BIG Synergy
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.
 | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 24 February 1988 |
| Headquarters | Oshiwara, Andheri (West), Mumbai |
Key people | Rajiv Bakshi (CEO) |
| Products | Television programs (fiction & non-fiction), web series, short films |
| Parent | Reliance Big Entertainment |
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, Bose: Dead/Alive with ALT Balaji, and a few shows under development with Amazon and Netflix.
New shows (2017–2018)
- The GoodHomes Show with WWM, to be aired on TLC; hosted by Ronita Italia Dhanu
- Kaushiki with VuClip, Viu, directed by Suparn Verma; creative producer Namit Sharma; starring Rannvijay Singh[1]
- Bose: Dead/Alive with Alt Digital Media Entertainment; directed by Pulkit and Hansal Mehta; starring Rajkumar Rao; produced By Ekta Kapoor[2]
- Yo kay Hua Bro with Voot Originals; creative producer Namit Sharma; starring Shamita Shetty, Aparshakti Khurana[2]
- India's Best Jobs-Season 1 & 2 with Discovery Channel, creative producer Namit Sharma; host Meiyang Chang[3]
- News Wiz Quiz Show with India Today, hosted by Rajdeep Sardesai[4]
- People's Choice in Malayalam language, aired on Asianet Channel[5]
Shows
Web series
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
- "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.
- "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.
- "Are OTT Players Weaning People from Television?". 6 October 2017.
- "India is a digitally robust country: Indranil Chakraborty".
- http://www.televisionpost.com/news/big-synergy-gears-up-for-ambitious-digital-content-play/%5B%5D
- Anil Wanvari. "Indiantelevision.com's > Regional > KBC changes economic dynamics of content in southern region with local". indiantelevision.com.
- "Connexion". Star Vijay. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- Varada Bhat (21 April 2011). "Now, KBC to cross language barriers". Business Standard India. business-standard.com.