Thursday, September 25, 2008

Judges & Host

Navjot Singh Sidhu
Navjot Singh Sidhu is former Indian Cricketer. Sidhu was born on October 20 1963 in Patiala, Punjab. Sidhu took up television commentary after retiring from Cricket and he judges The Great Indian Laughter Laughter Challenge on Star One. Sidhu made his cricket debut against West Indies in 1983. He was called the "Strokeless Wonder" of the Indian Cricket Team. He scored over 500 Test runs in a year thrice (1993, 1994 and 1997). His only Test double century came during India's 1997 tour of West Indies. In 1994, he scored 885 ODI runs.

Sidhu's finest moment in Tests was his 201 against West Indies in 1996-97, a defiant knock lasting 11 hours.He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in December 1999. He played over 50 Test matches and over 100 ODIs scoring over 7,000 international runs. He has 27 centuries to his credit in an 18 year career.

Some of the nicknames he earned were "Sixer Sidhu", Sherry and "Jonty Singh" (with respect to his improved fielding in his late career, Jonty Rhodes being the best fielder at that time.)

After Cricket Sidhu took up commentary. He became famous because of his One Liners- popularly known as Siddhuisms. After commentary Sidhu entered Politics. Sidhu won on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from the Amritsar seat in the Indian general elections, 2004.

He has been found guilty of manslaughter[4] by the Punjab & Haryana High Court, he has been convicted under Sec 304 of IPC for causing the death of a Gurnam Singh on December 27, 1988. Earlier on 22 September 1999, the district and sessions judge at Patiala had acquitted Sidhu in the same case registered under Section 304 and 34 IPC. On 6 December 2006, he was sentenced to three years in prison by the Punjab and Haryana High Court [5]. However he has not been detained. Later he recontested on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from Amritsar and won handsomely.

Sidhu today appears on television shows. He judges The Great Indian Laughter Challenge on STAR One. Sidhu's sense of humor is the reason for his great fan following.
Shatrughan Sinha
Shatrughan Sinha was born in Patna, Bihar. He started his career as a villain and then became a Hero in Bollywood movies. He was one of the top most stars in 1970-1980. He gave many hit films like Kalicharan and Rampur Ka Lakshman. Shatrughan had a different style. His patent dialogue "Khamosh" became very popular amongst his fans.

Shatrughan Sinha wanted to contribute to the development of the country and hence he decided to enter politics. Sinha is considered one of the most successful actor politician of India, having made history by being the first member of the film fraternity to become a cabinet minister with the Government of India. He has held two portfolios, the department of health, and the department of shipping. He is still a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and campaigns for the party all over India and is well known as a leader of the masses and a brilliant orator.

Shatrughan Sinha is the judge of the famous television show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. Shatrughan Sinha has acted in more than 150 movies. He has also sung songs ina few of his films.
Host
The daughter of a merchant marine, Shenaz was born to a middle class Gujarati-speaking Parsi family. In 2001, Shenaz moved to New York City where she studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. While in New York, she also took a writing course at NYU. Her favourite hobbies include jet skiing, travel and photography.

Shenaz gained popularity as a VJ from a popular music channel where she hosted a music request show and went on to debut in a Bollywood film, Ishq Vish with Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao. She is now making her come back on TV with TGILC4.

Parizad Kolah

Parizad Kolah is an Indian television actress & host.
With her effervescent, bubbly, chirpy personality & her natural beauty, with that killer dimpled smile Parizad kolah has captured the imagination of everyone. She is simply the best thing about "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge" show that airs on star one. She literally lights up the screen with her million watt smile.