Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala

Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala is a comedy reality show that aired on STAR Plus in India every Saturday and Sunday at 9 pm. Four teams including some of the biggest names from films and television competed, and the show was hosted by actress Jennifer Winget. Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala was launched on 19 March 2011 and was produced by Reliance BIG Entertainment. The show ended on 11 June 2011 after a grand finale episode. The winner, Shreyas Chi Mandli, was awarded Rs 50 Lakh.

Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala
कॉमेडी का महा मुक़ाबला
Created byReliance BIG Entertainment
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
Production
Running timeapproximately 45 minutes
Release
Original networkStar Plus
Picture format480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Original release19 March (2011-03-19) –
11 June 2011 (2011-06-11)
External links
Website

Plot

Each week, four teams competed against each other in a comedy competition. The teams were captained by four Indian comedy celebrities—Arshad Warsi, Raveena Tandon, Shekhar Suman and Shreyas Talpade—who performed with a team of television celebrities, stand-up comedians and one comedy beginner in a variety of challenges. A total of 20 contestants competed. Based on their performances, teams were scored by the audience and other team captains. The team with the highest scores at the end of the week won the "Comedy Ka.

Teams
Teams Arshad Ke Punters Raveena ke Mohre Shekhar Ke Movers Shreyas Chi Mandli
Captains Arshad Warsi Raveena Tandon Shekhar Suman Shreyas Talpade
Members Rehmaan Khan Sudesh Bhosle Shailesh Lodha Raju Srivastav
Rashmi Desai Aashka Goradia / Sucheta Khanna Supriya Pilgaonkar Rajesh Kumar
Sunil Grover Parul Yadav Nikhil Ratnaparkhi Balraj Syal
Saahil Khattar Vibha Bhagat Istiyak Khan Roshni Chopra
Status Runner-Up Eliminated Eliminated Winner

Over the course of the competition, Sudesh Bhosle replaced Sudesh Lehri, Sucheta Khanna replaced Aashka Goradia and Rajesh Kumar replaced Arhaan Behl.

Format

Each week included two or more rounds. The stand-up round, included in early episodes, featured one member of each team performing a stand-up routine, and was worth 20 points. The team round featured two or more team members performing together, also worth twenty points. A challenge round introduced in later episodes also featured two or more team members performing together, with the best performance earning ten bonus points. The Tug of War (ToW) round, featured in later episodes, included one member from each team performing together on a skit, with the top individual performer receiving five points for the team.

For the stand-up and team rounds, each team could earn up to 10 points from the audience and up to 10 more points from the three non-performing captains.

Weekly scores

LEGEND

Highest Scoring Team
Lowest Scoring Team

Week 1
Team Stand-Up By: Stand-Up Score Team Score Total
Arshad Ke Punters Rehmaan Khan 33 39 72
Raveena Ke Mohre Sudesh Lehri 34 35 69
Shreyas Chi Mandli Raju Shrivastav 40 28 68
Shekhar Ke Movers Shailesh Lodha 27 31 58

In the first week of competition, each round was worth a maximum of 40 points. Raju Shrivastav received a perfect score of 40.

Week 2
Team Stand-Up By: Stand-Up Score Team Score Challenge Score Week 2 Total Total
Shreyas Chi Mandli Raju Shrivastav 16 15 10 41 109
Arshad Ke Punters Rehmaan Khan 16 18 0 34 106
Raveena Ke Mohre Sudesh Lehri 17 14 0 31 100
Shekhar Ke Movers Shailesh Lodha 19 18 0 37 95

In the second week, both rounds were reduced to 20 points.

Week 3
Team Stand-Up By: Stand-Up Score Team Score Bonus Points Week 3 Total Total
Shreyas Chi Mandli Raju Shrivastav 20 18 5 43 152
Shekhar Ke Movers Shailesh Lodha 20 17 0 37 132
Arshad Ke Punters Rehmaan Khan 0 18 5 23 129
Raveena Ke Mohre Sudesh Bhosle 0 16 0 16 116

Sudesh Bhosle replaced Sudesh Lehri from Raveena Ke Mohre in the third week. Due to the airing of the Star Parivaar Awards 2011 no episode was telecast on 3 April 2011. The format was changed this week to account for the single episode. In the team round, the top-scoring team could earn 10 additional bonus points. Arshad and Shreyas teams tied, so each received 5 bonus points. In the stand-up round, a duel was set up where two individuals would go head to head, performing on a theme, with the winner receiving all 20 points. The line-ups were Rehman vs Shailesh and Raju vs Sudesh.

Week 4
Team Stand-Up By: Stand-Up Score Team Score Challenge Score Week 4 Total Total
Shreyas Chi Mandli Raju Shrivastav 20 17 0 37 189
Arshad Ke Punters Sunil Grover 18 20 10 48 177
Shekhar Ke Movers Shailesh Lodha 17 18 0 35 167
Raveena Ke Mohre Sudesh Bhosle 16 20 0 35 152

Sucheta Khanna replaced Aashka Goradia from Raveena Ke Mohre in the fourth week. Arshad Ke Punters scored the most points, but Shreyas Chi Mandli finished the week with the highest cumulative score of 189.

Week 5
Team Team Score Challenge Score Week 5 Total Total
Arshad Ke Punters 18 10 28 205
Shreyas Chi Mandli 15 0 15 204
Shekhar Ke Movers 17 0 17 184
Raveena Ke Mohre 16 0 16 168

Rajesh Kumar replaced Arhaan Behl from Shreyas Chi Mandli in week five. The stand-up round was incomplete this week and thus was not included in the scoring.

Week 6
Team Team Score Challenge Score Week 6 Total Total
Arshad Ke Punters 17 10 27 232
Shreyas Chi Mandli 17 0 17 221
Shekhar Ke Movers 17 0 17 201
Raveena Ke Mohre 17 0 17 185

Week 7
Team Team Score Challenge Score Week 7 Total Total
Arshad Ke Punters 16 0 16 248
Shreyas Chi Mandli 16 0 16 237
Shekhar Ke Movers 18 10 28 229
Raveena Ke Mohre 18 0 18 203

Nikhil Ratnaparkhi won the "Best performer of the week" award in week seven.

Week 8
Team Team Score Challenge Score Week 8 Total Total
Arshad Ke Punters 19 50 69 317
Shreyas Chi Mandli 18 0 18 255
Shekhar Ke Movers 16 0 16 245
Raveena Ke Mohre 16 0 16 219

In the eighth week, the challenge round was worth 50 points rather than 10, and Raveena Ke Mohre were eliminated.

Week 9
Team ToW By: ToW Score Team Score Challenge Score Week 9 Total
Shreyas Chi Mandli Rajesh Kumar 5 15 0 20
Arshad Ke Punters Sunil Grover 0 17 0 17
Shekhar Ke Movers Nikhil Ratnaparkhi 0 17 10 27

The ninth week was the first for the Tug of War (ToW) round, deciding the performer of the week and giving the winning team an opportunity to earn an additional five bonus points. Cumulative point totals were also reset this week.

Week 10
Team ToW By(Male): ToW Score ToW By(Female): ToW Score Team Score Challenge Score Week 10 Total Total
Shreyas Chi Mandli Raju Shrivastav 5 Roshni Chopra 0 16 0 21 41
Arshad Ke Punters Rehmaan Khan 0 Rashmi Desai 5 18 10 33 50
Shekhar Ke Movers Nikhil Ratnaparkhi 0 Supriya Pilgaonkar 0 14 0 14 41

The Tug of War (ToW) round was conducted twice in the tenth week, once for women and once for men.

Week 11/12 - Semi Final
Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Match 5 Match 6 Week 11/12 Total Total
Shreyas Chi Mandli Not Competing 0 10 10 10 30 71
Arshad Ke Punters 0 10 10 0 Not Competing 20 70
Shekhar Ke Movers 10 0 Not Competing 0 0 10 51

In the semi-final, Shekhar Ke Movers and Arshad Ke Punters first competed in two rounds. Arshad Ke Punters then competed against Shreyas Chi Mandli and won a place in the finals. Shreyas Chi Mandli finally battled Shekhar Ke Movers in two more elimination rounds, and Shekhar Ke Movers was eliminated.

Week 13 - Grand Finale
Team Match 1 Match 2 Week 13 Total Total
Shreyas Chi Mandli 20 16 36 107
Arshad Ke Punters 16 18 34 104

After two team rounds, Shreyas Chi Mandli won the competition.

Scores Summary
Team Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Points reset Week 9 Week 10 Week 11/12 Week 13 Status
Shreyas Chi Mandli 68 109 152 189 204 221 237 255 20 41 71 107 WINNER
Arshad Ke Punters 72 106 129 177 205 232 248 317 17 50 70 104 RUNNER-UP
Shekhar Ke Movers 58 95 132 167 184 201 229 245 27 41 51 Eliminated ELIMINATED
Raveena Ke Mohre 69 100 116 152 168 185 203 219 Eliminated ELIMINATED

Winner of the Week(Sartaj)
Team Eliminated

Scores shown in the above table are based on the total tally from week 1 until end of that week.

References
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