''Dance Bangla Dance'' is a

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program, which airs in

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. It was later remade in Hindi as ''

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''. It first started on 6 April 2007, following ''Dance India Dance'' by

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, who had been the show's host from the beginning. According to a news article published in ''

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'', ''Ananda Plus'' on 6 December 2013, the 2014 season will not be judged by Chakraborty. In December 2013, it was announced on fellow Zee Bangla show ''

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'' that Dev will be a judge on it in season 8. Some of the other celebrities who have judged the show are

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. Now running season in DBD11, in new format, new anchor

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, and

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, judges

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, Jeet, and

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Grand Masters

(2007–2013) * Since its season 9 there are no grandmasters only 3 Judges along with hosts.

Hosts

The show was actually first hosted by

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. Then, it had various child hosts since its beginning. In its Season 8 and Season 11 the show is hosted by seniors. In Season 11, actor Vikram Chatterjee and Ankush Hazra co hosted the show. Actor

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replaced

as host because Ankush has been suffering from high fever and had been severely ill.

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also replaced

for one episode due to some personal reasons. *

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*Oindrila Saha *

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*Vicky Nandy (Season 8) * Raktim Samanta *Raktima *Bilash *Shayree *

(Season 11) *

(Season 11)

Mentors

In its 11 season there are mentors. 4 respected dancers divided in two groups. *Group 1-

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and

Soumili Biswas Soumili Biswas is a Bengali film and television actress, model, TV anchor, and a classical danseuse. Her first feature film, '' Alo'', was released in 2003, where she plays a supporting role. She started as the anchor of non-fiction, student-ba ...

*Group 2-

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and Devlina Kumar. (Souraja Tagore replaced Devlina Kumar for few episodes)

References

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