The Comedy Circus Showis an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television, where daily soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand-up comedy talent from India, these soap stars perform stand-up comedy along with their comedian partners on stage.

Overview

Comedy Circus 1

The show went live for 13 weeks in a gruelling battle for supremacy to decide which pair will be the best stand-up comic. The show was created by the Optimystix Entertainment, with the tag line of 'Jodi Jamegi, Public Hassegi', which was described to "guarantee hysterics" on Sony TV.

Comedy Circus 2

Thr second season started airing on Sony TV on 26 April 2008. Popular television actors and professional stand-up comedians were paired to perform on a highly competitive stage. Their weekly performances were scored by the judges and the live studio audience to determine eliminations.

Comedy Circus: Kaante Ki Takkar

After Comedy Circus 1 & 2, "Comedy Circus: Kaante Ki Takkar" was introduced as the third season, which had the 'jodis' of Comedy Circus 1 led by judge Archana Puran Singh, battling the jodis of Comedy Circus 2, led by judge Shekhar Suman. The teams of Archana Puran Singh were called as 'The Purans' while the teams of Shekhar Suman were called as 'The Sumans'.

Shruti Seth, who hosted the previous season, was replaced by Purbi Joshi.

Comedy Circus: Chinchpokli To China

Another popular reality-based comedy TV Show from Sony Entertainment Television, which was the fourth season of the 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 the previous Comedy Circus seasons with a slight twist in the plot. This season featured comedians in pairs to perform skits and impress the judges and get scored by them. It was hosted by Purbi Joshi and Nandini Kapoor.

Comedy Circus 20-20

This season was described as the season "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 was hosted by Shruti Seth and the judges are Shekhar Suman and cricketer Ajay Jadeja.

Dekh India Dekh

The sixth season of the popular stand-up comedy series of Comedy Circus which aired on SonyTV, premiered on 30 May 2009 and ended on 30 October 2009. Shekar Suman made his return as the judge alongside Archana Puran Singh. This new format saw Shweta Gulati as the host.[citation needed]

Comedy Circus: 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. The show was aired on 24 October 2009 and hosted by Mouni Roy who was later replaced by Roshni Chopra.

Comedy Circus Ke Superstars

This season premiered on 24 October 2009. The first episode also starred Govinda who introduced new artists and was guest judge.

Comedy Circus – Maha Sangram

This season involved contestants of three previous seasons. Archana represented season 1, Shekhar represented season 2 and Rohit Shetty 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.

Comedy Circus 2018

This was a comeback for the comedy circus franchise. Aired initially 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

YearSeasonHostJudgesWinners
2007Comedy CircusShruti SethArchana Puran Singh Johnny Lever Satish ShahKashif Khan Ali Asgar
2008Comedy Circus 2Shruti Seth and Shakeel SiddiquiArchana Puran Singh Satish Shah Shekhar SumanJuhi Parmar V.I.P.
Kaante Ki TakkarPurbi Joshi replaced Shruti SethArchana Puran Singh Shekhar SumanUrvashi & Ali Asgar Sudesh & Rajiv Thakur
2009Comedy Circus – Chinchpokli To ChinaPurbi JoshiArchana Puran Singh Shekhar SumanKrishna Abhishek Ali Asgar
Comedy Circus 20 – 20Shruti SethArchana Puran Singh (Only on finale episode) Ajay Jadeja Shekhar SumanRaja Sagoo Nigaar Khan
Dekh India DekhJennifer Winget replacing Shweta GulatiArchana Puran Singh Shekhar SumanKrishna Abhishek Sudesh Lehri
Comedy Circus 3 Ka TadkaMouni Roy replaced by Roshni ChopraArchana Puran Singh Shekhar Suman Rohit ShettyKrishna Abhishek Sudesh Lehri Melissa Pais
2010Comedy Circus MahasangramPurbi JoshiArchana Puran Singh Shekhar Suman Rohit ShettySwapnil Joshi V.I.P.
Comedy Circus Ke SuperStarsSurveen Chawla Rashmi Desai (for 2 episodes)Archana Puran Singh Rohit ShettyKapil Sharma Parvati Sehgal
Comedy Circus Ka JadooAnita Hassanandani Surveen Chawla & Shruti Seth (Grand Finale)Archana Puran Singh Shekhar SumanKapil Sharma Mukti Mohan
2010–2011Jubilee Comedy CircusPooja Kanwal Mantra Shruti Seth & Ali Asgar (Grand Finale)Archana Puran Singh Rohit ShettyKapil Sharma Shikha Singh and Rajeev Nigam Krishna Abhishek
2011Comedy Circus Ke TaansenSaumya Tandon Neha Dhupia (Grand Finale)Archana Puran Singh Daler MehndiKapil Sharma Ali Asgar
Comedy Circus Ka Naya DaurRoshni Chopra Reshmi Ghosh (Episode 1) Shweta Tiwari (Episode 2–4)Archana Puran Singh Sohail KhanKapil Sharma Shweta Tiwari
2011–2012Kahani Comedy Circus KiShruti SethArchana Puran Singh Sohail KhanKapil Sharma Sumona Chakravarti and Krishna Abhishek Sudesh Lehri
2012–2013Comedy Circus Ke AjoobeBarkha Bisht Shruti Seth Shweta Gulati (1 episode)Archana Puran Singh Sohail Khan replaced by Arbaaz KhanKrishna Abhishek Sudesh Lehri Siddharth Sagar
2013–2014Comedy Circus Ke MahabaliShruti SethArchana Puran Singh Arbaaz Khan replaced by Sohail Khan for the last few episodesSeason ended before winners were announced.
2018Comedy Circus 2018Joanna RobaczewskaArchana Puran Singh Sohail Khan

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

Comedy Circus Mahasangram – 2010 Contestants

Team Purans:

  1. VIP & Swapnil Joshi
  2. Khyali Saharan & Karishma Tanna

Team Sumans:

  1. Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lehri
  2. Rajiv Nigam & Rajesh Kumar

Team Shettys:

  1. Paresh Ganatra, Bharti Singh & Sharad Kelkar
  2. Rajiv Thakur, Saloni Daini & Rashmi Desai

Comedy Circus 3 (Teen) Ka Tadka – 2009 Contestants

Dekh India Dekh – 2009 Contestants

Kosher

Comedy Circus 20-20 – 2009 Contestants

Chinchpokli to China – 2009 Contestants

Kaante Ki Takkar – 2008 Contestants

Team Purans:

  1. Urvashi Dholakia & Shakeel Siddiqui
  2. VIP & Swapnil Joshi
  3. Khyali Saharan & Karishma Tanna

Team Sumans:

  1. Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lehri
  2. Rajiv Nigam & Rajesh Kumar
  3. Kamya Panjabi & Rajiv Thakur

Comedy Circus 2 – 2008 Contestants

Comedy Circus 1 – 2007 Contestants

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