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Comicstaan 2
''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 No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abish Mathew
GM Abish Mathew is an Indian stand-up comedian and YouTuber. He is known for his work with All India Bakchod, as the creator and host of a late night show ''Son of Abish'' and ''Journey Of A Joke'', Comedians on Board (A Youtube Tournament series by Samay Raina) and as the host of Comicstaan. Personal life He got engaged to actress and YouTuber Archana Kavi in 2015. They later separated. Career He began his career as a radio jockey at Red FM, Delhi before switching to stand-up comedy. He has a YouTube channel called ''Son Of Abish'', and another called ''Journey of a Joke''. In 2018 Abish appeared in an Amazon PrimeVideo special, ''Whoop''. Controversy Abish was in news in May 2021 after a nine year old tweet of his on Mayawati Kumari Mayawati (born 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered as a standalone service or as part of Amazon's Prime subscription. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by Amazon Studios and MGM Holdings or licensed to Amazon, as Amazon Originals, with the service also hosting content from other providers, content add-ons, live sporting events, and video rental and purchasing services. Operating worldwide, the service may require a full Prime subscription to be accessed. In countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, the service can be accessed without a full Prime subscription, whereas in Australia, Canada, France, India, Turkey, and Italy, it can only be accessed through a dedicated website. Prime Video additionally offers a content add-on service in the form of channels, called Amazon Channels, or Prime Video Channels, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All India Bakchod
All India Bakchod (abbreviated as AIB) was a Mumbai-based comedy company which created the eponymous podcast, YouTube channel and production company. The name is a parody of All India Radio. It began in 2012 as a humour/pop-culture podcast co-started by comedians Tanmay Bhat and Gursimran Khamba. Their friends and contemporary comedians, Rohan Joshi and Ashish Shakya were frequent guests and the four co-founded the YouTube channel in 2013 and began making sketches. They subsequently formed a digital agency and produced sketches, live comedy and TV shows. In October 2018, the company halted operation and fired its entire staff, after Bhat and Khamba were implicated in two separate sexual harassment allegations. No formal charges were made but the company dissolved in May 2019. Khamba was dissatisfied with the independent investigation into the allegation against him and has since disassociated himself with the company and brand. The company's four founders continue to wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NDTV
New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. The company is considered to be a legacy brand that pioneered independent news broadcasting in India, and is credited for launching the first 24x7 news channel and the first lifestyle channel in the country. It owns and operates the broadcast news channels of NDTV India and NDTV 24x7. The two channels of the company have received 32 Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards. NDTV was founded in 1984, by economist Prannoy Roy and journalist Radhika Roy, a husband and wife duo from the city of Kolkata. It began as a production house for news segments, contracted by the public broadcaster Doordarshan and international satellite channels when television broadcasting was a state monopoly, and transitioned into the first independent news network in India. The company launched the first 24x7 news channel in partnership with Star India in 1998. Between 1998 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Express Limited
Indian Express Limited is an Indian news media publishing company. It publishes several widely circulated dailies, including ''The Indian Express'' and '' The Financial Express'' in English, the '' Loksatta'' in Marathi and the '' Jansatta'' in Hindi. The company's newspapers are published from over a dozen cities daily, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kochi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Vadodara and Chennai. Its weekly entertainment magazine ''Screen'', covering Indian film industry, also has a popular following. On 2 November 2006, the Indian Express Group signed a print syndication deal with ''The Economist'', which included allowing the Indian Express Group to publish surveys, some reports, and various other content published in ''The Economist'' magazine. Publications The following brands and concerns are owned by the Group: * ''Indian Express'' - a national daily (English) * ''The Sunday Express'' - a news weekly * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Limited, Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name ''The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''"The"'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil language, Tamil edition, ''Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noida
Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region (NCR) of India. As per provisional reports of Census of India, the population of Noida in 2011 was 642,381. The city is managed by New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA). The district's administrative headquarters are in the nearby city of Greater Noida. The city is a part of the Noida Assembly constituency, Noida (Vidhan Sabha) constituency and Gautam Buddha Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency), Gautam Buddha Nagar (Lok Sabha) constituency. Mahesh Sharma is the present Lok Sabha MP of Gautam Buddha Nagar, while Pankaj Singh (politician), Pankaj Singh is the present MLA of Noida. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Final
Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to "grannie") is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Synonymous with a championship game in North American sports, grand finals have become a significant part of Australian culture. The earliest leagues to feature a grand final were in Australian rules football, followed soon after by rugby league. Currently the largest grand finals are in the Australian Football League (AFL) and National Rugby League (NRL). Their popularity influenced other competitions such as soccer's A-League Men and A-League Women, the National Basketball League, Suncorp Super Netball and European rugby league's Super League to adopt grand finals as well. Most grand finals involve a prestigious award for the player voted best on field. History The Anglo-Norman term "grand" to describe a sporting event, documented in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Network 18
Network18 Media & Investments Limited, (formerly SGA Finance and Management Service and Network18 Fincap Limited) commonly referred to as the Network18 Group and sometimes as the Network18–Eenadu Group, is an Indian media conglomerate owned by the energy giant Reliance Industries, headed by billionaire Mukesh Ambani. Rahul Joshi is the managing director, chief executive officer and group editor-in-chief of Network18, and Adil Zainulbhai is the chairman of its board of directors. Network18 is the holding company of TV18 Broadcast, Web18 Software Services, Network18 Publishing and Capital18. Through its subsidiaries and franchise licensing agreements, the group owns and operates the news broadcasting networks of News18, and CNBC channels in India, the magazines of ''Forbes India'' and '' Overdrive'', the websites of ''Firstpost'' and ''Moneycontrol,'' and owns various other assets and investments. The broadcasting subsidiary TV18 is the controlling partner in two mass media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firstpost
''Firstpost'' is an Indian online news and media website. The site is a part of the Network 18 media conglomerate owned by Reliance Industries, which also runs CNN-News18 and CNBC-TV18. The ''Network 18'' group was originally owned by Raghav Bahl. In January 2012, the group received an investment from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries through a rights issue of up to 2,700 crore. History In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of '' Forbes India'' whose four top editorial heads including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta were dismissed. The event led to a media furor. Thereafter on 31 May 2013, ''Firstpost'' took over a satirical website Fakingnews.com for an undisclosed amount. As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is the executive editor of ''Firstpost'' in Mumbai, while Sanjay Singh is the deputy executive editor. References External links * Internet properties established in 2011 Indian news websites Mass media in Mumbai Network18 G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapan Verma
East India Comedy was a group of 7 Indian stand-up comedians that performed comedy shows, organized comedy workshops and corporate events, and scripts movies and television shows. The group claimed to be India's busiest comedy company with a record 130 shows across the country in the calendar year 2013. East India Comedy maintained a YouTube channel that showcased their comedy stints and satires on topics like politics, religion and the Indian film industry. Much of their reputation was initiated through their online presence. The group used to host India’s version of the Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies), the Ghanta Awards. Members *Sorabh Pant, Founder (left, 2017) *Kunal Rao, Co-founder (left, 2019) *Sapan Verma, Co-founder *Sahil Shah, Co-founder *Angad Singh Ranyal *Azeem Banatwalla *Atul Khatri (left, 2017) History In 2012, East India Comedy was founded by Sorabh Pant along with Kunal Rao, Sapan Verma and Sahil Shah. Later in the same year, the group was joined by Azee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diligent Media Corporation
Essel Group, (also known as Zee Group) is an Indian multinational conglomerate holding company and corporate promoter headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The company has had business interests in mass media, infrastructure and packaging. It operates the subsidiary of Zee Media Corporation. Encumbered with severe debt, Essel has sold off several of its assets, including Essel Propack and stakes of Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Founded in 1926 as the Messrs Ramgopal Indraprasad by Jagannath Goenka, the company was expanded and converted into the Essel Group of Industries by his grandson, Subhash Chandra. Chandra is part of the Goenka (Goel) family which owns and operates the group; he was also the chairman of the company and a Bharatiya Janata Party-backed member of the Rajya Sabha. History 1926–1967 In 1926, Jagannath Goenka founded the Messrs Ramgopal Indraprasad as a commercial firm to deal in food grains at the ''mandi'' ( product market) in Adam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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