Genre Quiz show Presented by Sourav Ganguly Original language(s) Bengali | Created by Zee Bangla Country of origin India | |
Directed by Subhankar Chattopadhyay | ||
Dadagiri Unlimited is a Bengali language quiz show broadcast by the Indian TV channel Zee Bangla. The show is hosted by former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly. It airs thrice in a week for one and half hour each day, from 9:30 to 11 P.M.
Contents
- Chief Guests
- Show Overview
- Selection Round
- Toss Round
- Power Play Round
- Cover Drive Round
- Googly Round
- Slog Over Round
- Bapi Bari Jaa
- Winning Districts
- References
The contestants are chosen by a preliminary selection round held in different parts of the state West Bengal; every contestant represents their respective districts of West Bengal. The show premiered in 2009. The title track has been sung by Arijit Singh.
In 2009, Kolkata won the finale (Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was the celebrity guest in the finale episode of the first season); and in season 2, North 24 Parganas won. Dadagiri season 3 was organized in 2012 and was hosted by Mithun Chakraborty. Bardhaman secured the trophy of Season 3.
Season 4 started from August 26, 2013 and ended on February 23, 2014. This season, the main host, Sourav Ganguly hosted the show. In this season, North 24 Parganas secured the win for the second time (Bollywood personalities Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan were celebrity guests in the finale of season 4, who came to promote their film Shaadi Ke Side Effects). Season 5 started on November 17, 2014. Season 6 began on January 11, 2016.
Sometimes, a number of Bengali celebrities or renowned personalities come to play the game for the bottom six districts in list.
Chief Guests
• Season 1 — Shah Rukh Khan
• Season 2 — Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jeet & Mithun Chakraborty
• Season 3 — Alka Yagnik & Udit Narayan
• Season 4 — Farhan Akhtar & Vidya Balan
• Season 5 — Bipasha Basu, Monali Thakur & Palash Sen
• Season 6 — Ankush, Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan & Sayantika Banerjee.Rahul, Rimjhim
Show Overview
The rounds are:
Selection Round
The contestants from 20 districts of West Bengal with Probasi Bangali (Expatriate District-for participants of West Bengal living outside the state) compete in this round. In this round, 20 districts of West Bengal along with Probasi Bangali can play. They are required to answer 6 questions by pressing buttons against the options. Normally the questions are a 'yes-no' type question, with two options- right and wrong. From each question, one player from a district is selected for the following rounds. This new system was introduced in season 5. In the previous seasons, all the participants had to answer one question, from which the six fastest participants to answer, were selected.
In all, 6 participants are selected from this round. The remaining 14 contestants can play by helping the 6 selected players in Power Play Round and Cover Drive Round, from the Runners' Bench.
Toss Round
The 6 selected contestants participate in this round. Six clues are given for a single answer, from which the participants have to guess the answer. From season 4, a seventh clue had been included, which was presented after the participants finalized their guess in the sixth clue. The participants' 'runs' are deducted if their guess is wrong, while they are awarded with points if their guess is correct. The number of runs awarded or deducted depends on the number of clues the contestant used to finalize his/her guess.
None are eliminated.
Power Play Round
All six contestants play this round. They have to select from questions valued 2, 4 or 6 runs. A 2-run question includes 2 options, a 4-run question has 3 options, while a 6-run question has 4 options. Contestants can take help from the Runners' Bench, but accordingly, the runs added or deducted are halved, with the another half going to the Runner.
If any other contestant thinks that the contestant's answer is wrong, he/she can challenge that particular contestant, receiving double runs if the answer is correct, but losing double runs if the answer is wrong.
One contestant is eliminated.
Cover Drive Round
Here, the contestants are given some audio-visual questions to answer. Questions range from 1 to 4 runs(score). The contestants are questioned, without options, on either a video or an audio clip, depending on their choice. The help and challenge options are also available here.
This round is quite similar to the Power Play round; only the question pattern is different.
One contestant is eliminated here.
Googly Round
The Googly round is quite similar to the type of bowling in cricket it is named after. As the bowler surprises the batsman with such a delivery, the contestants are also baffled by riddles or rebus puzzles. This is perhaps the hardest round in the game, but certainly the most enjoyable. Each contestant is asked a question worth 6 runs. Failure to answer it deducts 6 runs from the contestant's collect.
One person is eliminated.
Slog Over Round
The remaining three contestants are asked 12 questions. Previously (before season 5) the number of questions was 18. The fastest one to press the buzzer after the question is asked, gets to answer the particular question. Questions which all the contestants have failed to answer, are asked to the Runners' Bench at random.
One is eliminated.
Bapi Bari Jaa
The remaining duo are head-to-head in this final obstacle to victory. The contestants are told to choose from six subjects alternatively, from which they will be asked questions. Similar to the Power-play round, one can challenge the other, but in this round, their answers are kept unknown to each other until they have finalized them.
The contestant who has scored more runs is more, wins the game.
In season 3 'Bapi Bari Jaa' round was renamed as 'Check Mate' round, in season 4 it was again named as 'Bapi Bari Jaa'.
Winning Districts
The winning districts of Dadagiri Unlimited in different seasons are :