''Mirakkel'' is an

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hosted by

Mir Afsar Ali Mir Afsar Ali or Mir is an Indian radio jockey, television anchor, singer, comedian, actor and media personality. He was the host of Mirakkel, a Comedy show on Zee Bangla and Hi Kolkata on Radio Mirchi. He gives voice over on a show in which s ...

and directed by

Subhankar Chattopadhyay Subhankar Chattopadhyay (Bengali: শুভঙ্কর চট্টোপাধ্যায়; born 1977) is an Indian director, scriptwriter, content creator, and producer. He is a non-fiction show creator in Tollywood. He directed the fil ...

. It is produced by Subhankar Chattopadhyay Productions. The show features stand-up comedians judged by

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Sreelekha Mitra Sreelekha Mitra (Bengali language, Bengali: শ্রীলেখা মিত্র) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Winner of a Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA Award a ...

and

Rajatava Dutta Rajatava Dutta (Bengali: রজতাভ দত্ত; born 11 August 1967) is an Indian actor who appears in Bengali, Hindi and English films. He is often regarded as one of the most celebrated and respected Bengali actors of his generation. O ...

. The band ''Bandage'', including Dwaipayan Saha, Nitin Mani, Suman Sinha, Subhajit Sarkar, Koushik, Saurav Bhattacharya, are responsible for the music. In 2011, the sixth season of ''Mirakkel'' went on air. After ''Mirakkel Akkel Challenger 6'' ended, the producers of the reality show decided to launch another sub-season of ''Mirakkel'' called ''Mirakkel Akkel Challenger Awesomesala'' which ran for a year.

Seasons

Season 1

Mirakkel Akkel Challenger 1 (2006) Winner Ritesh Sinha

Season 2

Mirakkel Akkel Challenger 2 (2007) For the 2007 season, Tollywood actress

chaired as a judge along with regular judges Rudranil Ghosh and Rajatava Dutta. The champion was Atanu Burman.

Season 3

Mirakkel Bare Miya chhote Miya (2008) In the 2008 season, contestants from previous seasons competed against newcomers. Rajatava Dutta, Srelekha Mitra, and Sidhu from Bengali band Cactus were initially the judges. Srelekha later replaced by

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. Mridul Bhattacharya was again the winner beating season 2 champion Atanu Barman in the final.

Season 4

Mirakkel Akkel Challenger 4 (2009) This season only for the child performers was hosted by Mridul Bhattacharya. Tania from Burdwan became champion.

Season 5

Mirakkel Akkkel Challenger 5 (2010) In season 5, Pranjol from Bijaygarh was the champion.

Season 6

Mirakkel Akkkel Challenger 6 (2011) Season 6 started with 30 participants on 11 July 2011, hosted by Ali. This time Bangladeshi contestants also participated. This season featured the regular judges of Mirakkel along with the regular band Bandage.Mentor of the season are Rajeev Banerji,Sourav Palodhi,Krishnendu Chatterjee,Arnab Karmakar,Subhadip Ghosh.The joint winners were Vicky and Partha (together) and

Abu Hena Rony Abu Hena Rony (also known as Dulabhai; born 14 December 1987) is a Bangladeshi stand-up comedian, actor, presenter and model. In 2011, he participated and won the Zee Bangla comedy show ''Mirakkel'' season 6 jointly with Vicky and Partha. Pri ...

Season 6 Awesomesala

Mirakkel Akkkel Challenger 6 Awesomesala (2012) The series started after grand finale of season 6. Comedians from season 6 participated in this season along with some new comedians from

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as well as from

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and Vicky-Partha were the season champions.

Season 7

Mirakkel Akkel Challenger 7 (2013) The seventh season started on 25 February 2013 with 27 participants. Hosted by Mir and the same judges.Mentors of the season are Sourav Palodhi,Krishnendu Chatterjee,Arnab Karmakar,Shubhadip Ghosh.The champion of this season was Subhashis Mukherjee.

Season 8

Mirakkel Akkel Challenger 8 (2014) The eighth season started on 4 August 2014 with 74 episodes. Hosted by Mir and the same Judges.Mentors of the season are Krishnendu Chatterjee,Arnab Karmakar,Sangeet Tewari,Shawon Majumder.The winner was Kaju AKA Chiranjeet Halder. He got a brand new car, advertising chance of Pran and three lakhs rupees.

Season 9

Mirakkel Akkel Challenger 9 (2015-2016) The last season started on 10 December 2015 and ended with 82 episodes. Host and Judges were same.Mentors of the season are Krishnendu Chatterjee,Arnab Karmakar,Sangeet Tewari,Ishtiak Nasir,Shawon Majumder,Iman Chakraborty.The Joint Winners were ''Aditya Sarkar'', ''Raktima Das'' and ''Suman Gayen''. Special guests were

Indrani Haldar Indrani Haldar is an Indian actress who is mostly known for her work in Bengali cinema. She was conferred with a National Award, three BFJA Awards and two Anandalok Awards. Halder made her debut in 1986 with the Bengali TV series ''Tero Parbo ...

Rachana Banerjee Rachna Banerjee (born Jhumjhum Rakesh Banerjee; 2 October 1974) also known as Rachana, is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and television presenter. She is known for her works in Bengali and Odia film industries and has also appeared in severa ...

, Anupam Roy, Sidhartha Sankar "SIDHU" Ray, Saheb Chatterjee, Raj Chakraborty. Special guests as performers :

Rudranil Ghosh Rudranil Ghosh is an Indian actor who works primarily in Bengali films. Education Rudranil Ghosh completed his early education at Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah under West Bengal State Board. He graduated from the Narasinha Dutt Col ...

Kanchan Mullick Kanchan Mullick is an Indian Bengali film and television actor and politician. In addition to the television show ''Janata Express'', Kanchan has also acted in movies like ''Mahakaal'' and ''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona''. He is also a Bengali theatr ...

Season 10

''Mirakkel'' season 10 has started its journey from 11 October 2020 (after 4 years break). This time the show airs on Sundays from 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM. Again, the host is Mir Afsar Ali, but the judges have been changed. The new judges of this season are

Sayantika Banerjee Sayantika Banerjee is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has been praised by the critics for her acting and dance skills. In 2012 she was in the Bengali film '' Awara'', which was commercially successful. She jo ...

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Paoli Dam Paoli Dam (born 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial ''Jibon Niye Khela'' (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as ''Tithir Atithi'' and ''Sonar Harin''; the former ran for ...

and

Soham Chakraborty Soham Chakraborty (born 4 March 1984), is an Indian actor, producer, television personality and politician. He has appeared in more than 100 Tollywood (Bengali cinema), Bengali films, as child artist (Master Bittu) and as male lead. He earned n ...

and

will join later. Mentors of the Season are Sourav Palodhi,Shubhadip Ghosh,Vicky Nandy,Anik Modak,Iman Chakraborty,Sangeet Tewari.Jointly Winner of this season were Santanu Mondal and শুভজিৎ দাস from Beadon Street. This season ended on 30 May 2021.

References

External links

* {{Zee Bangla Indian reality television series Zee Bangla original programming