Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala is a comedy reality show that aired on Star Plus. Four teams including some of the biggest names from films and television competed, and the show was hosted by 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 winners were, Shreyas Chi Mandli group.
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 TeamsArshad Ke PuntersRaveena ke MohreShekhar Ke MoversShreyas Chi MandliCaptainsArshad WarsiRaveena TandonShekhar SumanShreyas Talpade MembersRehmaan KhanSudesh BhosleShailesh LodhaRaju SrivastavRashami Desai Aashka Goradia / Sucheta KhannaSupriya PilgaonkarRajesh KumarSunil GroverParul YadavNikhil RatnaparkhiBalraj SyalSaahil KhattarVibha BhagatIstiyak KhanRoshni ChopraStatusRunner-UpEliminatedEliminatedWinner
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
Highest Scoring Team Lowest Scoring Team
Week 1 TeamStand-Up By:Stand-Up ScoreTeam ScoreTotalArshad Ke PuntersRehmaan Khan333972Raveena Ke MohreSudesh Lehri343569Shreyas Chi MandliRaju Shrivastav402868Shekhar Ke MoversShailesh Lodha273158 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 TeamStand-Up By:Stand-Up ScoreTeam ScoreChallenge ScoreWeek 2 TotalTotalShreyas Chi MandliRaju Shrivastav16151041109Arshad Ke PuntersRehmaan Khan1618034106Raveena Ke MohreSudesh Lehri1714031100Shekhar Ke MoversShailesh Lodha191803795 In the second week, both rounds were reduced to 20 points.
Week 3 TeamStand-Up By:Stand-Up ScoreTeam ScoreBonus PointsWeek 3 TotalTotalShreyas Chi MandliRaju Shrivastav2018543152Shekhar Ke MoversShailesh Lodha2017037 132Arshad Ke PuntersRehmaan Khan018523129Raveena Ke MohreSudesh Bhosle016016116 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 TeamStand-Up By:Stand-Up ScoreTeam ScoreChallenge ScoreWeek 4 TotalTotalShreyas Chi MandliRaju Shrivastav2017037189Arshad Ke PuntersSunil Grover18201048177Shekhar Ke MoversShailesh Lodha1718035167Raveena Ke MohreSudesh Bhosle1620035152 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 TeamTeam ScoreChallenge ScoreWeek 5 TotalTotalArshad Ke Punters181028205Shreyas Chi Mandli15015204Shekhar Ke Movers17017184Raveena Ke Mohre16016168 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 TeamTeam ScoreChallenge ScoreWeek 6 TotalTotalArshad Ke Punters171027232Shreyas Chi Mandli17017221Shekhar Ke Movers17017201Raveena Ke Mohre17017185
Week 7 TeamTeam ScoreChallenge ScoreWeek 7 TotalTotalArshad Ke Punters16016248Shreyas Chi Mandli16016237Shekhar Ke Movers181028229Raveena Ke Mohre18018203 Nikhil Ratnaparkhi won the "Best performer of the week" award in week seven.
Week 8 TeamTeam ScoreChallenge ScoreWeek 8 TotalTotalArshad Ke Punters195069317Shreyas Chi Mandli18018255Shekhar Ke Movers16016245Raveena Ke Mohre16016219 In the eighth week, the challenge round was worth 50 points rather than 10, and Raveena Ke Mohre were eliminated.
Week 9 TeamToW By:ToW ScoreTeam ScoreChallenge ScoreWeek 9 TotalShreyas Chi MandliRajesh Kumar515020Arshad Ke PuntersSunil Grover017017Shekhar Ke MoversNikhil Ratnaparkhi0171027 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 TeamToW By(Male):ToW ScoreToW By(Female):ToW ScoreTeam ScoreChallenge ScoreWeek 10 TotalTotalShreyas Chi MandliRaju Shrivastav5Roshni Chopra01602141Arshad Ke PuntersRehmaan Khan0Rashmi Desai518103350Shekhar Ke MoversNikhil Ratnaparkhi0Supriya Pilgaonkar01401441 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 TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Match 4Match 5Match 6Week 11/12 TotalTotalShreyas Chi MandliNot Competing01010103071Arshad Ke Punters010100Not Competing2070Shekhar Ke Movers100Not Competing001051
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 TeamMatch 1Match 2Week 13 TotalTotalShreyas Chi Mandli201636107Arshad Ke Punters161834104 After two team rounds, Shreyas Chi Mandli won the competition.
Scores Summary TeamWeek 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Points resetWeek 9Week 10Week 11/12Week 13StatusShreyas Chi Mandli68109152189204221237255204171107WINNERArshad Ke Punters72106129177205232248317175070104RUNNER-UPShekhar Ke Movers5895132167184201229245274151EliminatedRaveena Ke Mohre69100116152168185203219Eliminated
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.
External links Watch full episodes of the show: http://starplus.startv.in/video/showvideo.asp?showid=196&view_type=rated&sid=114 Show related news stories: http://starplus.startv.in/comedy-ka-maha-muquabala/shownews.aspx
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