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Comedy Circus

Indian sitcom series

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Comedy Circus is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television, where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand-up comedy talent from India, these soap stars perform stand-up comedy along with their comedian partners on stage.

01Overview

Comedy Circus

The show went live for 13 weeks in a gruelling battle for supremacy to decide which pair will be the best stand-up comic. The show was created by the Optimystix Entertainment, with the tag line of 'Jodi Jamegi, Public Hassegi', which was described to "guarantee hysterics" on Sony TV.

Comedy Circus 2

The second season started airing on Sony TV on 26 April 2008. Popular television actors and professional stand-up comedians were paired to perform on a highly competitive stage. Their weekly performances were scored by the judges and the live studio audience to determine eliminations.

Comedy Circus: Kaante Ki Takkar

After Comedy Circus 1 & 2, "Comedy Circus: Kaante Ki Takkar" was introduced as the third season, which had the 'jodis' of Comedy Circus 1 led by judge Archana Puran Singh, battling the jodis of Comedy Circus 2, led by judge Shekhar Suman. The teams of Archana Puran Singh were called as 'The Purans' while the teams of Shekhar Suman were called as 'The Sumans'.

Shruti Seth, who hosted the previous season, was replaced by Purbi Joshi.

Comedy Circus: Chinchpokli to China

Another popular reality-based comedy TV Show from Sony Entertainment Television, which was the fourth season of the Comedy Circus franchise comes with the tagline "Comedy Circus: Chinchpokli to China, Jaha se koi Bhi Hanse Bina jayena". It is a comedy-based show like the previous Comedy Circus seasons with a slight twist in the plot. This season featured comedians in pairs to perform skits and impress the judges and get scored by them. It was hosted by Purbi Joshi and Nandini Kapoor.

Comedy Circus 20-20

This season was described as the season "with gags, jokes, laughter, hilarious acts, etc. adding the flavor of IPL season". The stand-up performances were based on the happenings in IPL how cricket affects our daily lives and everything related to the game. The show was hosted by Shruti Seth, and the judges are Shekhar Suman and cricketer Ajay Jadeja.

Dekh India Dekh

The sixth season of the popular stand-up comedy series of Comedy Circus which aired on SonyTV, premiered on 30 May 2009 and ended on 30 October 2009. Shekar Suman made his return as the judge alongside Archana Puran Singh. This new format saw Shweta Gulati as the host.

Comedy Circus: 3 Ka Tadka

The show featured celebrities performing with professional stand-up comedians. In this season, the format was changed from jodis (pairs) to trios, with a third celebrity joining each team. The season premiered on 24 October 2009 Mouni Roy initially hosted the show and was later replaced by Roshni Chopra.

Comedy Circus Ke Superstars

This season premiered on 24 October 2009. The first episode also starred Govinda who introduced new artists and was guest judge.

Comedy Circus: Mahasangram

This season involved contestants of three previous seasons. Archana represented season 1, Shekhar represented season 2 and Rohit Shetty represented season 3. Teams were scored by the opposite team representatives, with the audience watching the show to determine eliminations. The winners of this show were Swapnil Joshi and VIP.

Comedy Circus 2018

This was a comeback for the comedy circus franchise. Aired initially on 15 September 2018, this season had new talent, new styles of comedy and new ways of scoring. The scoring would depend upon the laughter of the judges, like if they would experience 'Mand Mand' laughter, the team would get Rs. 2500, for every 'Hahakar' laughter team gets Rs. 5000, and for every 'phephda phad' laughter they would get Rs. 10,000.

02Season summary

Year Season Host Judges Winners
2007Comedy CircusShruti Seth
2008Comedy Circus 2Shruti Seth and Shakeel Siddiqui
Comedy Circus: Kaante Ki Takkar Purbi Joshi replaced Shruti Seth
2009Comedy Circus: Chinchpokli To ChinaPurbi Joshi
Comedy Circus 20-20 Shruti Seth
Dekh India DekhJennifer Winget replacing Shweta Gulati
Comedy Circus: 3 Ka TadkaMouni Roy replaced by Roshni Chopra
2010 Comedy Circus: MahasangramPurbi Joshi
Comedy Circus Ke Superstars
Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo
2010-2011 Jubilee Comedy Circus

and

2011 Comedy Circus Ke Tansen
Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur
2011-2012 Kahani Comedy Circus KiShruti Seth

and

2012-2013 Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe
2013-2014 Comedy Circus Ke MahabaliShruti Seth Season ended before winners were announced.
2018 Comedy Circus 2018

Joanna Robaczewska

03Production

This show was produced by Vipul D. Shah through his TV shows production company Optimystix. It was filmed in studios of Goregaon, Mumbai.

04Comedy Circus 2018 - 2018 contestants

05Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali - 2013 contestants

06Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe - 2012 contestants

07Kahani Comedy Circus Ki - 2011 contestants

08Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur - 2011 contestants

09Comedy Circus Ke Tansen - 2011 contestants

10Jubilee Comedy Circus - 2010 Contestants

11Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo - 2010 Contestants

12Comedy Circus Ke Superstars, 2010 Contestants

13Comedy Circus: Mahasangram, 2010 Contestants

Team Purans:

  1. VIP & Swapnil Joshi
  2. Khyali Saharan & Karishma Tanna

Team Sumans:

  1. Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lehri
  2. Rajiv Nigam & Rajesh Kumar

Team Shettys:

  1. Paresh Ganatra, Bharti Singh & Sharad Kelkar
  2. Rajiv Thakur, Saloni Daini & Rashmi Desai

14Comedy Circus: 3 Ka Tadka, 2009 Contestants

15Dekh India Dekh, 2009 Contestants

16Comedy Circus 20-20, 2009 Contestants

17Comedy Circus: Chinchpokli to China, 2009 Contestants

18Comedy Circus: Kaante Ki Takkar, 2008 Contestants

Team Purans:

  1. Urvashi Dholakia & Shakeel Siddiqui
  2. VIP & Swapnil Joshi
  3. Khyali Saharan & Karishma Tanna

Team Sumans:

  1. Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lehri
  2. Rajiv Nigam & Rajesh Kumar
  3. Kamya Panjabi & Rajiv Thakur

19Comedy Circus 2, 2008 Contestants

20Comedy Circus, 2007 Contestants

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