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{{short description|Television series}}

{{Multiple issues|

{{More citations needed|date=November 2014}}

{{tone|date=May 2014}}

 

{{ infobox television

| country        = [[India]]

| first_aired    = 2008

| last_aired    = 2011

| picture_format = ([[480p]]) ([[SDTV]])<br />([[720p]]) ([[HDTV]])

| website        =  

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>

 

The third season premiered in 2010, ''D3 Commando Force: Dadagiri Against Terrorism'', also had cash prize.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

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}}

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.

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>