''Kaiyil Oru Kodi, Are You Ready?'' (English: ten million in your hand, Are you ready?) was a 2012-2012 Indian game show presented on 10 March 2012 and 28 October 2012, Sun TV in

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. It's the official Tamil adaptation of the British game show, ''

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''. The show was hosted by

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Game rules

There were seven questions. The game was composed of 50 bundles of ₹2

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, for a total of ₹1

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. Contestants had to place all their money on the trapdoors for each question. Each question had a 60-second time limit. Question 1 to 3 had 4 possible answers, of which the contestants could only cover 3 trap doors. Questions 4, 5 and 6 have three possible answers, of which the contestants could only cover 2 trap doors. Question 7 had two possible answers, of which the contestants could only cover 1 trap door: an all or nothing chance. The contestants were always given a choice of 2 categories for each question. Rishi did not touch the money, it was up to the contestants to move the money around, whether placing it on the trapdoors or removing it. The maximum time for debate before the 60 second clock started was at the discretion of the producers, but was usually between 15 and 30 seconds. There was no electronic device to work out the amount of money on each trapdoor, this was up to Rishi.

Reception

Sun TV received mention in the press for choosing to go with Rishi as the anchor as opposed to movie-stars who were failing to hold TV audiences' attention.

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.sunnetwork.in/1crore/tamil/ Sun TV original programming Tamil-language reality television series 2010s Tamil-language television series Tamil-language game shows Tamil-language talk shows 2012 Tamil-language television series debuts Tamil-language television shows 2012 Tamil-language television series endings Indian game shows Indian reality television series Indian television series Tamil-language television series based on American television series