''The Comedy Circus Show '' is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.

Overview

Comedy Circus 1: Hindi TV Show where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and Pakistan. These soap stars perform stand-up comedy along with their comedian partners on stage. Show went live for 13 weeks in a grueling battle for supremacy to decide which pair will be the best stand-up comic. The show was created by the Optimystix Entertainment, this Mega Laugh Riot with the tag line of 'Jodi Jamegi, Public Hassegi' guarantees hysterics on Sony TV. Comedy Circus 2: Comedy TV Show that started its second season at Sony TV on 26 April 2008. The popular television actors and professional stand-up comedians were paired to perform on a highly competitive stage. Jodis (Pair or teams of two) were scored by the judges and the live studio audience to determine eliminations. Kaante Ki Takkar: After Comedy Circus 1 & 2, Kaante Ki Takkar was the new comedy TV show which had the jodis of Comedy Circus 1 led by Archana Puran Singh versus the jodis of Comedy Circus 2, led by Shekhar Suman. The team of Archana Puran Singh were called as The Purans while the team of Shekhar Suman were called as The Sumans. Shruti Seth was replaced by Purbi Joshi. Chinchpokli To China: Another popular reality-based comedy TV Show from Sony Entertainment Television. This is the fourth season of 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 all the Comedy Circus seasons with a slight twist in the plot. Comedy Circus featured comedians in pairs to perform skits and impress the judges and get scored by them. Hosted by Purbi Joshi. Comedy Circus 20-20: Comes with gags, jokes, laughter, hilarious acts, etc. adding the flavor of IPL (Indian Premier League) 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 will be hosted by Shruti Seth and the judges are Shekhar Suman and cricketer Ajay Jadeja. Dekh India Dekh: Sixth season of the popular stand-up comedy series of Comedy Circus. It was aired on SonyTV and premiered on 30 May 2009. Ended on 30 October 2009. Shekar Suman who was seen hosting Dekh India Dekh will now be back as judge partnering Archana Puran Singh. This new format will see a new host in Shweta Gulati. Teen(3) Ka Tadka: The unique reality-based comedy format with celebrities performing with professional stand-up comedian partners on a highly competitive stage. This time season offers the show with a new twist with not Jodis but Trios. The Tadka will be a unique hurdle that will be put before every Jodi in the form of a third contestant who will be a celebrity. Three is not a crowd but a spicy (tadka). Show was aired on 24 October 2009. Hosted by Mouni Roy, later by Roshni Chopra. Comedy Circus Ke Superstars premiered on 24 October 2009. The first episode also contained Govinda who introduced new artists and was guest judge. Comedy Circus – Maha Sangram involved contestants of three previous seasons. Archana represented season 1, Shekhar represented season 2 and Rohit 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

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and VIP . A new season of the show has started on 15 September 2018. Comedy Circus 2018 This was a comeback for the comedy circus franchise. Aired 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 2500 rupees, for every 'HaHakar' laughter team gets 5000 rupees and for every 'phephada phad' laughter they would get 10000 rupees.

Season summary

Production

This show was produced by

Vipul D. Shah Vipul D. Shah is an Indian television producer and writer known for fictional and fantasy shows like '' Baalveer'', ''Ladies Special'' and '' Kya Haal, Mr. Paanchal?'' and reality TV shows like ''Comedy Circus'',''Comedy Nights Bachao'' and '' ...

through his TV shows production company ''Optimistics.'' It was filmed in studios of

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, Mumbai.

Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars – 2010 Contestants

* Kapil Sharma & Parvati Sehgal (winners) ** Kapil Sharma &

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Krushna Abhishek Abhishek Sharma (born 30 May 1983), popularly known by his screen name Krushna Abhishek, is an Indian actor, comedian and television host from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is notable for his humours work in comedy shows on Indian television such as ...

& Sudesh Lehri (runner-up) * Rajeev Thakur &

Saloni Daini Saloni (Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. ...

* Paresh Ganatra & Bharti Singh *

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 S ...

& Priya Marathe

Comedy Circus Mahasangram – 2010 Contestants

Team Purans: # VIP &

# Khayali & Karishma Tanna Team Sumans: #

& Sudesh Lehri # Rajiv Nigam & Rajesh Kumar Team Shettys: # Paresh Ganatra, Bharti Singh & Sharad Kelkar #Rajiv Thakur,

& Rashmi Desai

Comedy Circus 3 (Teen) Ka Tadka – 2009 Contestants

* Sudesh Lehri,

, Melissa Pais (winners) * Parul Chauhan,

Bhagwant Mann Bhagwant Singh Mann (born 17 October 1973) is an Indian politician and current Chief Minister of Punjab. He leads the cabinet ministry of Punjab and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is a former actor, comedian and satirist. He previous ...

, & Jennifer Winget *

Anup Soni Anup Soni (born 30 January 1975) is an Indian actor and anchor. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Soni began his career with roles in television serials such as '' Sea Hawks'' and '' Saaya''. He then took a break from television ...

, Shweta Tiwari, & Rehman Khan * Sanjay Mishra,

Bhairavi Raichura Bhairavi Raichura is an Indian television actress. She is best known for playing Kaajal Mathur in '' Hum Paanch'', and Rajni Kashyap in ''Sasural Genda Phool'' and Bhagwati Singh in ''Balika Vadhu''. In 1996, she worked opposite Shekhar Suman ...

, & Raja Sagoo *

Harsh Chhaya Harsh Chhaya is an Indian actor. He debuted in a minor role as "Jijo" in the early 1990s Zee TV series '' Tara'', but first came into prominence in the role of Krishnakant Trivedi (KT) in mid 1990s TV series ''Hasratein'', where he portrayed t ...

, Tina Dutta, & Jimmy Moses * Sharad Kelkar, Bharti Singh, & Paresh Ganatra * Rajiv Thakur, Smita Singh, &

* Rajiv Thakur, Rashmi Desai, & Saloni Daini

Dekh India Dekh – 2009 Contestants

* Rajesh Kumar as Akbar * Rajiv Nigam as Birbal * Ali Asgar as Havaldar Kadam * VIP as Havaldar Kaale *

as Baiju * Sudesh Lehri as Bawra * Gaurav Gera as Malti Manohar Mishra *

as Jignesh Shah * Tulika as Bhavana Ben Kosher

Comedy Circus 2020 – 2009 Contestants

* Nigaar Khan and Raja Sagoo (winners) * Roshni Chopra and Kuldeep Dubey * Rakshanda Khan and Rehman Khan * Vinod Kambli and Rajbeer Kaur

Chinchpokli to China – 2009 Contestants

& Sudesh Lehri * Shweta Tiwari & Ashutosh Kaushik * Kuldeep Dubey & Roshni Chopra *

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 b ...

& Payal Rohatgi *

Sucheta Trivedi Suchita Trivedi (born 20 September 1976) is an Indian actress, who is known for her work in Hindi TV dramas. She is widely remembered for her portrayal of Meenakshi Thakkar in the acclaimed dramedy '' Baa Bahoo Aur Baby'' on Star Plus, for whi ...

& Paresh Ganatra * VIP & Shweta Gulati * Ali Asgar & Kuldeep Dubey *

& Sharad Kelkar * Kavita Kaushik & Rajiv Nigam * Kuldeep Dubey & Rajiv Nigam *

Shailesh Lodha Shailesh Lodha (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian poet, actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for portraying Taarak Mehta in the Hindi sitcom ''Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah''. Personal life Lodha was born in Jodhpur in a Marwari peop ...

& Neha Marda * Mona Singh & Rehman Khan * Khayali & Nigaar Khan * Rehman Khan & Sucheta Trivedi * Kuldeep Dubey & Sucheta Trivedi * Sidharth sagar & Nandini kapoor

Kaante Ki Takkar – 2008 Contestants

Team Purans: #

Urvashi Dholakia Urvashi Dholakia is an Indian television actress who played the iconic villain Komolika in the long running television series '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' and won the sixth season of ''Bigg Boss''. Early life Dholakia was born on 9 July 1978 ...

Shakeel Siddiqui Shakeel Siddiqui ( ur, شکیل صدیقی; born 26 May 1964) is a Pakistani television stand-up comedian also known as 'Teeli' in Pakistan. He is regarded as one of the greatest comedian Pakistan has ever produced. He rose to prominence in Boll ...

# VIP &

# Khayali & Karishma Tanna Team Sumans: #

& Sudesh Lehri # Rajiv Nigam & Rajesh Kumar #

Kamya Panjabi Kamya Panjabi is an Indian film and television actress popular for playing antagonist roles in TV soaps. She participated in ''Bigg Boss 7'' in 2013. She joined the Indian National Congress party on 27 October 2021. Career Panjabi became know ...

& Rajeev Thakur

Comedy Circus 2 – 2008 Contestants

* Juhi Parmar & Vijay Ishwarlal Pawar (VIP) – Winner *

& Rajiv Thakur – 1st Runners-up *

& Sudesh Lehri – 2nd Runners-up * Apara Mehta &

* Shayantani Ghosh & Kuldeep Dubey *

Sucheta Khanna Sucheta Khanna is an Indian TV and film actress. She has worked in detective serial 'Karamchand'(2007) and then ''Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi'', a comedy serial telecast by DD National. She played the role of Indumati in the SAB TV comedy series ...

& Salim Afridi * Akashdeep Sehgal & Pervez Siddiqui * Rajesh Kumar & Rajeev Nigam *

Chitrashi Rawat Chitrashi Rawat (born 29 October 1989) is an Indian model, national level athlete and actress known for her role of Komal Chautala in ''Chak De! India'' in 2007. Chitrashi is a real life hockey player. She started playing hockey at the age of ...

& Rehman Khan

Comedy Circus 1 – 2007 Contestants

* Kashif Khan & Ali Asgar- Winners *

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- Runner-up * Khayali Saharan & Karishma Tanna- Voted Out *

– Voted Out * Kiran Karmakar & Sunil Sanwra – Voted Out * Pratap Faujdar &

Ketaki Dave Ketki Joshi Dave (born 23 June 1960) is an Indian actress. She has starred in many Gujarati and Hindi films including '' Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya'', ''Money Hai Toh Honey Hai'', ''Kal Ho Naa Ho'', and '' Hello! Hum Lallan Bol Rahe Hain'' ...

replaced by Manini De – Voted Out * Varun Badola & Deepak Dutta – Voted Out

References

External links

Official site
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