Comedy Circus
{{Short description|Indian sitcom series}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Comedycircus.jpg
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| caption = Logo
| language = Hindi
| director = Nikul Desai
| starring =
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Raj Verma
- Amberdeep Singh
- Naresh Kathuria
- Rajiv Nigam
- Manoj Sabharwaal
- Raaj Shaandilyaa
- Haarsh Limbachiyaa
- Vankush Dinesh Brigedier Arora
- Devraj Chandra
- Khalid Azmi
- Mahesh Bhalla
- Shobhit Sinha
- Kousten
- Rishabh Tiwari
- Prajwal Gupta
}}
| editor = Ved Satpathy
| country = India
| num_seasons = 18
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| runtime = 90 minutes
| creator = Optimystix Entertainment
| network = Sony Entertainment Television
| released =
| first_aired = {{Start date|2007|6|16|df=yes}}
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/june/june366.php|title=Sony innovates 'Comedy Circus'|work=Indiantelevision.com|date=26 June 2007|access-date=7 December 2012|archive-date=11 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311140516/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/june/june366.php|url-status=dead}}
Comedy Circus 2: Comedy TV Show that started its second season at Sony TV on 26 April 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/apr/apr302.php|title=Sony to launch second season of Comedy Circus from 26 April|date=23 April 2008|work=Indiantelevision.com}} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/kaante-ki-takkar-more-aggressive|title=Kaante Ki Takkar is more aggressive|last=Team|first=Tellychakkar|date=4 September 2008|work=Tellychakkar.com|access-date=21 January 2019}}
Shruti Seth was replaced by Purbi Joshi.{{Cite news|url=http://www.tellychakkar.com/movie/releases/shruti-seth-vs-purbi-joshi|title=Shruti Seth V/S Purbi Joshi|last=Team|first=Tellychakkar|date=19 December 2008|work=Tellychakkar.com|access-date=21 January 2019}}
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 and Nandini Kapoor.{{Cite news|url=https://nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/tv-shows/comedy-circus-chinchpokli-to-china|title=Hindi TV Serials Comedy Circus – Chinchpokli To China|work=Nettv4u.com|access-date=21 January 2019}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/IPL-gags-on-Comedy-Circus-20-20/articleshow/4342956.cms|title=IPL gags on Comedy Circus 20-20|last=TNN|date=1 April 2009|work=The Times of India|access-date=22 January 2019}}
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.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Comedy-Circus-returns-with-Teen-Ka-Tadka/articleshow/5148188.cms|title=Comedy Circus returns with 'Teen Ka Tadka'|date=22 October 2009|work=The Times of India|access-date=4 February 2019}} Hosted by Mouni Roy, later by Roshni Chopra.
Comedy Circus Ke Superstars premiered on 24 October 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2009/10/teen-ka-tadka-on-comedy-circus.html|title=Teen Ka Tadka on Comedy Circus|publisher=Real Bollywood|date=21 October 2009|access-date=7 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130123947/http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2009/10/teen-ka-tadka-on-comedy-circus.html|archive-date=30 November 2010|url-status=dead}} The first episode also contained Govinda who introduced new artists and was guest judge.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv-/Comedy-Circus-returns-with-Teen-Ka-Tadka/articleshow/5148188.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811084924/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-22/tv/28099787_1_comedy-circus-unique-reality-based-comedy-format-teen-ka-tadka|url-status=live|archive-date=11 August 2011|work=The Times of India|title=Comedy Circus returns with 'Teen Ka Tadka'|date=22 October 2009}}
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 Swapnil Joshi and VIP .{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv-/Comedy-Circus-Mahasangram-begins/articleshow/5538835.cms|title=Comedy Circus Mahasangram begins|date=6 February 2010|work=The Times of India}}
A new season of the show has started on 15 September 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/new-season-of-comedy-circus-promises-to-be-fun-watch-teaser/articleshow/65563251.cms|title=New season of Comedy Circus promises to be fun, watch teaser |work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-08-29}}
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 through his TV shows production company Optimistics. It was filmed in studios of Goregaon, Mumbai.
Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars – 2010 Contestants
{{Incomplete list|date=May 2021}}
- Kapil Sharma & Parvati Sehgal (winners)
- Kapil Sharma & Natasha Sharma
- Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lehri (runner-up)
- Rajiv Thakur & Saloni Daini
- Paresh Ganatra & Bharti Singh
- Sunil Pal & Priya Marathe
Comedy Circus Mahasangram – 2010 Contestants
Team Purans:
- VIP & Swapnil Joshi
- Khyali Saharan & Karishma Tanna
Team Sumans:
- Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lehri
- Rajiv Nigam & Rajesh Kumar
Team Shettys:
Comedy Circus 3 (Teen) Ka Tadka – 2009 Contestants
- Sudesh Lehri, Krushna Abhishek, Melissa Pais (winners)
- Parul Chauhan, Bhagwant Mann, & Jennifer Winget
- Anup Soni, Shweta Tiwari, & Rehman Khan
- Sanjay Mishra, Bhairavi Raichura, & Raja Sagoo
- Harsh Chhaya, Tina Dutta, & Jimmy Moses{{Cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/22/meet-johny-levers-brother.htm|title=Now, Johny Lever's brother shows off his funny side|date=22 October 2009|website=Rediff.com|access-date=4 February 2019}}
- Sharad Kelkar, Bharti Singh, & Paresh Ganatra
- Jaswant Singh Rathore, Smita Singh, & Saloni Daini
- 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
- Krushna Abhishek as Baiju
- Sudesh Lehri as Bawra
- Gaurav Gera as Malti Manohar Mishra
- Swapnil Joshi as Jignesh Shah
- Tulika Patel as Bhavana Ben
Kosher
Comedy Circus 20-20 – 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
- Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lehri
- Shweta Tiwari & Ashutosh Kaushik
- Kuldeep Dubey & Roshni Chopra
- Ahsaan Qureshi & Payal Rohatgi
- Sucheta Trivedi & Paresh Ganatra
- VIP & Shweta Gulati
- Ali Asgar & Kuldeep Dubey
- Swapnil Joshi & Sharad Kelkar
- Kavita Kaushik & Rajiv Nigam
- Kuldeep Dubey & Rajiv Nigam
- Shailesh Lodha & Neha Marda
- Mona Singh & Rehman Khan
- Khyali Saharan & Nigaar Khan
- Rehman Khan & Sucheta Trivedi
- Kuldeep Dubey & Sucheta Trivedi
- Sidharth sagar & Nandini Kapoor
- Sunil Sawra
Kaante Ki Takkar – 2008 Contestants
Team Purans:
- Urvashi Dholakia & Shakeel Siddiqui
- VIP & Swapnil Joshi
- Khyali Saharan & Karishma Tanna
Team Sumans:
- Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lehri
- Rajiv Nigam & Rajesh Kumar
- Kamya Panjabi & Rajiv Thakur
Comedy Circus 2 – 2008 Contestants
- Juhi Parmar & Vijay Ishwarlal Pawar (VIP) – Winner
- Kamya Panjabi & Rajiv Thakur – 1st Runners-up
- Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lehri – 2nd Runners-up
- Apara Mehta & Shailesh Lodha
- Shayantani Ghosh & Kuldeep Dubey
- Sucheta Khanna & Salim Afridi
- Akashdeep Sehgal & Pervez Siddiqui
- Rajesh Kumar & Rajeev Nigam
- Chitrashi Rawat & Rehman Khan
Comedy Circus 1 – 2007 Contestants
- Kashif A Khan & Ali Asgar- Winners
- Swapnil Joshi & V.I.P.- Runner-up
- Khyali Saharan & Karishma Tanna- Voted Out
- Urvashi Dholakia & Shakeel Siddiqui – Voted Out
- Kiran Karmakar & Sunil Sanwra – Voted Out
- Pratap Faujdar & Ketaki Dave replaced by Manini De – Voted Out{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k7/july/julyrel40.php|title=Manini De stands up to fill in for Ketaki Dave in Comedy Circus|date=18 July 2007|access-date=21 January 2019}}
- Varun Badola & Deepak Dutta – Voted Out
References
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External links
- [https://www.sonyliv.com/details/show/5834809484001/Comedy-Circus Official site] on Sony Liv
{{SET Shows}}
Category:Indian reality television series
Category:Indian stand-up comedy television series
Category:2007 Indian television series debuts
Category:Sony Entertainment Television original programming