The show is based on a format where stand-up comedians perform and entertain judges and the studio audience with their comedy skills. The first three seasons of the show saw Shekhar Suman, an eminent TV personality and Navjot Singh Sidhu, former cricketer, cricket color commentator and Punjab politician."[5] The show's initial episodes were hosted by Parizaad Kolah Marshall and later she was replaced by Shonali Nagrani. The fifth season is being hosted by Elli Avram. The set was designed by noted Bollywood production designer Nitin Chandrakant Desai.[6] In the fourth season, Shatrughan Sinha replaced Navjot Singh Sidhu as judge as per season.
In the first season, Sunil Pal was the winner, Ahsaan Qureshi was runner up and Raju Srivastava was second runner up. In the second season contestants from Pakistan were present and the winner Rauf Lala was from Pakistan. The third season was won by Kapil Sharma and the first runner up was Chandan Prabhakar both from Amritsar. Many other talented comedians like Siraj Khan, Sudesh Lehari, Rajiv Thakur, Bharti Singh, Navin Prabhakar, Jassi Kochar, Khayaali, Dipoo Srivastava, Ahsaan Qureshi have appeared in the show.
The first two seasons were followed by another show, The Great Indian Laughter Champions, which included top performers of the previous shows. Here also the judges were Sidhu and Shekar including some celebrity guests as well.
Recently the first woman to participate was Aarti Kandpal. The fourth season's finalists were Rasbihari Gaur, Bharti Singh, Suresh Albela, and a duo Sikander Sanam-Wali Sheikh (veteran stage comedians from Pakistan). The winner for the fourth season after a tough laughter war was Suresh Albela.
Season 5 had 3 mentors Zakir Khan, Hussain Dalal and Mallika Dua later replaced by Sajid Khan and Shreyas Talpade who along with Akshay Kumar, will select 12 finalists who will compete for the title.
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The Great Indian Laughter Challenge is an Indian reality stand up comedy series produced by Endemol India The first four seasons aired on STAR One from 15 June 2005 to 26 September 2008 1 2 3 The show s fifth season premiered on 30 September 2017 on STAR Plus and was judged by Akshay Kumar 4 The Great Indian Laughter ChallengeGenreRealityCountry of originIndiaOriginal languageHindiNo of seasons5No of episodes193ProductionProduction locationMumbaiCamera setupMulti cameraRunning timeapproximately 48 minutesProduction companyEndemolOriginal releaseNetworkSTAR One season 1 4 STAR Plus season 5 Release3 June 2005 2005 06 03 30 December 2017 2017 12 30 RelatedLaughter KnightsThe show is based on a format where stand up comedians perform and entertain judges and the studio audience with their comedy skills The first three seasons of the show saw Shekhar Suman an eminent TV personality and Navjot Singh Sidhu former cricketer cricket color commentator and Punjab politician 5 The show s initial episodes were hosted by Parizaad Kolah Marshall and later she was replaced by Shonali Nagrani The fifth season is being hosted by Elli Avram The set was designed by noted Bollywood production designer Nitin Chandrakant Desai 6 In the fourth season Shatrughan Sinha replaced Navjot Singh Sidhu as judge as per season Contents 1 Seasons 2 Season I 2005 3 Season II 2006 4 Season III 2007 5 Season IV 2008 6 Season V 2017 7 References 8 External linksSeasons editIn the first season Sunil Pal was the winner Ahsaan Qureshi was runner up and Raju Srivastava was second runner up In the second season contestants from Pakistan were present and the winner Rauf Lala was from Pakistan The third season was won by Kapil Sharma and the first runner up was Chandan Prabhakar both from Amritsar Many other talented comedians like Siraj Khan Sudesh Lehari Rajiv Thakur Bharti Singh Navin Prabhakar Jassi Kochar Khayaali Dipoo Srivastava Ahsaan Qureshi have appeared in the show The first two seasons were followed by another show The Great Indian Laughter Champions which included top performers of the previous shows Here also the judges were Sidhu and Shekar including some celebrity guests as well Recently the first woman to participate was Aarti Kandpal The fourth season s finalists were Rasbihari Gaur Bharti Singh Suresh Albela and a duo Sikander Sanam Wali Sheikh veteran stage comedians from Pakistan The winner for the fourth season after a tough laughter war was Suresh Albela Season 5 had 3 mentors Zakir Khan Hussain Dalal and Mallika Dua later replaced by Sajid Khan and Shreyas Talpade who along with Akshay Kumar will select 12 finalists who will compete for the title Season I 2005 editSunil Pal Winner Ahsaan Qureshi First Runner up Raju Srivastava Second Runner up Naveen Prabhakar Bhagwant Mann Parag KansaraSeason II 2006 editRauf Lala Winner 7 Rajeev Nigam Runner up Khayali Pratap Faujdar Irfan Malik and Ali Hassan Pakistan Amanullah Guest Appearance Dr Tushar Shah Rajkumar Javkar Saransh Bhardwaj guest appearance 8 Gaurav K JhaSeason III 2007 editKapil Sharma Winner Chandan Prabhakar Second Runner up Sudesh Lehri Runner up Deepak Saini Rajeev Thakur Parvez Siddiqui Pakistan Season IV 2008 edit nbsp Winner of season 4 Suresh Albela Suresh Albela Winner Sikandar Sanam First Runner up Pakistan Bharti Singh Second runner up Rasbihari Gaur Third runner up Sunil Thakkar Houston TX Wali Sheikh Pakistan Jaswant Singh Srikant Maski Ramdas Yeole Rehan Jamal Pakistan Sugandha Mishra Vinod Rathore Anirudh MadesiaSeason V 2017 editAbhishek Walia Winner Nitesh Shetty Runner up Vighnesh Pande Mohd Anas Parvindar Singh Vishwash Chauhan Shyam Rangeela Abhay Kumar Naman Jain Sumit Sourav Shikha Singh Vidushi Swaroop Ajay Singh Chauhan Gaurav Gupta Jayvijay Sachan Haider Rizvi writer Vankush Arora Writer References edit Star One s The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya clocks the highest ever ratings 8 July 2006 Retrieved 28 December 2017 The great Indian Laughter Challenge 3 16 May 2007 Retrieved 28 December 2017 The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 4 airs every Friday amp Saturday on Star One Retrieved 28 December 2017 Akshay Kumar to judge The Great Indian Laughter Challenge releases the teaser The Times of India Retrieved 2 July 2017 Charge of the laugh brigade judging the show The Telegraph 21 November 2005 Archived from the original on 29 June 2006 Retrieved 2 March 2013 Javed Jaffrey s spoof on budget desires Screen magazine Chaya Unnikrishnan 3 March 2006 Rauf Lala wins Laughter Challenge www rediff com Sam amp Saransh www telegraphindia com External links editThe Great Indian Laughter Challenge on Hotstar The Great Indian Laughter Challenge at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Great Indian Laughter Challenge amp oldid 1174175602, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
