Prashant Batar won 1 crore award in the reality game show Kaun Banega Crorepati 4 which is being aired on Sony Entertainment Television and hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. He wants to go to Antartica with Deepika Padukone and he is the first winner of the current season while there were some notable winners in the previous editions. The episode was aired on 8th and 9th November 2010. He hails from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh and was accompanied by mother Sheela Batar and father P. S. Batar on the show. He has worked as an assistant director in music videos. He is into share trading now.
He was calm throughout the game and did not use a single lifeline till the 8th question that is for 640,000 INR. The questions asked and that were answered were as folllows:
Question 1: Who is named 'Dhanno' in the film 'Sholay'?
A. Hema Malini
B. Mausi
C. Ghodi
D. Motorcycle
Answer: Ghodi
Question 2: Which of these is the word of a deweller of a desert area as well as a number?
A. Hazar
B. Lakh
C. Crore
D. Arab
Answer: Arab
Question 3: On which of these occasions are 'Shahi Snan' and 'Mahasnan' customarily done?
A. Kumbha Mela
B. Kanyadaan
C. Annaprasan
D. Naamkaran
Answer: Kumbha Mela
Question 4: On being produced before the magistrate, who gave his name as 'Azad', father's name as 'Swatantra' and residence as 'Jail'?
A. Ram Prasad Bismil
B. Chandrashekhar Tiwari
C. Rajendra Lahiri
D. Ashfaqullah Khan
Answer: Chandrashekhar Tiwari
Question 5: Identify the actor from the dialogue?
(its a dialogue from Golmaal)
A. Ajay Devgan
B. Arshad Warsi
C. Sharman Joshi
D. Tusshar Kapoor
Answer: Tusshar Kapoor
Question 6: If you alight at the Sawai Madhopur railway station, which national park would you be visiting?
A. Gir
B. Jim Corbett
C. Ranthambore
D. Kaziranga
Answer: Ranthambore
Question 7: Who among, these is known by the nickname 'Indo-Pak Express?
A. Krishna-Qureshi
B. Sania-Sohaib
C. Boppana-Qureshi
D. Kapil-Imran
Answer: Boppana-Qureshi
Question 8: In India, which businessman had Pilot License Number One?
A. Ardeshwari Godrej
B. Nusli Wadia
C. J R D Tata
D. Laxmipat Singhania
Answer: J R D Tata
9. Which of these personalities won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award as well as the Bharat Ratna?
A. Ashok Kumar
B. Satyajit Ray
C. Sivaji Ganesan
D. Devika Rani
Answer: Satyajit Ray
10. In 2001, which of these institutions did Deena Mehta become the first woman president?
A. Bombay Stock Exchange
B. National Stock Exchange
C. IIM, Ahmadabad
D. Censor Board
Answer: Bombay Stock Exchange
11. Which planet has seven hills named after the seven astronauts killed in the Columbia Space Shuttle mishap of 2004?
A. Jupiter
B. Mercury
C. Mars
D. Venus
Answer: Mars
12. Which of these personalities was the first President of his or her country?
A. Chandrika Kumaratunga
B. Ram Baran Yadav
C. Hamid Karzai
D. Begum Khaleeda Zia
Answer: Ram Baran Yadav
13. Who, in 1978 became the first person to be born in the continent of Antarctica?
A. Emilio Palma
B. James Weddell
C. Nathaniel Palmer
D. Charles Wilkes
Answer: Emilio Palma. (Prashant gave Nathaniel Palmer and James Weddell as the answers but both were wrong.)
Though Prashant played brilliantly throughout and became the first crorepati of season 4, he could not manage to take home the prize money of one crore as he went against the advice of his parents and expert and wanted to continue the game for the final jackpot question. He took a double dip lifeline but gave both wrong answers and fell down to 320,000 INR.