Aneek and Ujjaini won the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Aneek and Ujjaini won the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. On 4th November, 2017, Sourav Ganguly brought eminent singers in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. The singers included Aneek and Ujjaini in one team, Imon Chatterjee and Sanchita in another team, Imon and Shovan Ganguly in another team, Durnibar and Mekhala in another team, Saptak and his team and Tirtha and his team. Imon Chatterjee and Sanchita sang the song “humma, humma, humma, humma, humma”. In the first round the question was a celebrity who had featured in many reality shows in Zee Bangla. Most of the participants gave the answer as Sourav Ganguly. But the answer was Shubhankar Chatterjee, the director of Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Aneek and Ujjaini challenged the questions of other participants and got big number of points. They scored the fastest 50 points. Sourav Ganguly asked the name of the singer who in the recent past disguised himself and sang in the streets. The participants were supposed to name the singer. It was Sonu Nigam and Saptak and his team gave the right answer. Saptak sang the song “jawan mai hoon, jawan tum bhi ho” with his team. At the end of the show Saptak and his team also crossed 50 points and became second. They answered the maximum questions in the slog over round and became second.Surnibar sang the song "ei niralay kunjachayay".

Aneek was asked to answer a audio voice of a singer singing a Punjabi folk song. It was an uncommon song. Aneek took a wild guess and said it was the song of a non-singer and it was Harbhajan Singh. The answer was correct and Sourav Ganguly confirmed that. Tirtha and his team sang a folk song on the request of Sourav Ganguly. Mekhala sang Geeta Dutt’s song “Tumi je amar ogo tumi je amar”. Sourav Ganguly asked all the participants in turns to sing songs of their choice. Most of the participants reached the finals of Zee Bangla Saregamapa program and are known faces for the audience. Sourav Ganguly anchored the program in style.

Soham, Kanchan, Subhashree promoted film Dekh Kemon Lage in Sourav Ganguly's Dadagiri Program.

Soham, Kanchan, Subhashree promoted film Dekh Kemon Lage in Sourav Ganguly’s Dadagiri Program. On 15th July, 2017, actors and actresses Soham, Kanchan Mallick, Subhasree Ganguly, Sourav, Anindya and others came to promote their film Dekh Kemon Lage in Sourav Ganguly’s Dadagiri Program. Sourav Ganguly previously has brought many celebrities in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Kanchan Mallick told Sourav Ganguly that this was the 6th time he came in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. In none of the previous occasions he could be the champion, he always finished 2nd. He said his first Bengali film was Saathi with Jeet 15 years back. So he completed 15 years in Bengali film industry. Kanchan Mallick jokingly said he won the prize of aamkath meaning mango wood bat everytime he became second. Ganguly said Zee Banga Dadagiri Program gave English Willow bat, not mango wood bat. Subhashree Ganguly told Sourav Ganguly that everytime she used to go for shows, the audience used to ask her whether she had any relationship with Sourav Ganguly. Sourav Ganguly in a witty manner said tel everyone Subhashree is the sister of Sourav Ganguly. Subhashree said he remained famous in the industry for her infectious laughter. Whenever she started laughing her laughter hardly ended. Subhashree and Soham told the story of the film Dekh Kemon Lage. They said Soham in the film went abroad and when he came back always got into trouble. Whenever he faced goons, his childhood friend Subhashree helped her to get out of trouble. Dekh Kemon Lage is a comedy film but is an entertainer. Anindya said he recently received best drama actor of the year for his performance in Bengali theatre. Sourav Ganguly congratulated him for that. Sourav said he was a big fan of Sourav Ganguly. He said he studied in South Point school and was at the verge of being rusticated from the school for fighting against friends relating to discussion with Sourav Ganguly. At the end of the program Sourav became the champion of the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Again Kanchan Mallick became second. He did not go for challenge in the Bapi Bari Ja Round, to play safe but lost at the end.

Lily Chakravarty, Rajatavo Dutta, Sudipa Basu and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Rajatavo Dutta, Lily Chakravarty, Sudipa Basu and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

On 12th May, 2015, Sourav Ganguly brought celebrities in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. The celebrities included Rajatavo Dutta, Lili Chakravarty, Biplab Chatterjee, Sudipa Basu, Satinath Mukherjee and Papiya Adhikari. Biplab Chatterjee talked about his 40 years experience in films. He said that he generally acted in negative roles althrough his life so had been seen getting beating from Tapas Pal or Prasenjit. He said he first worked with Satyajit Ray in the film Pratidwandi in early 1970s. He was known for his successful performance in the film Joy Baba Felunath in 1978. Lily Chakravarty said she got the first role in Bengali films in the film Bhanu Pelo Lottery in late 1950s. But from the time she acted in superstar Uttam Kumar’s film Deya Neya, all the directors started casting her in the roles of sister in law, meaning bouthan. She had to take dark make up in Tapan Sinha’s film Hansuli Banker Upakatha as the film was related to rural sautal tribes. Rajatavo Dutta said that presently he is working in many Bengali films and hindi films. He also was one of the successful judges in Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program. Papiya Adhikari showed her tattoo in hand and said her American friend did it with drilling act 4 years ago. Sudipa Basu talked about her acting career both in films and serials. Satinath Mukherjee had been a newsreader, announcer and also acted. He told a poetry on Sourav Ganguly. At the end of the show, Rajatavo Dutta gave the maximum number of correct answers and won the title. Sourav Ganguly asked very intelligent questions to the celebrities.

Sourav Ganguly brought Subhashis Mukherjee, Saheb Chatterjee and others in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Sourav Ganguly brought Subhashis Mukherjee, Saheb Chatterjee and others in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. On 30th March, 2015, Sourav Ganguly brought celebrities in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. The celebrities included Saheb Chatterjee, Subhashis Mukherjee, Kanchana Mitra, Chaiti Ghoshal, Vaskar Banerjee and Dolon Roy. Sourav Ganguly asked Saheb Chatterjee to sing a song. He sang the same song that he gave lips in Sandip Ray’s film Gugababa Fire Elo. It was the third film of the series Gupi Gayeen, Bagha Bayeen. The first two films Gupi Gayeen Bagha Bayeen and Hirok Rajar Deshe was directed by Satyajit Ray. Guga Baba Phire Elo was directed by Sandip Ray. Saheb Chatterjee played the character of the child artist in the film. Kanchana Mitra told Sourav Ganguly that recently she acted in the film called Sajarur Katha. The director of the film told her the reason of casting her in the role was that he had seen her in previous edition of Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program where she wore a blue saree. She gave very good answers in the contest and ultimately became the champion at the end of the contest. Bhaskar Banerjee was asked about the question relating to a scene of film Chourangee. He identified the voice of Superstar Uttam Kumar. Sourav Ganguly asked Chaiti Ghoshal about her history relating to joining films and serials. She said she did both. She was the daughter of actor Shyamal Ghoshal who was also a police officer. Subhashis Mukherjee was asked about his success story. He said he acted in Abhinandan Bhagirath TV serial in the early 1990s with Robi Ghosh and Dipankar Dey. Then he rose to stardom with the serial Bibaho Bibhrat, which was directed by the son of famous director Debaki Kumar Basu. Sourav Ganguly also asked Dolon Roy about her success story in serials and films. She acted in hit film Kakababu Here Gelen. Sourav Ganguly very well anchored the program.

Sourav Ganguly brought Manashi Mukherjee, Bappa Lahiri and others in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Sourav Ganguly brought Manashi Mukherjee, Bappa Lahiri and others in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. On 2nd March, 2015, Sourav Ganguly brought the great celebrity children in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. All these children had become stars themselves. Their fathers were legends. The celebrities included Manashi Mukherjee, the daughter of legendary classical singer Manabendra Mukherjee, Bappa Lahiri, the son of great singer and composer Bappi Lahiri, Bablu Mukherjee, the son of comedy actor Keshto Mukherjee, Basabi Mukherjee, the daughter of famous Bengali actor Bhanu Banerjee, the son of poet Shakti Chatterjee and the daughter of actor Tarun Kumar. Sourav Ganguly asked Manashi Mukherjee to sing a song. Manashi herself had many music records to her credit. She sang her father’s song “bare bare ke jeno dake amare”. She said her father had great relationship with not only singers like Shyamal Mitra, Hemanta Mukherjee or Aparesh Lahiri, the father of Bappi Lahiri, but the entire film fraternity including actors like Tarun Kumar, Bhanu Banerjee. Sourav Ganguly asked how was Bhanu Banerjee back at home. Basabi Mukherjee, the daughter of Bhanu Banerjee said that he was a very serious father back at home. She told a Dhaka comedy tale to Sourav Ganguly. She acted in films like Nirdharito Shilpir Anuposthitite, Atithi, etc. She said her father did a lot of social work. Tarun Kumar’s daughter was asked what was the name of the national award for best actor which was started in 1967. She said the right answer and also mentioned that Bengali superstar Uttam Kumar received that award. She also said that Uttam Kumar and Tarun Kumar lived together in the same house in Bhawanipur, where she spend her childhood. Bablu Mukherjee, the son of Keshto Mukherjee told an incident in a flight. Keshto Mukherjee had a famous dialogue “pacchis”. Passengers in the flight wanted him to say it again. He acted about vomiting and when the plastic bag was given he told the passengers “chabbis”. He had huge wit. Bappa Lahiri said he was a drummer. He learned table from the same guru who taught Bappi Lahiri table. He told an incident when Sourav Ganguly was playing in England, Bappi Lahiri and Bappa Lahiri went for a show there. Bappi Lahiri could find time only at night and took Bappa Lahiri with him to meet Sourav Ganguly in the dressing room. Such was the Bengali sentiment of Bappi Lahiri. He also said his family and Mithun Chakravarty’s family are very close. Shakti Chatterjee’s son said that in addition to being a great poet and writer, his father was also a social worker. Whatever money that he saved in a LIC Policy, when the policy matured he gave the money to a rickshaw puller in his locality just because he had written few poems and was interested in literature. At the end of the show Bappa Lahiri gave the maximum number of right answers and became champion. Sourav Ganguly handled the celebrity children with respect and dignity.

Sourav Ganguly's Dadagiri begins with a bang.

Sourav Ganguly’s Dadagiri begins with a bang. Bengalies after every 6 months of Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program, wait for the commencement of the program for the next season. This had been the story for the last 4 years. On 18th November, 2014, Zee Bangla Dadagiri started with a bang. Sourav Ganguly started season 5 of Dadagiri with 6 contestants. It is going to be shown at 10 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The format of the game had remained the same. In 2011 Mithun Chakravarty anchored Dadagiri. Superstar Mithun Chakravarty had hosted and anchored many programs in Bengali channels including Dance Bangla Dance. The program was excellent and credit goes to Mithun Chakravarty for pulling the crowd once again between 9.30 and 11.30 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The first round shown was toss round. The second round was named Pack up or panga. In that round the contestants got positive marks for right answers, negative for the wrong answers. Even for bonus answers the rule was the same. Mithun Chakravarty showed a scene from Amitabh Bacchan’s film Do Anjane, where he also acted in a small role. Those were the struggling days of Mithun Chakravarty. Later on he acted in big roles sometimes matching the stardom of even Big B in films like Agneepath. In the googly round, intelligent questions were asked. A Professor of Bengali institution who participated in the program came and touched Mithun Chakravarty. He said that participating in a program by standing so close to Mithun Chakravarty was a dream to him. In the googly round a participant was asked the question how could a mug which had a crack inside could be used to draw water. The participant answered that the crack was in the handle, the water never leaked. It was a very intelligent question. Mithun also showed his wit by laughing at a special moustache of a participant. The participant said if his wife had to marry him, she had to love the moustache before marrying him. The names of the rounds have changed if compared with Dadagiri Program during Sourav Ganguly’s time. But even then Mithun Chakravarty had maintained the charm and is expected to a great job in the coming rounds of Dadagiri because his wide experience of acting dancing in the all India arena had created a national dimension which he uses in different programs. He is liked by everyone and is doing a great job. One of the participants in 2014, Sujata Chakravarty was a cricketer. She bowled a ball to Sourav Ganguly. Sourav Ganguly did a great job as an anchor in the show.

Imon Chatterjee, Rahul Bardhan and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Imon Chatterjee, Rahul Bardhan and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. On 17th February, 2014, Sourav Ganguly invited celebrities in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program with their husbands or wives. Some of the celebrities included Sumit Ganguly and his wife, Imon Chatterjee and his wife, Rahul Bardhan and his wife, great cook Shukla Mukherjee and her husband, Swaralipi Chatterjee and her husband. Sourav Ganguly asked the background of Imon Chatterjee’s wife. She said her background was Howrah, and her father had a transferable job. She travelled to China with her father. Imon Chatterjee sang song with his guitar. Swaralipi Chatterjee talked about a Food shop she opened with her husband. She named all the dishes in her shop in the name of Satyajit Ray’s Feluda stories. Incidentally Feluda, a fiction character and a detective, used to stay in Rajani Sen street. Sourav Ganguly asked Rahul Bardhan about his serial acting and film acting. He acted in the popular Bengali serial Ganshar Bibah, which was written by Bibhutibhushan Mukherjee. He played the character of Trilochan or Tilu. Shukla Mukherjee was considered kitchen queen at one time. She had written books relating to preparation of different dishes. Presently she also comes in Sudipa Mukherjee’s popular Bengali show Zee Bangla Rannaghar to teach new food dishes. Sourav Ganguly in the Bapi Bari Jaa round asked the question, which two Bengali celebrities recently won Padmashree Awards. The answer was Sabitri Chatterjee and Supriya Debi. In the slog over round, Imon Chatterjee answered the maximum number of questions. He also scored the fastest fifty and won the cash prize for scoring that point. The program ended with Imon Chatterjee’s song.

Superstar Jeet stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Jeet stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Bengali superstar Jeet stormed Sourav Ganguly’s Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program on 28th January, 2014. The entire team of the Bengali film Royal Bengal Tiger had been invited by Sourav Ganguly in the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Jeet and Abir Chatterjee are the best actors in the film. The film is directed by Rajesh Ganguly and is scheduled to be released on 31st January, 2014. The film is produced by Neeraj Pandey. He came in the show. Sourav Ganguly asked him how was his experience of working in the film A Wednesday? He said it was great to work with two stalwarts Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher in the film. The film won many awards. The film had launched a new actress Shraddha Das. She came in the show. Abir Chatterjee and Jeet told the story of the film. In the film, Abir Chatterjee played the role of a middle-class person. He was a simple person who never reacted to the menaces in the society. Once he met Jeet his old friend, and from that time he learned to fight against evil. The rest of the film was related to the courage that he gained from Jeet. That is the reason why the film is named Royal Bengal Tiger. Sourav Ganguly asked Abir Chatterjee about his experience of working with Sandip Ray to play the character of Feluda. He said it was a great experience. The shooting will begin in February. Sourav Ganguly asked a question, how is Royal Bengal tiger different from other tigers. The answer was the black stripes on the body. Each of them are different from the others. Jeet spoke about his film background. He was involved in family business of selling building materials. After that he went to Mumbai. He came back to Kolkata, acted in the film Saathi, and the rest was history. Jeet answered the maximum number of answers and scored the fastest fifty. He also won the competition at the end by answering maximum number of questions in the slog over round. Sourav Ganguly anchored the program with style.

Kinjal Chatterjee, Sanchita, Saptak and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Kinjal Chatterjee, Sanchita, Saptak and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. On 13th January, 2014, the day of Lohri and eve of makar sankranti, Sourav Ganguly invited singers in the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. The celebrities who were invited included Kinjal Chatterjee, Sukanya, Sanchita Bhattacharya, Saptak Bhattacharya, Rathijit Bhattacharya and Madura Bhattacharya. When Sourav Ganguly asked Kinjal Chatterjee about his background he said he was a Law student. He studied LLB in Hajra Law College, Kolkata. His passion towards music drew him to songs from the 3rd year. He got an opportunity to show his talent in the Zee Bangla Channel. From there he never looked back. Kinjal Chatterjee sang a song. Sukanya sang the song “shundari kamala”. She had recently sang in bengali films like Shukna Lanka. Rathijit Bhattacharya contested Zee Bangla music contest and also Zee TV music contest. He ranked in the program and kept his mark. He sang a song. Saptak Bhattacharya married Manali Dey. So both the personalities are from the entertainment world. Manali Dey had been successful star of Bengali films and tele-serials. Sourav Ganguly asked Madura Bhattacharya why did she change her name. She replied that it was for numerology. There are numerous instances of changes of the names of celebrities. Singer Kavita Krishnamurty had original name of Sharda. But due to the presence of famous singer Sharda Rajan of the song “titli uri” from Suraj, she changed her name to Kavita. At the end of the show Rathijit Bhattacharya gave maximum answers in the slog over round and got the prize money for scoring fastest fifty. Kinjal Chatterjee asked Sourav Ganguly what is the secret in respect in respect of his high level of confidence. He said it was his passion towards cricket. He was dropped a number of times from the national team, but he fought hard and got back to the Indian team due to passion towards cricket. All of them sang a group song together. Sourav Ganguly handled the celebrities very well with a lot of wit.

Dona Ganguly, Madhuboni Chatterjee and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Dona Ganguly, Madhuboni Chatterjee and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. On 8th January, 2014, Sourav Ganguly invited eminent dancers and actresses in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Dona Ganguly, Madhuboni Chatterjee, Mithul Sengupta, Moushumi Bhattacharya, Ritabhari Chakraborty were some of them. Dona Ganguly is an eminent dancer of Bengal. She had taken her dance group to perform in many parts of the country. When one contestant asked Dona Ganguly is there any grievance about Sourav Ganguly. She said one of the biggest grievances is that she very rarely gets her husband back at home. During his long cricket career, Ganguly was engaged in representing India in test matches and one day internationals in India and abroad. Even after he had retired he is involved many television shows like Dadagiri and rarely stays at home. Madhuboni Chatterjee was asked about different dance forms. Very interesting questions were asked to everyone. In the slog over round Dona Ganguly answered maximum questions. She was asked what was the specialization of eminent actress and dancer Vaijayantimala? She said Golf. It was an absolute right answer. Many people don’t know about it. Even in the googly round she was asked when does the hand don’t bleed even after chopping the finger. She said when the food items like ladies finger or fish finger is chopped. Madhuboni Chatterjee at the end of the show became the champion. She scored the fastest 50 and also won maximum points. Sourav Ganguly conducted the program in style and gave ample scope to all the celebrities to mention about their career and future projects.

Kumar Shanu, Sujoy Ghosh and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Sourav Ganguly invited celebrities in the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program including Kumar Shanu, Haimanti Shukla, Sujoy Ghosh, Oindrila Sen, Soham Chakravarty and others. Sourav Ganguly asked Kumar Shanu to sing the first song he sang in Bollywood films. He sang it. Sourav Ganguly disclosed that he believed in ghosts. Soham Chakravarty said that while shooting a film when he was staying in a house, he saw a shadow of a lady who disappeared in a room. Haimanti Shukla said she did not believe in that. Kumar Shanu said he also believed in ghosts. Sourav Ganguly said he came to Jodhpur for shooting an advertisement film. He came with his wife. He was given a big room to stay in one of the hotels which was palace was at one point of time. He got so scared that during the night he could not sleep for two nights. As it was during summer, he used to go for the shooting at 4 am in the morning. His wife Dona Ganguly used to switch on the lights and stay awake from 4 am to 6 am and only slept when the sun came up. When Sourav Ganguly asked Sujoy Ghosh about Kahaani, he said that Aladin was a disaster. After the failure of the film, he had a last chance of proving his worth as a director by making a good film. Kahaani happened. He congratulated the entire team of Kahaani, including the artists Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee and everyone. Sourav Ganguly said he saw it 3 times to understand the plot. Sujoy Ghosh said that the Durga Puja that was shot was Ballygunge Cultural Durga Puja. Soham Chakravarty said that he started acting at the age of 3 years in Anjan Choudhury’s film Choto Bou playing the role of the son of Ranjit Mullick and Sandhya Roy. After that he got the chance in Satyajit Ray’s film Shakha Prashakha. Sourav Ganguly asked Haimanti Shukla to sing the song “amar mallika bone”. Kumar Shanu said that he won the filmfare award back to back 5 times for the best playback singer. Then he told other singers should also get the award. The press and media misinterpreted it saying if Shanu himself received awards what will happen to the other singers. He did not get a 6th award ever. At the end of the show Kumar Shanu answered the maximum number of questions and became the champion.

The team of Aschorjo Prodip stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

The team of Aschorjo Prodip stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Director Anik Dutta had made a new film Aschorjo Prodip. It has been based on the literature of Sirshendu Mukherjee. Saswata Chatterjee played the character of a middle class person in the film. He initially was an ordinary salesman. Srilekha Mitra played the role of his wife in the film. All of a sudden he received an aschorjo prodip, that means a light from where a character Genie came out. The role had been played by Rajatavo Dutta. From that time whenever he told his wishes Rajatavo made the difference and Saswata became rich. Rupa Bhattacharya played the role of a private secretary of Saswata Chatterjee. She did not like him when he was a middle class person. But when he became rich she fell in love with him. The music of the film had been composed by Raja Narayan Deb. He had given good music in the film. Sanjoy Biswas played the role of a comedian in the film. All these characters were invited by Sourav Ganguly in the show. Sourav told Saswata Chatterjee that he saw the film Kahaani 3 times to understand the story. But Kahaani had been a brilliant film of Sujoy Ghosh, due to brilliant acting of Vidya Balan, it was also due to brilliant acting Saswata Chatterjee. His character of serial killer Bob Biswas had been liked by people of different parts of the country. Sanjoy Biswas made Sourav laugh by saying his wife always suspected that he had affairs with other women. So after the program he had to go to Nandan and stay there for the night. At the end of the show Rupa Bhattacharya answered the maximum number of questions and became the champion of the program.

Joshojit and other celebrities' children rocked Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Joshojit and other celebrities’ children rocked Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

On 29th October, 2013, Sourav Ganguly invited the children of renowned celebrities in the program Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. The contestants included Joshojit, the son of actor Joyjit, Oishi, the daughter of actress Srilekha Mitra, Deb, the son of singer Shamit Mukherjee, Mohul, the daughter of singer Rupankar, Megh and Bristi, the children of actress Manashi Sinha and Pujita, the daughter of another actress. Incidentally Manashi Sinha became the champion of Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program, few weeks back. Sourav Ganguly showed a clipping of song of film The Three Idiots, where Amir Khan and Kareena Kapoor danced together. The question was asked to Oishi. She could recognize Kareena Kapoor but not Amir Khan. Sourav Ganguly gave her full marks, and with wit told that it was not necessary to recognize Amir Khan, as long as the beautiful lady Kareena Kapoor was identified. Sourav Ganguly said he always admired beautiful ladies. Srilekha Mitra, the mother of Oishi, asked Sourav Ganguly, what about them. Sourav Ganguly bypassed the question and got back to the game. Joshojit gave the maximum number of answers in the slog over round and became the champion of the show. He also won the prize for the fastest fifty. His father, actor Joyjit, did not come to the show, but his mother took the prizes on behalf of Joshojit. He also asked a question to Sourav Ganguly. The question was, if he was travelling in a bus, and it was raining outside, how did he get wet? There were no leakages in the roof of the bus. Sourav Ganguly answered it was by sweat. Joshojit said, yes, yes it was right answer. Sourav Ganguly anchored the program with style, asking each of the contestants, what were their extra-curricular activities in addition to academics.

Sidhu, Babul Supriyo, Usha Utthup and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Sourav Ganguly brought celebrities on 23rd October, 2013. Singer Sidhu of Cactus Band, Babul Supriyo, singer Usha Utthup, singer Subhamita and others graced the occasion. All the singers were very famous in their own esteem. Sourav Ganguly asked Babul Supriyo about his recent Bengali album based on folk songs. Babul Supriyo said that the folk songs are known to everyone. They have the smell and fragrance of the soil. He recorded the popular songs like “shundari kamala naache”, “amae dubai li re”, and other songs which Bengali are called prachalito pallisangeet. He is very confident that the songs will be loved by the audience. Subhamita was shown a clipping from the film Pyaasa. Geeta Dutt’s song “jane kya maine kaha” was picturised on Wahida Rehman. Sourav Ganguly asked Subhamita to sing the Bengali version of the same song. Subhamita sang SD Burman’s song “mono dilo na bodhu”. In the slog over round, Sidhu gave the maximum number of answers and became the champion of the show. Usha Utthup was asked by Sourav Ganguly to sing a song. She sang the song “senorita” from the film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Sourav Ganguly danced in the song. He said, he had run Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program for 3 seasons now. None of the celebrities had been successful to make him dance. Usha Utthup was the first person. Usha Utthup said that she had travelled to Dubai in a flight few years back. Incidentally Sourav Ganguly was also travelling in the same flight. The air hostess behaved very well with Usha Utthup. After that the air hostess said please introduce herself to Sourav Ganguly. Sourav Ganguly anchored the program very well.

Superstar Deb and Koel stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Superstar Deb and Koel stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program on 16th October, 2013. Deb and Koel Mallick came to promote their new film Rangbaaz. The film had been directed by Raja Chanda. He participated in the program Dadagiri. The cinematographer Sailesh Awasthi who had been the cinematographer of the film also came in the show. The anchor Sourav Ganguly asked Deb about the speciality of the film. He said firstly the major part of the film had been shot in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand. Then he said that the action stunts in the film stands out. There were scenes where Koel was being thrown from 34th floor of a high rise building. There were risks but the actors and actresses like Deb, Koel and others gave their original stunts. The music of the film was very decent. Sourav Ganguly said that these days Bengali films are shot in foreign locations. The standard of photography and camerawork is also excellent. Whenever Bengali films are compared with the Bollywood films there are not much difference. The director Raja Chanda said yes. It was the great development of Bengali films and growth in the technological aspect of filmmaking. There were shots taken in the seas near Thailand. Some part of the shooting was also done in Italy. Sourav Ganguly asked Deb about his background. He said he was an engineer. For some period of time who acted as an assistant to the director Abbas Mastan. He was born in a village in Midnapore. Whenever he used to come from Mumbai via Geetanjali Express, he used to get down at Kharagpur and get back to his village. He had worked hard to achieve name and fame in Bengali films. In the slog over round, Deb answered the maximum number of questions and became champion in the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. He also scored the fastest 50 and won the prize for scoring the fastest 50. Sourav Ganguly wished him best of luck for the upcoming film Rangbaaz.

Manashi Sinha, Kanchan Mullick and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program

Manashi Sinha, Kanchan Mullick, Reshmi Sen and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

On 15th October, 2013, the day of Bijoya Dashami and also Dussehra, Sourav Ganguly invited celebrities to the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. The celebrities included Manashi Sinha, Kanchan Mullick, Rehsmi Sen, Papiya Sen, Surojit Chatterjee and actress Shubhadra. Sourav Ganguly asked Kanchan Mullick, what was the secret of his slim body? He said that it was nature’s gift. He has been known to eat every form of food, but he never had attained fat. Manashi Sinha said that when Sourav Ganguly asked any question, the way he stared no one could understand what was in his mind. Kanchan Mullick asked Sourav Ganguly the experience of playing in Lord’s stadium. Ganguly said that he feared the first few overs. The new balls in seaming conditions in England did a lot. If the batsmen could play out those initial overs then they could score a lot of runs. In the Googly round, Shubhadra, Surojit Chatterjee and Reshmi Sen gave right answers. Sourav Ganguly asked Surojit Chatterjee to sing a song. He was a member of the band Bhoomi. He sang a song very well. In the slog over round, Manashi Sinha gave the maximum number of answers and ultimately became the champion. Kanchan Mullick talked a lot about his struggle in films. He said that had he not taken risks in terms of stepping out and hit over boundaries, today he would not have been a film actor but a barber. Sourav Ganguly anchored the program with a lot of wit.

Mithun, Palash, Subashis and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program

Mithun, Palash, Subhashis and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

On 2nd October, 2013, Sourav Ganguly invited many celebrities in Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. The teams were made from members of the Zee Bangla Saregamapa Program and Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program. Vicky and Subhashis Mukherjee were in the same team. Mithun and Palash Adhikari were in the same team. Doel and Shobhan Ganguly were in the same team, Fatik Purokayet and Mrinmoy were in one team. The other singers Arpita, Kushal and others were also invited by Sourav Ganguly. Sourav Ganguly during the program asked Subhashis Mukherjee and Vicky to sing a parody song. They sang it. Then Fatik Purokayet was asked to recite a poetry on Dadagiri Program. He did that too. In Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program he used to be called Maduli by the participants and the anchor Mir Afsar Ali. So the participants also called him Madulida. He was a teacher of Bengali language by profession. Shovan Ganguly was asked by Sourav Ganguly to sing a song. He sang the song “Maula maula maula mere maula”. He sang the song with a guitar. He played the guitar himself. Mithun was asked by Sourav Ganguly to say a big statement on cricket match. He said a spin bowler was hit for two over-boundaries by Ganguly. Then if the state of the mind of the bowler would have been described by Sarat Chandra Chatterjee he would have made the statement with a difficult language. He spoke that language. As 2nd October was Gandhiji’s birthday, most of the quiz questions were centered around Gandhiji. Sourav Ganguly asked the question, who gave Gandhiji the title of Mahatma. He answered that Ranbindranath Tagore gave him the title of Mahatma to Gandhiji. At the end of the show all the contestants sang the song “suno gaur se duniyawalon sabse aage honge Hindustani.” Sourav Ganguly anchored the program very well.

Ujjaini, Locket Chatterjee, Ritwik and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program

Ujjaini, Locket Chatterjee, Ritwik and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Prog

ram. Sourav Ganguly, the anchor of the program Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program invited celebrities in the program on 1st October, 2013. All the celebrities were actors, actresses and singers of the Bengali small screen and also Bengali cinema. The artists along with playing the contest, all came to promote their upcoming film Nayika Sangbad which is going to be released very soon. Arunima Ghosh and Locket Chatterjee acted in lead roles in the film. Ujjaini had sung songs in the film. Sourav Ganguly asked Locket Chatterjee and Arunima Ghosh whether there was similarity of the new version of Nayika Sangbad with the old film Nayika Sangbad released in mid-60s. The old film was a hit film with superstar Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhowmick playing lead roles in the film. Sourav Ganguly played a song of that film sung by Sandhya Mukherjee titled “keno e logon chanchal holo gejeno dake bare bar” and asked the name of the film and the name of the singer. Bhaswar Chatterjee the noted actor in films and tele-serials was also asked questions about his new films and serials. Sourav Ganguly was asked which was the most tensed moment in his life? Sonali Choudhury asked the question. He said it was the first test he played in 1996. He did not find anything tense about proposing before Dona Ganguly, his wife. Sonali Choudhury also asked whether he reached Dona Ganguly to her house when she used to go for tuition. Sourav Ganguly denied. Sourav Ganguly asked Ujjaini to sing a song. She sang it from the film Nayika Sangbad. In the slog over round Ritwik answered the maximum number of answers and scored fastest fifty. He became the winner at the end of the show. Sourav Ganguly anchored the show very well.

Sudipa Mukherjee, Neel Mukherjee, Jayjit and others stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

On 25th September, 2013, Sourav Ganguly invited celebrities Sayan Basu, Sneha Chatterjee, Sudipa Mukherjee, Neel Mukherjee, Jayjit Banerjee and Biswanath Basu in the program Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Sourav Ganguly asked Sayan Basu what was the meaning of her name Sayan Basu. She said she was born in July, during monsoon period. Srabon in Bengali indicated monsoon. Sayon was derived from Srabon, so her name was given Sayan Basu. Sneha Chatterjee said her husband who was and film editor, used to play cricket and big admirer of Sourav Ganguly. Sourav Ganguly told everyone that she had ably acted in the Zee Bangla Serial Subarnalata. Neel Mukherjee said his father also was a great theatre actor. Presently he is acting in one of the plays that his father had acted in the late 1970s. In the googly round Sneha Chatterjee gave very good answers. On the screen all the alphabets were shown and the word soap written. In the list of alphabets s was coloured red and the second was coloured half –red. She said it indicated daily soap. Sunday was a holiday and Saturday was half day, that was the reason they were coloured red. In the slog over round the participants answered the questions even before the options were put forward. The result was that most of the answers were wrong. Biswanath Basu pressed the buzzer relating to the question what was the actual name of music composer Jeet Ganguly. He could not answer that the original name was Chandrajeet Ganguly. Some of the questions asked by Sourav Ganguly were very intelligent ones. He asked which came first egg or chicken. The question did not mention’s the egg of which bird. The answer was the Dinosaurs came before human beings and other birds. So obviously the dinosaur’s egg came before the chickens. Neel Mukherjee asked Sourav Ganguly that if anyone wanted to create a film on the life of Sourav Ganguly, who will be the actor who he wanted to act out his role. Sourav Ganguly said that if such a film is made in future, he wanted to play the role. At the end of the show, Sudipa Mukherjee became the winner of the Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. As no one could score 50 points, the cash amount for the fastest 50 was distributed among all the contestants. When the child contestant who used to carry the bats for Sourav Ganguly was asked who was the better actor among the celebrities, he said Neel Mukherjee.

Madhumanti Maitra, Deboshree Roy and others stormed Zee Bangla Mirakkel Program.

Sourav Ganguly invited celebrities on 18th September, 2013. Bengali actress Deboshree Roy, actor Barun Chandra, Dulal Lahiri, Debika Mukherjee, newsreader Madhumanti Maitra and others. Sourav Ganguly asked Deboshree Roy about her new film Adhoba. She said that she is playing the lead role. The other artists in the film included Barun Chandra, Dulal Lahiri and others. Sourav Ganguly asked Deboshree Roy whether she had reduced acting in films after she became MLA from Trinamool Congress. She said she balanced the 3 things together, acting in films, her work as MLA and also the responsibilities in respect of social welfare. She also is an animal lover. She has a lot of dogs at home and takes care of them. Barun Chandra shared his experience of working with Oscar Winning director Satyajit Ray. He said Ray met him when Barun Chandra was working in an advertisement company. Ray came in contact with him and gave him a role in the film Sheemaboddhyo. The film was released in early 1970s. After that for 20 years Barun Chandra did not work in films. Then he joined films. Sourav Ganguly showed a clipping of the first hindi film of Deboshree Roy with Arun Govil and asked the question to Barun Chandra about the actor. He could not say it although he identified Deboshree Roy. Madhumanti Maitra gave the maximum number of answers and won the prize for the fastest 50 in the show. Deboshree Roy sang a song in the show. Madhumanti Maitra asked a googly question to Sourav Ganguly where she asked him to name a mountain where there was good fragrance. Sourav Ganguly said that Sourav meant good smell and Dadagiri had the word giri meaning mountain. Everyone clapped at Sourav Ganguly’s ready intelligence. He anchored the program very well and gave due respect to all the celebrities in the show.