Comedy Nights with Kapil
Indian TV comedy show (2013–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Comedy Nights With Kapil is an Indian Hindi-language sketch comedy and celebrity talk show hosted and produced by comedian Kapil Sharma. It was on-air on Colors TV amid 22 June 2013 to 24 January 2016.[2] Many of the episodes feature celebrity guests who usually appear to promote their latest films in a comedy-focused talk show format. On 25 September 2013, a fire broke out on the sets of the show at Film City in Goregaon causing the entire set to collapse and an estimated loss of ₹20 Crores.[3] Following the fire, two episodes were shot on sets of Bigg Boss in Lonavla.[4][5] In September 2013, the show became India's highest rated scripted TV show.[6] At the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year awards, Sharma was awarded the Entertainer of the Year award for 2013.[7]
Comedy Nights with Kapil | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Presented by | Kapil Sharma |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 191 |
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Production locations | Film City, Mumbai |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 65 minutes |
Production companies | K9 Productions SOL Production Frames Production Company |
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Network | Colors TV |
Release | 22 June 2013 (2013-06-22) – 24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) |
After a successful run of three years, Kapil Sharma decided to wind up the show after differences with the channel Colors TV. The last episode aired on 24 January 2016.[8] In August 2016, Colors started to re-telecast old episodes of the show in their Sunday afternoon time slots due to low Target rating points besides stiff competition with Kapil.[9][10]
The show is adapted in Kannada as Majaa Talkies and hosted by Srujan Lokesh. This show is aired on Colors Kannada, the Kannada Channel owned by Colors TV.[11]