Siddhartha Basu
Siddhartha Basu (born December 28, 1954) is an Indian television producer-director and quiz show host, most known as producer-director of shows like, Kaun Banega Crorepati (2000–present), and Dus Ka Dum (2008–present). He is Chairman and Managing Director of Big Synergy Media Ltd., established in 1988 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, today he is widely regarded as the father of television quiz shows in India.
