Dadagiri Unlimited is an Indian Bengali language quiz show.
The contestants are chosen by a preliminary selection round held in different parts of the state West Bengal, and every contestant represents their respective districts of West Bengal.
[1] On 20 December 2009, Kolkata won the finale (Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was the celebrity guest in the finale episode of the first season); and in season 2, North 24 Parganas won.
Bollywood personalities Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan were celebrity guests in the finale of season 4, who came to promote their film Shaadi Ke Side Effects.
Season 7 began on 10 June 2017 and ended on 25 February 2018, Sachin Tendulkar made an appearance in the final.
Season 8 started airing on 3 August 2019 and temporarily halted in March 2020 due to the lockdown measures taken to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Season 10 Grand Opening 6 October 2023 Sometimes, notable Bengali celebrities or renowned personalities come to play the game for the bottom six districts on the list.
Sometimes, notable Bengali celebrities or renowned personalities come to play the game for the bottom six districts on the list.
In this round, 20 districts of West Bengal along with Probasi Bangali could play.
As all the districts did not get equal chances to play the game and increase their score in the leaderboard, to give equal chances to all the districts to play the game, this round was dissolved from season 7 and now the districts are randomly picked to play the game giving chances to everyone by the makers in each episode.
In the later seasons, this round has got tougher with the clue being vague and the answers unexpected.
Dada will have a coin where Dadagiri logo will be head and 'Season 9' writing will be tail.
In season 8, the participants had to answer the questions given by the people of Captain's Squad.
And also, Captain's Squad is removed in season 9 which means the participants can't take help from others.
The contestants are questioned, without options, on either a video or an audio clip, depending on their choice.
In season 8, people could take help in this round from the Captain's Squad.
The Googly round is quite similar to the type of bowling in cricket it is named after.
As the bowler surprises the batsman with such a delivery, the contestants are also baffled by riddles or rebus puzzles.
The remaining three contestants are asked 12 rapid fire questions with 2 options.
Questions that all the contestants have failed to answer are asked to the Runners' Bench at random.
In season 9, the chance of getting points is higher in this round, as the system is, if the question no.
Here the 'free hit' is the value of the number of the question after the three consecutive correct answers.
In the second half of season 7, this round was called Full Toss giving importance to bowlers also with batsmen.
The contestants are told to choose from six subjects alternatively, from which they will be asked questions.
In season 8, participant could take help from the Captain's Squad but the challenger could not.
If another challenges, he will get the points if he gets the correct answer and if he can't, he will negative markings.