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Siddhartha Basu is an Indian television producer-director and quiz show host, widely regarded as the "Father of Indian television quizzing". He is best known for hosting shows such as Quiz Time, Mastermind India and University Challenge, and as producer-director of shows such as Kaun Banega Crorepati, Dus Ka Dum, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and India's ...
Jun 28, 2023 · When the history book on quizzing on television in India is written, Siddhartha Basu will be remembered as the man who popularised the famous catchphrase “I’ve started, so I’ll finish” as...
Oct 7, 2022 · Siddhartha Basu. Mumbai, ISSUE DATE: Oct 17, 2022 | UPDATED: Oct 8, 2022 14:44 IST. I know of no other 80-year-old who goes through the grind of recording an elaborate, high-intensity show like Kaun Banega Crorepati with such zest.
Apr 13, 2024 · New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Siddhartha Basu, a pioneer of Indian television quizzing who created new benchmarks with his popular show in the eighties, is set to make a comeback on the small screen. He is remembered for hosting popular quiz show ‘Mastermind India’ and later for producing ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’.
Siddhartha Basu has 18 books on Goodreads with 7365 ratings. Siddhartha Basu’s most popular book is Know for Sure: General Knowledge, Class 8.
Sep 3, 2023 · Siddhartha Basu on taking India from Quiz Time to KBC. From hosting and producing popular shows like Quiz Time and Mastermind India to becoming the producer-director of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), Siddhartha Basu is widely regarded as the father of Indian quizzing.
Jun 24, 2023 · Hoping to recreate the magic of "Quiz Time" and "Mastermind India" from decades ago, Siddhartha Basu returns to his quizmaster role with "Quizzer of the Year" and says he wants to build a "factual culture" in an age of alternate facts and narratives.
Jul 3, 2021 · Kaun Banega Crorepati producer Siddhartha Basu talks about creating the show, getting Amitabh Bachchan on board and criticism that comes its way.
Best known as the host of the quiz show Quiz Time, he was the producer and director of TV shows like Kaun Banega Crorepati and Dus Ka Dum.
May 1, 2024 · Siddhartha Basu is the doyen of Indian quizzing. From hosting Quiz Time on Doordarshan in the 1985 to Mastermind India in 1998, Basu has been the pioneer of television quizzing in the country.
