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''Mastermind India'' is an Indian television
quiz show
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based on the British quiz show ''
Mastermind
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''. It originally aired on
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World's ''"Made in India"'' series between 1998 and 2002. Each round saw four contestants taking the
black chair one by one, and facing rapid fire questions on subjects of their own choosing in the first half, and on general knowledge in the second half. One of the hallmarks of the Indian show was the staging of the contest at heritage sites across the country. For example, in 1999 the semi-finals were held at the Ferozshah Kotla in
Delhi
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, and the finals were held at the City Palace,
Jaipur
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. Mastermind India was hosted by
Siddhartha Basu
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 Chall ...
and had five seasons, the last one being in 2002.
The winners in each year were:
* 1998 - Dayita Datta, schoolteacher from
Welham Girls' School
Welham Girls' School is a private boarding school for girls located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
History
The school was established in 1957. Welham was named after the little Welsh village from where its founder, H.S. Oliphant hailed. A ...
, Dehra Dun
* 1999 - Ajai Banerji - also a schoolteacher from
The Doon School
The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a selective all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, who prevised a school mode ...
, Dehra Dun
* 2000 - K.E. Priyamvada, copy editor from Delhi
* 2001 -
Archana Garodia, businesswoman from Noida
* 2002 - Ramanand Janardhanan, software engineer from Pune.
A Champion of Champions round was held in mid-2002 to launch the fifth series, pitting the first four title holders together, which was won by Archana Garodia.
''Mastermind India: The Book''
''Mastermind India with Siddhartha Basu'' is a quiz book featuring all the questions and answers of each series. There are five volumes of Mastermind India. The first edition was published by Teksons, Delhi and the later were published by Penguin India. Each volume is for one year. A hardback volume is published for series one to three.
Indian game shows
1998 Indian television series debuts
2002 Indian television series endings
Indian television series based on British television series
Quiz shows