It seems that comedians Zakir Khan, Hussain Dalal and Mallika Dua who are judges on Akshay Kumar’s show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge have been asked to leave the show owing to low TRPs.
According to a report in Mid-day, the comedians who rose to fame on the web have been replaced by Bollywood celebrities, Shreyas Talpade and Sajid Khan.
The last few seasons were a big draw. But, this season didn’t kick off on a great note. The makers arrived at the decision after seeing the dismal TRPs (TV rating).Source to Mid-day
The decision was apparently taken after consulting with Akshay Kumar. "The team went ahead with Sajid and Shreyas only after it was green-lit by Akshay. Shreyas was signed on Saturday and Sajid completed the paperwork last evening," said the source to Mid-day.
Mallika, Zakir and Hussain have already shot for the Diwali special episodes but it seems that after that, we will see Sajid Khan and Shreyas Talpade on the judges panel.
"We would like to thank mentors Zakir Khan, Mallika Dua and Hussain Dalal for giving us our final contestants. We now move from mentors to judges Sajid Khan and Shreyas Talpade," said the source.
(Source: Mid-day)
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