Baazi Kiski
Logo image of "Baazi Kiski".
Format	Game show
Presented by	Ashutosh Rana
Country of origin	India
Language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	Total 53
Production
Location(s)	Famous Studios, Mumbai
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Zee TV

Baazi Kiski is a game show on Zee TV channel which premiered in 2001. The game show is hosted by popular villain actor Ashutosh Rana, and involves a gender-war between men and women for a total cash prize of Rs 21,000 per contestant. The show replaced Zee TV's game show Sawaal Dus Crore Ka, which did not meet audiences expectations.^[1]

Contents 1 Overview 2 Rating 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Overview

The show revolves around the concept of gender battle between 'men vs. women'. It comprised 5 rounds starting with the elimination round; hence the process of eliminating the partipant (man or woman) until that participant get to face each other on a one-to-one basis. The game show contains a buzzer round and prizes being given away in cash. Besides offering the cash prize, there are other prizes that are offered in the game, such as refrigerators, cars and television sets.

[edit] Rating

Baazi Kiski was a fairly successful series, usually finishing in the top 16 shows for the weeks in which it aired. Despite not getting the desired TRPs, the show managed to cling the title of the best rated programme among the 16 programmes that were launched simultaneously by Zee TV channel in prime time. In fact, the show was at No 2 among all the game shows on all Indian networks that aired in the year 2001.^[2] The following are the list of game shows on various Indian television networks that Baazi Kiski was compared to:

Programme			TRP Rating	Relative to 'Top 5'	Relative to 16 'NEW' programmes launched together	Channel
Khullja Sim Sim			10.22	71.83	N/A	STAR One
Baazi Kiski			2.44	43.87	183.98	Zee TV
Kya Masti Kya Dhoom			6.43	45.18	N/A	STAR Plus
Nilaam Ghar - Bid Bid Boom			1.61	29.05	121.83	Zee TV

††Source: TAM Peoplemeter, September 2001

[edit] References

1. ^ "Hosting Hazards". Sunday Tribune. 2001-09-09. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010909/spectrum/tv.htm. 
2. ^ "Is the era of game shows coming to an end?". Agency FAQs. 2001. http://www.afaqs.com/media/opinion/tapan_pal.html. 

[edit] External links

• News Article on Apunkachoice.com
• Baazi Kiski News Article by Sunday Tribune

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