‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ (KBC), the quiz programme that took Big B Amitabh Bachchan’s popularity to the Himalayan heights as a super star, will now be aired in Tamil. The show will be hosted by none other than the Tamil superstar Surya.

Titled as ‘Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi’, the high profile show will be telecast from mid January coinciding with the Pongal festival. The questions for the qualifying rounds will be airing shortly.

Tamil Tambis are already talking great of the show as Surya is a highly talented and popular actor and carries a strong mass following across Tamil Nadu and other southern states.

The scintillating quiz show was first aired in Hindi and hosted by the Big B. It had really created sensation and attracted nation wide attention. Later, actor Shah Rukh Khan hosted the second season of the show.

Regional versions of the quiz in Bengali and Bhojpuri were later hosted by cricketer Saurav Ganguly and actor Shatrughan Sinha respectively. (JUBS)