Comedy Circus 2

Comedy Circus 2
A promotinal logo image of "Comedy Circus 2".
Format	Comedy
Created by	Optimystix
Country of origin	India
Language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	Total 20
Production
Running time	approx. 22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Sony TV
Picture format	480i (SDTV),
Original run	April 26, 2008 – September 7, 2008
External links
Website

Comedy Circus 2 is a comedy show that started its second season at Sony TV on April 26, 2008.^[1] The show brings together popular television actors and professional stand-up comedians to perform on a highly competitive stage. Jodis (or teams of two) are scored by the judges and the live studio audience to determine eliminations.

Host

• Shruti Seth

Judges

• Archana Puran Singh
• Satish Shah
• Shekhar Suman

Creative Team

• Dharampal Thakur
• Bharat Kukreti
• Inaamulhaq
• Dheeraj

Script Writer

• Inaamulhaq
• Raaj Shaandilyaa

Celebrity Guests

• Shakeel Siddiqui "Shana Shakeel" --- Special comedy guest from Comedy Circus Season 1 (all episodes)
• Arbaaz Khan; Kashmira Shah; Neha Oberoi; & Sikandar Kher --- May 17
• Mona Singh --- June 6
• Farida Jalal --- July 5
• Farah Khan --- July 12
• Amrita Rao & Shreyas Talpade --- August 30
• Swapnil Joshi & Purbi Joshi --- August 30 (performed a skit)

Grand-Finale Guests

• Sharad Kelkar & Rajshree Thakur from Saat Phere
• Parul Chauhan & Sara Khan from Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai

Also:

• A trailer for the game show 10 Ka Dum, featuring Salman Khan, Rakhi Sawant, and Shakeel Siddiqui, was shown in 'Grand-Finale'.

Contestants

• Apara Mehta & Shailesh Lodha
• Krushna Abhishek & Sudesh Lahiri
• Shayantani Ghosh & Kuldeep Dubey
• Sucheta Khanna & Salim Afridi
• Akashdeep Sehgal & Pervez Siddiqui
• Kamya Panjabi & Rajiv Thakur
• Rajesh Kumar & Rajeev Nigam
• Chitrashi Rawat & Rehman Khan

Wildcard Entrant on June 7, 2008

• Juhi Parmar & Vijay Ishwarlal Pawar (VIP)

Weekly Themes

Episode 1 (26 April 2008) - Introductory Acts

• Shailesh and Apara
• Chitrashi and Rehman
• Krushna and Sudesh
• Rajiv and Kamya
• Rajesh and Rajeev
• Kuldeep and Shayantani
• Sucheta and Salim
• Akashdeep and Pervez
• Rohit Rohilla and Vandana

Episode 2 (3 May 2008) - Fancy Dress

• Rajesh as Akbar, Rajeev as Birbal
• Akashdeep as Baba, Pervez as Roadside Man
• Krushna as Astronaut, Sudesh as Jadoo
• Shailesh as Common Man, Apara as Hillary Clinton
• Rajiv as Yamraj, Kamya as Ekta Kapoor
• Chitrashi as Kid, Rehman as Jin\Genie
• Kuldeep as Rishi, Shayantani as Apsara
• Sucheta as Basanti, Salim as Babbar Singh

Lowest scorers Sucheta-Salim lost against Jodis-voted Akashdeep-Pervez and were eliminated. Shekar Suman is added to the panel of judges.

Episode 3 (10 May 2008) - Freestyle

• Krushna as Balaji Casting Director, Sudesh as Struggling Actor
• Chitrashi as Model, Rehman as Bhai\Don
• Rajiv as Rakhi Sawant's Naukar\Servant, Kamya as Shakti Kapoor's Naukrani\Maidservant
• Kuldeep as Louie (a Discovery Channel reporter), Shayantani as Jenny (Louie's partner)
• Pervez as Harbhajan Singh, Akashdeep as Andrew Symonds
• Shailesh as Policeman, Apara as Anarkali
• Rajesh as TV Reporter, Rajeev as Newspaper Reporter

Lowest scorers Akashdeep-Pervez tied with Jodis-voted Kamya-Rajiv. No one was eliminated.

Episode 4 (17 May 2008) - Role Reversal

• Rajesh and Rajeev as Junior Bollywood background dancers
• Rajiv as IPL cheerleader Shanno Phataka, Kamya as Judge Ilzaam Sharma
• Krushna as Kashmira Shah, Sudesh as Billo (his wife)
• Chitrashi as Sachin Tendulkar, Rehman as Deepika Padukone
• Shailesh as Bubli, Apara as Bublu
• Pervez as Shruti Seth, Akashdeep as Archana Puran Singh

Apara-Shailesh and Akashdeep-Pervez were the lowest scoring jodis. However, a no-show by Kuldeep led Shayantani to eliminate herself from the competition. Arbaaz Khan, Sikhandar Kher and Neha Uberoi dropped by to promote their new movie Woodstock Villa. Kashmira Shah dropped by to watch Krushna's act.

Episode 5 (24 May 2008) - Musical

• Rajesh as Bappi Lahri, Rajeev as Reality show contestant
• Rajiv as Village Item girl, Kamya as City Item girl
• Pervez as Parody singer Ustad Barbaad Mausiki, Akashdeep as Tapori singer
• Krushna and Sudesh as Hosts of Music award show
• Chitrashi as TV reporter, Rehman as Qawwal
• Shailesh as Old Husband, Apara as Old Wife

Lowest scorers Akashdeep-Pervez were eliminated.

Episode 6 (31 May 2008) - Shaadi\Marriage Special

• Rajiv as Husband, Kamya as Wives
• Shailesh as Haklu Damad\Stammering Son-in-law, Apara as Thothli Saas\Lisping Mother-in-law
• Chitrashi as Matchmaker, Rehman as Client looking for bride
• Rajesh as Wife, Rajeev as Brothers married to same wife
• Krushna and Sudesh as Wedding band musicians545555

Lowest scorers Chitrashi-Rehman were eliminated.

Episode 7 (7 June 2008) - Freestyle

• Krushna as Guy with the sole phone in the building, Sudesh as Neighbour
• Rajiv as Billoo Bakra, Kamya as Bar girl
• Rajesh as Khali (WWE Wrestler), Rajeev as Banarasi Pehalvan\Wrestler
• Shailesh as Laloo Prasad Yadav, Apara as Laloo's secretary
• VIP as Amnesiac VIP, Juhi as Doctor

VIP-Juhi were the Wildcard entry jodi. Mona Singh and Shaqeel Siddiqui put on a special act. No one was eliminated. Marks from this episode will be added to the next to determine eliminations.

Episode 8 (14 June 2008) - Adult(18+)

• Krushna as Bhojpuri C-grade film director, Sudesh as Billo Lahiri
• Rajiv and Kamya as Actors in a C-grade film trailer
• Shailesh as C-grade film fan, Apara as C-grade film heroine
• Rajesh as Art film director, Rajeev as C-grade film heroine
• VIP as Mahesh Hatt, Juhi as C-grade film heroine

Lowest scorers Juhi-VIP were eliminated.

Episode 9 (21 June 2008) - Ravan Special

• Shailesh as Ravan, Apara as News reporter
• Krushna as Dance Teacher, Sudesh as Ravan
• Rajiv as Student Ravan, Kamya as Ravan's Mother
• Rajeev as Ravan, Rajesh as Hakeem

Lowest scorers Rajeev-Rajesh were eliminated.

Episode 10 (28 June 2008) - Comeback

• Rajesh and Rajeev as Sardar friends
• Salim as Kid, Sucheta as Teacher
• VIP as himself, Juhi as herself
• Chitrashi as herself, Rehman as himself
• Akashdeep and Pervez as Beggars
• Kuldeep as Bapu\Gandhi, Shayantani as Munnabhai

This episode saw the return of all previously eliminated jodis. No one was eliminated. Marks from this episode will be added to the next to determine eliminations.

Episode 11 (5 July 2008) - Women's Special

• Kuldeep as Shah Rukh Khan, Shayantani as Social worker
• Akashdeep as Girl, Pervez as Pathan
• Salim as Parvez Musharraf, Sucheta as Sonia Gandhi
• Rajeev as Wife, Rajesh as Husband
• Chitrashi as Writer, Rehman as Director
• VIP as Various Bollywood actors, Juhi as Radio jockey

Double elimination - Lowest scorers Akashdeep-Pervez and Chitrashi-Rehman were eliminated. Farida Jalal was invited as a guest judge.

Episode 12 (12 July 2008) - Filmi Khichdi

• Krushna as Amitabh Bachchan, Sudesh as Dilip Kumar (Parody Movie: Shakti)
• VIP as Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi as Preity Zinta (Parody Movie: Kal Ho Naa Ho)
• Sucheta as Simi Karkar, Salim as Tarzan(Parody Movie: Tarzan)
• Shailesh as Rajendra Kumar, Apara as Meena Kumari(Parody Movie: Dil Ek Mandir)
• Kuldeep as Sunny Deol, Shayantani as Amisha Patel (Parody Movie: Gadar)
• Rajesh as Man at funeral, Rajeev as Johnny Lever(Parody Movie: Judaai)
• Rajiv as Raj Babbar, Kamya as Zeenat Aman (Parody Movie: Insaaf Ka Tarazu)

Lowest scorers Kuldeep-Shayantani were eliminated. Farah Khan was invited as a guest judge.

Episode 13 (19 July 2008) - Iski Script... Uske Sar

• VIP as Yamraj, Juhi as Ekta Kapoor (Parody Performance: Rajiv-Kamya in Episode 2)
• Krushna as Akbar, Sudesh as Birbal (Parody Performance: Rajesh-Rajeev in Episode 2)
• Rajesh as Balaji Casting Director, Rajeev as Struggling Actor(Parody Performance: Krushna-

Sudesh in Episode 3)

• Salim as Husband, Sucheta as Wives (Parody Performance: Rajiv-Kamya in Episode 6)
• Rajiv and Kamya as Junior Bollywood background dancers (Parody Performance: Rajesh-Rajeev in Episode 4)
• Shailesh as Qawwal, Apara as TV Reporter(Parody Performance: Chitrashi-Rehman in Episode 5)

No one was eliminated.

Episode 14 (26 July 2008) - Television Special

• Krushna and Sudesh as TVs
• Rajiv and Kamya as TV Reporters
• Salim as Bejan Paniwala, Sucheta as TV Astrologer
• Rajesh and Rajeev as Page 3 reporters
• VIP and Juhi as Aspiring TV show creators
• Shailesh as Stammering news reporter, Apara as Lisping news reporter

Lowest scorers Shailesh-Apara were eliminated.

Episode 16 (9 August 2008) - Chalo Ishq Ladaye

• Krushna as Sudesh's old mother, Sudesh as Sudesh's old father
• VIP as Manoj Kumar and Nana Patekar, Juhi as Mallika Sherawat
• Salim as Salim, Sucheta as Anarkali
• Rajiv as Majnu, Kamya as Laila

No one was eliminated. Marks from this episode will be added to the next to determine eliminations.

Episode 17 (16 August 2008) - Professions

• VIP as Soldier Sunny Deol, Juhi as Air hostess
• Rajiv as Punjabi lady constable, Kamya as Juhi Parmar, Shruti Seth and Shilpa Shetty
• Krushna as Jallad\Executioner, Sudesh as Phansi ka mujrim\Criminal sentenced to death by hanging
• Salim as Pathan Watchman, Sucheta as Bar dancer

Lowest scorers Salim-Sucheta were eliminated.

Score Card

Scores:			Apr 26	May 3	May 10	May 17	May 24	May 31	Jun 07	Jun 14	Jun 21	Jun 28	Jul 05	Jul 12	Jul 19	Jul 26	Aug 02	Aug 09	Aug 16	Aug 23	Aug 30	Sep 07 Finale
Jodis			Result
Juhi Parmar / VIP									(27) WC	(18) Elim		30	18	25	26	24	29	28	26	30+25	30+30	Winner
Kamya Panjabi / Rajiv Thakur			18	28	21	20	27	28	22	28	23	N/A	N/A	20	30	30	27	22	30	29+27	30+30	Runners Up
Krushna Abhishek / Sudesh Lahiri			15	24	26	25	30	23	22	29	29	N/A	N/A	30	28	30	24	30	30	25+24	(30+30) Elim
Rajesh Kumar / Rajiv Nigam			16	27	24	26	27	26	23	29	(18) Elim	25	27	22	25	27	(24) Elim
Apara Mehta / Shailesh Lodha			17	30	23	15	23	28	27	28	27	N/A	N/A	28	30	(21) Elim
Chitrashi Rawat / Rehman Khan			14	28	25	17	29	(24) Elim				27	(18) Elim
AkashdeepSehgal/ Pervez Siddiqui			14	20	24	17	(24) Elim					19	(28) Elim
ShayantaniGhosh/ Kuldeep Dubey			14	25	30	(0) Elim						25	25	(23) Elim
Sucheta Khanna / Salim Afridi			17	(21) Elim								23	24	23	30	29	24	18	(29) Elim

• Note:::There was no elimination of safe "Jodi's" on June 28, 2008, instead all of the eliminated Jodi's performed again and were scored. "Comeback Special Episode".

• Note:::On July 5, 2008, the 6 comeback Jodi's performed again from which the 2 Jodi's that got eliminated are Akashdeep's jodi and Chitrashi's jodi. The safe jodi's who will perform in future episodes are Shayantani's, Rajesh's, Juhi's, and Sucheta's.

• Note:::August 23's episode has 2-rounds (each worth 30 points) and there was no elimination.

References

1. ^ "Sony to launch second season of Comedy Circus from 26 April". Indiantelevision.com. April 23, 2008. http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/apr/apr302.php. 

External links

• Official Site