''Comedy Nights With Kapil'' is an Indian

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-language sketch comedy and celebrity talk show hosted and produced by comedian

Kapil Sharma 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 Challen ...

. It was on-air on Colors TV amid 22 June 2013 to 24 January 2016. Many of the episodes feature celebrity guests who usually appear to promote their latest films in a comedy-focused talk show format. On 25 September 2013, a fire broke out on the sets of the show at

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in Goregaon causing the entire set to collapse and an estimated loss of 20 Crores. Following the fire, two episodes were shot on sets of ''

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'' in

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. In September 2013, the show became India's highest rated scripted TV show. At the

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awards, Sharma was awarded the Entertainer of the Year award for 2013. After a successful run of three years,

decided to wind up the show after differences with the channel Colors TV. The last episode aired on 24 January 2016. In August 2016, Colors started to re-telecast old episodes of the show in their Sunday afternoon time slots due to low

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s besides stiff competition with Kapil. The show is adapted in

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as ''

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'' and hosted by Srujan Lokesh. This show is aired on

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, the Kannada Channel owned by Colors TV.

Cast

Main cast

as Host / Bittu Sharma / Sittu / Kapil / Inspector Shamsher Singh/ Various Characters *

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as permanent guest * Ali Asgar as Dolly Sharma / Chinky Sharma Dadi * Sumona Chakravarti as Manju Sharma, Bittu's wife *

Upasana Singh Upasana Singh (born 29 June 1975) is an Indian actress and stand-up comedian. Singh is known for her role as a deaf-mute in the 1997 film '' Judaai''. Later on, she got famous for her negative portrayal in '' Son Pari'' as Cruella/Kalipari, a ...

as Pinky Sharma *

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as Gutthi / Khairatilal / Kapil's father in law / Various characters *

Kiku Sharda Kiku Sharda (born Raghavendra Sharda; 14 February 1976) is an Indian comedian as well as film and television actor. He was born on 14 February 1976 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Kiku completed his schooling in Mumbai where he also completed his post-g ...

as Palak / Lachha / Pankhudi / Pam /various characters *

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as Raju / Chadda uncle *

Paresh Ganatra Paresh Ganatra (born 19 February 1965) is an Indian television, stage and film actor. He is known for his role as Praveen Thakkar in the Star Plus comedy series '' Baa Bahoo Aur Baby'' (2005–2010), SAB TV's sitcom Chidiya Ghar and films like ...

as Kapil's brother-in-law / Various characters *

Roshni Chopra Roshni Chopra is an Indian actress, television presenter and the winner of NDTV Imagine's reality show, ''Dil Jeetegi Desi Girl''. She is also known for playing the role of Pia one of the three female leads in the Zee TV series Kasamh Se. ...

as Various characters * Naveen Bawa as Various characters *

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as Various characters * Sugandha Mishra as Bittu's sister-in-law/various characters

Recurring

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as Ramu / Various characters * Vishal Singh as Mango Crorepati *

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as Various characters *

Razzak Khan Abdur Razzak Khan (28 March 1951 – 1 June 2016) was an Indian actor who has worked in Bollywood films. Khan was noted for supporting and comic roles. He was known for his comic role of Manikchand in the 1999 Abbas–Mustan directed film '' B ...

as Golden Bhai * Krishna Bhatt as various characters * Gaurav Gera as Dulari *

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 201 ...

as beautician Rosie / various characters *

Akshat Singh Akshat Anjaria or Hakka (born 21 April 2005) is an Indian dancer who came into prominence by showcasing his talent in the Bengali dance reality show ''Dance Bangla Dance''. He then took part in India's reality show ''India's Got Talent'' and b ...

as Dhamaka *

Soni Singh Soni Singh is an Indian television actress. She has appeared in comedy show ''Comedy Nights with Kapil''. She was one of the contestants on in the reality show ''Bigg Boss 8'' but got eliminated after 5 weeks. She also played one of the main l ...

as Bittu's secretary *

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as Nawab Pandey * Parvati Sehgal as various characters.

List of episodes

Incident

On 3 April 2014, a audience scam was exposed of this show, when a NRI lady revealed to that she paid 8,000 rupees to see show, Preeti Simoes, this shows excutive producer said some freelance coordinator did the scam with multiple people and their shows audience isn't paid but they select random people on Facebook and Twitter and invite them for shows shoot.

Awards

References

External links

* * {{Colors Programmes Indian television sketch shows Hindi-language television shows 2013 Indian television series debuts Colors TV original programming Indian stand-up comedy television series