Phase2 Tc 12312 Final

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RULES & REGULATIONS GOVERNING PARTICIPATION IN

PHASE 2 OF THE PROGRAM TITLED NEENGALUM VELLALAM ORU KODI

1. CONTEST DESCRIPTION:

"NEENGALUM VELLALAM ORU KODI is a quiz based game show primarily in the TAMILlanguage which is being produced by BIG Synergy Media Limited ( Producer ) for initialexhibition on VIJAY TV ( Channel ), which is owned by VIJAY TELEVISION PRIVATELIMITED (VIJAY TV )

2. DEFINITIONS:

Auditions : Means the ground Auditions held at various cities on certain dates asinformed by the company or the producer to the selectedContestant(s).

Auditionee(s) : The Registrant(s) who is selected for participation in the Auditions.

Back-up

Participant(s) :

The Auditionee(s) selected to participate in the Fastest Finger First

(FFF) round of the Competition, only in case any selectedParticipant(s) does not appear for the shoot at the Studio, for anyreason.

"Company" : VIJAY TELEVISION PRIVATE LIMITED ( VTPL) and/ or its affiliates, thebroadcaster of the Programme.

Competition : General Knowledge Quiz Programme t it led NEENGALUM VELLALAMORU KODI.

Contestant(s): The Registrant(s), Auditionee(s), Participant(s), BackupParticipant(s), Hot Seat Contestant(s) including college students whosatisfies the eligibility criteria under REGISTRANTS (ref 4.3.5 (iv)below) all collectively referred to as Contestant(s) .

Episode An episode of the Program

Excluded Registrant(s) :

Means and includes, employees of the Company or any GroupCompany, employees of the Producer, employees of the advertising


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agencies which has been appointed by the Company, employees ofthe call centre engaged for this Competition, employees of the back

end IT service provider, employees of KPMG, and also employees ofthe main sponsors and members of their immediate family.

Further, all those not conversant in TAMIL and cannot read eitherEnglish or Tamil are ineligible to enter the Competition. Forclarification the Registrant(s) should be conversant in Tamil andshould be able to read and understand either English or Tamil.

MainSponsors

Includes Tit le sponsors, Associate sponsors, Co-sponsors (Powered-by- sponsors) and Telecom sponsors of the Competition.

Immediatefamily:

Means and includes the respective spouse, children (adult citizens ofIndia i.e. only those who have completed 18 years of age on the dateof registration) and parents of the employees, parents of theemployees spouse and siblings of the employees of the excludedregistrants.

Fastest-Finger First

Means that part of the show/ episode of NEENGALUM VELLALAMORU KODI where the same question is asked to the selectedParticipants, who in turn shall answer the same. The first person to

correctly answer the question shall be entitled to proceed to the HotSeat.

Hot Seat Means the winner(s) of Fastest-Finger first and who sits before thehost of the Competition to participate further in the Show.

Lifelines : The three methods of assisting the Contestants to answer thequestions during the show namely "50/50" option, "Phone a Friend"option and "Ask the Audience" option. The precise details of theoption and method of use will be explained in detail during eachShow.

"Programme : The recordings of the Competition in the Studio (including anyseasonal special/ s recording).

Participant(s) The Auditionee(s) who is selected to participate in the Fastest FingerFirst round of the Competition.

Phone a Friend Candidate(s) :

Friends of the Participant who is selected and nominated by theParticipant as phone a friend candidate(s). Phone A FriendCandidate(s) shall be above 18 years of age and an Indian national


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residing in India.Phase : Means competition questions being aired during promotion from the

date and time as decided by the Company. Produce : Means the producer of the Program which is Big Synergy Media Ltd.

Randomizer It is a software that generates random bits of information decided bypredetermined parameters.

Registrant(s) ": Any person(s) who participates in the Competition and who (i) isabove eighteen (18) years of age as on date of registration; (ii) is acitizen and Resident/Domicile in India ( possessing a valid addressproof for the same) and iii) enters the Competition in accordance

with the Rules and Regulations stated below and is not an excludedregistrant (s)

Rules &Regulations:

Means present rules & regulations governing Phase 2 of thecompetition, as amended from time to time.

"Seasonal special(s)" :

Any episode(s) of the Show (defined below) specially recorded tomark a specific time of the year.

Schedule : An episode or a set of episodes to be recorded and/or recordingdates as pre-determined by the Company.

"Show": Each episode of the Programme (including any seasonal special(s)episode/s) that is telecast.

"Episode Number and Date":

The number and date of recording of the Episode in question.

Special episode(s) :

Any episode/s of the Programme recorded with Special Contestantswho belong to a category as specified under Special Contestant ,which may include celebrit ies or children, or any other categorywhich may be decided upon by the Company in its sole discretion.Such episodes may have additional rules (asamendments/attachments) to which the Contestants will have tocomply with along with all the other rules of the Competition.

Companion The person accompanying the Participant for the Shoot of theProgram and who has completed eighteen ( 18) years of age as onthe date of accompanying the Participant and is a citizen and


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Resident/ Domicile in India (possessing a valid address proof for thesame) ,

Special Contestant :

Means and includes celebrities, children and or any other criterion asmay be decided by the Company.

Studio : AVM STUDIOS (FLOOR NO. 1), # 38 ARCOT ROAD, VADAPALANI,CHENNAI-600 026 or any other studio as may be decided by theCompany/ Producer where the shoot for the Competition / part ofthe competition/ promos of the competition takes place.

"Studio Part : That part of the Competition, which takes place in the studio whetheror not recorded for transmission.

Winner: The Hot Seat contestant who correctly answers all question posed bythe Host of the show.

3. PROCEDURE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION

3.1 PERIOD

3.1.1 The competition will be conducted in different Phases. The Company shall at itssole discretion roll out the next Phases of the Competit ion

3.1.2 PHASE - II comprise of the GENERAL ROUND and TELCO ROUND

3.1.3 General Round

3.1.3A One competition question having four multiple choice answer options will beaired each day during the promotions of the show beginning from March 9,2012, to March 15, 2012 for all BSNL landline telephone and all mobiletelephone subscribers, excluding any calls made from a public call office (PCO).

For clarification, the last competition question for March 15, 2012 shall be airedupto March 16, 2012 ending 18:30:00 hours.

3.1.3B The promotions will be aired inviting all viewers to register for the Competition.The telephone lines and the mobile phone lines and SMS acceptance shall beopen for twenty three hours and thirty minutes (23:30:00 hours) i.e. beginningfrom 19:00:00 to next day 18:30:00 hours only. Detailed entry mechanism/ timelines are as below:


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Question timelines for General Round PHASE 2 Period (where all viewers withBSNL landline telephone and mobile telephone subscribers excluding any calls

made from PCO, can participate):

=======================================================================Question Lines Open Lines CloseSl.No. Date Time Date Time=======================================================================1. March 09, 2012 19:00:00 March 10, 2012 18:30:002. March 10, 2012 19:00:00 March 11, 2012 18:30:003. March 11, 2012 19:00:00 March 12, 2012 18:30:004. March 12, 2012 19:00:00 March 13, 2012 18:30:005. March 13, 2012 19:00:00 March 14, 2012 18:30:006. March 14, 2012 19:00:00 March 15, 2012 18:30:007. March 15, 2012 19:00:00 March 16, 2012 18:30:00========================================================================

The timelines mentioned above shall be in IST.

For clarification, the lines for the last competition question asked on March 15,2012 remain open for viewers to register upto 18:30:00 hours on March, 16

2012.

3.1.4 TELCO ROUND

The Telco round shall be held for participants for the period commencing from March30, 2012 to April 5, 2012 where only subscribers of respective Telecom Partner of theCompany (as may be decided by the company at its sole discretion) can participate. Therules and regulations governing the participation in the said Telco round shall beuploaded in www.facebook.com/orukodi before the launch of the same.

3.3 ENTRY MECHANISM

To participate in the competit ion, all the prospective registrant(s) has/have togive the correct answer by choosing the correct option and sending the entry inthe manner prescribed herein below:


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3.3.1 REGISTRATION THROUGH SMS

STEP 1

Contestants can register his/her number to part icipate in the competition via SMSby texting:

NVOK YOUR ANSWER OPTION [A/ B/ C/ D] to 57827

STEP 2On receiving the SMS in the aforementioned format, contestant will be sent atext message thanking him/her for completing STEP 1 of the registration processand will now be asked to enter:

GENDER AGE PINCODE.

The Contestant shall have to respond within 20 ( Twenty) minutes with theabove entries.

STEP 3

On receiving the SMS in the prescribed format, contestant is sent another textmessage Thanks! We will inform you if your entries are eligible. For terms andconditions log on to www.facebook.com/orukodi . And this completes theregistration process through the SMS for that particular question.

NOTE:

In case of error in SMS format, the response message will be sent Invalid entry.Please re submit your entry in the prescribed format .

The charges for per- SMS to 57827 will be as follows:

Network Operator(s) CostsVODAFON Rs. 3 per message

AIRTEL Rs. 3 per message

IDEA Rs. 5 per message


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*Roaming rates may apply and Registrant should contact the telecom serviceprovider for the applicable rates.

3.3.2 REGISTRATION THROUGH IVR

STEP 1

For landline subscribers of BSNL and Tata Docomo Mobile subscribers

Dial 505782755 for option ADial 505782756 for option BDial 505782757 for option CDial 505782758 for option D

STEP 2

The Registrant will be taken through the IVR menu where he/she will be asked toenter gender (1 for male and 2 for female)

STEP 3

The Registrant will then be asked to enter age in completed years as on the dateof registration (for e.g. if a person is 25 years and 11 months old, they will have

to enter 25).

STEP 4The Registrant will then be asked to enter his/ her area pin code.The call will end with a thank you note.

RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS, Rs. 5 per messageAIRCEL Rs. 5 per message

TATA DOCOMO Rs. 5 per messageBSNL Rs.2 per message


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NOTE:

(a) All responses on IVR will be in TAMIL language only.

(b) If any of the information requested during the IVR is not provided by theRegistrant(s) as per the instructions of IVR within four (4) seconds then theinstructions will be repeated once again, after which also if the answer is notreceived for further four (4) seconds then a termination message will beplayed and the call will end.

(c) If answer is not received in the correct format, or is not from amongst the

prescribed answer options, the question will be repeated once again; if aninvalid response is received a second time, then a call termination messagewill be played and the call will end.

(d) All calls to the selected registrants will be made from the numbers 022-40369600 and 022-66862900.

All calls made for the registration of the entry through IVR shall be charged asbelow:

1. BSNL LandLine Rs. 2.40/ min2. Tata Docomo Rs. 6/min

Roaming rates will also apply and Registrant should contact the telecom serviceprovider for the applicable rates.

3.3.3 OTHER MATTERS

a. For AGE, registrant has to enter completed years as on date of registration (fore.g. if a person is 25 years and 11 months old, they will have to enter 25);

i) For GENDER the registrant has to enter M for MALE and F for FEMALE forregistration through SMS.ii) For GENDER the registrant has to enter 1 for MALE and 2 for FEMALE forregistration through IVR.


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b. For PINCODE, registrant has to enter the PIN CODE for which he/ she has tofurnish supporting documents as and when called for by the Company;

c. Each registrant may submit multiple entries. Valid entries sent each day shallonly be considered for the random selection process for that day. It is to benoted that mult iple entries does not guarantee selection and no weightage isgiven to number of calls made/SMSs sent at the time of shortlisting. Registrant isadvised to apply his/her discretion while making such multiple entries in viewof cost of SMS/ IVR.

d. Calls made from PCO, office board lines (EPABX or by any other system) and any

other telephone lines shall not be valid entry to participate in the Competition.

e. Telephony, i.e. , via landline, mobile (i.e., voice and/or SMS) is the only methodby which a Contestant can enter the Competition. Nevertheless the Companyreserves the right to introduce any other method/ scheme/contest by whichContestants may enter the Competition.

f. The calls and/ or SMS (together referred to as Entry ) for participating shouldhave been completed on or before closing of the defined timelines in order to be

considered as a valid entry ( Valid Entry ).

4. PROCESS OF SELECTION AFTER REGISTRATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THECOMPETITION

4.1 LEVEL 1

SELECTION OF CONTESTANTS

4.1.1 The correct valid entries will be shortlisted by the randomizer on a daily basisfrom the valid entries received for each day.

4.1.2 The shortlist of valid ent ries in PHASE 2-GENERAL ROUND PERIOD by therandomizer will use the pre-defined reservation criteria on a reasonableendeavours basis which is as follows:


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_______________________________________________________________________ ZONES % MALE FEMALE

AGE/ ZONE 18-25 26-44 >45 18-25 26-44 >45 ________________________________________________________________________ 1. CHENNAI ZONE 1 3 3 2 9 4 2

2. TRICHY ZONE 2 3 3 3.5 7 5 2

3. MADURAI ZONE 3 3 3 3.5 7 5 2

4. COIMBATORE ZONE 4 3 4 3.5 7 7 2

5. REST OF ZONE 5 0.5 1 0 1 1 0INDIA

12.5 14.0 12.5 31 22.0 8 ________________________________________________________________________ ZONES

ZONE 1 : Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Thiruvannamalai, Vellore, PondicherryZONE 2 : Trichy, Tanjavur, Tiruvarur, Perambalur, Nagapattinam, Pudukkottai,

Cuddalore, Viilupuram, Karaikal, AriyalurZONE 3 : Madurai, Sivagangai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Dindigul, Ramnad, Tirunelveli,

Tuticorin, KanyakumariZONE 4 : Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Karur, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal,

Salem, NilgirisZONE 5 : Rest of India

4.1.3 The Company at its sole discretion will roll out the reservation grid for the nextPHASE of the competit ion.

4.1.4 In the event the Company is unable to meet the RESERVATION/ QUOTA GRIDfrom the Contestants who had qualified as per the requirements stated above,the Company reserves the right to put the RESERVATION/ QUOTA processes inabeyance and do as they deem fit or initiate another round of selection process.


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4.1.5. A total of approximately 5500 valid correct entries of the Registrants receivedfrom the General Round Period will be selected for call-back by telephone on the

number used for registration as per the details available with the Company,during the period.

4.2 CALL BACK

4.2.1 Timelines for the call back is left to the discretion of the Company and alldecisions will be based on on-ground conditions, degree of participation,technical issues and force majeure reasons.

4.2.2 Further, the selected Registrants will receive calls from the call centre executives(CCE) and the selected Registrants must confirm the details required by the callcentre executives (CCE) immediately. The CCE will ask the Registrant toconfirm if he/she has sent the entry for participation in the Competition. If therequired details are not provided immediately or if they are not able to procureconfirmation of the Registrant, then the CCE will call once again from the initialtelephone contact, asking for the same details and failure to provide such detailsshall lead to disqualification of such Registrant from the selection process.

4.2.3 The first person who answers the registered phone number and claims/confirmsthat he/ she is the Registrant, unless expressly stated otherwise, will beconsidered as the Registrant as per the rules of the Competition. Company willnot be responsible to determine the correct Registrant in the event more thanone person has participated from a particular number and in case of disputebeing raised by registrants in this regard, decision of Company shall be final.Company shall also be entitled to disqualify all entries from the concernednumber which is the subject matter of dispute.

4.2.4 Further Company is not responsible if the call-back is not successful due to

including but not limited to the following reasons:

a) Line being busy/dead/ out of serviceb) Congestion on the networkc) No answer receivedd) Number does not existe) Number has been disconnectedf) Out of coverage areag) Switched off


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d) Poor call conditions / unclear receptione) Number engaged

f) Call dropg) Other reasons that could render a call unsuccessful or terminate it .

4.2.5 Company and/or its authorized agents, affiliates and representatives will usetheir reasonable efforts to contact the selected Registrants, but will not beresponsible or liable in any way whatsoever if the Registrants cannot be reachedby telephone within the next thirty minutes after initial contact is made.

4.2.6 Further, the Company shall not be liable in the event the Registrant is not able to

participate in the following rounds of selection due to any delay or non receipt ofsuch call back to the Registrant.

4.2.7 The following process will be followed by the CCE once connected with theselected Registrants:

a) If the receiver of the call confirms immediately to the CCE that he/she is theRegistrant, then the CCE will ask the registrant to confirm his/her availabilityon the /audit ion dates and the shoot dates. In the event the Registrant isavailable on the dates mentioned, the CCE will capture the name, addressand other details required to continue with the registration.

b) In the event the Registrant is not available on those dates, the Registrant willnot be permitted to continue with the registration process and shall beconsidered as disqualified from further part icipation in phase 2 of thecompetition.

4.2.8 The CCE will thereafter inform the Registrant about the transfer to theautomated IVR* mode. Next the IVR will ask the Registrant to give answer totwo skill based questions asked one after another.

4.2.9 Upon the Registrant answering the above mentioned questions by selection ofthe options given by IVR to the respective questions and as per the correctformat, the Registrant if selected will receive a call within the next few days forfurther participation.

*For all questions where the Registrant is asked to provide an input by the IVR, ifthe input is not received within 10 seconds, the IVR repeats the question once. Ifno answer is received for a second time, the IVR plays the next question. If an


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invalid option is provided for any of the question, the IVR gives one moreattempt, then moves to the next question.

** * During the IVR process if the call gets disconnected for any reasonswhatsoever it may be, the Company shall not be responsible or madeaccountable for the discontinuation of the process.

4.3 LEVEL 2

SELECTION OF CONTESTANTS

4.3.1 On successful completion of LEVEL 1 all valid and correct entries from LEVEL 1will be again subject to the randomizer software to generate a LEVEL 2 shortlist.Further, the randomizer will use the pre-defined reservation criteria on areasonable endeavours basis which is as follows:

_______________________________________________________________________ ZONES % MALE FEMALE

AGE/ ZONE 18-25 26-44 >45 18-25 26-44 >45 ________________________________________________________________________ 1. CHENNAI ZONE 1 3 3 2 9 4 22. TRICHY ZONE 2 3 3 3.5 7 5 23. MADURAI ZONE 3 3 3 3.5 7 5 2

4. COIMBATORE ZONE 4 3 4 3.5 7 7 25. REST OF ZONE 5 .5 1 0 1 1 0

INDIA ________________________________________________________________________

12.5 14.0 12.5 31 22.0 8 ________________________________________________________________________

ZONES

ZONE 1 : Chennai, Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Thiruvannamalai, Vellore, PondicherryZONE 2 : Trichy, Tanjavur, Tiruvarur, Perambalur, Nagapattinam, Pudukkottai,

Cuddalore, Viilupuram, Karaikal, AriyalurZONE 3 : Madurai, Sivagangai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Dindigul, Ramnad, Tirunelveli,

Tuticorin, KanyakumariZONE 4 : Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Karur, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal,

Salem, NilgirisZONE 5 : Rest of India


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4.3.2 In total from the PHASE 2- GENERAL ROUND list there will be 1100 registrantswho will be selected to attend the Audition venue as Auditionees. Further, in the

event there are less than the required number of Registrants, the Companyreserves the right to put the Reservation /Quota processes in abeyance, and theRegistrants who had answered less than the required number of correctanswers may be selected by the randomizer.

4.3.3 The Valid entries will be short listed by the randomizer on a daily basis from theValid Entries received for each day.

4.3.4 The CCE will notify such selected Registrants for Auditions by telephone and willconfirm their details (age & address) before proceeding further. If the details

provided by the selected Registrants on this call do not match the existing detailsprovided by them then only one further opportunity will be provided to suchselected Registrants, after which the call will be terminated.

4.3.5 The CCE will inform the Registrants about the Audit ion date and venue and willconfirm his /her availability on the Audition dates and shoot dates. Further, theyshall be asked to re-confirm first that they will comply with the rules (and beadvised of where to obtain copies if required). In the event the Registrant is notavailable on those dates, the Registrant will not be permitted to continue with

the registration process. In the event the Registrant is available, the CCE will askthe Registrants to carry with them the following documents:

i) 4 recent passport sized colour photographs of the Auditionee.ii) For valid name proof (any one of the following):

a) PAN Cardb) Passportc) Voter ID ord) Drivers License

iii) For Valid address proof (any one of the following):

a) Landline Phone / Electricity Billb) Passportc) Voter IDd) Drivers License or


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e) Ration card

iv) In case if the Auditionee is a college student, the originals along withphotocopies of :-

a) College identity Cardb) Bonafide certificates issued by the college

iv) 2 recent passport sized colour photographs each of four (4) Phone- A- FriendCandidate(s). The Phone A Friend Candidate(s) must be above 18 years ofage, residing in India and of Indian nationality. With respect to the Phone-a-

friend candidates the Auditionee is required to carry valid documentaryproof ( in Xerox) in Tamil or English detailed in 4.3.6(ii) and 4.3.6(iii) abovefor each of the four Phone-A-friend candidate along with their said photos.

4.3.6 The Auditionee with respect to him/her will need to carry the original documentand 2 attested photocopies of each document. All the above mentioneddocuments must be in TAMIL or English only

(Submission of the aforesaid documents /photos of the Auditionee and Phone-A- Friend Candidates does not imply that the Auditionee has been selected forfurther participation.)

Note : Travel, accommodation and all other expenses in relation to theparticipation of the Auditionee in the Audition will be at the Auditionees owncosts and only the Auditionee will be permitted to enter the Audition venueupon submission of the above mentioned documents and photographs.

5 AUDITION

STAGE 1

5.1 The STAGE 1 of Auditions will be conducted from the period commencing fromMarch 19, 2012 through March 28, 2012 ( Audition Period ). The timings forregistration of Auditionees will be intimated, and cannot be changed or modifiedto suit Auditionees requirements.


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5.2 The Audit ionees will have to be present at the allotted Audit ion venue on thedate and time allotted to such respective Auditionees along with the documents

and photographs required as hereinabove (both in original and attestedphotocopy).

5.3 The doors to the room will be shut at 9 a.m. or at such time as the Company maydecide in its sole discretion. Late entrants may stand disqualified from theAudition process at the discretion of Company. Each Auditionee will beprovided a unique registration number, which he/she must carry with him/her atall times while at the Audition. The Auditionees will have to sign the registrationform along with release form, NDA and the Rules and Regulations in order to

participate in the Auditions. Companys authorized representatives will have thefinal right to refuse registration/eligibility at their sole discretion.

5.4 Subject to completion of formalit ies as prescribed by Company, the Auditioneeswill have to go through entrance test which comprises of two rounds viz. WrittenTest and Video Audition. If the Auditionees fail to complete both the Writ tenTest and Video Audition then he/she shall be disqualified from furtherparticipation.

5.4.1 Written Test for the Individuals

The Auditionees will be seated in a hall for the entrance test The doors to the room will shut at 9.00 am or at such time as the Company

may decide in it s sole discretion. Audit ionees arriving later than such timewill not be eligible for participation in the Auditions.

There will be a screen which will display a recording asking ten (10) multiple-choice questions.

The Auditionees will be given a certain fixed amount of time to fill out theiranswer options (A / B / C / D), on their answer sheet, before the nextquestion is asked.

In the event the answer sheet is lost, unreadable, incomplete or untraceableeg, the Audit ionees name / number is not mentioned on it, such Auditioneemay be disqualified

5.4.2 Video Audition


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Each of the Auditionees will have to undergo a personal interview The Video Auditions will be taped for future reference by the

Company/Producer In the event of any unforeseen loss of recordings, Producers at its own

discretion may request Auditionees to re - appear for a repeat Auditionsession

5.5 All Auditionees shall maintain the decorum at the Audition venue and shall abideby the Rules & Regulations thereof. Further the instructions of the Company / Producers shall be adhered to strictly.

5.6 Any Audit ionee who acts in contravention to the instructions of the Company orthe Producers or creates nuisance either to the Company or to any other person,shall immediately be disqualified from participating in the Audition and theCompetition and shall be asked to leave the Audition venue.

5.7 The decision of the Company/Producers in connection with the Auditionincluding but not limited to short listing the Auditionees will be final & bindingand is non-contestable. In case of any dispute or difference in respect of thisAudition, the decision of the Company shall be final and binding on all

concerned.

5.8. The Company reserves the right to use some of the first (1st) round Audit ioneesas they deem fit for the second (2nd) or any subsequent rounds of Auditions.The dates for the second round (or any subsequent rounds) of Auditions will besubsequently informed to the relevant shortlisted Auditionees.

STAGE 2

5.9. Three member jury i.e. one representative each from the Producer the Companyand an independent member ( Judges ) will select the Participants on the basisof the answer sheets and the recorded footages of the Video Audition of theAuditionees. There shall be two lists of Participants selected for the FastestFinger First round, out of which one list of Participants will be used forreplacement purposes. The number of Participants to be selected per week forthe Fastest Finger First Round from the said General Round is as under:


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5.10. More over there will be special/ celebrity episodes/ weeks for which shortlistingof contestants will be performed through an alternate process ofregistration/casting by Production House/Channel.

5.11. Based on Companys requirement and creative discretion, the final selection ofcontestants for Fastest Finger First of any Episodes/ week of the Show will bemade from amongst the short listed pool of Auditionees.

5.12 The Company shall not in any way be responsible to or made accountable by anyof the candidates selected for Faster Finger First if he/she does not reach thehot seat due to selective episodes meant for Celebrity / Special Episodes asmay be decided upon by the Company at its discretion.

6 SHOOT

6.1 The representatives of the Producer (Representatives) will notify the selectedAuditionees of their selection for the Fastest Finger First round and ask forconfirmation of their details (name, gender, date of birth and address), afterwhich the Representatives will inform the selected Auditionees of the shoot dateand documentation requirements, based on finalized shooting schedules.

DescriptionGENERALROUND

FASTEST FINGER FIRSTCONTESTANTS (I.E. 10 PERWEEK) 70

BACK UP CONTESTANTS (I.E. 2PER WEEK) 14

TOTAL

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The Participant is requested to carry a valid English/Tamil Identity proof and 4passport size colour photographs of the Participant(s) to the Studio for the

shoot. In case of non-availability of Participant or of his/her supportingdocumentation, further participation will not be permitted.

6.2 Upon confirmation by the selected Auditionee of his/ her availability for theFastest Finger First round, he/she shall qualify for the said round.

6.3 The Participant needs to mandatorily bring along one Companion for the shootof the Episode. The Participant(s) and his/her respective companion will travel attheir own risk.

6.4 It shall be the duty of the Participant to ensure that the Companion is made fullyaware that they too shall be on camera, should he/she make it to the Hot Seatand that they shall have to sign any relevant documents as may be required bythe Producer with respect to their accompanying the Participant and shall haveto adhere to the same clothing rules/ instructions as shall be applicable to theParticipant at the t ime of Shoot.

6.5 The Participant shall ensure that the Companion shall carry an original and valid

photo identity proof along with a Xerox copy of the same which may/shall berequired to be shown/ produced to the Producer at the Studio.

6.6 The Producer shall be responsible for the travel (shortest route possible upto amaximum of 3 rd AC rail fares from the city of their residence to the studio atChennai and back) and hotel arrangements (boarding/ lodging) and localconveyance of the Participant(s) and one Companion who have confirmedattendance with the Producers. The travel and stay arrangements will be madeas per the Producers discretion and any request in this regard by theParticipants shall not be entertained. However, in case of Participant(s) residingin Chennai the Producer shall not be responsible for making any accommodationarrangements. Where the Participant incurs the travel expenses on his own, theproducer shall reimburse such travel expenses on actual basis on submission ofsupporting documents upto a maximum of upto 3rd AC for the Participant andone Companion.


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6.7 In the event of the failure of any Contestant to attend the Studio by theaforesaid time for any reason whatsoever the Company shall be entitled to

exclude such Contestant(s) from the Show and the Studio Part of theCompetition.

6.8 There will be a minimum of (One) reserve Contestant, in the second phase onefor each episode who will be selected, contacted and arrangements made for his

/ her attendance on the Agreed Show Date in accordance with the proceduresoutlined above and who shall be entitled to take the place of Contestants in theevent that the Show Dates for Contestants cannot be agreed and/or Contestantsfail to attend on the Agreed Show Date and/or Contestants are excluded fromthe Studio Part of the Competition. The stand-by Contestant and his companionwill be eligible for all travel and stay reimbursements.

6.9 On the Agreed Show Date Contestants will be met at the Studio by arepresentative of the Company. Contestants will be required to sign anagreement in standard form for contributors to television programmes and shallinclude (i) their confirmation that they have understood and agreed to the rulesof the Competition and (ii) their consent to the recording of their contribution tothe Show in question, and thereafter to the broadcast and all other audio visualexploitation of the same and to the publication of his/her name and photographin any media.

6.10 The rules and regulations with regard to the Studio Part of the Competition/ prizeand/or any other activities will be communicated and explained directly to theten (10) Contestants by the Company at the Studio itself on the day of therecording of the Show.

7 GENERAL RULES

7.1 Participation in the Competition by sending entries in any of the aforesaidmanner shall be considered to be acceptance of these Rules and Regulations.

7.2 Competition is open to adult citizens of India i.e. only those who have completed18 years of age on the date of registration and the citizen should be of soundhealth and mind.


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7.3 Persons must enter the Competit ion on their own behalf and entry(ies) by proxywill not be accepted, even for their family members.

7.4 Employees of the Company or any Group Company, employees of the Producer,employees of the advertising agencies which has been appointed by theCompany, employees of the call centre engaged for this Competition, employeesof the back end IT service provider, employees of KPMG, employees of theadvertising agency appointed by the Company, and also employees of the mainsponsors and members of their immediate family are ineligible to enter theCompetition. Further, all those not conversant in TAMIL and/ or cannot readeither English or Tamil are ineligible to enter the Competition.

7.5 Failure to provide proof or affidavit of eligibility, including the proof of name,address and correct date of birth within a reasonable time upon request by theProducer/ Company may result in disqualification. The Company also reservesthe right to disqualify a Contestant at any stage in case a discrepancy is found toexist in the information furnished/provided/stated by the Contestant during theconversation with the Producer/ Company or any of the Companys sub-contractors and vendors in the Competition, and/ or in the information stated inthe documents furnished by the Contestant.

7.6 The Contestant(s) shall undertake, warrant and guarantee to the Company thatthe Contestant has the full legal capacity to participate in the Competition inaccordance with these Rules & Regulations.

7.7 By registering for the Competition, the Contestant(s) represents that he/she ismedically fit and do not have present or past psychological ailments. If in thepast he/she has had any psychological ailments or have been under medicationfor any psychological, anxiety, hypertension, depression or any other medical

problems, the same shall be disclosed to the Company/ Producer in writing alongwith a copy of the certificate from a qualified medical practitioner declaringhim/her to be fit for participation in the Competition.

7.8 Contestant(s) will not be confirmed as Contestants for the Show if they aresuffering from any kind of ill health, medical problems (viz.: heart ailment, bloodpressure ailment, final stages of pregnancy, etc.). It is the responsibility of theContestant(s) to be medically fit for participation. Nevertheless the final decision


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regarding their participation in the Studio Part of the Competition rests entirelywith the Company.

7.9 The Contestant(s) represent that he/she has not been accused or convicted or isotherwise involved in any criminal offence and/or is not under inquiry or trial bythe police or judiciary which has not been disclosed to the Company in writing.That the Contestant(s) is / are not required to be present before any authorityincluding police or any court of law during the shooting dates informed by theCompany and has no other disability which would prevent his/her participationin the Audition or the Competition (if selected).

7.10 The Contestant(s) acknowledges that he/she has voluntarily chosen toparticipate in the Competition at his / her free-will and is willing to bear all risk,costs & consequences arising from such participation in the Competit ion.

7.11 It is a condition of entry and participation in the Competition that theContestant(s) has not entered into any contractual, commercial, sponsorshipagreement (including but not limited to recording, performing and/ormerchandising contracts) or other arrangement for example with a managementcompany or an individual to act as the Contestants manager in respect of

his/her musical or performing abilities or the products thereof or in respect ofhis/her name, likeness, image or biography which might be in breach of theContestant Release Form or the Rules & Regulations or otherwise prevent theContestant(s) from participating in the Competition/ Program or the broadcast,promotion, exploitation or sponsorship thereof.

7.12 Each Contestant is also required to refrain from wearing any clothing itemsbearing designer or sports logos or bearing the name or likeness of a celebrity,living or dead, during the Studio Part of the Competition. Contestants are also

not permitted to wear or mention any competing TV channel names, or names ofcompetitors of sponsors of the Competition. The Contestant shall adhere to theClothing instructions that shall be provided to him/her in this regard.

7.13 If entries are received for participation, it is assumed that the person sending inthe entry has provided us with permission to send SMSs to or call him / her,whether or not such sender is registered on the National Do Not Call registry.


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8 INFORMATION & OTHER TERMS

8.1 Contestant is required to furnish necessary supporting documentation as proofof age, address, name, photo identity and nationality i.e. one original andattested photocopies of either (i) passport /driving license or (ii) PAN Card alongwith birth certificate and ration card or (iii) voter identity card with birthcertificate.

8.2 Company/Producer may, at its discretion contact the Registrant(s) and/orContestant(s), if required, for any clarifications needed for the informationprovided in the registration.

8.3 Company has the right at any time to require proof of identity and/or eligibility.Failure to provide such proof within a reasonable time could result indisqualification from the Competition.

8.4 In case there is any mismatch of Contestant(s) details in any round of theCompetition, the Contestant(s) may be disqualified from further participation inthe Competit ion, if Contestant is unable to resolve discrepancies.

8.5 All personal details and information requested by and supplied to the Companyby each Contestant must be truthful, accurate and in no way misleading. TheCompany reserves the right to disqualify any Contestant(s) from the Competitionor Audition in its sole discretion, should the Contestant(s) at any stage supplyuntruthful, inaccurate or misleading personal details and/or information.

8.6 If at any time, including after disbursement of prize, any information submittedby the Contestant(s) is found to be incorrect, false, or otherwise misrepresentedor misleading, the Contestant(s) shall be liable to refund all amounts receivedfrom the Company

8.7 Company shall keep all the information collected from the Contestantsconfidential and shall share the same with the Producer for the purpose ofinviting the Contestants, if selected. Company shall ensure that the Contestants


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are contacted by the Producer or on behalf of the Producer only for the purposepresent Program and all such information collected by the Company/Producer

shall be destroyed if the Contestants are not selected. Company shall not sharethe information so collected with any party, save and except for the purpose ofthe present Competition. The Contestants by providing the aforesaid sensitivepersonal information hereby agree that the company shall have the right toshare the information so collected with such other third party and the Produceras required for the purpose of the Competit ion and hereby agreed that they shallnot file any claim against the Company for sharing for such personalinformation.

8.8 None of the Contestants shall, without the prior writ ten approval of theCompany, speak to the press or any other media or any third person, nor giveany interviews or comments relating to the Auditions or any aspect of theCompetition/ Program or write blogs, post any messages in social networking orany site including but not limited to Facebook and Twitter.

8.9 The Contestant(s) shall not disclose any information whatsoever relating to theCompany/Producer to any other party. Violation of this clause shall immediatelydisqualify the Contestants prospects of further participation.

8.10 The Contestant(s) shall at all times keep confidential the selection process and alldetails regarding the Competition including Audition which he/ she might beinformed of or which he/she might learn or come to know of as a Contestant(s)or as a short listed potential candidate.

8.11 In the event the Contestant(s) uses a public phone or phone or sim card notregistered in his name for registration, the Company will not be responsible totrack the registered Contestant(s).

8.12 In case the Company is unable to reach the registered Contestant(s), theregistration entry will be deemed as invalid.

8.13 In the event it is not possible to determine with certainty the person whoregistered from a particular telephone number/ mobile number, that entry wouldbe disqualified. Registrant(s) are requested to use phone numbers which areunique to them.


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8.14 Company/Producer shall not be liable for any failure of the IVR or SMS server or

system, any call drop during participation or incomplete registrations submittedby Registrant(s).

8.15 Post submission of the entry via SMS, IVR the Registrant(s) will not be permittedto modify / alter / change any details / answer submitted.

8.16 Only the entries received after the registration questions are broadcast on theChannel/ registration is opened will be considered valid.

8.17 The Company shall endeavour to make all reasonably practicable arrangementsto minimise telephone system difficulties and website downtime, ensure uptimeof systems, back-up of data, telephone system capacity, and prevent othertechnical impediments, but cannot provide any guarantee in respect thereof asthese are dependent on external utilities/ service providers.

8.18 Company and its sub-contractors are not responsible for delayed receipt or non-receipt or incomplete receipt or corrupt receipt of Registration entries.

8.19 The Company accepts no liability and shall not be responsible and/or liable in anymanner whatsoever in case the Contestant(s) are unable to participate in theCompetition due to failure on the part of the telecom operator, facility provider,etc, or due to capacity constraints.

8.20 The number of Auditionees to be selected shall be at the sole discretion of theCompany / Producer.

8.21 The Company / Producer shall short list Part icipant(s) after the Audit ions at allvenues as required, out of which only a limited number of Participant(s) shall beselected for further selection processes in the Competit ion.

8.22 Any Contestant who has made it once to the Fastest Finger First round of theCompetition shall not be eligible to part icipate in any of the further episodes ofthe Program. However he shall be eligible to participate as a Home-viewer inthe competition.


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8.23 Auditions will be subject to such timing stipulations and requirements as may bedetermined by the Company and the Company makes no representations,

warranties nor provides any undertaking to any of the Contestant(s) that any orall of the Contestants will be able to take part in Audition.

8.24 The Company shall not be liable nor responsible for any damages, losses, costs,expenses or otherwise suffered by any of the Contestant(s) in the event that theCompany is not able to permit the Contestant(s) to take part in the Audition orCompetition in accordance with any of the foregoing provisions.

8.25 All cost incurred for participating in Auditions is to be solely borne by

Auditionees.

8.26 If an Auditionee is unable to appear for the Audition at the stipulated venue andtime, he/she shall be disqualified from further participation.

8.27 Company shall not entertain any request by the Audit ionees for change in thedates and venues of Audition.

8.28 The Audition process may take more than one day, and the Auditionee would berequired to be present for the entire period of the Audition as informed by theCompany/Representatives.

8.29 Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement, the Company may, atits sole and absolute discretion, cancel or reschedule the Auditions, or holdadditional Auditions on such other dates and at such places as it may determineand the Contestant(s) shall adhere to and abide by any and all instructions,requirements and timing stipulations as determined by the Company and shallattend at any and all such additional Audit ions.

8.30 Persons from the first set of Auditions may be considered in the second shootschedule, if the need arises, at the sole discretion of the Company.

8.31 For purposes of Auditions, the Auditionees mandatorily needs to beaccompanied by ONE other person, who cannot be a member of the media, butunder no circumstance will any person other than Auditionee will be allowed toenter the venue.


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8.32 Cameras and photography by the Auditionee will not be permitted at the

Audition or the Shoot venues.

8.33 The Contestant(s) understands that gett ing short listed in the Audition is only apreliminary step towards further participation in the Competition and it shall bethe absolute and sole discretion of the Company/Producer to allow part icipationbased on creative requirements.

8.34 Following are the dates and venue details for AUDITION :

Audition Venue Audition DateChennai March 19, 2012Madurai March 25, 2012Coimbatore March 28, 2012

Company shall have the right to alt er/change the venue of the auditions at its solediscretion.

8.35 Apart from the Registrant(s), the Company may at its sole discretion provide achance for entry to the Audition/Competition/ levels/ entry mechanisms forunregistered individuals also, based on programming needs, should they arise, orin the event of participation selection process or system failure.

8.36 Company also has the right to conduct celebrity special Episodes or seasonalspecial Episodes where certain persons of prominence may be invited toparticipate in the Show without being required to go through the participationselection process.

8.37 Even after final selection for the Show, the Company/Producer shall have theright to replace any of the Participant(s) as per their discretion and creativerequirement, for the betterment of the Competition or Show.

8.38 The Company also reserves the right to increase or decrease the ratio of theContestants in each Show i.e. increase or decrease the number of Contestant(s)who can participate in the Program, without any prior intimation to theContestant(s) and/or the public.


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8.39 The Contestant(s) understand that their selection will be based on a randomizer

and selection software.

8.40 The Company will not entertain and permit the Contestant(s) or any of theirrepresentatives to check / audit / challenge the logic of the randomizer orselection software.

8.41 The Company reserves the right to classify the Contestant(s) in such socio-economic categorizations (SEC) that it deems appropriate.

8.42 The Company may in its sole discretion exclude a Contestant from participatingin the Audition/Studio Part of the Competition which may include withoutlimitation (i) circumstances which, in the Company's view, renders theContestant unfit to participate therein; (ii) inability to produce documentationspecified by the Company proving the identity of the Contestant; (iii) any otherreason that, at the discretion of Company, would adversely impact the Company,Channel or Competit ion.

8.43 At no point of time will the Company/Producer be obliged to notify unsuccessfulContestants of its decision.

8.44 Whilst the Company shall make all reasonable endeavours to (i) enableContestant(s) to proceed with the Show (ii) to contact all Contestant(s) at eachrelevant juncture of the Competition, the Company can make no guaranteethereof and the Company shall in its sole discretion be entitled to proceed withthe next entitled Contestant(s) under these Rules, in case it is unable tosuccessfully contact and communicate with Contestant(s)

8.45 The Company will have no liability to a Contestant who is unable to attend ortake part in the Competition for whatever reason and the Company shall beentitled to disqualify the Contestant(s), replace any such Contestant(s) from theCompetition at any time, at the discretion of the Company.

8.46 The Company further reserves the right to replace at its discretion anyContestant(s) who for any reason fails or is disqualified from or unable toparticipate in the Program and / or Competit ion with another replacement


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Contestant(s), notwithstanding that such replacement Contestant(s) may havebeen previously eliminated from the Competition and each Contestant shall

agree to participate in the Program and/or Competition as and when required bythe Company to do so.

8.47 In the event that there is a tie between two (or more) Contestant(s), theCompany shall be entitled to determine in its absolute discretion whichContestant(s) is eliminated and/or which Contestant(s) goes through to the nextround (as appropriate) and for this purpose it shall be entitled to make sucharrangements or request such further rounds from the Contestants as it in itsabsolute discretion deems necessary.

8.48 No enquiries, appeals, verbal or written, shall be entertained in this regard.

8.49 All attempts will be made to protect registration data from loss and corruption,but in the event such data loss happens, and because of the intricate timelines ofthe Participant selection process, Company may have to continue with whateverdata is available or in any other manner as it may deem reasonable.

8.50 The Company may in its sole discretion exclude a Contestant from participating

in the Audition/Studio Part of the Competition which may include withoutlimitation (i) circumstances which, in the Company's view, renders theContestant unfit to participate therein; (ii) inability to produce documentationspecified by the Company proving the identity of the Contestant; (iii) any otherreason that, at the discretion of Company, would adversely impact the Company,Channel or Competit ion.

9 Intellectual property rights and access to personal information:

9.1 On request of the Company, the Contestant(s) shall also make arrangements forthe Company to have access to his / her residence, work place, favoritehangouts, pets, etc and obtain necessary permissions from his / her parents,siblings, friends, colleagues to be photographed, interviewed and to record orclick their photographs, videos etc.,

9.2 As part of Contestants contribution to the Program/Show, the Producer mayrequest Contestant(s) to participate in any online/interactive activity relating to


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the Program/Show including without limitation recordings of web-casts,interviews and participation in so-called chat-rooms . It is a further condition of

entry and participation in the Competition that Contestant(s) ensure and procurefrom any and all Contributors their agreement and execution of the release formas devised from time to t ime by the Company/ Producer.

9.3 The Winner(s) of the Competition agrees that he/ she shall make himself/herselfavailable from time to time and co-operate with the Company and participate inany activity and/or campaign (Promotional Activity) of any nature whatsoeverwithout any money payable to the Winner(s) Further, theWinner(s)/Contestant(s) shall at no point of time refuse or disagree to

participate in any such Promotional Activity for any reason whatsoever ifrequired by the Company The Winner(s)/ Contestant(s) agrees that the footage ofany nature shall vest with the Company, including but not limited to allintellectual property rights and any other rights for worldwide and in perpetuity.

9.4 Any photographs, videos etc submitted to the Company/Producers or recordedby the Producers during the Audition or registration procedure shall onsubmission / creation become the property of the Company and shall beavailable to the Company for exploitation throughout the world in perpetuity

The Contestant(s) shall ensure that the photos or videos submitted by them inany public domain or their performances shall not be obscene, vulgar, defaming,denigrating women or children, hurting religious sentiments, depicting violenceor shall not infringe the rights of a third person In the event of any violation tothe aforementioned, the Contestant(s) shall immediately be disqualified fromtaking part in the Auditions/Competition or any further rounds of participationand such Contestant(s) shall solely remain liable for any action (criminal/ civil)arising therefrom.

9.5 Acceptance of these Rules and Regulations by the Participants / Contestantsconstitutes permission for the Company its affiliates and Producer to clickphotographs, record videos of the Contestant(s) and use the Contestant(s) name,photographs, likeness, voice and comments for advertising and promotionalpurposes in any media worldwide for purposes of advertising and trade withoutany additional compensation whatsoever.


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9.6 The Company or the Producers will not entertain any claims / questions / querieswith respect to the authenticity or correctness of any questions and answers for

the questions asked in any round of the Competit ion.

9.7 The Companys decision on the correctness or incorrectness of any answer isfinal and binding on all Contestants.

10 EXPENSES OF PARTICIPATION & LOGISTICS

10.1 All cost including but not limited to travel and accommodation cost for attendingthe Auditions at the venues as informed by Company shall be borne solely by the

selected Auditionees and the Company or its sub contractors shall not be liablefor the same.

10.2 The arrangements for travel and stay of the Participant(s) selected for the FFFand the Companion brought by the Participant to attend the shoot will be madeby the Producer.

10.3 The Company or any of the affiliates connected with the Competit ion/ Show shallnot be liable for any cancellations and/or delays in the train/ flights/ carsarranged for the Contestant(s) due to any reason including but not limited toforce majeure, logistical problems at the airports/ railway stations/ roads etc andthe Contestant(s) shall not have any claim against the Company and/or any of itsaffiliates connected with the Competition and/or Producer for the same. TheCompany or any of the affiliates connected with the Competition shall not beresponsible for any such eventuality and the Contestant(s) undertakes not toclaim any compensation from the Company/Producer for the same.

10.4 The maximum prize which can be won in the Competit ion is Rs. 1,00,00,000/ -(Rupees one Crore only). It is not necessary that each Participant wins themaximum prize money.

10.5 Any and all taxes and/or levies applicable on the prize money won by theParticipant(s), under the laws of India shall be borne by the Participant(s) inrelation to the prize Payment of prize money to the Winner(s) shall be afterdeduction of all applicable taxes and levies and subject to providing the relevant


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documents as intimated by the Company and will be paid within the timestipulated by the Company.

10.6 A duly attested copy of the PAN card is compulsory to claim the prize money bythe audtionee.

10.7 The Company may refuse to pay winnings or reclaim all sums paid toParticipant(s) in the event of his/her fraud, dishonesty or non-entitlement toparticipate in the Competition under these Rules & Regulations.

10.8 The procedures for registration and participation in the Competit ion are subject

to the Rules and Regulations stated herein Non-conformance by anyContestant(s) to the rules of the Competition will disqualify him/her fromparticipation or winnings, immediately, as the case may be.

10.9 In the event of any fault, misunderstanding or dispute concerning any part of theCompetition, and/or the operation of the telephone system, Auditions, Call-backs, the selection of Contestant(s) at any stage, or the validity of any questionor answer options, the decision of the Company shall be final and binding on allContestant(s) The Company / Producer of the Competit ion is empowered to take

a decision on any case or instances not covered by the present Rules andRegulations.

10.10 The Company reserves the right to amend (add, delete or modify) the Rules &Regulations governing the Competition and/or the Participant selection processprospectively or retrospectively, at its discretion and without prior notice, inorder to improve the Competition or remedy any issues that occurand any suchadditions, alterations or modifications to the rules and regulations may/shall benotified as separate amendments or addendums as may be decided by theCompany at it s sole discretion including for the next phases of the Competition.

10.11 The Company has the right at any time to terminate the Competition withoutany prior intimation or notice to the public and also the Company is notobligated in any manner whatsoever to compensate any person or persons whohave participated in the Competition and/or accommodate any person orpersons who have been selected in the Competition for the Program.


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10.12 Registration to the Competition does not guarantee the selection of theRegistrant(s) to proceed with the Competition Registration also does not entitle

any Contestant(s) to a prize or award.

10.13 All registrations shall be subject to completion of the procedures by theRegistrant(s) as per instructions received (i) by the IVR, (ii) through SMS, (iii) onthe Channel; and (iv)as per the Rules & Regulations.

10.14 Taking part in the registration process shall be deemed to be acceptance by theRegistrant(s) to receive promotional messages from the Company or any thirdparty so authorized by the Company.

10.15 If the operation of the Competition (including without limitation the operation ofthe related telephone systems, call centre operations, and software systems);the recording; broadcast of any/all of the Show is prevented by an event of forcemajeure, the Company may cancel all or any part of the Competition/ Show, ortake such other decision as it deems fit.

10.16 Notwithstanding a Contestant's participation in the Competition, there is noobligation on the part of the Company to broadcast any Show in which he/ she

has taken part, or any or all of his / her contribution as recorded by the Company

10.17 The Company reserves the right to re-schedule the date(s) of registration, call-backs, Auditions, recording the Studio Part of the Competition and broadcast, atits discretion.

10.18 In case the Winner(s) (whether Hot Seat or Fastest Finger First) is found to be inviolation of any and all rules/ process of the Competition, the Company reservesthe right to initiate legal proceedings against such person(s) including but notlimited to having the concerned winner (whether Hot Seat or Fastest Finger First)to refund the prize money won on the Show together with penalty interest asdeemed fit by the Company.

10.19 If Contestant(s) are unclear as to the Rules & Regulations of participation he/ shewill have to send an email to [email protected]. The Company shall makereasonable endeavours to respond thereto. The above shall not, however, be aground for extension of time / deadlines as specified herein.


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10.20 The Producer reserves the right to change the structure of the Competition as it

sees fit including without limitation by adding/reducing / alteringAuditions/ rounds to the Competition.

10.21 It is a condition of entry and participation in the Competition that Contestant(s)make themselves available to participate in the Competition, agree and sign upthe Contestant Release Form and any other documents as requested by theCompany/Producer and abide by terms and condit ions of such ContestantRelease Form and the Rules, Regulations as devised from time to time by theCompany including but not by way of limitation these Rules & Regulations.

10.22 The Companys decision (or, where appropriate, the decision of the Judges) isfinal and the Contestant(s) acknowledge that the interests of the Program/Showshall override those of any Contestant(s) and/ or Contributor.

10.23 The Contestant(s) must at all times behave appropriately when taking part in theCompetition and observe these Rules & Regulations and any other Rules &Regulations in force at the Auditions and/or Studio. The Company reserves theright in its absolute discretion to remove from the Competition, Audition, Studio

any Contestant(s) who breaks such rules and/or fails to behave appropriately andto disqualify such Contestant(s).

10.24 These Rules & Regulations supersede any and all release forms signed by theContestant(s) and in the event of any conflict between Contestant Release Formand these Rules & Regulations; these Rules & Regulations will prevail.

10.25 No weapons, alcohol or illicit substances will be permit ted at any premises orduring any part of the Competition Contestant(s) must be of good moralcharacter and not be under the influence or habit of any medication, drugs orother psychotropic substance which may impair their ability to participate in theCompetition Use of any prohibited substances could lead to disqualification.

10.26 If any provision of these Rules & Regulations is held by any court or othercompetent authority to be void or unenforceable in whole or part, the otherprovisions of these Rules & Regulations and the remainder of the affectedprovisions shall continue to be valid.


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10.27 These Rules & Regulations and the Competit ion shall be governed by and

construed in accordance with the laws of India and the Contestant(s) submitirrevocably to the jurisdiction of the Courts in Chennai.

10.28 Use of mobile phones will not be permitted during the shoot, and during theAuditions It may lead to disqualification.

10.29 Registration does not guarantee the selection or participation of theContestant(s) and such selection shall be as per the sole discretion of theCompany or its affiliates.

10.30 The Company / Producer of the Competition is empowered to take a decision onany case not covered by the present Rules and Regulations.

10.31 The Company and/or the Channel is in no manner whatsoever responsibleand/or shall not be held liable in any manner whatsoever, for any physical injury,death, mental trauma caused to any Contestant(s) and/or the Winner (s) in anymanner whatsoever, in relation to the Competition and/or prize.

10.32 The Company, Producers, Judges, the host, the advertising agencies, the sub-contractors used by Company for the Competition, and any person or entityconnected with the production (including the format owners and thebroadcasters of the Program), administration or judging of the auditions, theCompetition or the Program (the Relevant Parties) shall be under no liabilitywhatsoever to the Contestant(s) or the Contributors, in respect of any loss,damage suffered by the Contestant(s) or Contributors arising from or pursuant tothe Competition or for any and all loss, damage, cost, expense or injury to life orproperty sustained by the Contestant(s) or Contributors at any stage of theCompetition and during production thereof whether or not caused by theadministration (including scheduling) of the Competition including any failure oftransportation or inability for any reason to appear for the Audition/ before theJudges; the Contestants or any third partys participation in the Audit ion, orbeing selected or disqualified; as a result of the decisions of the Judges orCompany; as a result of any comment, remark, judgment, view, criticism,critique, opinion and/or observation made and/or passed by the Host and/orCompany; and/or any printing, typographical or technological errors in any


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materials associated with the Competition notwithstanding the generality of theforegoing, the Relevant Parties expressly exclude liability for all direct, indirect

and consequential loss or damage, including but not limited to loss or damage toproperty or for loss of profit, business, revenue, goodwill or anticipated savingspursuant to the Competition In no event will the measure of damages include,nor will the Relevant Parties be liable for, any amounts for indirect, incidental,consequential, or punitive damages of any party, including third parties; or fordamages attributable to the Contestant(s); or circumstances beyond theRelevant Parties including the Producers reasonable control.

10.33 The Winner(s) and/or the Contestant(s) of the Competition agrees that he/she

shall hold harmless the Channel, Company, its employees, officers, sub-contractors or any other person in connection with the prize won by him/ herand/or in relation to the Competition/ Program including but not limited to theprocedure in the Competition and shall also not file in person/ through anyfamily member and/or third party any applications, criminal and/or civilproceedings in any courts or forum in India against sponsor and/or theChannel/ Company/Producer to claim any damages or reliefs.

10.34 The Company / Producer will not be responsible for any loss / theft of belongings

of the Contestant(s) on the sets of the Competition/Studio, before/during/ afterthe shoot of the Episodes/Show, or at the time of the Audition.

10.35 The Company / Producer or any of its affiliates will not be liable for any loss ofearnings, employment or otherwise caused to the Contestant(s) and arising as aresult of his/her participation in the Audition or the Show Part, if selected.

10.36 Company / Producers and its sub-contractors cannot and shall not be heldaccountable/ liable for any disruptions / stoppages / interrupt ions or cancellation

of the Audition or Competition on account of any factors beyond their control.

10.37 Company / Producer and its sub - contractors shall not be held responsible oraccountable to any of the Contestant(s)/Contributor(s), for any loss, injury or anyother liability which may arise, enroute while coming to the venue of Audition orwhile attending the Studio Part / Program / Shoot or while participating in theCompetition and for which the Contestant(s)/ Contributor(s) will be required tosign an indemnity in favour of the Company The Contestant(s)/Contributor(s)agree to release, discharge, and covenant, not to sue the Company or any of its


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associate agencies and each of their respective officers, directors, agents,representatives and employees, and/or any other agencies or individuals

connected with the Competition in any manner, from any and all claims, actions,damages, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses, in any way arising out of orresulting from the Contestant(s) involvement in the selection process.

10.38 The Contestant(s) hereby agree to indemnify the Company or its affiliates againstany claims that might arise from their actions or omissions while participating inthe Audition / Competition.

10.39 Apart from the entitlement to be part of the television CompetitionNEENGALUM VELLALAM ORU KODI, the Contestant or his / her legal heirs willhave no other rights or claims against the Company or the Producers For thesake of clarity, it is stated that the Contestant(s) of the Audition or theCompetition shall not be paid any consideration.

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