Manisha Koirala appeared in Sourav Ganguly's Dadagiri.

Manisha Koirala appeared in Sourav Ganguly’s Dadagiri.

Sweet bollywood star of the 90s, Manisha Koirala appeared in Sourav Ganguly’s program Dadagiri, shown in Zee TV, on 25th December, 2010. That was the Christmas surprise that Sourav Ganguly had given the audience. Manisha spoke in English and hindi and Ganguly translated the Bengali version to her in English.

The quiz program having different rounds like straight drive round, slog over round, bapi bari jaa round, googly round, etc., had mainly questions related to the film career of Manisha Koirala. She had a great background being the daughter of the Prime Minister of Nepal. Incidentally her family was the royal family. The viewers of Bengal saw her the first time after marriage. She got married this year only.

She disclosed before Sourav Ganguly and the audience that the entry into bollywood films was quite smooth for her, without struggle. She studied in Benaras and stayed in India before joining films. She struggled to maintain the stardom once she attained it after the success of Saudagar, Akele Hum Akele Tum, Khamoshi, etc.

Manisha Koirala shared her experience about working with director Maniratnam who tried to change her image from a soft spoken girl to a terrorist in the film Dil Se. When asked about the superiority of Shahrukh Khan and Amir Khan, she said that Sharukh Khan was crowd puller, but Amir Khan was more versatile, who experimented with his roles.

When asked about the present trend of films, she said there is a tendency among directors to make films on social dramas involving mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, etc., unlike the films that used to be made during her times, that is the 90s. She had been very humble in her conversation and carried the sweet smile that she displayed in majority of her films like Lajja, 1942 A lovestory, etc. Souav Ganguly should be appreciated for handling stars with dignity and politeness. His program continuing for the last few months had been absolute success.

Sourav Ganguly brought Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kunal Ganjawala in Dadagiri.

Sourav Ganguly brought Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kunal Ganjawala in Dadagiri.

Sourav Ganguly brought singing superstars in Dadagiri on 21st October, 2010. He had brought many superstars, both Bengali and national superstars in the program a number of times.

On 21st October, he brought Kavita Krishnamurty, Debojyotida (Salil Choudhury’s assistant), Shaan, Shovam, Kunal Ganjawala and Mitali Singh (wife of Bhupinder Singh) in the program. Kavita Krishnamurthy sang the rabindrasangeet “sakhi kamona kahare bole” from the film Shreeman Prithviraaj in style. She also sang “pyar hua chupke se” from 1942 A Love Story brilliantly. Kavita Krishnamurthy said that her original name was Sharda. But just became singer Sharda who was associated with composer Shankar Jaikishan was famous during the early 70s, she was asked to change her name to Kavita by singer Hemant Kumar. She changed it and created an identity of her own.

Mitali Singh shared the experience of Bhupinder Singh with RD Burman. Both were friends and sometimes due to the friendly quarrel between the two the singer Asha Bhosle had to wait for sometime while a show was in progress. She admitted that her husband Bhupinder Singh had a distinct bass and tone and listeners admired it. She also disclosed that she was from Maymanshingha in Bangladesh. It was music which brought her and Bhupinder Singh together.

Shaan and Shovam had been friends and during the show they enjoyed the communication of one with the other. Shaan sung the song “musumu suhasi” very well. Shovam sang his song. Kunal Ganjawala won the quiz at the end. He sang the song “bheege hoont tere” in style. Debojtoti Babu played the violin in style and played the song “kahin dur jab din dhal jaye” composed by Salil Choudhury in the film Anand.

Sourav Ganguly was brilliant as a host and kept all the celebrities in good humour. Viewers expect Sourav Ganguly continue his great work of bringing together giants from different spheres of life in Dadagiri program in Zee Bangla.

Sourav Ganguly brought Arjun Chakravary, Saheb Chatterji in Dadagiri.

Sourav Ganguly brought Arjun Chakravarty, Saheb Chatterji in Dadagiri.

Sourav Ganguly brought celebrities in Dadagiri including Arjun Chakravarty, Saheb Chatterji, Locket Chatterji, Srilekha Mitra, Pijush Ganguly and Dolon Ray. All were celebrities and their basic experiences were shared to Sourav Ganguly and the people at large.

Arjun Chakravarty, an established actor of Bengali cinema, with accolades of performing in Tapan Sinha’s award winning films like Antardhan, shared his past with Sourav Ganguly. He said that he worked as assistant to legendary director Gulzar for a long time before acting in the film Ankush with Nana Patekar and others. He sang a song of Mukesh and showed his skills in other fields too.

Locket Chatterjee talked about her relationship with the family of Sri Ramkrishna Paramhanshdeb. She was asked the surname of Sharada Ma, which was Mukherjee before she married Sri Ramkrishna. Dolon Roy talked about her acting experience, including the secret of success of the theatre Hiralal Pannalal which was performed in Uttam Manch in South Kolkata for a long time. Robi Ghosh, Tarun Kumar and many other veteran actors acted in that play.

Actor Saheb Chatterjee shared his experience as human resource manager in a Firm in Kolkata before joining films. He sang a number of songs including “tora je j abolish bhai”. Sourav Ganguly kept a question relating to a song in Sandip Ray’s film Guga Baba Phire Elo, which was sung by Saheb Chatterjee. Sourav commented that he should take his career as singer as seriously as acting.

Actor Pijush Ganguly stayed in the same place where Sourav Ganguly stayed, that is Behala. He said that in his program of Sasuri Bouma, frequently people used to ask about Sourav Ganguly as both lived in the same place and Ganguly was a very popular figure during the days captaincy of Indian team. Sri Lekha Mitra also shared her experiences.

The program became extremely successful and increased the TRP of Zee Bangla. Sourav Ganguly had proved his brilliance in the field of anchoring, that too in a Quiz Show. The viewers wish their best for the future Dadagiri shows.

Sourav Ganguly is back with Dadagiri.

Sourav Ganguly is back with Dadagiri.

Indian ex-captain Sourav Ganguly is back with Dadagiri in Zee Bangla Television Channel. His followers who had seen him conduct the program in 2009 are very happy to find him again as anchor for the season 2010.

Other than qualities like leading the country in cricket matches within India and abroad, Sourav Ganguly had interests in the cultural sphere and that had helped him a lot in conducting a knowledgeable program like Dadagiri. There had been a number of rounds in which the participants and shown their intelligence and knowledge and competed against each other in 2009, among which the googly round was exceptional.

In 2009, Sourav Ganguly, had brought many celebrities in the program. The episodes relating to them were unforgettable. From the film world he brought Mithun Chakravarty, Mamata Shankar, Rituparna Sengupta on screen. He brought actors who played the roles relating to Feluda series directed by Satyajit Ray and Sandip Ray, namely Soumitra Chatterji, Sabyasachi Chakravarty, Siddharta Chatterji, Saswata Chatterji, and others.

He had brought many sports personalities like Kishore Bhimani, Shyam Thapa, and others. They had highlighted about the history of Indian cricket and football. He brought the eminent chefs all across India including Sanjeev Kapoor to highlight about the best menus in leading hotels and restaurants in Indian cities.

He brought his own colleages like Irfan Pathan and S. Sreesanth in the program. Lastly he brought his IPL friend Shahrukh Khan and the episode relating to him had questions relating to his film career.

Sourav Ganguly had rightly said that viewers had heard about the term Dhoom 2 and Don 2. This new series of Dadagiri will be termed Dadagiri 2.

The viewers look forward to exciting episodes of Dadagiri all the way from 2nd September, 2010, and wish their best to master entertainer Sourav Ganguly.

Feluda Team in Dadagiri

Feluda Team in Dadagiri

The different teams of Satyajit Ray's immortal creation Feluda series appeared in Sourav Ganguly's program Dadagiri in Zee Bangla. The team included old Feluda team like Soumitra Chatterji (Feluda), Siddharta Chatterji (Topse) and Kushal Chakravarty (Mukul). The new Feluda team included Sabyasachi Chakravarty (Feluda), Saswata Chatterji (Topse) and Bibhu Bhattacharya (Jatayu).

While quiz questions were asked the nostalgia relating to Satyajit Ray's immortal creation Sonar Kella and Joy Baba Felunath reflected across everybody's mind. Soumitra admitted the classic shooting in the romantic landscapes of Rajasthan in Sonar Kella gave a new dimension to the film.

It was mentioned that after the death of Santosh Dutta who had previously played the role of Jatayu, Satyajit Ray declined to make any other film on the Feluda series. Jatayu's daughter was called in the program to share her experience.

Sabyasachi Chakravarty reflected about the fact when Satyajit Ray made the films on Feluda within one year of writing the story the picture of Kolkata did not change. But When Sandip Ray made the same films after 20 years of creation of the literature he had to make alterations in the film considering the change of lifestyle of people in Kolkata. During Ray's time Green Ambassador of Jatayu showed status. During Sandip Ray's time BMW cars are common in Kolkata.

Sourav Ganguly conducted the program with brilliance. The viewers expect Sandip Ray to make more films relating to Feluda Series written by Satyajit Ray.