''Khandevane'' or ''Khandevaneh'' ( fa, خندوانه ( portmanteau of ''laughter'' and ''watermelon'') is an Iranian telecast directed by Rambod Javan. It first aired on 11 June 2014 on Nasim channel. The program is focused on showing that there should not be any reason not to laugh using various acts such as

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. It aired on cable network IRIB Nasim on Wednesdays to Fridays at 23:00 (

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). For its first two seasons, the program consisted of several parts like:

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, and Interviews. Other programs include: Report of the people, Competition in the studio, Sms Competition for featured viewers, and Lottery. A new item added to the show from its third season is Labahang ( Lip sync). It is proclaimed by the program that it is adapted from ''

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''. Several artists made original songs for the show . Gamno,Habib Badiri,Bomrani, Maziar Sarmeh, Mohsen Chavoshi, Reza Yazdani, and many others. The program is hosted by Rambod Javan and Nima Shabannejad. There is also a doll,

Jenab Khan Jenab Khan ( fa, جناب خان) is an Iranian fictional puppet character in IRIB Nasim night show ''Khandevane'' hosted by Rambod Javan. Jenab Khan is voiced by Mohammad Bahrani and performed by Mehdi Borghe'ee and Hamed Zabihi. Characteristi ...

participating in the show. It has spawned a spin-off, which has mainly the same elements but omitted the audience, called ''Ghaach'' ( fa, قاچ) (means ''Slice''). Its first season was begun as a tie-in to

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, and the second season was launched alongside the Season 6 of Khandevane.

Hosts

* Rambod Javan *

* Nima Shabannejad

Elements

* Rambod Javan (Designer, Director and Presenter) * Mohammad-Fuad Safarianpour (Art Director) * Ali Ahmadi (Producer) * Sajjad Afsharian (Author) * Bahram Azimi (Making Titles and Animation) * Habib Badiri and Hooman "Gamno" Shahi (Singer and Composer) * Mahmoud Karimi (Reporter) * Behrouz Baghai (Reporter Provinces - Season 2) * Abolfazl Sabbagh (Reporter London - Season 2) * Mehdi Shah-Hosseini (Stage Manager) *

Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour ( fa, بزرگمهر حسین‌پور; born in 1976) is an Iranian cartoonist,

(Thinker)

Actors

* Mohammad Bahrani (voice

) * Nima Shaban Nejad * Danial Ghafar Zadeh * Arzhang Amirfazli

Episodes

*Season 1: 11 June 2014 - 25 October 2014 (114 episodes) *Season 2: 18 April 2015 - 13 October 2015 (157 episodes) *Season 3: 15 March 2016 - 1 October 2016 (137 episodes) *Season 4: 20 December 2016 - 19 September 2017 (187 episodes) *Season 5: 16 May 2018 - 7 September 2018 (42 episodes) *Season 6: 21 November 2018 - 5 April 2019 (49 episodes + 16 Nowruz specials) *Season 7: 10 March 2021 - TBA

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{IRIB programming 2010s Iranian television series 2014 Iranian television series debuts Iranian television shows Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting original programming Television productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic