Bharatacha

The logo Bharatacha as a Maharashtra district.

**Bharatacha** (Bengali: ভারতসহ) is a Bengali game show. The show is broadcast (25 April 2020 - 25 June 2022). It has been presented by actor Aparna Sen since its inception, except for during the second season, which was presented by actor Shah Rukh Khan. The programme aired on ETV Game Speedrunner Bangla for its first second seasons from 2020 to 2021. and was commissioned by the programming team of Aindrita Ray. Since February 2021, it is produced by BNMedia Network Pvt Ltd. Since April 2021, it has been airing on BNTV. Idents like Who Wants to be a Millionaire (2021-present), but colors will changed into 2 colors.

## Competition Format

The competition has three rounds with the four rounds being removed, similar to the first second Bharatacha seasons. The show pits some competitors from Bharatacha: 1st Anniversary who finished the four rounds. He/She will be named as Ramoji Film City if he/she clear all four rounds and achieve Ramoji Film City.

## Filming

Unlike many versions, the filming of the show took place in other provinces on one time (e.x. Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal,...) and was usually in a gymnasium. The taping sessions were taken place at, Uppal Stadium District Gymnasium, Hyderabad district, Telangana, India.

## Rules

The show has:

* 6 Question rounds
* 6 Mini-Game rounds
* 2 Bonus Showdown Spinning Wheel rounds
* 1 Final Question rounds

## History

Before its premiere, the original set for Bharatacha was the second one ever built by the show's crew. The first one was done in about two months, but it was later demolished as the foreign producer didn't accept it. Added together, the set for the show was completed in four months.

Bharatacha premiered on ETV GSPN Bangla on 25 April 2020, with Aparna Sen hosted. In the first episode, the mini-games line-up was as more follows:

* **Turtle Frenzy**
* **Balloon Pop**
* **Parking Painting**
* **Burger Battle**
* **Duck Bathing**
* **Running Plummet**
* **Hurdles**
* **Cart Clash**
* **Trapdoor Evasion**
* **Time Trial**
* **Find Toad**
* **Spelling of Toads**

On 27 March 2021, aired its special commemorate the 1st anniversary of ETV Game Speedrunner Bangla. The show began with Aparna Sen (the original host) and the models, all made the entrance with a large birthday cake, also with confetti drops and a dance performance. The cake was also the first item up for bid, and the contestants were all amazed that the retail price of that cake was ₹1,600,000. But instead of receiving it, the winner of that first question round won a 1,600,000đ cash prize, and then the audience shared the cake. Not only that, the audience also shared a bagful of stuffed animals, when Aparna Sen brought it out and then threw to the audience. Parking Painting was known to be played in that special, but only that, the channel will launched in HD version of BNTV Bangla Cinema.

On 10 April 2021, Bharatacha aired a special episode to commemorate the Pahela Baishakh (Happy Bengali New Year).

Also on 20 April 2021, Bharatacha aired a special episode to commemorate the 1st anniversary.

After the last broadcast on 25 June 2022, Bharatacha officially said goodbye to the audience after 2 years of broadcasting.

## Question round

Four contestants are selected by the host, each with one answer choice. As each question is asked, and each contestant gives A, B, C or D on it.

The four contestants question in order from right to left, and must answer as close as they can to correct answer without going incorrect answer. Contestants answer in thousand or million rupees but no hundred rupees and below and may not answer the same answer as any player question previously for that game.

The contestant who answered correctly without going over of answer and then gets to the fortunes before play a mini-game.

If all four contestants answered incorrectly, a short buzz tone sound, the lowest question is hosted and the answer are reset, and the process starts over until one contestant gets a proper winning this game.

## Fortunes

### Current fortunes (25 April 2020 - 24 June 2022)

Player gets different fortunes upon stepping on a spinning roulette field. 2 fortunes are:

* **Lose a mini-game** (25 April 2020 - 24 June 2022) - Player will lose a mini-game.
* **Select emoji** (25 April 2020 - 24 June 2022) - Player will select two out over four cards, one conceals the show's logo with a picture of the Extras Mini-Game, and the other contains a smiley Emoji face.

### Retired fortunes

* **Extra Mini-Game** (25 April 2020 - 28 November 2020) - Player will extras the mini-game. If you win, you can extra 20 seconds.

## Mini-Game Line Up

### Current Mini-Games (25 April 2020-1 July 2022)

* **Turtle Frenzy** (25 April 2020 - 1 July 2022) - The player compete in catching turtles. The player to catch 15 turtles is the winner this game.
* **Balloon Pop** (25 April 2020 - 1 July 2022) - Whoever pops 25 balloons before the time runs out wins the mini-game.
* **Parking Painting** (25 April 2020 - 1 July 2022) - The player to fill the car park with at least 100% paint wins.
* **Burger Battle** (25 April 2020 - 28 November 2020; 2 January 2021 - present) - To win, the player has to make 5 burgers following the given instructions. If you make incorrect instructions, you'll will be start over.
* **Duck Bathing** (25 April 2020 - 1 July 2022) - The player lure duck into their bathtubs and the player to lure 25 ducks is the winner.
* **Running Plummet** (25 April 2020 - 1 July 2022) - The player have 3 lives and have to avoid obstacles while flying planes. The player to lose all life loses the game.
* **Hurdles** (25 April 2020 - 1 July 2022) - Whoever runs to the finish line faster and avoids all hurdles wins.
* **Cart Clash** (25 April 2020 - 1 July 2022) - The player has to avoid carts and collect groceries. The player to get 10 groceries wins.
* **Trapdoor Evasion** (25 April 2020 - present) - Trapdoors are randomly being lit and opened by 5 times. The goal of the game is not falling through them.
* **Time Trial** (60 second playing) (25 April 2020 - 1 July 2022) - Matching pairs. The player complete 3 levels before time runs up is the wins the game.
* **Find Toad** (25 April 2020 - 1 July 2022) - Whoever finding 15 toads into the house is the wins the game.

### Retired Mini-Games

* **Trash Trouble** (5 December 2020 - 26 December 2020) - Trash is falling from the sky and the player have to catch it. The winner is the one to catch ten items is the wins the game.
* **Spelling of Toads** (25 April 2020 - 26 December 2020) - Each one catch the phonic spelling used to play, the player who catched the correct phonic is the wins the game.
* **Snowball Hits** (5 December 2020 - 19 December 2020) - The player has to hit 15 people with the snowballs is the wins the game.

* **Playing Golf** (2 October 2021 - November 2022) - Each player to putted on a miniature golf-style made a putt 3 holes and 1 par is the wins the game.

## Bonus Showdown Spinning Wheel round

The contestants are lined up by their winnings (lowest to highest). The object of the game is to come as close to 100 points and you can without going ½ (half of point) or over. Also, the second and final spinner who have a higher score than the first spinner can choose to either stay with what he/she landed on to advance to the Showdown or spin again to try to get the ₹1.000.000 bonus.

A contestant in the first Bonus Showdown Spinning Wheel would draw one of the two cards, with the following three rules:

* There are two cards, one conceals the show's logo with a picture of the Bharatacha's Big Wheel, and the other contains a smiley Emoji face.
* If it is the show's logo card: The contestant will win an increased prize of ₹10,000,000 if he/she can get 100 points in the first spin.
* If it is the smiley face card: If a contestant get 100 points in the first spin, he/she will win ₹1,000,000 and can decide to hug someone on the stage (can be the host, the announcer, the model,...).
* The bonus is applied for all contestants who have won their way up on stage in the day. Only one contestant can win the bonus. After a contestant wins the bonus of the day, all remaining contestants (if any) will only spin for ₹1,000,000 bonus.

## Final Question round

Near the end of the show, the 2 winners from the 1st & 2nd Bonus Showdown Spinning Wheel play the Final Question.

Both contestants have to final question of the showcase. Contestants must come within a specific range of the reading the correct answers of the showcase without going over in order to win it.

If you have contestants meet this condition, the first one will corrected answers will get a bonus trophies.

If neither contestants meet this condition, both lose and the losing horns are played. If both contestants meet the above criteria, the contestant answers closer to correct answer without going over wins the Showcase. It is possible for two contestants to answer exactly the same amount and both meet the range above, in this case, two contestants both win and share the answer, which happened only four times in the history of the show.

## Bonus trophies

If you have contestants meet this condition, the first one will corrected answers will get a bonus trophies. There are three categories and they are:

* Won the most questions
* Won the most mini-games
* Won the most last questions.

If you won 3 bonus trophies, you'll be winner the game.

## Play as Home Game

For a short period during 4 July 2020 to 20 February 2021, Bharatacha operated a "Play at Home Game" contest. Viewers at home will try playing to select answer on the day's showcase for a chance to win ₹8,000,000 in cash. Any viewer who is 18 or older can attend.

* Viewers will answer on the showcase. After that, they must send a selfie photo with their TVs (the scene which is seen on TV must be the current show at the time, and also must be before the correct answer is announced) via Messenger into GSPN Bangla India's official Facebook fan page. As same as the on-stage contestants, viewers must come within a specific range of the price of the showcase without going over.
* If the showcase is won, the answer is forfeited and they can try again on the next show.
* Otherwise, any viewer who meets the above criteria and has a legal entry will be eligible to be chosen as the winner.
* The winner will be chosen randomly and will be announced on the following show (if any), and he/she will receive ₹8,000,000 in cash.

This format didn't gain much interest from viewers, and was taken out of rotation after a few months.

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On 20 February 2021, the website will be banned on Facebook in 21 February 2021 due to the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India insignificant of websites, but 2 mouths, it was relaunched on Facebook on 4 April.

## Bloopers

### Blurting Out of Answers of Question

* During the taping for the 27 March 2021, after the first question is displayed, host Amruta Ray accidentally blurted out the questions. Everyone in the studio laughed at him, and then she apologized for that. Not surprisingly, any questions was displayed, and the blooper was edited out of air.

## Footages of Episodes

Before ETV GSPN Bangla introduced BN+ on demand videos, nearly none of the episodes were available on BN+ On Demand, and BN+ Club.

## Sponsored Companies

* Lux (April - Sep 2020)
* Pepsodent (Sep 2020 - Feb 2021)
* Mazza (Feb 2021 - Jun 2022)

## Broadcast time

### Main broadcast

* Saturday 10:30 a.m. (25 April 2020 - 3 April 2021) on ETV Game Speedrunner Bangla.
* Saturday 10:00 a.m. (17 February 2021 - 25 June 2022) on BNTV.

### Reruns

* Sunday 6:00 a.m. (1 February 2021 - 26 June 2022) on BNTV.
* Thursday 19:00 p.m. (1 January 2022 - 30 June 2022) on BNTV Bangla Plus.

## Gallery

### Openings

Season 1 (2020-2021)Season 2 (2021-2022)Season 3 (2022-present)

## Trivia

* **Youngest member** which was shorthen as **Amruta** in every groups formed by producers of BRAC.

## See also

* BNTV
* BNTV2