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{{Infobox television
| name = The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
| image = The_Great_Indian_Laughter_Challenge.jpg
| caption =
| genre = [[Reality television|Reality]]<br>
| creator =
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| director =
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| starring =
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| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 193
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| location = [[Mumbai]]
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| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = approximately 48 minutes
| picture_format = {{Plainlist|
*[[480i]] (season 1-4)
* [[576i]] (season 5)
* [[HDTV]] [[1080i]] (season 5)
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| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2005|06|03}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|2017|12|30}}
| related = ''[[Laughter Knights]]''
| website = https://www.hotstar.com/15245
| company = [[Endemol]]
| distributor = [[Star India]]
| network = [[STAR One]] (season 1–4)<br>[[STAR Plus]] (season 5)
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'''''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge''''' is an Indian [[Reality television|reality]] [[stand-up comedy]] series produced by [[Endemol|Endemol India]]. The first four seasons aired on [[STAR One]] from 15 June 2005 to 26 September 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k6/july/julyrel3.htm|title=Star One's The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Dwitiya clocks the highest ever ratings|date=July 8, 2006|access-date=December 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k7/may/mayrel39.php|title=The great Indian Laughter Challenge 3|date=May 16, 2007|access-date=December 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k8/june/junerel48.php|title=The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 4 airs every Friday & Saturday on Star One|access-date=December 28, 2017}}</ref>
The show's fifth season premiered on 30 September 2017 on [[STAR Plus]] and was judged by [[Akshay Kumar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/akshay-kumar-to-judge-the-great-indian-laughter-challenge-releases-the-teaser/articleshow/59410250.cms|title=Akshay Kumar to judge The Great Indian Laughter Challenge; releases the teaser|access-date=2 July 2017}}</ref>

The show is based on a format where stand-up comedians perform and entertain judges and the studio audience with their comedy skills. The first three seasons of the show saw [[Shekhar Suman]], an eminent TV personality and [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]], former cricketer, cricket [[color commentator]] and Punjab politician."<ref>{{cite news |title=Charge of the laugh brigade judging the show. |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051121/asp/calcutta/story_5475326.asp |publisher=The Telegraph |date=21 November 2005 |access-date=2 March 2013}}</ref> The show's initial episodes were hosted by [[Parizaad Kolah|Parizaad Kolah Marshall]] and later she was replaced by [[Shonali Nagrani]]. The fifth season is being hosted by [[Elli Avram]]. The set was designed by noted Bollywood production designer [[Nitin Chandrakant Desai]].<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=12066 Javed Jaffrey’s spoof on budget desires] [[Screen (magazine)]], Chaya Unnikrishnan. 3 March 2006.</ref> In the fourth season [[Shatrughan Sinha]] replaced Shekhar Suman as judge.

==Seasons==
In the first season, [[Sunil Pal]] was the winner, Ahsaan Qureshi was runner up and [[Raju Srivastava]] was second runner up. In the second season contestants from Pakistan were present and the winner [[Rauf Lala]] was from Pakistan. The third season was won by [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]] and the first runner up was [[Chandan Prabhakar]] both from Amritsar. Many other talented comedians like Siraj Khan, Sudesh Lehari, Rajiv Thakur, [[Bharti Singh]], [[Navin Prabhakar]], Jassi Kochar, Khayaali, Dipoo Srivastava, [[Ahsaan Qureshi]] have appeared in the show.

The first two seasons were followed by another show, ''The Great Indian Laughter Champions'', which included top performers of the previous shows. Here also the judges were Sidhu and Shekar including some celebrity guests as well.

Recently the first woman to participate was Aarti Kandpal. The fourth season's finalists were Rasbihari Gaur, Bharti Singh, Suresh Albela, and a duo Sikander Sanam-Wali Sheikh (veteran stage comedians from Pakistan). The winner for the fourth season after a tough laughter war was Suresh Albela.

Season 5 had 3 mentors [[Zakir Khan (comedian)|Zakir Khan]], Hussain Dalal and [[Mallika Dua]] later replaced by [[Sajid Khan]] and [[Shreyas Talpade]] who along with Akshay Kumar, will select 12 finalists who will compete for the title.

==Season I==

* [[Sunil Pal|Sunil Pal (Winner)]]
*[[Ahsaan Qureshi|Ahsaan Qureshi (First Runner-up)]]
*[[Raju Srivastava|Raju Srivastava (Second Runner-up)]]
* [[Naveen Prabhakar]]
* [[Bhagwant Mann]]
* Parag Kansara

==Season II==
* [[Rauf Lala]] '''(Winner)'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/jun/23gilc.htm|title=Rauf Lala wins Laughter Challenge|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> (Pakistan)
* Rajeev Nigam '''(Runner-up)'''
* Khayali
* Pratap Faujdar
* Irfan Malik and Ali Hassan (Pakistan)
* Amanullah (Guest Appearance)
* Dr. Tushar Shah
* Rajkumar Javkar
* Saransh Bhardwaj (guest appearance)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/sam-saransh/cid/1284980|title=Sam & Saransh|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
* Gaurav K. Jha

==Season III==
* [[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]] '''(winner)'''
*[[Chandan Prabhakar]] '''(Runner-up)'''
*[[Sudesh Lehri]] '''(Second Runner-up)'''
*[[The Great Indian Laughter Challenge#Season III|Deepak Saini]]
*Rajeev Thakur
* Parvez Siddiqui (Pakistan)

==Season IV==
*Suresh Albela '''(Winner)'''
* [[Sikandar Sanam]] '''(First Runner-up)''' (Pakistan)
* [[Bharti Singh]] '''(Second runner-up)'''
* Rasbihari Gaur '''(Third runner-up)'''
* Wali Sheikh (Pakistan)
* Jaswant Singh
* Shrikant Maski
* Ramdas Yeole
* Rehan Jamal (Pakistan)
* [[Sugandha Mishra]]
[[File:Suresh albela.jpg|thumb]]
*Vinod Rathore
*Anirudh Madesia

==Season V - 2017==
*
*[[Abhishek Walia]] '''(Winner)'''
* Nitesh Shetty''(Runner up) ''
*[[Vighnesh Pande]]
* Mohd Anas
* Parvindar Singh
*[[Vishwash Chauhan]]
* [[Shyam Rangeela]]
* Abhay Kumar
* Naman Jain
* Sumit Sourav
* Shikha Singh
* Vidushi Swaroop
* Ajay Singh Chauhan
*Gaurav Gupta

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/great-indian-laughter/458 The Great Indian Laughter Challenge] on [[Hotstar]]
*{{IMDb title|tt5248728}}
{{STAR One}}
{{Star Plus Shows}}
{{Indian reality television series}}

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[[Category:StarPlus original programming]]
[[Category:Indian stand-up comedy television series]]
[[Category:2005 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2010s Indian television series]]
[[Category:Hindi-language television shows]]

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