Laughing Villa

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Laughing Villa
Genre Comedy Talk show
Comedy Reality show
Comedy Chat show
Written byWilliam P Chacko
Shiju Anjumana
Presented by Navya Nair
Jyothi Krisna
Gayatri Arun
Theme music composerBalagopal
ComposerSree Vasanth (lyrics) Pradeep Palluruthy (Singer)
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
No. of seasons03
Production
ProducersAbitha Pullath
Syam S Namboothiri
sabareesh
Drishya
Anupam
Aneesh
EditorAnandu Krishna
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network Surya TV
Release30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) 
17 November 2019 (2019-11-17)

Laughing Villa is an Indian Malayalam celebrity comedy chat show which premiered on Surya TV from 30 July 2016 to 17 November 2019.

Contents

The first season of the show was hosted by south-Indian film actors Navya Nair and Maniyanpilla Raju. The show also cast Surabhi Lakshmi, Manju Pillai, Naseer Sankranthi and Noby Marcose as character artists. [1]

Surya TV launched the second season of show from 2 April 2017 in a new format as a kids reality show. Jyothi Krishna hosts the show.

Surya TV launched the third season of show from 18 May 2018 as movie promotion talk show. Gayathri Arun hosts the show.

Concept

Season 1

The show consists of different segments where the celebrities plays the quiz games by Mr.X which is starred by the popular comedian-turned-actor Noby Marcose. [2] The show started to telecast 30 July 2016 . [3]

Season 2

The kids' team of Laughing Villa season 2 is supported by Surabhi Lakshmi and Kishor. Laughing Villa season 2 is opened by Suraj Venjaramoodu. The kids' team performances which include skits, film scoops and special performances are judged by guest celebrities. The show launched on 2 April 2017 and is hosted by Jyothi Krishna and from January 2018 show is hosted by television actress Gayathri Arun for a short span. It has a format similar to Junior Super Star.

Season 3

On 18 May 2018 the show launched as a movie promotion show along with skits by kids from television and film industries. The show is hosted by television actress Gayathri Arun.

Cast

Cast season 1

Cast season 2

Cast season 3

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References

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