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The Great Indian Kapil Show

Indian stand-up comedy and talk show

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ125207918 ↗
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The Great Indian Kapil Show is an Indian Hindi-language sketch comedy talk show hosted by comedian Kapil Sharma. The show is 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. Season 3 premiered on 21 June 2025 and ended on 20 September 2025. Season 4 premiered on 20 December 2025 and ended on 14 March 2026. The series is renewed for a fifth season.

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.

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