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Great Indian Laughter Challenge
''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' is an Indian Reality television, reality stand-up comedy series produced by Endemol, Endemol India. The first four seasons aired on STAR One from 15 June 2005 to 26 September 2008. The show's fifth season premiered on 30 September 2017 on STAR Plus and was judged by Akshay Kumar. The show is based on a format where stand-up comedians perform and entertain judges and the studio audience with their comedy skills. The first three seasons of the show saw Shekhar Suman, an eminent TV personality and Navjot Singh Sidhu, former cricketer, cricket color commentator and Punjab politician." The show's initial episodes were hosted by Parizaad Kolah Marshall and later she was replaced by Shonali Nagrani. The fifth season is being hosted by Elli Avram. The set was designed by noted Bollywood production designer Nitin Chandrakant Desai. In the fourth season Shatrughan Sinha replaced Navjot Singh Sidhu as judge.as per season . Seasons In the first season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahsaan Qureshi
Ahsaan Qureshi, also known as Ehsaan Qureshi, is an Indian stand-up comedian. He was born in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. He is the 2005 runner-up of ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'', a stand-up comedy competition on Star One. Qureshi has been a stage performer for the last 20 years. Most of his jokes focus on political satire and social issues. He had put in his name for the reality show at the behest of his friends. Lately he has been seen acting in a Bollywood movie, '' Bombay to Goa'' released in 2007, ''Ek Paheli Leela'' released in 2015, and the Bhojpuri film ''Hanuman Bhakt Hawaldar'' released in 2007. He was seen in SAB TV Sony SAB (formerly SAB TV) is an Indian pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment. History Sony SAB was launched as SAB TV by Gautam Adhikari and Markand Adhikari under their company Sri Adhikari Brothers (thus the acronym) on ... comedy show '' Hum Aapke Ghar Mein Rehte Hain''. He was a contestant in '' Bigg Boss 2'' in 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series '' Survivor'', '' Idols'', and '' Big Brother'', all of which became global franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentaries, television news, sports television, talk shows, and traditional game shows are generally not clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Color Commentator
A color commentator or expert commentator is a sports commentator who assists the main (play-by-play) commentator, typically by filling in when play is not in progress. The phrase "colour commentator" is primarily used in Canadian English and the phrase "color commentator" is now rarely used in American English as the role is now more commonly known in the USA as "game analyst" or "match analyst". The person may also be referred to as a summariser (outside North America) or analyst (a term used throughout the English-speaking world). The color analyst and main commentator will often exchange comments freely throughout the broadcast, when the main commentator is not describing the action. The color commentator provides expert analysis and background information, such as statistics, strategy, and injury reports on the teams and athletes, and occasionally anecdotes or light humor. Color commentators are often former athletes or coaches of the sport being broadcast. The term ''colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navin Prabhakar
Navin Prabhakar is an Indian comedian, singer, actor and a mimicry artist. He is most known for his ''Pehchan Kaun'' (Mumbai bar girl) act on ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' (2005). Subsequently, he hosted a mimicry and stand-up show '' Hello Kaun? Pehchaan Kaun'' (2008–2009). Career Navin, a commerce graduate from Mumbai University, began his career as a singer, then actor, then began experimenting with making people laugh. After getting a good response in comedy deliveries, Navin decided to test himself at a national platform through the famous comedy show ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' in 2005 which quickly made a name for himself with his trade-mark expression "Paichan Kon" of "Julie – the bar girl". After this, he worked on new ventures as a singer, actor, host, stand-up and mimicry artist. Gujarati corporate comedians. He started trend as working as a corporate comedian. His shows include 2hrs live laughter, where he does his trademark "Paichan Kon" a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharti Singh
Bharti Singh (born 3 July 1984) is an Indian comedian and television personality. Singh has created numerous comedy shows as well as hosted various award shows. She participated in the reality shows ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5'' (2012), '' Nach Baliye 8'' (2017) and '' Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9'' (2019). In 2019, she appeared on ''Khatra Khatra Khatra'', a show conceptualised by her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa for Colors TV. Since 2016, Singh has appeared in Forbes India's celebrity 100 list. Early life Bharti was born on 3 July 1984 in Amritsar city of Punjab in a Punjabi family. Both of Singh's parents are from Punjab. Her father died when she was two years old. Singh has two older siblings, a brother and a sister. Career Bharti was the 2nd runner-up in the stand-up comedy reality series ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' on STAR One, where she received critical acclaim for her stand-up comedy child character named Lalli. She then appeared as a contestant on ''Comed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandan Prabhakar
Chandan Prabhakar (born 29 September 1981), often informally referred to as Chandu, is an Indian comedian and actor. Life and career Chandan completed his graduation in mechanical engineering from Hindu College in Amritsar. He has been married to Nandini Khanna since 2015, they have one child together. He is childhood friend with Kapil Sharma and have worked together in ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'', '' Comedy Nights with Kapil'' and ''The Kapil Sharma Show''. Some of his most popular characters are Hawaldaar Harpal Singh, Jhanda Singh, Raju and Chandu chaiwala. He first started his career as a contestant in comedy show ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' in 2007, in which he emerged as runner up. Then in 2010, he appeared in his fellow comedian Sunil Pal directorial ''Bhavnao Ko Samjho''. After then he appeared in three Punjabi language films, ''Power Cut'' (2011), ''Disco Singh'' (2014) and ''Judge Singh LLB'' (2015). In the last one, he co-produced and co-wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapil Sharma (comedian)
Kapil Sharma (born Kapil Punj; 2 April 1981) is an Indian stand-up comedian, television host from Punjab, India, Primarily known for hosting ''The Kapil Sharma Show''. He won the stand-up comedy reality show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge season 3 in 2007. He previously hosted and produced the television comedy shows such as '' Comedy Nights with Kapil,'' '' Family Time with Kapil'' on Colors TV and Sony TV channels respectively. He has won multiple seasons of comedy reality show ''Comedy circus'' of Sony TV along with various partners and in 2011 participated in singing reality show ''Star ya rockstar'' of Zee TV, where he finished as a second runner up. He worked in some films such as ''Bhavnao Ko Samjho'' (2010)'', Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon'' (2015)'', Firangi'' (2017) and did short appearances in ''ABCD 2'' (2015)''.'' He did Hindi dubbing for ''The Angry Birds Movie 2'' (2019). Kapil Sharma also do live stand-up comedy -stage shows. Early and personal life Sharma wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rauf Lala
Rauf Lala (Urdu: رؤف لالہ; born 1970 in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan) is a Pakistani comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Working in Pakistani media for over three decades, he is well known for his comedic talent and stage work. Lala has also worked in India, winning season two of ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge''. He participated in Pakistan's Reality TV Show Tamasha Season 1 and emerged as one of the 4 finalists in the show. Career Rauf Lala began his stage career in 1985, as a comedian in One Day Theater, Karachi, alongside his teacher, Razak Rajo. His first commercial show was ''Susral Bara Janjaal'' also in 1985, which featured Umer Sharif and Javed Sheikh. He has collaborated with Umer Sharif and Moin Akhtar on many stage shows, including ''Bhudda Ghar Per Hai'', and in 1989, ''Bakra Qistoon Pay'', which remains a popular and well-known Pakistani stage show internationally. Lala has appeared on several comedy reality shows, gaining popularity on television, as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raju Srivastava
Satya Prakash Srivastav (25 December 1963 – 21 September 2022), known professionally as Raju Srivastav and often credited as Gajodhar, was an Indian comedian, actor and politician. He had been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2014. He was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and moved to Mumbai in the 1980s to work in the Hindi film industry. He acted in ''Baazigar'', '' Bombay to Goa'', '' Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya'' among others. He contested in the comedy show ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge'' and became the runner-up. He won the title of "The King of Comedy" in its spin-off show ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge – Champions''. He did many stand-up comedy live shows. Early life He was born in 1963 in Kanpur city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in a Kayastha family. His father Ramesh Srivastav was a poet. In his childhood, Srivastav liked to mimic film stars including Amitabh Bachchan. Career In 1980s he moved to Mumbai, and started his career by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Pal
Sunil Pal is an Indian comedian, actor and voice actor. He was the winner of the series ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge''. He has played comic roles in various Bollywood films. In 2010, he wrote and directed a comedy film, ''Bhavnao Ko Samjho,'' which featured 51 stand-up comedians including Siraj Khan, Johnny Lever, Raju Srivastav, Kapil Sharma, Navin Prabhakar, Ahsaan Qureshi, Sudesh lehri and many more. Early life Sunil Pal was born in 1975 in a Middle class Marathi speaking family in Mursa village in Bhadravati Taluka of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. His father was an employee in Indian Railways. He studied in Janata Vidyalaya city branch school, Balharshah. He came to Mumbai in 1995 when his father got transferred. He joined the Junior College. There he used to mimic his professors and famous actors. After college, he struggled for three years. Career Early career During one of his interviews, he said that "I was working at a tea stall in Santacruz as wait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shatrughan Sinha
Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (born 9 December 1945) is an Indian actor and politician. He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency), Asansol constituency as a member of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). Earlier he was elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (2009–2014, 2014–2019) from Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency), Patna Sahib. He was also a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha during 1996–2002 and 2002–2008. He was a Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He was a member of standing committee on transport, tourism and culture and member of consultative committee in ministry of external affairs and overseas Indian affairs from 2014 to 2019. In 2016, his biography, ''Anything but Khamosh'', was released. Early life Sinha was born in Patna, Bihar, to Bhubaneswari Prasad Sinha and Shyama Devi Sinha on 9 December 1945. He is the youngest of four brothers – Ram, Lakshman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen (magazine)
''Screen'' was an Indian weekly film magazine published by Indian Express Limited. Established in 1951, it was owned by The Indian Express Group. The magazine was acquired by Star India in 2015 and subsequently ceased publication. The magazine's content focused on India's Hindi film industry, a.k.a. Bollywood, located mainly in Mumbai. It also had an e-magazine version. History ''Screen'' was first published on 26 September 1951 with Manorama Katju as its managing editor. She was succeeded in 1959 by S.S. Pillai who died in post in 1977. The magazine was founded by The Indian Express Group. B. K. Karanjia who was previously editor of ''Filmfare'', remained the editor of ''Screen'' for 10 years. Udaya Tara Nayar, previously a staff writer for the magazine, was editor between 1988-1996 and 1998–2000. Film journalist, Bhawana Somaaya was the editor of the magazine from 2000 to 2007. In 2007, she was succeeded by Priyanka Sinha Jha, a former ''Society'' magazine and ''HT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
