About

Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala A comedy based reality show, Comedy ka Maha Muqabala airs on STAR Plus every Saturday – Sunday at 9:00 pm. The show has four teams featuring some of the biggest names from films and television and is hosted by actress Jennifer Winget

Jennifer Winget

Jennifer Winget is a Bollywood Indian actress and model and anchor. She is well known for her roles in Dill Mill Gayye, Kasauti Zindagi Ki, Sangam.-Early life:...

. Comedy ka Maha Muqabala was launched on March 19, 2011 and is produced by Reliance BIG Entertainment. The show ended on 11th June 2011 after its grand final episode. The winner,Shreyas Chi Mandli, was awarded Rs 50 Lakh.

Plot

The show takes the audience on a joy ride as every week four teams compete against each other to become the kings of comedy. The teams are captained by four stalwarts of comedy - Arshad Warsi, Raveena Tandon, Shekhar Suman and Shreyas Talpade - who perform with their team every week in a variety of challenges. In this battle of wits each team will comprise of well-known television celebrities, stand-up comedians and a debutant to the industry. In all, the show will have 20 contestants who will pit their wits to result in the ultimate delight of the viewers. Based on their performances, they are awarded scores by the audiences and the other captains. The team with the highest scores at the end of the week win the ‘Comedy Ka Sartaj!’

Teams

Teams	Arshad Ke Punters	Raveena ke Mohre	Shekhar Ke Movers	Shreyas Chi Mandli
Captains	Arshad Warsi Arshad Warsi Arshad Warsi is an Indian actor who debuted in 1996 with the film Tere Mere Sapne which was a success but he is best known for his role as "Circuit" in the comedy films Munnabhai M.B.B.S. and Lage Raho Munnabhai and his role as Babban in Ishqiya which won him acclaim.-Early life and...	Raveena Tandon Raveena Tandon Raveena Tandon is a National Film Award winning Indian actress, producer, and a former model. She has primarily worked in Bollywood films, though she appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films as well....	Shekhar Suman Shekhar Suman Shekhar Suman is an Indian film actor and a television personality. He has also been featured as a singer on a music album. Suman married Alka Kapur on May 4, 1984, and has a son, Adhyayan Suman a Bollywood film actor.-Career:...	Shreyas Talpade Shreyas Talpade -Early life:Talpade was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, in a Marathi family. He attended Shree Ram Welfare Society's High School in Andheri-West. He is married to Deepti Talpade. Shreyas met his wife Deepti when he went to her college as a celebrity...
Members	Rehmaan Khan	Sudesh Bhosle	Shailesh Lodha Shailesh Lodha Shailesh Lodha is an Indian actor, comedian and writer.He appears in the sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah as real-life columnist Taarak Mehta....	Raju Srivastav
	Rashmi Desai Rashmi Desai Rashami Desai . She is an Indian Television actress. She is best known for playing the role of Tapasya Thakur in the popular television soap opera, Uttaran on Colors. She has also acted in Bhojpuri cinema.-Early life:...	Sucheta Khanna Sucheta Khanna Sucheta Khanna is an Indian TV and film actress. She has worked in Hari Mirchi Laal Mirchi, a comedy serial telecast by DD National. She is currently playing the role of Indumati in the SAB TV comedy series Lapataganj....	Supriya Pilgaonkar Supriya Pilgaonkar Supriya Pilgaonkar , often known by her screen name Supriya, is a Marathi actress. She is the wife of Marathi actor Sachin Pilgaonkar.Her claim to fame is her role of a harried daughter-in-law to Reema Lagoo in the popular Indian TV comedy series Tu Tu Main Main.- Personal life :Supriya was born as...	Rajesh Kumar Rajesh Kumar Rajesh Kumar is an extremely prolific Tamil writer, most famous for his crime, detective, and science fiction stories. He is a Saurashtran by birth....
	Sunil Grover Sunil Grover Sunil Grover, Born on 3rd August. An actor who has done his masters in theatre from Chandigarh, A commerce graduate.Hosted a few shows on TV like Dekh Video Dekh on Colors, Hans Balliye on Star one. A Movie Jockey in the show "Challa Lallan Hero Banane" on the movie channel Filmy...	Parul Yadav	Nikhil Ratnaparkhi	Balraj Syal
	Saahil Khattar	Vibha Bhagat	Istiyak Khan	Roshni Chopra Roshni Chopra Roshni Chopra is an Indian actress, television presenter and the winner of NDTV Imagine's reality show, Dil Jeetegi Desi Girl.She is known for playing the role of Pia, the younger sister of protagonist Bani Walia in Ekta Kapoor's Kasamh Se on Zee TV. She was also the presenter of the pre and...
Status	Runner-Up	Eliminated	Eliminated	Winner

Sudesh Bhosle replaced Sudesh Lehri

Sudesh Lehri

Sudesh Lehri is an Indian stand-up comedian, film and television actor. Though already known in Punjabi films and television, he achieved acclaimed when he one of top threefinalist at The Great Indian Laughter Challenge III in 2007...

Sucheta Khanna replaced Aashka Goradia

Rajesh Kumar replaced Arhaan Behl

Arhaan Behl

Arhaan Behl, born on 6 August 1984 in Rajasthan, India, is an actor who currently plays the male lead Krishna in the STAR Plus serial Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya.-Early life:...

Show Format

• Round 1: Stand-up round (20 points) - 1 team member performs
• Round 2: Team round (20 points) - 2 or more team members perform together
• Round 3: Challenge round (10 bonus points) - 2 or more team members perform together (only top performance get 10 points)
• Round 4: Tag Of War(ToW) round (5 bonus points) - 1 member from each team performs together on a skit (only top performance get 5 points)(ToW replaced Stand-up round)

The break-up of 20 points is as follows:

• Audience average: 10 points
• 3 non-performing captains' average: 10 points

Note: Some rounds are conducted on a week.

Weekly Scores

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

For your info: Week 1, each round was of 40 points. Raju Shrivastav attained full points from audience and 3 captains which is 40 through his outstanding performance.

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

For your info: Both Stand-up round and team round score was reduced to 20 points each. Non performing captains' score was sumed together and averaged.

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

For your info: Sudesh Bhosle replaced Sudesh Lehri from Raveena Ke Mohre. No episode was telecast on 3rd April 2011 as STAR Parivar Awards 2011 was aired. Due to has single episode on week 3, format was changed. Team performance included a twist where top scoring team will get additional 10 points, since Arshad and Shreyas team tied, both got 5 bonus points each. Standup performance has a change also, 2 stand-up comedian were given a theme to perform on and the winner will get 20 points. It was 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

For your info: Sucheta Khanna replaced Aashka Goradia from Raveena Ke Mohre. Arshad Ke Punters scores the highest point but highest cumulative score was Shreyas Chi Mandli with 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

For your info: Rajesh Kumar replaced Arhaan Behl from Shreyas Chi Mandli. Due to some reason, Stand-up round will incomplete and was not computed into the final telly of the week.

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

For your info: Due to some reason, Stand-up round was not conducted.

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

For your info: Due to some reason, Stand-up round was not conducted. Nikhil Ratnaparkhi won 'Best performer of the week' award.

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

For your info: Due to some reason, Stand-up round was not conducted. Challenge round carried 50 points instead of the usual 10. Raveena Ke Mohre were eliminated as they had the lowest score.

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

For your info: Stand-up round was not conducted but a new round called Tag of War(ToW) was performed which decides the performer of the week and an additional 5 bonus points. Points for the remaining team was reset to zero.

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

For your info: Stand-up round was not conducted. Tag of War(ToW) was conducted twice, one for male members and the other for female.

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

For your info: Match 1 & 2 was between Shekhar Ke Movers and Arshad Ke Punters. Match 3 & 4 was between Arshad Ke Punters and Shreyas Chi Mandli. Match 5 & 6 was between Shreyas Chi Mandli and Shekhar Ke Movers. Due to having lowest score, Shekhar Ke Movers was eliminated and Arshad and Shreyas team will compete in the finals.

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

For your info: Match 1 and 2 were both team round and the winner was Shreyas Chi Mandli (50 Lakhs rupees) and Arshad Ke Punters were runner-up.

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

Note: Scores shown in the above table is based on total tally from week 1 till end of that week.

Broadcast Time

Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala airs on Saturdays and Sundays at 9PM in India and all other countries that broadcast India Star Plus.

External Links

• Watch full episodes of the show: http://starplus.startv.in/video/showvideo.asp?showid=196&view_type=rated&sid=114
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