KAUN BANEGA Crorepati is coming back to Indian television again. This season Sony has tried to make the show bigger, trimmer and much more fascinating than in previous seasons. This time too, Sony people are not taking chances, and want Amitabh Bachchan to host the show. With close to 45 lakh people auditioning to appear on the show, KBC 5 is likely to be popular with the masses again - especially with its new timing of 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm.

This time the channel people are aiming to bring in people from small towns to the fore. Talking about this Amitabh Bachchan said that there is much untapped talent in the small cities of India as he saw in his last season of KBC, and they need to be encouraged. Talking about the same he was quoted saying, “‘In last season, the kind of contestants with whom I got a chance to meet were really good and even I learnt that fact that no one should be underestimated. People from small towns came in; some of them from the places we didn’t even know came out with flying colours on the show. This shows there is so much talent in the interiors.”

The season 5 of KBC will start airing from August 15, and they have come up with a tag line this seasn, which says, ‘Koi insaan chhota nahi hota’ (Don’t underestimate anyone). The prize money this time is 5 crore rupees. In addition to this, the show has also altered some of its rules.

In order to add a human touch to the show, which has always been the backbone of KBC, this time Sony has dug up some stories that will help others to be motivated, inspired and help others to get over their challenges, and face life. Executive vice president and business head of the channel, Sneha Rajani, says that the contestants represent ‘the modern India’. She also said, “The demand of the show was so much that we had to bring back the show within nine months, much earlier than we anticipated. In this season we got close to 45 lakh entries, during the auditions we realise that the contestants represented India of today. There were people of various colours, caste and creed with no limitations at all.”