Dadagiri

Not to be confused with Dadagiri Unlimited.

For the Zee Bangla show, see Dadagiri Unlimited. For the 1987 Hindi film, see Dadagiri (film).

Dadagiri is an Indian reality show that premiered on Bindass in 2008.

Dadagiri
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	4
Production
Running time	1 hour
Production company	UTV Television
Release
Original network	Bindass
Original release	2008 (2008) – 2011 (2011)

History

In its first season, called Dadagiri: Beat the Bullies, contestants were selected every week and would compete for a prize money of Rs. 50,000. It was hosted by Akash Beri and had 4 "bullies": Vishal as "The Beast", Shraman Jain as "The Mindstein", Esha Bhaskar as "The Goddess" and Quaiser Jamal as Juicy The Chef.^{[citation needed]} Contestants were required to complete physical and mental challenges, as well as endure abuse by the show's "bullies".^[1] According to a former contestant, the show was about 70% scripted and 30% improvised.^[2]

The second season premiered in 2009 and featured 12 contenders competing for a prize of Rs. 1,000,000. It had 2 bullies; Vishal returned as "The Beast" for the second season, and Sonnalli Seygall replaced Esha as "The Goddess".^[3]

The third season premiered in 2010, D3 Commando Force: Dadagiri Against Terrorism, and it also had cash prize.^[4]

The fourth and final season premiered in 2011, titled Dadagiri: The Revenge of the Sexes, and it featured two groups divided by gender. The male team was led by Vishal as "The Beast", and the female team by Shaurya Chauhan as "The Goddess".^[5]

Assault incident

In one episode in 2008, "Esha, the Goddess" (Esha Bhaskar) slapped a contestant named Ravi Bhatia in an unscripted physical attack. He immediately slapped her back. The incident resulted in the male host (Akash Beri) and some crew members physically assaulting Bhatia while he repeatedly asked "How can she slap?".^[1][6] The video also went viral on the Internet.^[7] Bhatia subsequently sent a legal notice to the producers and asked for a public apology.^[8]

References

1. Kapoor, Gaurav (30 August 2008). "Dadagiri On Screen". The Hindu.
2. Roy, Smita (3 September 2008). "Ravi is upset". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 May 2019. 'And it was all scripted! We were all given our parts where 70 per cent was to be said as is and 30 per cent would be improvisations,' says Ravi.
3. "A gooey cuss-tard - Indian Express".
4. "C'mon, Commandos! - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. "Dadagiri Season 4 to become battleground of opposite sexes". 15 January 2011.
6. . Trendite. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2017. Isha, a contestant, slaps another contestant dude and gets slap really hard in return. The dude is then pounced upon by other men on the set and beaten up pretty bad.
7. "When Salim of 'Jodha Akbar' slapped a girl in real life". The Times of India. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2019. In 2008, a viral video of one of its episode got viral where the host Esha Bhaskar slapped one of the contestants.
8. Keshri, Shweta (17 February 2017). "Karan Kundra slaps a Roadies contestant; 4 times slapgate controversies created a stir on reality shows". India Today. In one of the episodes of the Bindass' Dadagiri, a contestant Ravi Bhatia was slapped by the host. This didn't go down well with him and he smacked her right back. Later Ravi also served a legal notice to the makers and asked for an apology.