Kaun Banega Crorepati is a game show on Sony Entertainment Television, on air now.
Host: Amitabh Bachchan. Schedule: Season 18: Monday to Friday, 9:00 pm, from 10 August 2026. Also on SonyLIV.
The Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Season 18 is the current run, themed “Sochna Padega”, and it is still the season on air in October 2026. Shah Rukh Khan hosted only season 3, in 2007.
Kaun Banega Crorepati is the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Amitabh Bachchan has hosted every season except season 3, which Shah Rukh Khan hosted in 2007. It began on Star Plus on 3 July 2000 and moved to Sony Entertainment Television in 2010. SonyLIV carries it as well.
Season 18 premiered on 10 August 2026. Sony set it at 9:00 pm, Monday to Friday. The season’s theme, announced in July 2026, is “Sochna Padega”: the questions are meant to need reasoning, not a fact you can lift off a phone. Season 17 had ended on 2 January 2026. This page does not list a season-18 winner. The season was still the current one in mid-October.