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{{Infobox television
| name = Comedy Circus
| image = Comedycircus.jpg
| image_alt =
| caption = Logo of ''Comedy Circus''
| language = [[Hindi]]
| director = [[Nikul Desai]]
| starring =
| writer = [[Raaj Shaandilyaa]] [[Haarsh Limbachiyaa]] Vankush Arora Khalid Azmi Shobhit Sinha Kousten Rishabh Tiwari
| editor = Ved Satpathy
| country = [[India]]
| num_seasons = 18
| num_episodes =
| list_episodes =
| channel =
| picture_format = [[576i]]
| runtime = 90 minutes
| creator = [[Optimystix Entertainment]]
| network = [[Sony Entertainment Television]]
| first_run =
| released =
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|6|16}}
| last_aired =
| website = https://www.sonyliv.com/details/show/5834809484001/Comedy-Circus
}}

'''''The Comedy Circus Show ''''' is an Indian comedy show that airs 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/june/june366.php|title=Sony innovates 'Comedy Circus'|work=Indiantelevision.com|date=26 June 2007}}</ref>

'''Comedy Circus 2:''' Comedy TV Show that started its second season at Sony TV on 26 April 2008.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Shruti Seth was replaced by Purbi Joshi.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

'''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

'''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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

'''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Hosted by [[Mouni Roy]], later by [[Roshni Chopra]].

'''Comedy Circus Ke Superstars''' premiered on 24 October 2009.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The first episode also contained [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] who introduced new artists and was guest judge.<ref name="co">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-22/tv/28099787_1_comedy-circus-unique-reality-based-comedy-format-teen-ka-tadka|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=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Comedy Circus returns with 'Teen Ka Tadka'|date=22 October 2009}}</ref>

'''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 [[V.I.P. (comedian)|VIP]] .<ref>{{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}}</ref>

A new season of the show has started on 15 September 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.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}}</ref>

'''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==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year!! Season !! Host !! Judges !! Winners
|-
| 2007 || '' Comedy Circus '' || [[Shruti Seth]]
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Johnny Lever]]
* [[Satish Shah]]
||
* [[Kashif Khan]]
* [[Ali Asgar (actor)|Ali Asgar]]
|-
| 2008 || ''Comedy Circus 2 '' || [[Shruti Seth]] and [[Shakeel Siddiqui]]
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* Satish Shah
* [[Shekhar Suman]]
||
* [[Juhi Parmar]]
* [[V.I.P. (comedian)|V.I.P.]]
|-
| 2008 || '' Kaante Ki Takkar '' || [[Purbi Joshi]] replaced [[Shruti Seth]]
||
* Archana Puran Singh
* [[Shekhar Suman]]
||[[#Kaante Ki Takkar - 2008 Contestants|Urvashi & Ali Asgar]]

[[#Kaante Ki Takkar - 2008 Contestants|Sudesh & Rajiv Thakur]]

|-
| 2009 || '' Comedy Circus – Chinchpokli To China '' || [[Purbi Joshi]]
||
* Archana Puran Singh
* [[Shekhar Suman]]
||
* [[Krishna Abhishek]]
* [[Ali Asgar(comedian)|Ali Asgar]]
|-
| 2009
| '' Comedy Circus 20 – 20 ''|| [[Shruti Seth]]
||
* Archana Puran Singh (Only on finale episode)
* [[Ajay Jadeja]]
* [[Shekhar Suman]]
||
* Raja Sagoo
* [[Nigaar Khan]]
|-
| 2009
| '' Dekh India Dekh '' || [[Jennifer Winget]] replacing [[Shweta Gulati]]
||
* Archana Puran Singh
* [[Shekhar Suman]]
||
* [[Krishna Abhishek]]
* [[Sudesh Lehri]]

|-
| 2009
| '' Comedy Circus 3 Ka Tadka ''|| [[Mouni Roy]] replaced by [[Roshni Chopra]]
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Shekhar Suman]]
* [[Rohit Shetty]]
||
* [[Krishna Abhishek]]
* [[Sudesh Lehri]]
* [[Melissa Pais]]
|-
| 2010
| '' Comedy Circus Mahasangram ''<ref>{{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}}</ref> || [[Purbi Joshi]]
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Shekhar Suman]]
* [[Rohit Shetty]]
||
*[[Swapnil Joshi]]
*[[V.I.P. (comedian)|V.I.P.]]
|-
| 2010
| '' Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars '' ||
*[[Surveen Chawla]]
*[[Rashami Desai|Rashmi Desai]] (for 2 episodes)
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Rohit Shetty]]
||
* [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]]
* Parvati Sehgal
|-
| 2010
| '' Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo '' ||
*[[Anita Hassanandani]]
*[[Surveen Chawla]] & [[Shruti Seth]] (Grand Finale)
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Shekhar Suman]]
||
* [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]]
* [[Mukti Mohan]]
|-
| 2010–2011
| '' Jubilee Comedy Circus '' ||
*[[Pooja Kanwal]]
*[[Mantra (actor)|Mantra]]
*[[Shruti Seth]] & [[Ali Asgar (actor)|Ali Asgar]] (Grand Finale)
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Rohit Shetty]]
||
* [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]]
* [[Shikha Singh]]
and
* Rajeev Nigam
* [[Krishna Abhishek]]
|-
| 2011
| '' Comedy Circus Ke Taansen '' ||
*[[Saumya Tandon]]
*[[Neha Dhupia]] (Grand Finale)
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Daler Mehndi]]
||
* [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]]
* [[Ali Asgar(comedian)|Ali Asgar]]
|-
| 2011
| '' Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur ''||
*[[Roshni Chopra]]
*[[Reshmi Ghosh]] (Episode 1)
*[[Shweta Tiwari]] (Episode 2–4)
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Sohail Khan]]
||
* [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]]
* [[Shweta Tiwari]]
|-
| 2011–2012
| '' Kahani Comedy Circus Ki '' || [[Shruti Seth]]
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Sohail Khan]]
||
* [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]]
* [[Sumona Chakravarti]]
and
* [[Krishna Abhishek]]
* [[Sudesh Lehri]]
|-
| 2012–2013
| '' Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe '' ||
*[[Barkha Bisht]]
*[[Shruti Seth]]
*[[Shweta Gulati]] (1 episode)
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Sohail Khan]] replaced by [[Arbaaz Khan]]
||
* [[Krishna Abhishek]]
* [[Sudesh Lehri]]
* [[Siddharth Sagar]]

|-
|2013–2014
|'' Comedy Circus Ke Mahabali '' || [[Shruti Seth]]
||
* [[Archana Puran Singh]]
* [[Arbaaz Khan]]
||
* Season ended before winners were announced.
|-
|2021
|'' Comedy Circus Ke Teen Chaar Khailbali'' ||
* Hina Khan
||
* [[Arbaaz Khan]]
* Mika Singh
||
*
* To Be Announced
*

 
|- –
|}

==Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars – 2010 Contestants==
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* [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]] & Parvati Sehgal (Winners)
* [[Krushna Abhishek]] & [[Sudesh Lehri]] (Runner-up)
* [[Rajeev Thakur]] & [[Saloni Daini]]
* [[Paresh Ganatra]] & [[Bharti Singh]]
* [[Sunil Pal]] & [[Priya Marathe]]

== Comedy Circus Mahasangram – 2010 Contestants ==
'''Team Purans:'''
#[[V.I.P. (comedian)|VIP]] & [[Swwapnil Joshi|Swapnil Joshi]]
# Khayali & [[Karishma Tanna]]

'''Team Sumans:'''
#[[Krushna Abhishek]] & [[Sudesh Lehri]]
# Rajiv Nigam & [[Rajesh Kumar (actor)|Rajesh Kumar]]

'''Team Shettys:'''
#[[Paresh Ganatra]], [[Bharti Singh]] & [[Sharad Kelkar]]
#Rajiv Thakur, [[Saloni Daini]] & [[Rashmi Desai]]

== 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 (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]], [[Bhairavi Raichura]], & Raja Sagoo
* [[Harsh Chhaya]], [[Tina Datta|Tina Dutta]], & [[Jimmy Moses]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[Sharad Kelkar]], [[Bharti Singh]], & [[Paresh Ganatra]]
* Rajiv Thakur, [[Smita Singh]], & [[Saloni Daini]]
* Rajiv Thakur, [[Rashami Desai|Rashmi Desai]], & Saloni Daini

== Dekh India Dekh – 2009 Contestants ==

* Rajesh Kumar as Akbar
* Rajiv Nigam as Birbal
* [[Ali Asgar (actor)|Ali Asgar]] as Havaldar Kadam
* [[V.I.P. (comedian)|VIP]] as Havaldar Kaale
* [[Krushna Abhishek]] as Baiju
* [[Sudesh Lehri]] as Bawra
* Gaurav Gera as Malti Manohar Mishra
* [[Swwapnil Joshi|Swapnil Joshi]] 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 ==

* [[Krushna Abhishek]] & [[Sudesh Lehri]]
* [[Shweta Tiwari]] & Ashutosh Kaushik
* Kuldeep Dubey & [[Roshni Chopra]]
* [[Ahsaan Qureshi]] & [[Payal Rohatgi]]
* [[Suchita Trivedi|Sucheta Trivedi]] & [[Paresh Ganatra]]
* VIP & [[Shweta Gulati]]
* [[Ali Asgar (actor)|Ali Asgar]] & Kuldeep Dubey
* [[Swwapnil Joshi|Swapnil Joshi]] & Sharad Kelkar
* Kavita Kaushik & Rajiv Nigam
* Kuldeep Dubey & Rajiv Nigam
* [[Shailesh Lodha]] & Neha Marda
* [[Mona Singh]] & [[Rehman Khan]]
* Khayali & Nigaar Khan
* Rehman Khan & Sucheta Trivedi
* Kuldeep Dubey & Sucheta Trivedi
*[[Siddharth Sagar|Sidharth sagar]] & Nandini kapoor

== Kaante Ki Takkar – 2008 Contestants ==
'''Team Purans:'''
#[[Urvashi Dholakia]] & [[Shakeel Siddiqui]]
#[[V.I.P. (comedian)|VIP]] & [[Swwapnil Joshi|Swapnil Joshi]]
# Khayali & [[Karishma Tanna]]

'''Team Sumans:'''

#[[Krushna Abhishek]] & [[Sudesh Lehri]]
# Rajiv Nigam & [[Rajesh Kumar (actor)|Rajesh Kumar]]
#[[Kamya Panjabi]] & Rajeev Thakur

== Comedy Circus 2 – 2008 Contestants ==

* [[Juhi Parmar]] & [[V.I.P. (comedian)|Vijay Ishwarlal Pawar]] (VIP) – Winner
*[[Kamya Panjabi]] & Rajiv Thakur – 1st Runners-up
*[[Krushna Abhishek]] & [[Sudesh Lehri]] – 2nd Runners-up
* [[Apara Mehta]] & [[Shailesh Lodha]]
*[[Sayantani Ghosh|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 Khan]] & [[Ali Asgar (actor)|Ali Asgar]]- Winners
* [[Swapnil Joshi]] & [[V.I.P. (comedian)|V.I.P.]]- Runner-up
* Khayali Saharan & [[Karishma Tanna]]- Voted Out
*[[Urvashi Dholakia]] & [[Shakeel Siddiqui]] – Voted Out
*[[Kiran Karmarkar|Kiran Karmakar]] & Sunil Sanwra – Voted Out
* Pratap Faujdar & [[Ketki Dave|Ketaki Dave]] replaced by [[Manini De]] – Voted Out<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[Varun Badola]] & Deepak Dutta – Voted Out

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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]]
[[Category:2010s Indian television series]]
[[Category:Television series by Optimystix Entertainment]]

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