BIG Synergy explained

Big Synergy Media Limited (BSML)
Parent:Reliance Big Entertainment
Foundation:24 February 1988
Location Country:Oshiwara, Andheri (West), Mumbai
Key People:Rajiv Bakshi (CEO)
Industry:Entertainment
Products:Television programs (fiction & non-fiction), web series, short films

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

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.

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.

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, with ALT Balaji, and a few shows under development with Amazon and Netflix.

New shows (2017–2018)

Shows

Hindi

Web series

Year Title Genre Cast Episodes Platform
2017Yo Ke Hua BroComedy series Aparshakti Khurana, Gaurav Pandey, Ridhima Pandit, Sumeet Vyas, Shamita Shetty5 Voot (Viacom18)
2017Indian historical period drama Rajkumar Rao, Naveen Kasturia, Patralekha Paul9ALTBalaji
2018 Kaushiki Drama13

Fiction shows

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

Non-fiction shows

Year TV series NetworkDetails HostLanguage
1995The Beanstalk Quiz SummitDD MetroQuiz showSiddhartha BasuHindi
1997Freedom India Quiz
1998Mastermind IndiaBBC World Miroshka TVSiddhartha Basu
2000Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 1)Star PlusAmitabh Bachchan
2001Kamzor Kadii Kaun (Season 1)Neena Gupta
2003University Challenge India (Season 1)BBC World Miroshka TVSiddhartha Basu
2004India's Child GeniusStar World
2005Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 2)Star PlusAmitabh Bachchan
2006Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 1)Sony TVDance showArchana Puran Singh &<br />Parmeet Sethi
2007Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 2)Mona Singh &<br />Rohit Roy
Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 3)Star PlusQuiz showShahrukh Khan
2008Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?
10 Ka Dum (Season 1)Sony TVSalman Khan
Aap Ki Kachehri (Season 1)Star PlusReality show
based on social issues
Kiran Bedi
2009India's Got Talent (Season 1)Colors TVReality showNikhil Chinapa &<br /> Ayushmann Khurrana
10 Ka Dum (Season 2)Sony TVQuiz showSalman Khan
Khelo Jeeto JiyoStar PlusGame/quiz showSoha 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
2010Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 4)Sony TVQuiz showAmitabh Bachchan
India's Got Talent (season 2)Colors TVReality showNikhil Chinapa &<br /> Ayushmann Khurrana
2011Aap Ki Kachehri (Season 3)Star PlusReality show
based on social issues
Kiran Bedi
Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 5)Sony TVQuiz showAmitabh Bachchan
Sach Ka Saamna (Season 2)Life OKReality show
Game/quiz show
Rajeev Khandelwal
2012 Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 6)Sony TVQuiz showAmitabh Bachchan
2013Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 7)
2014Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 8)
2017Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 9)
201810 Ka Dum (Season 3)Salman Khan
Kaun Banega Crorepati (Season 10)Amitabh Bachchan
2019Kaun Banega Crorepati (season 11)
Teacher's Genuine StoriesViuTalk showRahul Bose
2020Kaun Banega Crorepati (season 12)Sony TVQuiz showAmitabh Bachchan
2021Kaun Banega Crorepati (season 13)

Other languages

Year TV series NetworkDetails HostLanguage
2009Vazhvai Mattralaam VaangaSun TVTamil version of Khelo Jeeto Jiyo VijaylakshmiTamil
Adandi Life MarchukondiGemini TVTelugu version of Khelo Jeeto JiyoArchana ShastriTelugu
2010Game Adi Life Change MadiUdaya TVKannada version of Khelo Jeeto JiyoBhavna RamanaKannada
2011Ke Bani CrorepatiMahuaa TVBhojpuri version of Kaun Banega CrorepatiShatrughan SinhaBhojpuri
Ke Hobe Banglar KotipotiMahuaa BanglaBengali version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Sourav GangulyBengali
2012Jabab Kinte ChaiSananda TVBengali version of Sell Me the AnswerMir Afsar AliBengali
Neengalum Vellalaam Oru KodiSTAR VijayTamil version of Kaun Banega CrorepatiSuriyaTamil
Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran[6] AsianetMalayalam version of Kaun Banega CrorepatiSuresh GopiMalayalam
Kannadada KotyadhipatiAsianet SuvarnaKannada version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Puneeth RajkumarKannada
2013Ningalkkum Aakaam KodeeshwaranAsianetMalayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Suresh GopiMalayalam
Neengalum Vellalaam Oru KodiSTAR VijayTamil version of Kaun Banega CrorepatiTamil
Connexion[7] Star VijayGame/quiz showSuma KanakalaTamil
2014Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu[8] Maa TVTelugu version of Kaun Banega CrorepatiNagarjunaTelugu
2014–2015Ningalkkum Aakaam KodeeshwaranAsianetMalayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Suresh GopiMalayalam
2015–2017Connexion Star VijayGame showJaganTamil
2015Sell Me the Answer (Season 1)AsianetMalayalam version of Sell Me the Answer MukeshMalayalam
Meelo Evaru KoteeswaruduMaa TVTelugu version of Kaun Banega CrorepatiNagarjunaTelugu
2016Adi Mone Buzzer Fastest Family FirstAsianetGame showGovind Padmasoorya (GP)Malayalam
Sell Me the Answer Season 2AsianetMalayalam version of Sell Me the Answer MukeshMalayalam
Neengalum Vellalaam Oru KodiSTAR VijayTamil version of Kaun Banega CrorepatiTamil
2017–presentNingalkkum Aakaam KodeeshwaranAsianetMalayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Suresh GopiMalayalam
Meelo Evaru KoteeswaruduStar MaaTelugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati Nagarjuna
Telugu
Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu(Season 4)Star MaaTelugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati ChiranjeeviTelugu

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Big Synergy to produce half a dozen web series in 2018. 13 October 2017. 7 February 2018. 10 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201010220523/https://www.thedigitalhash.com/big-synergy-produce-web-series/. dead.
  2. Web site: 2020-06-29. Big Synergy plans to produce 200–300 hours of content for TV, digital in 2018 – TelevisionPost. 2020-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20200629031229/https://www.televisionpost.com/big-synergy-plans-to-produce-200-300-hours-of-content-for-tv-digital-in-2018/. 29 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Are OTT Players Weaning People from Television?. 6 October 2017.
  4. Web site: India is a digitally robust country: Indranil Chakraborty.
  5. http://www.televisionpost.com/news/big-synergy-gears-up-for-ambitious-digital-content-play/{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  6. Web site: Indiantelevision.com's > Regional > KBC changes economic dynamics of content in southern region with local. Anil Wanvari. indiantelevision.com.
  7. Web site: Connexion. Star Vijay. 5 January 2014.
  8. News: Now, KBC to cross language barriers. Varada Bhat. Business Standard India. 21 April 2011. business-standard.com.