Comedy Circus is a show where Hindi television's soap stars perform stand-up comedy. Paired with the "finest" stand up talent from India and Pakistan these soap stars perform on stage along with their "stand up comedy partners" for 13 weeks in a grueling battle for supremacy to decide which "soap star" can be the best stand up comic.

The show is created by the Optimystix Creative Team, this Mega Laugh Riot with the tag line 'Jodi jamegi, public hassegi' guarantees hysterics for 13 weeks on Sony TV

Sony Entertainment Television (India)

This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...

. The series is judged by known actors Archana Puran Singh

Archana Puran Singh

Archana Puran Singh is an Indian television presenter and film actress. She is most known for comedy roles, and as a judge on comedy shows, like Sony TV India's Comedy Circus.-Career:...

, Johnny Lever

Johnny Lever

John Prakasa Rao Janumala famously known as Johnny Lever is an Indian film actor and comedian. He was born to Prakash Rao Janumala and Karunamma Janumala and brought up in Mumbai. He started his career in 1984 and has acted in over 350 Bollywood films...

, & Satish Shah

Satish Shah

Satish Ravilal Shah is a Hindi and Marathi film and television actor best known for his comedy films. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the ever popular 80's sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi directed by Kundan Shah and Manjul Sinha. He is famous for playing the role of Municipal Commissioner...

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Host

• Shruti Seth
  Shruti Seth
  Shruti Seth is an Indian television, VJ and film actress.-Early life:Shruti Shokeen was born on 18 December 1977 in Gujarat, India. She did her schooling from Ashok Academy and graduated from St. Xavier's College Ahmedabad with a degree in Economics and Commerce. She is married to film director...
  
  

Judges

• Johnny Lever
  Johnny Lever
  John Prakasa Rao Janumala famously known as Johnny Lever is an Indian film actor and comedian. He was born to Prakash Rao Janumala and Karunamma Janumala and brought up in Mumbai. He started his career in 1984 and has acted in over 350 Bollywood films...
  
  
• Archana Puran Singh
  Archana Puran Singh
  Archana Puran Singh is an Indian television presenter and film actress. She is most known for comedy roles, and as a judge on comedy shows, like Sony TV India's Comedy Circus.-Career:...
  
  
• Satish Shah
  Satish Shah
  Satish Ravilal Shah is a Hindi and Marathi film and television actor best known for his comedy films. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the ever popular 80's sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi directed by Kundan Shah and Manjul Sinha. He is famous for playing the role of Municipal Commissioner...
  
  

Comedy Circus - Part 1

Winners

• Kashif Khan
  Kashif Khan
  Kashif Khan is a Pakistani stage and television actor. He was the winner of reality show Comedy Circus paired with Ali Asghar....
  
  /Ali Asgar

Participants

• Khayali Saharan - Voted Out
• Karishma Tanna
  Karishma Tanna
  Karishma Tanna is an Indian television and theatre actress. She is well known for her role in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Indira 'Indu' Gandhi...
  
  - Voted Out
• Swapnil Joshi
  Swapnil Joshi
  Swapnil Joshi is a Indian film and television actor, in Hindi and Marathi languages. He is mainly known for his comic roles. He has done lead roles in TV series, Krishna , Hare Kkaanch Ki Choodiyaan , Marathi film Checkmate and Marathi film Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai...
  
  - Runner-up
• VIP
  V.I.P. (comedian)
  -Career:In 2008, VIP won the second season of the comedy reality contest show Comedy Circus on Sony TV with his partner Juhi Parmar. As of 2010, he is a contestant in the fourth season of the show along with his partner Swapnil Joshi. The same duo were finalists in the first season of the show in...
  
  - Runner-up
• Kashif Khan
  Kashif Khan
  Kashif Khan is a Pakistani stage and television actor. He was the winner of reality show Comedy Circus paired with Ali Asghar....
  
  - Winner
• Ali Asgar- Winner
• Urvashi Dholakia
  Urvashi Dholakia
  Urvashi Dholakia is a Indian television actress, who is best known for playing the villainous roles, as of Komolika Basu, in the STAR Plus daily soap opera, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, which ran from 2001 to 2008....
  
   - Voted Out
• Shakeel Siddiqui
  Shakeel Siddiqui
  Shakeel Siddiqui is a Pakistani stage comedian better known as 'Teeli' in Pakistan. He rose to prominence in India after appearing as a contestant in first season of Comedy Circus. Although he didn't win, he became so popular that he was hired as a co-host in the second season of the show...
  
   - Voted Out
• Kiran Karmakar - Voted Out
• Sunil Sanwra - Voted Out
• Pratap Faujdar - Voted Out
• Ketaki Dave replaced by Manini De - Voted Out
• Varun Badola
  Varun Badola
  Varun Badola is an Indian actor, known largely for his roles on television.His father is a known artist, Vishwa Mohan Badola. He has 2 sisters — Alka who is married and has appeared in KumKum, and Kalindi , who is a radio jockey.He did his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in New Delhi....
  
   - Voted Out
• Deepak Dutta - Voted Out

CREATIVES : Dharampal Thakur,Gurpal,Inaamulhaq, Dheeraj

ANCHOR SCRIPT WRITER : RAJIV PANDEY
SCRIPT WRITERS : Bharat Kukreti,Inaamulhaq,Raaj Shaandilyaa

External links

• Comedy Circus 1 Official Site
• Comedy Circus Fan Site