Siddhartha Basu is an India

India

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n television producer-director and quiz show host, most known as producer-director of shows like, Kaun Banega Crorepati

Kaun Banega Crorepati

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(2000–present), and Dus Ka Dum

Dus Ka Dum

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(2008–present). He is Chairman and Managing Director of Big Synergy Media Ltd., established in 1989 as Synergy Media Ltd., which produces these shows. Starting in 1977 as a documentary film maker and directing TV programs, in 1985 he became a quiz show host with "Quiz Time" on the Doordarshan

DoorDarshan

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, today he widely regarded as the father of television quiz shows in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Born in Kolkata, Basu grew up in Bombay, Delhi, Madras.