Hyderabad, Nov. 4 -- It was an ordinary Monday until Saravanan Venkatachalam's phone began ringing nonstop. The 44-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian engineer had unknowingly become the newest Big Ticket Abu Dhabi millionaire draw, winning a staggering Dirham 25 million (Rs 60,39,72,250).

His ticket number 463221, purchased on October 30, made him the Series 280 grand prize winner in the draw held on November 3.

When Big Ticket hosts Richard and Bouchra called the winner live, the phone was switched off - but the moment couldn't be postponed. "We will find you," the hosts said.

Saravanan later shared, "My phone was on Do Not Disturb. I missed the calls completely. When people started calling to congratulate me, I was shoc...