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| {{short description|Television series}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Dadagiri Unlimited]] |
| {{Distinguish|Dadagiri Unlimited}}
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| {{About||the Zee Bangla show|Dadagiri Unlimited|the 1987 Hindi film|Dadagiri (film)}}
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| {{Multiple issues|
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| {{More citations needed|date=November 2014}}
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| {{ infobox television
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| | name = Dadagiri
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| | runtime = 1 hour
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| | company = [[UTV Software Communications|UTV Television]]
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| | country = [[India]]
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| | network = [[Bindass]]
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| | first_aired = 2008
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| | last_aired = 2011
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| | num_seasons = 4
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| | picture_format = ([[480p]]) ([[SDTV]])<br />([[720p]]) ([[HDTV]])
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| '''''Dadagiri''''' is an Indian [[reality show]] that premiered on [[Bindass]] in 2008.
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| == History ==
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| In its first season, called ''Dadagiri: Beat the Bullies'' premiered in 2008, 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|Srman]] as "The Mindstein", and Esha Bhaskar as "The Goddess" and Quaiser Jamal as Juicy The Chef.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} Contestants were required to complete physical and mental challenges, as well as endure abuse by the show's "bullies".<ref name="Kapoor"/> According to a former contestant, the show was about 70% scripted and 30% improvised.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roy |first1=Smita |title=Ravi is upset |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Ravi-is-upset/articleshow/3436967.cms |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=27 May 2019 |language=en |date=3 September 2008 |quote='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. }}</ref>
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| The second season premiered in 2009 and featured 12 contenders competing for a prize of Rs. 1,000,000. It became the highest-rated program among Indian youth TV channels in that year. It had 2 bullies; Vishal returned as "The Beast" for the second season, and [[Sonnalli Seygall]] replaced Esha as "The Goddess".
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| The third season premiered in 2010, ''D3 Commando Force: Dadagiri Against Terrorism'', also had cash prize.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
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| The fourth and final season premiered in 2011, titled ''Dadagiri: The Revenge of the Sexes'', featured two groups divided by gender. The male team was led by Vishal as "The Beast" and the female team by Shaurya as "The Goddess".{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}
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| ===Slapping incident===
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| {{update section|date=January 2020}}
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| Actors and hosts are supposed to bully one another,<ref name="Kapoor">{{cite web |title=Dadagiri On Screen |date=30 August 2008 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Dadagiri-on-screen/article15388395.ece |first=Gaurav |last=Kapoor |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> but violence was never agreed upon. 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.{{sfn|Roy|2008|ps=: "There was this girl called Isha opposite me who was supposed to abuse me and play fifa with me and I was to retaliate, but calmly. After a while when it came to improvisations, I presume she was out of words and came and slapped me hard. I was shocked and in the heat of the moment, I slapped her back. That led to the entire unit of about 70 people jumping on me beating me black and blue."}} The incident resulted in the male host (Akash Beri) and some crew members physically assaulting Bhatia<ref>{{cite news |title=Dadagiri – An Indian Reality Show Where A Contestant Is Beaten Up After He Slaps A Woman In Return |url=http://www.trendite.net/2008/09/03/dadagiri-an-indian-reality-show-where-a-contestant-is-beaten-up-after-he-slaps-a-woman-in-return/ |work=[[Trendite]] |date=3 September 2008 |quote=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. |access-date=1 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102183737/http://www.trendite.net/2008/09/03/dadagiri-an-indian-reality-show-where-a-contestant-is-beaten-up-after-he-slaps-a-woman-in-return/ |archive-date=2 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> while he repeatedly asked "How can she slap?" with the crew appearing to be slow in breaking them up.
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| Threats of violence were later made against Bhatia's sister and mother by the host Akash Beri and crew. A video of the incident was leaked and widely shown on Indian television.<ref>{{harvnb|Roy|2008|ps=: "Luckily for me, somehow the tapes got leaked out and they were being shown on all the channels."}}</ref> The video also went [[viral video|viral]] on the Internet.<ref>{{cite web |title=When Salim of 'Jodha Akbar' slapped a girl in real life |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/When-Salim-of-Jodha-Akbar-slapped-a-girl-in-real-life/articleshow/52886000.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=27 May 2019 |language=en |date=23 June 2016 |quote=In 2008, a viral video of one of its episode got viral where the host Esha Bhaskar slapped one of the contestants.}}</ref> Bhatia subsequently sent a legal notice to the producers and asked for a public apology.,<ref>{{cite news |first=Shweta |last=Keshri |title=Karan Kundra slaps a Roadies contestant; 4 times slapgate controversies created a stir on reality shows |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/reality-tv/story/karan-kundra-slaps-a-roadies-contestant-x-times-slapgate-controversies-created-a-stir-on-reality-shows-roadies-splitsvilla-om-swami-lifetv-961250-2017-02-17/ |work=[[India Today]] |date=17 February 2017 |quote=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.}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| == External links ==
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| [[Category:Bindass original programming]]
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| [[Category:Indian reality television series]]
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| [[Category:2008 Indian television series debuts]]
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| [[Category:2011 Indian television series endings]]
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| [[Category:UTV Television]]
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