Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi
television series
Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi (transl. You Too Can Win 1 Crore), also known by the initialism NVOK, is an Indian Tamil-language game show. It is the official Indian Tamil adaptation of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Since its inaugural episode on 27 February 2012, the show has aired on Star Vijay. The show's first season was hosted by Suriya until its end on 12 July 2012. The show's second season, hosted by Prakash Raj, commenced on 11 March 2013 and ended on 12 July 2013. After a two-year hiatus, the show's third season commenced with a slightly altered format on 30 May 2016 with Aravind Swamy as host, and ended on 19 November 2016.
Background
K. Sriram, the general manager of Star Vijay, claimed Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi to be "the first international format to hit the Tamil television screens". On the contrary, there was an earlier show named Deala No Deala, the Tamil adaptation of Deal or No Deal, which aired on Sun TV briefly in 2009–2010.
Other unrelated adaptations
Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi is unrelated to the show Ungalil Yaar Maha Latchathipathi, the official Sri Lankan Tamil adaptation of Who Wants to be a Millionaire which aired since 2011 in Shakthi TV. R. Sarathkumar had hosted a show titled Kodeeswaran, which followed a similar format and aired on Sun TV earlier. Likewise, Raadhika Sarathkumar went on to host a women-only version of the show called Kodeeswari in 2019–2020, which aired on Colors Tamil.
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