In 2011, Business Standard announced that Kaun Banega Crorepati was going to be remade into five regional Indian languages.

[4] Suresh Gopi was selected to host the Malayalam version and was quoted saying:[5] Expecting and hoping that Ningalkkum Aakam Kodeeshwaran would be really very big in Kerala...

It was a really enriching and rewarding experience to get trained under Siddhartha Basu, with support from the Big Synergy and Asianet team to get into this new role, as a Host for the No.

[6] Shyla CK, a contestant from Idukki, was the first person to win ₹50,00,000/- in the show, the highest amount won in the season.

The tagline used for the season was Orarivum Cheruthalla, Deyvathinte Varamaanu (English: No Knowledge is Small, It Is The Blessing Of God)[8] For the first time in the history of NAK, the "Kids special episode" started on Asianet from 27 May onwards.

This made Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeswaran as the second version after KBC to have a top score winner in India.

[citation needed] Shyla C. K was the top scorer of Ningalkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran in Season 1, winning ₹50 lakh.