Hindi Tv Show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 2 - Cast & Crew

Master Saransh Bhardwaj is a famous Indian Comedian and Actor and an eminent face of the industry. He was born and brought up in Gwalior and lives in Mumbai. Saransh completed his schooling at St Paul's E.L. High School, Gwalior. He holds a bachelors in performing arts, theatre, and drama. He completed his graduation from Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University, Gwalior, in 2020. When he was eight years old, Saransh became the first Child Actor to participate in The Great Indian Laughter Challenge as a guest performer and in The Great Indian Laughter Champion in 2006. He is famous for writing his jokes. He was in the top 4 contestants of Chote Miyan, a comedy show in 2009.

Dr. Tushar Shah is a multi-talented person, who is a doctor by profession, along with pursuing his passions of writing Hindi poetries and working as a successful stand-up comedian. He was born in Mumbai in 1962, but he retains his youthful energy even now at the age of 52. He studied medicine and completed his post-graduation course by gaining an MD degree in General Medicine in 1990 from Nair Hospital in Mumbai. Now he is working as a consultant physician at Criticare Hospital in Mumbai and he also works as a teacher of medicine.

The comedy king who is known for his hilarious political satire jokes and his humorous poetry. This Punjabi comic is an Engineer by profession and has a great talent of steading down his humor in the form of poetry. He is as humble and genuine in reality. This energetic Punjabi’s fun loving nature is quite eminent in social networking sites. It is astonishing to know that he also owns an automobile components factory. Being a member of “Hasya Kavi Sammelan” (a show that was broadcasted in Doordarshan TV network) he always tried to relate his daily life experiences with people to chortle their hearts.

Intro: Rauf Lala is one of the few Pakistani actors, comedians and artists who have gained popularity in Indian television industry and Bollywood alike.

Rauf Lala is a popular Pakistani actor, writer, producer and comedian who has gained immense success with his acting skills in Pakistan. Because of his success stories as a comedian in Pakistan, he was invited to participate in an Indian comedy show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Season 2 which was aired on Star One in the year 2006. After that, he also worked for some Bollywood movies and other television programmes. While Rauf Lala is working for Pakistani entertainment industry since more than three decades, he is still very new for the Indian entertainment industry.

In Pakistan, some of his best films include Duniya Dilwalon Ki, Hum To Chale Sasural, and Manila Kay Jaanbaz. He also worked for Bollywood films which include Bhavnao Ko Samjho and Runaway. He first appeared on Indian television as a comedy contestant in the competitive show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Season 2. He won that show and gained the award of Comedy Ka Shahenshah. In the final episode of this show, Bipasha Basu was the chief guest. After that, he also took part in other comedy competition reality show Comedy Champions in the year 2008 which was telecasted on Sahara One. He also appeared in other stand-up comedy television series The Great Indian Family Drama which was premiered on Sab TV on 3rd January 2015.

Rajkumar Javkar better known as Raja Rancho is an excellent ventriloquist who is highly admired for his performances at The Great Indian Laughter Challenge II. Being an ordinary person with an extraordinary talent Rajkumar has always been the standout for the show, often embraced for his better half Rancho or the dummy. His talent and art of mimicking has always ensured that people have a good time watching the show. Rajkumar is a brilliant performer who is a huge fan of Jhonny Walker and Mehmood, and says that two of them have been the role models of his life.

At the age of 8 Rajkumar was always fascinated by the different voices of people who belonged to different communities. For instance, Punjabi people sound a lot different than Gujarati and the same is with Marathi or South Indian people too. This made him inquisitive and thus his journey as a ventriloquist began.

This journey could get a new dimension when he found KS Gode, who was his trainer, friend and philosopher too. Gode taught Rajkumar the basics of being a ventriloquist and the rest was acclaimed in no time. Rajkumar proudly comprehends to the fact that his talent would have never received the right direction without his teacher Mr. KS Gode.

Khayali Saharan is a popular Indian comedian and a director. He hailed from the village 18 SPD Badopal in the district of Hanumangarh, Rajasthan. He comes from a poor household. He is the youngest son of Daulat Ram Saharan. He is a poor man, with an enormous talent to make his audiences laugh just by throwing one-liners. He started to entertain people in school where he used to perform comedic materials on his friends and teachers; and this made him decide to become a stand-up comedian. 

Irfan Malik is a stand-up comedian in India whose roots are from Karachi, Pakistan. He has participated in various Indian Comedy challenges including The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. The show became widely famous on Indian television in which comedians from different parts of the world competed to win. It aired on Star One. It had famous cricketer cum Laughter Guru Nav Jyot Singh Sidhu as a judge. Irfan Malik was not alone in the competition. He accompanied his Pakistani friend Ali Hassan. However, they worked as an individual stand-up comedian in Pakistan. The Indian laughter challenge brought them together. The two never won a season of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, but became finalists in the fourth season.

Born on 14th June, 1960, Shekhar Suman is a well known face of television and Bollywood industry. He is from Patna, Bihar. He began his Bollywood career with the film “Utsav”. However, even after featuring in more than 25-30 films, he didn’t get that desired success. He appeared in movies like Chor Machaye Shor, Tridev, Sansar and the most recently in his directed movie Heartless.

Having not so successful career in Bollywood industry, he turned his way to the television industry. He has featured in a number of TV series and reality shows, some of them being Vilayati Bahu, Andaz, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Movers and Shakers, etc. He, alongside cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu judged the highly adored show of Star One- “The Great Indian Laughter Challenge” for three consecutive seasons. However, differences arose between him and Sidhu and he parted his ways from the show after the 3rd season. He then went ahead to become the judge of a rival comedy show named “Comedy “Circus”. He also turned up for the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. He marked his singing debut with the album “Kuch Khwaab Aise.

Shekhar Suman tied the knot with Alka Kapoor. He has got two children, namely Adhyayan and Ayush. Unfortunately for him, he lost his son Ayush. His youngest one Adyayan Suman is an actor having featured in the movie Raaz 2. In the year 2014, Shekhar Suman try his luck in direction. He directed the Bollywood movie Heartless featuring his son as the lead actor. However, the film didn’t do well at the box office.

Rajeev Nigam is a talented comedian who has appeared in several Hindi TV comedies. On Listening to his views regarding the Hindi comedy world and its forthcoming prospects, it seems that he is actually a thoughtful comedian who not only entertains people but also keeps his own eyes open about the shifts in the popular comedy styles. What's more, if you see this comedy genius to adapt with every move of the viewer likings while keeping the freshness intact.

Navjot was also the president of the World Jat Aryan Foundation. He was married to Navjot Kaur Sidhu, one of the members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Navjot is also eligible for becoming a lawyer at the Punjabi University. He once promised that he will never set his foot on the soil of Patiala and will stick in the Amritsar as long as he is representing the people there. He did not come back even when his father-in-law died and when his friend, Judge Vijay Singh was cremated. But he visited in Patiala after his resignation from his seat.

Navjot began his career as a commentator in 2001, when India visited Sri Lanka on the takeshis castle sport. Later on, he worked as a commentator in ESPN Start Sports. He became popular for his one-liners, which people called as “Sidhuisms”. He also worked in Ten Sports, and became a cricket analyst on some Indian news channel. He was once a judge on The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, and performed in programs like, Funjabi Chak De. He also performed in the Kareena Kareena TV series, and became a contestant in Big Boss 6, but he had to quit on the show due to his political grounds. He currently appears on the Comedy Nights with Kapil as a permanent guest.

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