10 Most Popular Indian TV Shows

Nowadays, people like to watch more reality and game shows rather than predictable TV serials. Added to that, most of the shows help ordinary people to show off their talents to the corrupted world. There are over 850 Channels in India and they are introducing as well as experimenting with various new concepts of shows to entertain their audience. These following 10 most popular Indian TV shows really make you entertained at the core.

The Kapil Sharma Show

The Kapil Sharma Show is a scripted comedy and celebrity interview show similar to Comedy Nights with Kapil. This show was hosted by Kapil Sharma and telecasts on Sony in its original language ‘Hindi’. The show contains 2 seasons and 255 episodes.

The Kapil Sharma Show is an 1 hour show (average) containing two portions, one is a comic round performed by Kapil with his set of friends and other is celebrity talk where Kapil interviews the celebrities from different fields.

Kaun Banega Crorepati

Kaun Banega Crorepati is one of the most popular indian TV shows inspired by the British originated program ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ This reality game show was started in 2000 and presented by actor “Amitabh Bachchan” in Hindi. At the initial stage, the show was telecasted on Star Plus but later Sony TV bought the broadcasting rights.

The main goal of the game is that contestants should answer for the multiple choice questions. Every right answer will reward a set of cash (Cash may differ according to the level). 10,000,000 is the highest prize won in this show by Kajol and Ajay Devgn.

Splitsvilla

Splitsvilla is one of the top Indian TV shows currently presented by Rannvijay Singha and Sunny Leone in Hindi. This dating show airs on MTV India and has 12 seasons with 155 episodes from 2008-2020. This show represents all the emotions in between girls and boys.

In this show, the boys and girls should give their best performance to stay back in Villa. If not, you will be dumped by King and Queen. The top performers without elimination will be crowned as Splitsvilla winner.

Bigg Boss 

Bigg Boss is a reality game that telecasts on multi-lingual channels. Where Bigg Boss Hindi, Kannada,Bangla,Marathi versions telecasts on Colors and Bigg Boss Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam versions are on Star Vijay. The game was introduced in 2006 and already completed 33 seasons but people still love the show.

The core concept of this game is participants should survive inside the bigg boss house for a hundred days among other participants. The survivor will be rewarded with the cash prize (Price may vary season to season). Winners can be selected through Bigg Boss Tamil Online Vote where voting system may vary language to language.

Dance India Dance

Dance India Dance is one of the best indian television shows where dancers show off their talents to the world. It debuted in 2009 and has completed 7 seasons which contains 203 episodes. Dance India Dance is a Hindi language show currently airing on Zee TV.

As the title states, It is a dance competition show that starts with top 18 contestants filtered through audition and ends up with one title winner. The participants should try variety dance and should secure them from elimination.

MTV Roadies

MTV Roadies is a thriller reality game show that telecasts on MTV India. Rannvijay Singh presents the show in Hindi. It is a one hour show with 19 seasons which started in 2009. MTV Roadies is popular among the youngsters because of its challenging tasks.

In this Indian reality show, the participants should be involved in all mental and physical tasks actively that other participants do to avoid eliminations. The final winner of the season claims the prize (Prize varies season to season). Last season’s prize was Droom’s SuperBike.

MasterChef India

MasterChef India is an indian television cooking reality show. It successfully completed 6 seasons and 231 episodes from 2010-2020. Vineet Bhatia is a judge of last season. MasterChef India delivers in Hindi language with an episode length of 50 Minutes. Star Plus is the official broadcaster of this show.

In MasterChef India, the competitors should prepare the food and presents to the judges. The judges will find the best chef by the taste and food knowledge of the contestant. The winners have the possibility to get ₹ 10,000,000 and rights to publish their own cookbook.

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is the No.1 singing competition reality show among other Indian tv shows. It was initiated in 1995 and has completed 33 seasons. The show was hosted by Ravi Dubey and telecasts in Zee TV (In Hindi). The show runs for 1 hr 30 mins with commercial ads on Weekends.

In this singing competition, both men and women participate with their sweet vocals. Based on their performance and skills, the judges pick the best singer for a season. The participants are highly noted by music directors.

India’s Got Talent

India’s Got Talent is an acting platform where participants can execute their acting skills infront of directors, producers and actors. Kirron Kher, Karan Johar and Malaika Arora are the current judges of India’s Got Talent. It has 8 seasons and 100 episodes that aired on Colors TV. 

The judges/audience votes for performers forward contestant to the next level. As like other shows, it also has semi-finals, quarter-finals, wild cards and more. The winners will be selected through the online vote similar to Bigg Boss.  The top performer and winner will be rewarded with a cash prize.

Koffee with Karan

Koffee with Karan is a chat/talk show presented by the director and producer Karan Johar. The show was started in 2004 and has done more than 130 episodes. The chat will be mostly in Hindi and it will be telecasted in Star World India.

In this show, Karan asks some random questions to the celebrities for fun for the length of 40–66 minutes. Read about some popular Netflix Shows to binge watch.