Comicstaan

*Comicstaan*
Comicstaan
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Khuzema Haveliwala
Presented by	Abish Mathew (Season 1, 2 & 3); Sumukhi Suresh (Season 1); Urooj Ashfaq (Season 2); Kusha Kapila (Season 3);
Judges	Tanmay Bhat; Kaneez Surka; Biswa Kalyan Rath; Kanan Gill; Kenny Sebastian; Naveen Richard; Zakir Khan; Sapan Verma; Sumukhi Suresh; Neeti Palta;
Country of origin	India (Multiverse)
Original languages	English; Hindi; Tamil;
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	25
Production
Executive producers	Adit Tulsyan; Shweta Chavan;
Producers	Ajay Nair; Dhruv Sheth; Vikram Singh; Kreeti Gogia;
Production location	Mumbai
Running time	55–71 minutes
Production company	Only Much Louder
Original release
Network	Amazon Video
Release	13 July 2018 –; present
Related
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Comicstaan is an Indian stand-up comedy competition television series created by Only Much Louder for Amazon Prime Video. The show brings together budding Indian comedians to find the next big name in stand-up comedy.

The series premiere and three following episodes dropped on 13 July 2018. In its first week, Comicstaan became the most-watched show on Amazon Prime Video in India. The judges for Season 1 were Biswa Kalyan Rath, Tanmay Bhat , Sapan Verma, Kaneez Surka, Kanan Gill, Kenny Sebastian, and Naveen Richard and it was hosted by Abish Mathew and Sumukhi Suresh. The grand finale of Season 1 was released on 17 August 2018 and Nishant Suri, a contestant from Noida, emerged as the winner.

On 6 August 2018, Comicstaan was renewed for a second season. Comedian Zakir Khan was reported to be included in the lineup of judges and mentors for Season 2 with Sapan Verma and Naveen Richard not expected to return. Additionally, Tanmay Bhat was dropped from Season 2 on 14 November 2018, a month after he was ousted from All India Bakchod due to allegations of inaction against sexual harassment. Season 2 premiered on 12 July 2019 with the addition of judges Neeti Palta and Sumukhi Suresh (who co-hosted Season 1) as judges and mentors and Urooj Ashfaq joining as co-host.

Comicstaan Season 2 premiered on 12 July 2019 where it released its first three episodes along with one bonus episode. This season had Biswa Kalyan Rath, Kaneez Surka, Kanan Gill, Zakir Khan, Neeti Palta and Kenny Sebastian as judges.

The winner of Season 1 was Nishant Suri. Season 2 had combined winners namely Samay Raina and Aakash Gupta. The winner of Season 3 is Aashish Solanki

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