BIG Synergy
{{Short description|Television production company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Big Synergy
| logo = Logo of BIG Synergy.jpg
| parent = Reliance Entertainment
| foundation = 24 February 1988
| location_country = Oshiwara, Andheri (West), Mumbai
| key_people = Rajiv Bakshi (CEO)
| num_employees =
| industry = Entertainment
| products = Television programs (fiction & non-fiction), web series, short films
| revenue =
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| homepage =
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Big Synergy Media Limited is a television production company headed by chief executive officer Rajiv Bakshi. It started as one of the country's first few independent television outfits in 1988. BIG Synergy is an acknowledged leader in factual entertainment in India. It has produced some of India's most popular and critically acclaimed factual entertainment shows.
The company is famous for producing Kaun Banega Crorepati, India's biggest television quiz show, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.
New shows (2017–2018)
- Kaushiki with VuClip, Viu, directed by Suparn Verma; creative producer Namit Sharma; starring Rannvijay Singh{{Cite web|url = https://www.thedigitalhash.com/big-synergy-produce-web-series/|title = Big Synergy to produce half a dozen web series in 2018|date = 13 October 2017|access-date = 7 February 2018|archive-date = 10 October 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201010220523/https://www.thedigitalhash.com/big-synergy-produce-web-series/|url-status = usurped}}
- Bose: Dead/Alive with Alt Digital Media Entertainment; directed by Pulkit and Hansal Mehta; starring Rajkumar Rao; produced By Ekta Kapoor{{Cite web|date=2020-06-29|title=Big Synergy plans to produce 200–300 hours of content for TV, digital in 2018 – TelevisionPost|url=https://www.televisionpost.com/big-synergy-plans-to-produce-200-300-hours-of-content-for-tv-digital-in-2018/|access-date=2020-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629031229/https://www.televisionpost.com/big-synergy-plans-to-produce-200-300-hours-of-content-for-tv-digital-in-2018/|archive-date=29 June 2020}}
- Yo kay Hua Bro with Voot Originals; creative producer Namit Sharma; starring Shamita Shetty, Aparshakti Khurana
- India's Best Jobs-Season 1 & 2 with Discovery Channel, creative producer Namit Sharma; host Meiyang Chang{{Cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/302225|title = Are OTT Players Weaning People from Television?|date = 6 October 2017}}
- News Wiz Quiz Show with India Today, hosted by Rajdeep Sardesai{{Cite web|url=https://www.adgully.com/india-is-a-digitally-robust-country-indranil-chakraborty-75056.html|title = India is a digitally robust country: Indranil Chakraborty}}
- People's Choice in Malayalam language, aired on Asianet Channelhttp://www.televisionpost.com/news/big-synergy-gears-up-for-ambitious-digital-content-play/{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Shows
| class="sortable wikitable" class="wikitable" style="width:99%;" | |||||
| Year | TV series | Network | Details | Host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| Vazhvai Mattralaam Vaanga | Sun TV | Tamil version of Khelo Jeeto Jiyo | Vijaylakshmi | |||||
| Adandi Life Marchukondi
| Telugu version of Khelo Jeeto Jiyo | |||||
| | 2010
| Game Adi Life Change Madi | Udaya TV | Kannada version of Khelo Jeeto Jiyo |Bhavna Ramana | |||||
| rowspan=2|2011
| Bhojpuri version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | |||||
| Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti
| Bengali version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | |||||
| rowspan=4|2012
| Bengali version of Sell Me the Answer |Bengali | |||||
| Neengalum Vellalaam Oru Kodi
| Tamil version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | Suriya | Tamil | |||||
| Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k12/mar/mar47.php|title=Indiantelevision.com's > Regional > KBC changes economic dynamics of content in southern region with local|author=Anil Wanvari|publisher=indiantelevision.com}}
| Asianet | Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | |||||
| Kannadada Kotyadhipati
| Kannada version of Kaun Banega Crorepati |Kannada | |||||
| rowspan=3|2013
| Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran | Asianet | Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | Suresh Gopi | Malayalam | |||||
| Neengalum Vellalaam Oru Kodi
| STAR Vijay | Tamil version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | Tamil | |||||
| Connexion{{cite web|title=Connexion|url=https://www.youtube.com/show/connexion|publisher=Star Vijay|accessdate=5 January 2014}}
| Star Vijay | Game/quiz show | Tamil | |||||
| 2014
| Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/now-kbc-to-cross-language-barriers/433019/|title=Now, KBC to cross language barriers|author=Varada Bhat|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=21 April 2011|publisher=business-standard.com}} | Maa TV | Telugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | |||||
| 2014–2015
| Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran | Asianet | Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | Suresh Gopi | Malayalam | |||||
| 2015–2017
| Star Vijay | Game show | Jagan | Tamil | |||||
| rowspan=2|2015
| Sell Me the Answer (Season 1) | Asianet | Malayalam version of Sell Me the Answer | Mukesh | Malayalam | |||||
| Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu
| Maa TV | Telugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | Telugu | |||||
| rowspan="3" | 2016
|Adi Mone Buzzer Fastest Family First | Asianet | Game show | Govind Padmasoorya (GP) | Malayalam | |||||
| Sell Me the Answer Season 2
| Asianet | Malayalam version of Sell Me the Answer | Mukesh | Malayalam | |||||
| Neengalum Vellalaam Oru Kodi
| STAR Vijay | Tamil version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | Tamil | |||||
| rowspan=3|2017–present
| Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran | Asianet | Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | Suresh Gopi | Malayalam | |||||
| Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu
| Star Maa | Telugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | Telugu | |||||
| Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu(Season 4)
| Star Maa | Telugu version of Kaun Banega Crorepati | Telugu |