Mirakkel is an Indian Reality Show on Zee Bangla hosted by Mir Afsar Ali and directed by Subhankar Chattopadhyay. Produced by Zee Bangla and hosted by the popular radio jockey and television host Mir, Mirakkel is one of its kind reality show. The show aired on Zee Bangla, offers a platform for stand-up comedians across Bengal to showcase their talent. The show is judged by television actors Paran Bandyopadhyay, Sreelekha Mitra and Rajatava Dutta. The band Bandage, which include Dwaipayan Saha, Nitin Mani, Suman Sinha, Subhajit Sarkar, Koushik, Saurav Bhattacharya, was on the musical side. With five years on, Mirakkel has been one of the longest running reality show on Zee Bangla. The Latest Season, Mirakkel Akkel Challenger 6 started from 11 July 2011 and ended on 15 July 2012. The show,when first telecast in 2006, became an instant hit amongst the people of Bengal, specially the middle and old-aged masses. It was also very popular among the youth and many puns and wit from the show were very common amongst all sections of people. The show tasted good to average success in the first five seasons. In 2011, the sixth season of Mirakkel went on air, from 11 July 2011. Upon air, the film broke several TRP records and enjoyed huge success throughout its initial run, and eventually became the most successful season of Mirakkel ever. Critics mainly lauded three things for Mirakkel's huge success, which was Mir's larger-than-life presence, satirical and political songs.