Written by Krutika Desai Original language(s) Hindi First episode date 1992 Genre Music | Country of origin India Running time Approx. 60 minutes Final episode date 1994 Directors Sushil Datta, Irrfan Khan | |
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Directed by Sushil Datta, Irfan Khan Producer(s) Harish Thawani, NIMBUS TV & Sports Presented by Baba Sehgal, Ekta Kapoor, Krutika Desai Khan, Tisca Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Chunky Pandey Cast Ekta Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty Similar Chitrahaar, Karamchand, A Mouthful of Sky, Potli Baba Ki, Zabaan Sambhalke | ||
Superhit Muqabla was an immensely popular countdown show of popular Hindi film songs that was broadcast on the Indian TV channel DD Metro of Doordarshan network, for several years in the 1990s. Krutika Desai did most of the shows including covering Michael Jackson's History tour in Bangkok.
It was a winning formula because of its pioneering format of pep talk by a host, Baba Sehgal in its earlier days, and being one of the first interactive content programs on air. The top 10 songs were decided every week by the polls sent in by the viewers. The response each week was immense in spite of the painstaking postcard polls compared to the SMS poll-ins of these days. The impact of the show can be imagined by the fact that it got its own award show SUMU Awards, which became hugely popular as well. It spawned a number of countdown shows on similar formats but none made an impact much like Superhit Muqabla. It was the first show to have its own theme see as much popularity and recognition as many of the songs featured in it.
Simultaneously the program was also shot in the Tamil language by the name SUPERHIT POTTI. It was aired from DD Chennai simultaneously at the same time. The Tamil version was not a dubbed version but was separately shot,edited and aired show which was hosted by many Tamil film and Television stars.
It was pulled off the air amidst much controversy. Several failed attempts were made to revive the show.