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  • Zee Bangla brings back 8 old shows to entertain viewers

    Zee Bangla brings back 8 old shows to entertain viewers

    MUMBAI: Starting 30 March, Zee Bangla is bringing back some of its iconic shows: Ek Akasher Niche, Agnipariksha, Amar Durga, Dweep Jwele Jai, Bhootu, Goyenda Ginni, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, and Mirakkel in order to keep its viewers entertained.

    These shows will give  the viewers daily dose of entertainment while adding a bit of nostalgia to the regular ‘TV Time when people are staying at home and reducing public contact to curb the spread of COVID-19. 

    Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd East cluster head Samrat Ghosh said, “Zee Bangla always puts its consumer at the centre of everything and has been successful in delivering the entertainment needs of the wide Bengali diaspora for last 20 years. We heard the consumer voice to bring back some of our milestone shows from 20 years in terms of both fiction and non-fiction. I am very hopeful that the cult shows will surely bring back strong nostalgic values and take viewers back in their good old days and enhance quality family time and help them sail through this difficult phase.”

    The channel has realigned its programming with the relaunch of a series of pathbreaking and iconic shows of yesteryear's, which will present the families with an opportunity to relive memories, subsequently striking a happy conversation among the family members. The same has been envisaged as an extension of their “20 Ke Kurnish” campaign, a yearlong campaign which was launched by Zee Bangla last year to celebrate its glorious journey of 20 years.

    Following is the list of some of the most popular shows, which in themselves are landmark productions that helped recraft the Bangla TV industry. These are the shows that the audiences still crave for.

     

  • Soon: Season 8 of ‘Mirakkel’ on Zee Bangla

    Soon: Season 8 of ‘Mirakkel’ on Zee Bangla

    KOLKATA: Riding on the success of the earlier seven seasons, Zee Bangla is ready to soon roll out season eight of its popular reality show, Mirakkel Akkel Challenger. The upcoming season will once again see host Mir Afsar Ali aka Mir in top form, and will be directed by Subhankar Chattopadhyay.

     

    While the previous season ran for 72 episodes, the eighth season is likely to have around 56 episodes initially. This season too, there will be participation from Bangladeshi stand-up comedians – a norm established since season six of the show. To encourage promising talent from the neighbouring country, Zee Bangla has even held auditions at four locations there including Chittagong.

     

    Asked about the focus on comics from Bangladesh, Chattopadhyay said they could speak well and had a unique style of entertaining the audience. About the auditions, he informed, “In the first week of this month, auditions in north Bengal including Cooch Behar were completed. Auditions in Kolkata will be decided only after the polls.”

     

    The channel is upbeat about promoting season eight of Mirakkel. Plans are afoot to launch a marketing campaign around the show theme, i.e. fatafati 8. The show’s official facebook page has already garnered over 964 likes, what with the ever popular Mir posting “Khub taratari asche Mirakkel akkel challenger 8” on it.

     

    A one-of-its-kind reality show, Mirakkel premiered on Zee Bangla in 2006 and has been a hit with the people of Bengal ever since. “It is also very popular among the youth and many puns and wit from the show are common amongst all sections of people,” said a media expert. He attributed the show’s success to Mir’s larger -than-life presence and the satirical and political songs in the show among others.  

     

    For Chattopadhyay, the format of the show is the winner. “On an average the GVT (gross viewers in thousands) last year was around 1400,” he said.

  • Zee Bangla on top

    MUMBAI: Week 5, and Zee Bangla is on top with a relative channel share of 33%.ETV Bangla, the leader so far is at No. 2 with share of 31%. Aaakash is at No.3 with a share of 13%.The scenario is a little changed today, In the core prime time, It is Zee Bangla that dominates.

    Leaders from 2100hrs onwars till 2400 hrs. No questions asked. However, in the female TGs, it also leadsin a few bands in the early prime as well.Stand out and clear winners are SRGMP, Mirakkel, Khela, Aerao Shatru, Labonyar Sansar and so many.

     

    Another hall mark achievement this year for Zee Bangla is that of leaving the National Leader, Star Plus behind in all important TGs. For eg; F25+abc, Star Plus is 8.9% as against Zee Bangla’s 17%. In youth TG, Star Plus is 8.8%as against Zee Bangla’s 13.5%. Zee Bangla has managed to turn around the attention of the young female audience(f15+abc), who were eroding to Hindi. Star Plus manages a share of 9.6% as against Zee Bangla’s 15.6%.Such strong and compelling is Zee Bangla’s content today that even the mighty and the most hyped about showof Star Plus, KBC-SRK, could not dent one bit. On the contrary, Zee Bangla only grew further.

     

    With its array of new launches up ahead, Zee Bangla promises a rivetting fare for these lovely audiences of Bengal.