Comicstaan
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Comicstaan is an Indian stand-up comedy competition television series created by Only Much Louder for Amazon Prime Video.[1] The show brings together budding Indian comedians to find the next big name in stand-up comedy.
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Directed by | Khuzema Haveliwala |
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Country of origin | India (Multiverse) |
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No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 25 |
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Production location | Mumbai |
Running time | 55ā71 minutes |
Production company | Only Much Louder |
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Network | Amazon Video |
Release | 13 July 2018 (2018-07-13) ā present |
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Comicstaan Semma Comedy Pa |
The series premiere and three following episodes dropped on 13 July 2018. In its first week, Comicstaan became the most-watched show on Amazon Prime Video in India.[2] The judges for Season 1 were Biswa Kalyan Rath, Tanmay Bhat , Sapan Verma, Kaneez Surka, Kanan Gill, Kenny Sebastian, and Naveen Richard and it was hosted by Abish Mathew and Sumukhi Suresh.[3] The grand finale of Season 1 was released on 17 August 2018 and Nishant Suri, a contestant from Noida, emerged as the winner.[4]
On 6 August 2018, Comicstaan was renewed for a second season.[5] Comedian Zakir Khan was reported to be included in the lineup of judges and mentors for Season 2 with Sapan Verma and Naveen Richard not expected to return.[5] Additionally, Tanmay Bhat was dropped from Season 2 on 14 November 2018, a month after he was ousted from All India Bakchod due to allegations of inaction against sexual harassment.[6] Season 2 premiered on 12 July 2019 with the addition of judges Neeti Palta and Sumukhi Suresh (who co-hosted Season 1) as judges and mentors and Urooj Ashfaq joining as co-host.[7]
Comicstaan Season 2 premiered on 12 July 2019 where it released its first three episodes along with one bonus episode. This season had Biswa Kalyan Rath, Kaneez Surka, Kanan Gill, Zakir Khan, Neeti Palta and Kenny Sebastian as judges.
The winner of Season 1 was Nishant Suri. Season 2 had combined winners namely Samay Raina and Aakash Gupta. The winner of Season 3 is Aashish Solanki