Laughing Villa
| Laughing Villa | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy Talk show Comedy Reality show Comedy Chat show |
| Presented by | Navya Nair Jyothi Krisna Gayathri Arun |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 03 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Surya TV |
| Release | 30 July 2016 – 17 November 2019 |
Laughing Villa (Ml; ലാഫിംഗ് വില്ല) is an Indian Malayalam celebrity comedy chat show which premiered on Surya TV.
The first season of the show was hosted by south-Indian film actors Navya Nair & Maniyanpilla Raju. The show also casts Surabhi Lakshmi, Manju Pillai, Naseer Sankranthi & Noby Marcose as character artists.[1]
Surya TV has launched the second season of show from 2 April 2017 in a new format as a reality show. Jyothi Krishna (actress) hosts the show.
Surya TV has 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 since 30 July 2016 . The telecast on every weekends at 8:30 PM (IST).[3]
- Season 2
Unlimited fun and entertainment with the presence of 30 celebrity kids, like Baby Meenakshi, Gaurav, Varkichan, Akshara Kishor, Adarsh,Vishal and Janaki and many more to take the audience for a rib-tickling funny ride which lasts 60 minutes.
First time in the history of Malayalam Television, popular kids in both big and small screen is ready for a comedy show by playing skits, cinema scoop, emotional drama, special performance etc., guest for the day will comment the Kids performance.
The Kids team of Laughing Villa Season 2 will be supported by State Award winner Surabhi Lakshmi and Kishor with their special skit. Laughing Villa Season 2 is opened by Suraj Venjaramoodu
The kids' team performances including skits, film scoops and special performances will be judged by celebs who will be guests of the respective episodes.
The show was 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 was launched in a different manner as a movie promotion show along with skits by kids from television and film industries .Show airs on weekends 8:00 pm IST.
The show is hosted by television actress Gayathri Arun.
Cast
Cast season 1
- Main cast
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Owner of Laughing Villa/Rajuettan
- Navya Nair as Sister of Rajuettan
- Manju Pillai as Wife of Rajuettan
- Surabhi Lakshmi as PA of Navya Nair/Suru
- Naseer Sankranthi as Various roles/sankranthiri
- Supporting cast
- Noby Marcose as Mr.X
- Devi Chandana
- Kochu Preman
- Subbalakshmi as Muttashi
- Lakshmipriya
- Sethulakshmi amma
- Abu Salim
- Vinod Kovoor
Cast season 2
- Host
2017 - Jyothi Krishna
2018 - Gayathri Arun (few episodes)
2018 - Jyothi Krishna
- Mentors
- Surabhi Lakshmi
- Kishore
Cast season 3
- Host
Gayathri Arun
- Other cast
Sneha Sreekumar as various roles
References
- ^ "'Laughing Villa' on Surya TV". The Times of India. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "At home with the stars". www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "SURYA TV TO LAUNCH NEW WEEKEND COMEDY REALITY SHOW "LAUGHING VILLA"". tvnews4u.com.