It's curtains for Kamzor Kadii Kaun on Star Plus, at least temporarily.

After valiantly battling to recreate the magic of KBC, the show is winding up its current season on 21 May. The show has not been doing too well of late - it ranked 27th in the top 100 programmes put out by rating agency Tam for the week ended 30 March 2002 with a TVR of 4.48 , but slid to number 44 with a TVR of 2.84 in the week ended 27 April. Star Plus is now trying to ensure viewer interest with Bollywood fare. It will telecast Santosh Sivan's Asoka in a five part series from 28 May at 9 pm.

With telecast rights bought from producer Shah Rukh Khan, the channel will telecast the uncut version of the movie, a first in that it is the first time a full length film is being serialised on satellite television. While the channel is undecided about the timing of the return of KKK, no plans have yet been finalised about what would air on the slot after the five part Asoka is over.

Star Plus says the uncut version of the film would provide viewers with an opportunity to understand indepth the life and times of the great emperor.