# The Great Indian Kapil Show

The Great Indian Kapil Show is an Indian Hindi-language sketch comedy talk show hosted by comedian Kapil Sharma.The show streaming on Netflix since 30 March 2024. It is Netflix's first Indian series to trend globally for a month. Season 1 ended on 22 June 2024 with 13 episodes. Season 2 streamed from 21 September 2024 to 14 December 2024.

## Premise

The series format is largely identical of Sharma's former shows The Kapil Sharma Show and Comedy Nights with Kapil. Kapil Sharma hosts this laugh-out-loud variety talk show with celebrity guests, hilarious antics and his signature supporting cast. The show revolves around Kapil Sharma and his team of comedians, including Sunil Grover, Kiku Sharda, Krushna Abhishek and Rajiv Thakur. The extravagant set of the play is a visual extravaganza, set against the backdrop of an opulent airport terminal. Everything about this place is elegant and sophisticated, from the opulent waiting area to the designer retail kiosks, revolving café, and the legendary Kap's unique cafe. Archana Puran Singh is the permanent guest of the show.

## Cast

* Kapil Sharma as Himself (Host)
* Archana Puran Singh as Permanent Guest
* Sunil Grover as Dafli / Engineer Chumbak Mittal / Couple Paaji (Kapil Dev's mimic) / Kamlesh ki Lugai / Kha Ke (PK's mimic) / Dharmendra's mimic / Cherry Paaji (Navjot Singh Sidhu's mimic) / The Great Kya Khali (The Great Khali's mimic) / Karan (Salman Khan 's mimic) and various characters
* Kiku Sharda as Chef Dhaniya Lal / Bade Bhaiya (Sunny Deol's mimic) / Kim Kong (Kim Jong Un's mimic) / Pahlawan Fokat / Chandra Mukhi / Filmy Maa and various characters
* Krushna Abhishek as Air Hostess Mona / Chote Bhaiya (Bobby Deol's mimic) / Doland Drunk (Donald Trump's mimic) / Dharmendra's mimic / Ranvijay (Ranbir Kapoor's mimic) / Chunni Babu and various characters
* Rajiv Thakur as Raju (Kap's Cafe Attendant) / Fajini (Ghajini's mimic) and various characters
* Manju Brijnandan Sharma as Chef (season 2)
* Soundous Moufakir as Lucia (season 2)

## Episodes
### Season 1

| Ep No | Episode name | Guest(s) | Date of broadcast | Featured promotion |
| 1. | Ranbir - The Real Family Man | Ranbir Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor and Riddhima Kapoor Sahni | 30 March 2024 | Special appearance |
| 2. | Cricket Fever - Rohit and Shreyas | Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer | 6 April 2024 | Special appearance |
| 3. | Stars of Chamkila | Diljit Dosanjh, Parineeti Chopra and Imtiaz Ali | 13 April 2024 | Amar Singh Chamkila |
| 4. | Brothers in Arms - Vicky & Sunny Kaushal | Vicky Kaushal and Sunny Kaushal | 20 April 2024 | Special appearance |
| 5. | Aamir Unlimited | Aamir Khan | 27 April 2024 | Special appearance |
| 6. | Dil Se Deol - Sunny & Bobby | Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol | 4 May 2024 | Special appearance |
| 7. | Diamonds Of Heeramandi | Sonakshi Sinha, Manisha Koirala, Aditi Rao Hydari, Richa Chadha, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Sharmin Segal | 11 May 2024 | Heeramandi |
| 8. | The Perfect Artist - Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran | 18 May 2024 | Special appearance |
| 9. | Fun With Friends - Anil Kapoor & Farah Khan | Anil Kapoor and Farah Khan | 25 May 2024 | Special appearance |
| 10. | Perfect Partnership- Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkumar Rao | Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor | 1 June 2024 | Mr. & Mrs. Mahi |
| 11. | Game Changers- Sania Mirza, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal and Sift Kaur | Sania Mirza, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal and Sift Kaur Samra | 8 June 2024 | Special appearance |
| 12. | Kings of Hip Hop - Badshah, Divine and Karan Aujla | Badshah, Divine and Karan Aujla | 15 June 2024 | Special appearance |
| 13. | Kartik Aaryan and Khandaan | Kartik Aaryan and Mala Tiwari | 22 June 2024 | Chandu Champion |

### Season 2

| Ep No | Episode name | Guest(s) | Date of broadcast | Featured promotion |
| 14. | Bonded By Love - Alia Bhatt, Karan Johar, Vedang Raina and Vasan Bala | Alia Bhatt, Karan Johar, Vedang Raina and Vasan Bala | 21 September 2024 | Jigra |
| 15. | South Sensations - NTR, Saif Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor | N. T. Rama Rao Jr, Saif Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor | 28 September 2024 | Devara: Part 1 |
| 16. | World Cup Champions - Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Dube | Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Dube | 5 October 2024 | Special appearance |
| 17. | Superstar Sisters - Kareena and Karisma | Kareena Kapoor Khan and Karisma Kapoor | 12 October 2024 | Special appearance |
| 18. | Karwa Chauth with the Fabulous Wives | Maheep Kapoor, Bhavana Pandey, Seema Kiran Sajdeh, Neelam Kothari, Shalini Passi, Kalyani Saha Chawla and Riddhima Kapoor Sahni | 19 October 2024 | Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives |
| 19. | Double Trouble with Kriti and Kajol | Kriti Sanon, Kajol, Shaheer Sheikh and Kanika Dhillon | 26 October 2024 | Do Patti |
| 20. | A Spooky Diwali | Kartik Aaryan, Vidya Balan, Triptii Dimri, Rajpal Yadav and Anees Bazmee | 2 November 2024 | Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 |
| 21. | Business Baazigars - Sudha Murthy, Narayan Murthy, Deepinder Goyal and Gia Goyal | Narayana Murthy, Sudha Murty, Deepinder Goyal and Grecia Munoz Goyal | 9 November 2024 | Special appearance |
| 22. | Punjab Ke Sher - Navjot Singh Sidhu & Harbhajan Singh | Navjot Singh Sidhu, Harbhajan Singh, Geeta Basra and Navjot Kaur Sidhu | 16 November 2024 | Special appearance |
| 23. | Shotgun with the Sinhas | Sonakshi Sinha, Zaheer Iqbal, Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha | 23 November 2024 | Special appearance |
| 24. | Entertainer No. 1 - Govinda, Chunky Panday & Shakti Kapoor | Govinda, Chunky Panday and Shakti Kapoor | 30 November 2024 | Special appearance |
| 25. | Evergreen Icon - Rekha | Rekha | 7 December 2024 | Special appearance |
| 26. | Varun In Action | Varun Dhawan, Keerthy Suresh, Wamiqa Gabbi, Atlee and Kalees | 14 December 2024 | Baby John |