Dev, Koel and others came in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program to promote film Herogiri.

Dev, Koel and others came in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program to promote film Herogiri. The entire team of Bengali film Herogiri came in Sourav Ganguly’s Dadagiri Program on 21st January, 2015. Actress Sayantani Banerjee, Bharat Kaul, and the script writer of the film came in the program. Sourav Ganguly asked Dev about the experience of acting with Mithun Chakravarty in the film. Incidentally Mithun Chakravarty played the role of the father of Dev in the film. Dev said in reply that Mithun Chakravarty was one of the brightest international Bengali icon. He also said Mithun Chakravarty during the peak of his career he acted in Bengali films and restored the profits of the industry. Sourav Ganguly asked Dev, Koel, Sayantani and others who is the boss in respect of film making, is it the director or the producer? All of them replied in the sets the actors, actresses follow the directives of the directors, in shooting zones and discussion relating to projects producers also play important role. This film Herogiri had been shot at different places including Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Paris and Bangkok. When asked by Sourav Ganguly who dictates the actors fees, the actors or the producers, Dev and Koel gave reasonable answers. Whenever actors wanted to act in films of reputed directors they ignored the payment and acted with low remuneration also. Sourav Ganguly asked Koel after giving a clipping of song “pagla garod kothae ache nei ko setha jana” in Rankit Mullick and Uttam Kumar’s film Mouchak, the name of the film and the singer. Koel gave right answer saying the song being sung by Manna Dey and name of the film being Mouchak. Dev became the champion at the end of the show. Sourav Ganguly gave his best wishes and told everyone to continue the good work.

Mithun Chakravarty invited singers Shilajit, Monomoy and others in Dadagiri program.

Mithun Chakravarty invited singers Shilajit, Monomoy and others in Dadagiri program.

Superstar Mithun Chakravarty invited singers Shilajit, Monomoy, Bayul singer, Chandrani Banerjee and others in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program shown in Zee Bangla Channel on 18^th December, 2011.

Mithun Chakravarty disclosed before everyone that he was indebted to the family of Shilajit Majumdar. His father Arun Majumdar gave the first break to Mithun Chakravarty to act in Bengali theatre. The play was written and directed by Arun Majumdar.

Besides, Mithun Chakravarty stayed in the house of Arun Majumdar. Shilajit Majumdar told everyone about the bravery of Mithun Chakravarty at different levels of his own life. When people were not giving chanda relating to durga puja, Mithun Chakravarty put on tilak on his face with sindoor and demanded chanda and everyone was compelled to give it.

When singer Monomoy asked Mithun Chakravarty about whether he was admirer of Amitabh Bacchan or himself, in reply he said that he was always admired Amitabh Bacchan, but the moment the camera was switched on, he was Mithun Chakravarty. Everyone enjoyed his brave answer. Indirectly Mithun Chakravarty told that he never gave up before seeing the end.

                                                 Mithun Chakravarty.

He asked Chandra Banerjee who belonged to the band bhoomi, sing a song from her band. He asked everyone in the competition to sing songs including the Bayul Singer, Shilajit, Monomoy and others. One fact is undisputed, that after 1980s, within the Bengali film circuit, there is no bigger acting icon than superstar Mithun Chakravarty. 

June Malia, Rajatavo Dutta and others rocked Mithun Chakravarty’s Dadagiri Program.

June Malia, Rajatavo Dutta and others rocked Mithun Chakravarty’s Dadagiri Program.

                                                          June Malia

June Malia, Rajatavo Dutta, Mithu Chakravarty, Subhashis Mukherjee, Sudipa Mukherjee and Rimjhim rocked Mithun Chakravarty’s Dadagiri Program on Zee Bangla Channel on 15^th December, 2011. Mithu Chakravarty, the wife of Sabyasachi Chakravarty was asked question relating to forest in Jalpaiguri, as Sabyasachi Chakravarty was a serious wildlife photographer.

Rajatavo Dutta mentioned that Mithun Chakravarty was an excellent cook. He went for shooting with Mithun Chakravarty in Mysore hotel, which was possessed by Mithun Chakravarty, where he had cooked Chinese, Continental and Indian dishes for Rajatavo Dutta, Rachana Banerjee and other Bengali actors.

Sudipa Mukherjee sang the song “pyar kabhi kam nahi karna” for Mithun Chakravarty and said that she had seen the film Prem Pratigya 18 times due to the brilliance of Mithun Chakravarty. Rajatavo Dutta said that Subhashis Mukherjee, who was later known as a comedian, was the best actor ever to play the role of Jayasingha in Rabindranath Tagore’s play Bisorjon which was a serious role.

In the Quick or Quack, Sudipa Mukherjee answered maximum number of answers. Mithun Chakravarty said he was neither bangal or ghati but BATI meaning Bengali and Truly Indian. Mithun Chakravarty was excellent in anchoring the program with the celebrities. 

Mithun Chakravarty called Arjun Chakravarty, Kushal Chakravarty and others in Dadagiri Program.

Mithun Chakravarty called Arjun Chakravarty, Kushal Chakravarty and others in Dadagiri Program.

Mithun Chakravarty called Arjun Chakravarty, Kushal Chakravarty and others in Dadagiri Program in Zee Bangla Channel on 10^th December, 2011. The other stars included Sudipta Chakravarty, Monami Ghosh, Deboleena Dutta and others.

All the participants were great admirers of Mithun Chakravarty. When Mithun showed a clipping relating to a song of film Disco Dancer, Monami Ghosh, failed to identify the song and said “I am a street dancer”.  Arjun Chakravarty rightly identified the song of Manna Dey that was played by Mithun Chakravarty.

Deboleena Dutta failed to identify a film clipping from the film Kalpurush. Kushal Chakravarty answered his questions in style. Same was the case of Sudipta Chakravarty.

There were no winners or losers of the star show. No one was eliminated during the different rounds of Dadagiri like Toss round, Quick Or Quack, Googly round, Chaturongo round, etc. Mithun Chakravarty anchored the program in style. He used his excellent wit and sense of humour to keep the participants in merry mood.

All the participants had acted with Mithun Chakravarty in Bengali films in the past. So for them it was there own house as such where they were involved in unofficial adda.

                                                      Mithun Chakravarty.

Pallabi, Mukherjee, Raju Middya and others rocked Mithun Chakravarty's Dadagiri program in Zee Bangla.

Raju Middya.

Pallabi Mukherjee, Raju Middya and others rocked Mithun Chakravarty’s Dadagiri program in Zee Bangla.

Pallabi Mukherjee, Raju Middya, Apurba Roy, Vicky, Partho, Sangeet Tiwary, Qais Khan, Abu Henna Ronnie, Palash Adhikari, Fatik Purokayet, Sajal and others rocked Mithun Chakravarty’s Dadagiri Program in Zee Bangla Program on 19th November, 2011.
Pallabi Mukherjee showed her imitation of Koel Mallick when Mithun Chakravarty asked for it. Raju Middya showed his performance relating to Mahishashur Mordini strotyopath from South Indian Radio Station. He did an excellent job. He also mentioned the dialogue of Mithun Chakravarty “marbo ekhane lash porbe shoshane” in his mahishashur mordini strotyopath.

Sangeet Tiwary did a great job with his comedy performance. Although Mithun Chakravarty asked for performance from all the participants because they had created names of themselves in Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program, the main thrust was on quiz questions.

Very interesting questions were asked by Mithun Chakravarty especially in the googly round.

At the end of the show Vicky Partho got the highest number of points and won the contest. Mithun Chakravarty said that everyone did a great job but Vicky Partho were the best.

Javed Ali, Babul Supriyo and others rocked Mithun Chakravarty's Dadagiri Program in Zee Bangla.

Javed Ali

Javed Ali, Babul Supriyo and others rocked Mithun Chakravarty’s Dadagiri Program in Zee Bangla.


Mithun Chakravarty had brought celebrities previously also. He had been a sensation all around the program. Javed Ali sang the song “jash-ne-bahara” song from Jodha Akbar.

Babul Supriyo sang his song also. He mentioned that this year he had released a new music album with Alka Yagnik relating to Rabindrasangeet. Folk singer Swapan Basu said a lot of things about tusu and other folk songs that originated from folklore. He talked about the folk flavor of Purulia, a remote district of West Bengal.


Singer Debojit Saha talked about bihu festival famous in Assam. He had been a sensation over the last few years. He sang one of his songs.

Mithun Chakravarty asked the other participants also to sing songs. In the toss round he gave a number of hints to a question relating to a Bengali singer. The singer was Hemant Kumar. But they way the clues were given where it was mentioned that he had sung a song composed by RD Burman, everyone thought it was Kishore Kumar. It was also said that the singer had produced films, which both Hemant Kumar and Kishore Kumar had done.

At the end Mithun Chakravarty said the film in which RD Burman had composed song for Hemant Kumar was Hiralal Pannalal. There were many rounds in the program, like Pack Up Or Panga, Googly Round, Quick or Quack.

Mithun Chakravarty had anchored the program excellently. Singer Javed Ali had shown a lot of respect for actor Mithun Chakravarty in the program.

Mir Afsar Ali, Saheb Chatterjee and others rocked in Mithun's Dadagiri.

Mir Afsar Ali.


Mir Afsar Ali, Saheb Chatterjee and others rocked in Mithun’s Dadagiri.

Actor Mir Afsar Ali, Saheb Chatterjee and others rocked in Mithun Chakravarty’s successful program Dadagiri shown in Zee Bangla Channel held on 22nd October, 2011. The celebrities who were invited included Bidipta Chakraborty, Saheb Chatterjee, Mir Afsar Ali, Biswanath Choudhury, Anindya Banerjee and Swaralipi.

Mithun Chakravarty asked questions in every round. There had been new names of rounds if compared with Dadagiri program previously anchored by Sourav Ganguly. The new names included pack up or panga, quick or quack, etc. A clipping was shown of Mir’s acting in the film Bong Connection.

Mithun showed a clipping of football player David Viya (villa) of Spain and the question was asked to Anindya Banerjee. He could not answer it. Mir was asked about the singers of the song “ay khuku ay”. Mir answered that the song was sung by Hemanta Mukherjee and Srabonti Majumdar. A clipping was also shown from Mithun’s film Jaag Utha Insaan, where Sri Devi acted opposite Mithun Chakravarty.


The googly round was excellent. There was a question if 1=2, 5=7, then 11 = “koto hobe”. The answer was “koto hobe”. The answer was there in the question. Biswanath Choudhury answered most of the questions in the rapid fire round called quick or quack and won the Dadagiri competition.

Mithun Chakravarty asked Mir Afsar Ali to sing the song “awesome sala” which he used to do after imitating Mithun Chakravarty himself. Mithun Chakravarty had proved himself to be an excellent anchor. Right from Dance Bangla Dance to Dadagiri, he had proved his versatility.

Feluda Team in Dadagiri

Feluda Team in Dadagiri

The different teams of Satyajit Ray's immortal creation Feluda series appeared in Sourav Ganguly's program Dadagiri in Zee Bangla. The team included old Feluda team like Soumitra Chatterji (Feluda), Siddharta Chatterji (Topse) and Kushal Chakravarty (Mukul). The new Feluda team included Sabyasachi Chakravarty (Feluda), Saswata Chatterji (Topse) and Bibhu Bhattacharya (Jatayu).

While quiz questions were asked the nostalgia relating to Satyajit Ray's immortal creation Sonar Kella and Joy Baba Felunath reflected across everybody's mind. Soumitra admitted the classic shooting in the romantic landscapes of Rajasthan in Sonar Kella gave a new dimension to the film.

It was mentioned that after the death of Santosh Dutta who had previously played the role of Jatayu, Satyajit Ray declined to make any other film on the Feluda series. Jatayu's daughter was called in the program to share her experience.

Sabyasachi Chakravarty reflected about the fact when Satyajit Ray made the films on Feluda within one year of writing the story the picture of Kolkata did not change. But When Sandip Ray made the same films after 20 years of creation of the literature he had to make alterations in the film considering the change of lifestyle of people in Kolkata. During Ray's time Green Ambassador of Jatayu showed status. During Sandip Ray's time BMW cars are common in Kolkata.

Sourav Ganguly conducted the program with brilliance. The viewers expect Sandip Ray to make more films relating to Feluda Series written by Satyajit Ray.