Indian Television Costliest Shows Of The Year. November 23, 2013

• Indian Television Costliest Shows Of The Year... November 23, 2013

Indian Television Costliest Shows Of The Year...

A Bollywood filmmaker spending Rs 100 crore on a movie is no longer unusual. A Bollywood film earning Rs 100 crore has become even more common. It's now the turn of television broadcasters to come up with Rs 100- crore shows.

Talking About 100 Crore list the first show to gain no.1 position is Color's Bigg Boss-7 ,At about Rs 1.2 crore an episode, the estimated cost of the show for this season was Rs 110-115 crore, second only to the Indian Premier League in the list of the costliest television properties.

(Bigg Boss Also Paid 135 Crore To Salman Khan , 5+ Crore/ Episodes)

2nd Most Costliest show is epic Mahabharata, on Star Plus. The total cost of the show, commissioned for 120-125 episodes (until March 2014, five days a week) and produced at a cost of about Rs 80 lakh an episode, would come to Rs 95-100 crore for six months.

3rd Most costliest show is Big Synergry's game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, on Multi Screen Media's Sony Entertainment Television, has been made at a cost of Rs 75-80 crore " nearly Rs 2 crore an episode. This makes it the costliest property in terms of cost of production per episode.

4th Most costliest show is Colors' 24 which is estimated to cost nearly Rs 50 crore, including licensing fees for the franchise and cost of production. The rights of the American original have been bought by Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, who play the Indian equivalent of the lead character Jack Bauer.

According to sources close to the shows,a 10 -second slot on KBC is being sold for 5 Lakh: a 10-second slot on Bigg Boss is being sold for Rs 2-2.5 lakh; . Apart being a Sponsor Vodafone also paid to Colors, The exact amount paid by Vodafone is not known but sources say the figure could be Rs 12- 14 crore.

The ad rates for the epic Mahabharat range between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh.