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  • Celebrated stand-up comedian, Neeti Palta joins star-studded mentor panel in the new season of Amazon Original Series, Comicstaan

    Celebrated stand-up comedian, Neeti Palta joins star-studded mentor panel in the new season of Amazon Original Series, Comicstaan

    MUMBAI: After a successful season 1 of the unscripted Original series, Comicstaan, Amazon Prime Video is set to release an all-new season of the one-of-its-kind popular comedy talent hunt. This time, Comicstaan Season 2 will see India’s favourite stand-up comedian, Neeti Palta joining this season’s panel of mentors and judges including Zakir Khan, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Kanan Gill, Kenny Sebastian, Kaneez Surka and Sumukhi Suresh in the hunt for India’s next big stand-up comedian. The second season of Comicstaan will soon launch only on Amazon Prime Video across 200 countries and territories.

    Neeti Palta is popular for the female perspective she brings to comedy and is a favourite across borders, cultures and age groups. She was India’s first stand-up comedian to perform at Melbourne for the prestigious Melbourne Comedy Festival 2013. Like any good comedian, she draws influences from her life, especially as an Indian woman, the “Indian-ness” of her surroundings, daily irritants and current affairs.

    Excited about Comicstaan Season 2, Neeti Palta said, “I am excited to be a part of the Comicstaan family, a unique unscripted digital comedy reality series that is on the hunt for the next big stand-up comedian. It gives me immense pleasure to be mentoring and judging budding comics on a platform where they will be tested on their ability to crack hilariously well-thought out jokes because Joke Karna Koi Mazaak Nahi!”

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    Get ready to laugh with an all-new season of Comicstaan where ten contestants from across the country are chosen to compete for the winning title and mentored by comedian judges who are experts in their respective genres of comedy. Comicstaan is laugh-out-loud funny with carefully plotted jokes, quick-witted one-liners and hilarious memorable moments that are relevant in pop culture today.

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  • Femina salutes women achievers

    MUMBAI: Femina, a leading women’s brand in the country, has always realised and celebrated the astounding prowess of women from different walks of life.

    Femina Power List North 2017 felicitated nine winners namely, the gorgeous actress Kriti Sanon who made a smashing debut with Heropanti followed by the blockbuster movie Dilwale alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, a successful fashion and jewellery designer, Bhavana Reddy, an acclaimed Kuchipudi dancer, Neeti Palta, one of the few English stand-up comediennes, Karuna Nundy, supreme court lawyer and champion of women’s rights who helped draft the Womanifesto, Sharmistha Mukherjee, a Kathak exponent and daughter of Pranab Mukherjee, Lakshmi Rana, one of the best ever faces to have walked the Indian ramp, Namrata Joshipura, India’s leading designers and Tania Sachdev, Arjuna Awardee Grand Master who currently holds a world ranking of 43. She also holds the record of being the youngest to win a Gold Medal at an International event, the British Chess Championship, 1993.

    Femina editor Tanya Chaitanya said, “Femina’s association with powerful women forms the core of the brand. Being the most widely read women’s brand in the country, we feel it is essential to honor and celebrate the undying spirit of women from all walks of life. We look forward to more such initiatives and keep up with the essence of the brand.

    Sanon said, “I would like to dedicate this award to my parents.”

    Sahni decided to take the reins of her career and create her own identity. She said, “I launched my own jewellery brand exactly a year ago from today. Throughout the journey, my mom (Neetu Kapoor) has been my biggest inspiration and my husband, a guiding force.”

    Rana said, “Recognition of women power is the first step to building a healthy progressive society.”

    Sharmistha Mukherjee said, “I believe if a person is passionate and has conviction, they can achieve anything.”