One Mic Stand | |
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Directed by | Kreeti Gogia and Karan Asnani |
Presented by | Sapan Verma |
Country of origin | India |
Original languages | Hindi and English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Only Much Louder |
Original release | |
Network | Amazon Video |
Release | 15 November 2019 |
One Mic Stand is an Indian standup comedy television show series created by Only Much Louder for Amazon Video. [1] It is not like a typical standup comedy show in that it hosts India's famous actors, politicians, influencers, writers and musicians who are trained by Comedians to perform standup comedy for first time. [2] This series has 2 seasons on Amazon Prime Video and both seasons are hosted by comedian Sapan Verma. [3] [4]
The first season of One Mic Stand released on 15 November 2019, with 5 episodes. [5] Bhuvan Bam, Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadda, Vishal Dadlani and Shashi Tharur [2] performed their first time ever standup comedy. Zakir Khan, Kunal Kamra, Ashish Shakya, Rohan Joshi and Angad Singh Ranyal were the mentors, trainers and the guest comedians in this season. [6]
The second season released on 22 October 2021, again with 5 episodes. [7] The celebrities who performed their first standup are Sunny Leone, Karan Johar, Chetan Bhagat, Faye D'Souza and Raftaar. [8] The guest comedy and trainings were performed by Samay Raina, Neeti Palta, Sumukhi Suresh, Atul Khatri and Abish Mathew. [9]
Episode | Title | Celebrity | Guest Comedian |
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1 | Bhuvan Bam ft. Zakir Khan | Bhuvan Bam | Zakir Khan |
2 | Taapsee Pannu ft. Angad Singh Ranyal | Taapsee Pannu | Angad Singh Ranyal |
3 | Richa Chadha ft. Ashish Shakya | Richa Chadha | Ashish Shakya |
4 | Vishal Dadlani ft. Rohan Joshi | Vishal Dadlani | Rohan Joshi |
5 | Shashi Tharoor ft. Kunal Kamra | Shashi Tharoor | Kunal Kamra |
Episode | Title | Celebrity | Guest Comedian |
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1 | Sunny Leone ft. Neeti Palta | Sunny Leone | Neeti Palta |
4 | Karan Johar ft. Sumukhi Suresh | Karan Johar | Sumukhi Suresh |
3 | Faye D'souza ft Atul Khatri | Faye D'Souza | Atul Khatri |
2 | Chetan Bhagat ft. Abish Mathew | Chetan Bhagat | Abish Mathew |
5 | Raftaar ft. Samay Raina | Raftaar | Samay Raina |
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