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DELHI: Star Plus' Shah Rukh Khan-anchored reality game show
Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? will also have a
Tamil sibling on Star Vijay.
The
prize money and the host for the show on Star Vijay is not
known. As reported earlier by indiantelevision.com,
Khan will dole out Rs 50 million as prize money for the winner
of the Hindi show.
Bulldog
Media & Entertainment has licenced the international format
from Mark Burnett Productions, Are You Smarter than a 5th
Grader?, to Star Plus and Star Vijay.
 With
this, Bulldog Media & Entertainment will be the the first media company to
licence an international show to a South Indian TV broadcaster.
Bulldog
Media & Entertainment selects entertainment formats and
adapts it to the Indian environment for the Indian TV viewers.
The
show in Star Plus is being produced by Synergy Adlabs in association with Bulldog
Media and Entertainment.
Star
India CEO Uday Shankar said, “We feel a sense of pride
looking back at the accomplishments of Star Plus, but at the
same time we also know that we have a responsibility of maintaining
that level in keeping our audience entertained.”
Commenting
on his involvement in this project, Khan said: “I have
been trying to work for children for some time now and I’m
glad I got this opportunity. I am doing this for my children
and all the children in the country.”
In
order to win the prize money, a contestant is required to answer 10 questions
on various subjects including history, mathematics and sciences.
There
will be four different formats of questions - direct answers,
true/false, multiple choice and also audio-visual.
The
set will be that of a classroom and there will be five 5th graders to join the
contestant in the class. If the contestant is eliminated, he will have to admit
he is not as smart as a 5th grader, which, Khan describes, will be “Funnily
embarrassing.” However,
there will be five children selected from various schools across India. The children,
who will be called the classmates of the contestants, will be the helplines. The
helplines are broadly classified into "copy," "taak jhaak"
and "bachao." | 
