MUMBAI: ETV Marathi has announced it will premiere "Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati", produced by Big Synergy, on 6 May.

The show will be presented by New Fair & Lovely and powered by Idea.

It will air Monday to Thursday at 9.00 pm.

As reported earlier, the Marathi version of ?Kaun Banega Crorepati? will be hosted by Sachin Khedekar.

Viacom18 EVP and business head - regional channels Anuj Poddar said, "We at ETV Marathi were looking at providing our viewers unparalleled experience and scale comparable to the Hindi GEC. We believe that the Marathi audience is much evolved, has knowledge on their side and deserves high quality entertainment. With a show like "Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati" we hope to give our viewers an hour of complete quality entertainment that will add to the entire family viewing experience"

ETV Marathi non-fiction head Amit Phalke said, "Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati facilitates our objective of giving every "Marathi Manoos" by heart and soul an opportunity to get to their dream and most importantly to continue dreaming big. With Sachin Khedekar as the "Marg Darshak" this landmark show is all set to redefine family time in the Marathi television space and will be that hour where the whole family comes together to root for the one on the hotseat."

Big Synergy?s Siddhartha Basu added, "Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati offers a mega platform of "Maharashtrach Mahamanch", open to all those from anywhere in the country who love Marathi culture and speak the language, which has the potential to change the life and destiny of the person on the hot seat in a very short duration. It is for the first time in Marathi television history that a show and opportunity of this scale and size has been launched."

A journey of 15 question, three life lines of "Janmatacha Koul" (audience poll), "Talayat Malayat" (50-50), "Mitracha Madat" (phone a friend) will give a chance to the contestant to be crowned as a Crorepati.