Dadagiri

Dadagiri
Country of origin India
No. of seasons 4
Production
Running time 1 hour
Production company(s) UTV Television
Release
Original network Bindass
Picture format (480p) (SDTV)
(720p) (HDTV)
Original release 2008 – 2011

Dadagiri is an Indian reality show that premiered on Bindass in 2008. The title of the show was derived from a word commonly used by the Gujarati community.

History

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 3 "bull": Vishal as "The Beast", Srman as "The Mindstein", and Esha as "The Goddess"and Quaiser Jamal as Juicy The Chef.

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 Sonalli Sehgall replaced Esha as "The Goddess".

The third season premiered in 2010, D3 Commando Force: Dadagiri Against Terrorism, also had cash prize.

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".

Controversy

The show is mostly scripted but with an improvisational style. Actors and hosts are supposed to bully[1] one another, 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.[2]

The incident resulted in the male host (Akash Beri) and several other members of the crew physically assaulting Bhatia [3] 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[4]. Bhatia subsequently sent a legal notice to the producers, asking for a public apology[5].

References

  1. ↑ Kapoor, Gaurav (30 August 2008). "Dadagiri On Screen". The Hindu. Esha who plays a bully,
  2. ↑ Roy, Smita (3 September 2008). "Ravi is upset". Times of India. There was this girl called Isha opposite me who was supposed to abuse 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
  3. ↑ "Dadagiri – An Indian Reality Show Where A Contestant Is Beaten Up After He Slaps A Woman In Return". Trendite. 3 September 2008. 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.
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4akMaeZ0-k
  5. ↑ "Karan Kundra slaps a Roadies contestant; 4 times slapgate controversies created a stir on reality shows". India Today. 17 February 2017. 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.
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