Usha Utthup, Shaan, Babul, Kavita Krishnamurthy stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program.

Usha Utthup, Shaan, Babul, Kavita Krishnamurthy stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. On 29th April, 2015, celebrities stormed Zee Bangla Dadagiri Program. Usha Utthup, Babul Supriyo, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shaan, Tanushree Shankar and Jayati Chakravarty stormed Sourav Ganguly’s Dadagiri Program. Sourav Ganguly asked Babul Supriyo why did he plunge into politics. He won the election under BJP ticket. He said that his market in music was fine. But he wanted to help the poor and the distressed. Recently he released Bengali cassette relating to Rabindrasangeet and other Bengali songs. He sang the song “amar bela je jay saanjhbelate”. Shaan sang his song "bin kuch kahe bin kuch sune hathon me hath liye"

from the hit film PK. He also showed his recent Bengali cassette and CD that was released recently. Sourav Ganguly asked Kavita Krishnamurthy to sing the songs “pyar hua chupke se” from the film 1942 – A Love Story, and “hum dil de chuke sanam” from the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. She said that she was associated with Kolkata for a long time. She sang many songs with Manna Dey and Hemanta Mukherjee. Kavita Krishnamurthy said she released a rabindrasangeet album recently with great singer Hariharan. Tanushree Shankar talked about different dance forms. She said recently she released a recitation album with table player Bikram Ghosh. She initially said being a trained dancer she never recited anything. But Bikram Ghosh said she could manage it. Ultimately it had been released. Jayati Chakravarty sang a rabindrasangeet. Usha Utthup sang the songs “darling ankhon se ankhe char karne do” and then “sinorita” at the end. Sourav Ganguly himself danced with Usha Utthup. All the participants gave correct answers and ultimately Usha Utthup and Babul Supriyo became joint winners with 35 points. Sourav Ganguly anchored the program very well.

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.

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.