazhvai Mattralaam Vaanga Sun TV Tamil version of Khelo Jeeto Jiyo Vijaylakshmi Tamil
Adandi Life Marchukondi Gemini TV Telugu version of Khelo Jeeto Jiyo Archana Shastri Telugu
2010 Game Adi Life Change Madi Udaya TV Kannada version of Khelo Jeeto Jiyo Bhavna Ramana Kannada
2011 Ke Bani Crorepati Mahuaa TV Bhojpuri version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Shatrughan Sinha Bhojpuri
Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti Mahuaa Bangla Bengali version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Sourav Ganguly Bengali
2012 Jabab Kinte Chai Sananda TV Bengali version of Sell Me the Answer Mir Afsar Ali Bengali
Neengalum Vellalaam Oru Kodi STAR Vijay Tamil version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Suriya Tamil
Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran[6] Asianet Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Suresh Gopi Malayalam
Kannadada Kotyadhipati Asianet Suvarna Kannada version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Puneeth Rajkumar Kannada
2013 Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran[6] Asianet Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Suresh Gopi Malayalam
Neengalum Vellalaam Oru Kodi STAR Vijay Tamil version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Prakash Raj Tamil
Connexion[7] Star Vijay Game/quiz show Suma Kanakala Tamil
2014 Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu[8] Maa TV Telugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Nagarjuna Telugu
2014–2015 Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran[6] Asianet Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Suresh Gopi Malayalam
2015–2017 Connexion[7] Star Vijay Game show Jagan Tamil
2015 Sell Me the Answer (Season 1) Asianet Malayalam version of Sell Me the Answer Mukesh Malayalam
Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu[8] Maa TV Telugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Nagarjuna Telugu
2016 Adi Mone Buzzer Fastest Family First Asianet Game show Govind Padmasoorya (GP) Malayalam
Sell Me the Answer Season 2 Asianet Malayalam version of Sell Me the Answer Mukesh Malayalam
Neengalum Vellalaam Oru Kodi STAR Vijay Tamil version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Arvind Swamy Tamil
2017–present Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran[6] Asianet Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Suresh Gopi Malayalam
Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu[8] Star Maa Telugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Nagarjuna
Telugu
Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu(Season 4)[8] Star Maa Telugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Chiranjeevi Telugu

References

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  1. ^ "Big Synergy to produce half a dozen web series in 2018". 13 October 2017. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Big Synergy plans to produce 200–300 hours of content for TV, digital in 2018 – TelevisionPost". 29 June 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Are OTT Players Weaning People from Television?". 6 October 2017.
  4. ^ "India is a digitally robust country: Indranil Chakraborty".
  5. ^ http://www.televisionpost.com/news/big-synergy-gears-up-for-ambitious-digital-content-play/[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b c d Anil Wanvari. "Indiantelevision.com's > Regional > KBC changes economic dynamics of content in southern region with local". indiantelevision.com.
  7. ^ a b "Connexion". Star Vijay. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  8. ^ a b c d Varada Bhat (21 April 2011). "Now, KBC to cross language barriers". Business Standard India. business-standard.com.