Shark Tank India
Indian business reality television series
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Shark Tank India is an Indian Hindi-language business reality television series that airs on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television. The show is the Indian franchise of the American show Shark Tank. It shows entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of investors or sharks, who decide whether to invest in their company.
Rahul Dua (seasons 2–3)
Aashish Solanki and Sahiba Bali (season 4)
Aaditya Kulshreshth (season 5)
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Theme still of the Sharks from Season 4 | |
| Genre | Reality television |
| Based on | Shark Tank |
| Directed by | Nishant Nayak |
| Presented by | Rannvijay Singh (season 1) Rahul Dua (seasons 2–3) Aashish Solanki and Sahiba Bali (season 4) Aaditya Kulshreshth (season 5) |
| Starring | see below |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 243 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Satyajeet Talwadekar |
| Production locations | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Release | 20 December 2021 – present |
Season 1 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 20 December 2021 to 4 February 2022. The gateway episode aired on 11 February 2022. Rannvijay Singh is the presenter of Shark Tank India for season 1.[1]
Season 2 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 2 January 2023 to 10 March 2023. The second season featured Amit Jain, CEO and co-founder of CarDekho group, InsuranceDekho.com as a new shark.[2] Rahul Dua was the host of the season.[3] The gateway episode aired on 13 March 2023 that featured guest shark (i.e. angel investor) Vikas D Nahar, Founder & CEO of Happilo.[4]
Season 3 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 22 January 2024[5] to 31 March 2024.[6] This season featured the addition of six distinguished sharks to the panel: Deepinder Goyal,[7] Founder and CEO, Zomato; Azhar Iqubal,[8] Co-founder & CEO, InShorts; Ritesh Agarwal,[9] Founder & CEO, OYO Rooms; Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss MF;[10] Varun Dua, Founder, ACKO,[11] and Ronnie Screwvala; Co-founder and Chairperson, UpGrad.[12] The gateway episode aired on 30 March 2024 and Ecopreneur special[13] episode aired on 31 March 2024. Rahul Dua is the presenter of Shark Tank India for season 2 and 3.[14]
Season 4 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 6 January 2025[15] to 18 March 2025.[16][17]
This season featured the addition of three distinguished sharks to the panel: Kunal Bahl, co-founder of Snapdeal and Titan Capital[18] and Viraj Bahl, founder and CEO of Veeba,[19] and Chirag Nakrani, Founder and Managing Director of Rayzon Solar. Sahiba Bali and Aashish Solanki replaced Dua as the presenters of Shark Tank India Season 4.[20] The season concluded with a special episode featuring pitches presented by (or supporting) the disabled, with Srikanth Bolla, founder of Bollant Industries, joining the panel of sharks.[21]
Season 5 aired on Sony LIV and Sony Entertainment Television from 5 January 2026.[22] [23] Shark Tank India Season 5 is hosted by Aditya Kulshreshth.
Concept
The show features a panel of potential investors or angel investors, termed as "Sharks", who listen to entrepreneurs' pitch ideas for a business or product they wish to develop.[24][25] These self-made multi-millionaires judge the business concepts and products pitched and then decide whether to invest their money to help market and mentor each contestant.
Series overview
Timeline of sharks
| Sharks | Seasons | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Anupam Mittal | Main | |||||
| Aman Gupta | Main | |||||
| Vineeta Singh | Main | |||||
| Namita Thapar | Main | |||||
| Peyush Bansal | Main | |||||
| Ashneer Grover | Main | |||||
| Ghazal Alagh | Main | |||||
| Amit Jain | Main | Main | ||||
| Vikas D Nahar [a] | Guest | |||||
| Ritesh Agarwal | Main | |||||
| Azhar Iqubal | Main | |||||
| Varun Dua | Main | |||||
| Radhika Gupta | Main | |||||
| Deepinder Goyal | Guest | |||||
| Ronnie Screwvala | Guest | |||||
| Kunal Bahl | Main | |||||
| Viraj Bahl | Main | |||||
| Chirag Nakrani | Guest | |||||
| Srikanth Bolla[b] | Guest | |||||
| Mohit Yadav | Main | |||||
| Varun Alagh | Main | |||||
| Kanika Tekriwal | Main | |||||
| Shaily Mehrotra | Main | |||||
| Shrisharaj Bhat | Guest | |||||
| Pratham Mittal | Guest | |||||
| Hardik Kothiya | Guest | |||||