Jabardasth (TV programme)

Jabardasth is an Indian Telugu-language comedy television programme produced by Mallemala Entertainments, and shot at Annapoorna Studios, Telangana, India. It was conceived and directed by Sanjeev K Kumar, and later directed by Nithin and Bharat. Debuted on ETV on 7 February 2013, the show has run for over 400 episodes.

Jabardasth
Genre	Comedy show
Directed by	Sanjeev K Kumar
Presented by	Anasuya Bharadwaj
Judges	Roja (2013–present) Naga Babu (2013–2019) Mano (2019–present) Indraja (2021)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	400+
Production
Producer	Mallemala Productions
Production locations	Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad, India
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Mallemala Entertainments
Distributor	Ramoji Group
Release
Original network	ETV Network (ETV Telugu)
Picture format	HDTV 720p
Original release	7 February 2013 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Extra Jabardasth
External links
Website

The show is hosted by Anasuya Bharadwaj. Initially judged by actor Nagendra Babu and actress Roja, Babu left the show in 2019 with singer Mano replacing him. Jani and Sekhar have also appeared in the show as guest judges.

The show is popular among the Telugu audience, but it is criticized for its obscene and problematic content. An extended version of the show, Extra Jabardasth began airing in 2014.

Concept

The concept of Jabardasth and Extra Jabardasth is, where six teams participates makes a comedy skit performance, generally sitcom which are judged by singer Mano and actress Roja to marks 10/10 by each, where the winner(s) gets cheque prize of INRs 25,000 and a poster of the week will be decided based on the skit performed by winners.

Teams

Teams	Team Leaders
Hyper Aadi and Raising Raju	Hyper Aadi and Raju
Adhire Abhi	Abhinaya Krishna
Chalaki Chanti and sunami Sudhakar	Vinay Mohan and Sudhakar
Rocket Raghava	Rocket Raghava
Venky's Monkeys & Thagubothu Ramesh	Venky and Thagubothu ramesh

Series overview

Jabardasth show has been aired with three series.

Series 1 (2013)

Series 1 aired from 7 February 2013 to 15 August 2013. Six teams competed.

Team name	Team leadersss	Notable team members
Dhanadhan Dhanraj	Dhanraj	Satya, Naveen
Chammak Chandra	Chandra Naik
Chalaki Chanti	Vinay Mohan	Bullet Bhaskar, Phani, Tsunami Sudhakar
Rocket Raghava	Raghava
Roller Raghu	Raghu Karumanchi	Rocking Rakesh, Josh Ravi, Amarthya
Venu Wonders	Venu (Tillu)	Chitram Seenu, Sudigali Sudheer, Getup Srinu

Series 2 (2013–2014)

Series 2 aired from 22 August 2013 to 10 October 2014.

Team name	Team leader	Notable team members
Sudigali Sudheer	Sudheer	Auto RamPrasad, Getup Srinu, Sunny
Racha Ravi	Ravi	Appa Rao

Series 3 (2014)

Series 3 debuted 17 October 2014.

Notable team members
Super Srinu	Chitram Seenu
Shaking Seshu	Seshu
Hyper Aadi and raising Raju	Aadi
Allari Harish	Harish	Bullet Bhaskar, Tsunami Sudhakar, Master Naresh
Getup Srinu	Sudheer	Ram Prasad
Rocking Rakesh	Rakesh
Racha Ravi	Ravi	Appa Rao
Adhire Abhi	Abhinaya Krishna
Bullet Bhaskar & Tsunami Sudhakar	Bhaskar & Sudhakar	Master Naresh
Kiraak RP	RP
Kill Bill Vishwa	Vishwa
Mass Avinash Kevvu Karthik	Avinash Karthik

Current Series

Teams	Notable Team Members
Hyper Aadi and Raising Raju	Hyper Aadi	Raising Raju
Venky Monkeys &Thagubothu Ramesh	Venky	Thagubothu Ramesh
Rocket Raghava	Raghava	Naagi
Adhire Abhi	Abhinaya Krishna	Naveen
Chalaki Chanti & Tsunami Sudhakar	Sudhakar	Chanti

Controversies

• In December 2014, a police case has been registered against Venu Wonders team leader, Venu for allegedly insulting the working class women's lifestyle in a skit. He was also physically attacked while the controversy was going on. Venu got support on social media from a few celebrities and commoners, who criticised the attack. A case has also been registered against some people who are believed to have attacked Venu during the issue.
• The Jabardasth episode that aired 30 October 2014 featured scenes of Brahmin characters drinking alcohol. Kethireddy Anjireddy of Thimmappur has filed a case in the court and the court has directed to register a case against the actors and judges involved in the comedy.