PREPARE YOURSELF FOR BATTLE OF THE BEST IN COMEDY AS NETFLIX LAUNCHES COMEDY PREMIUM LEAGUE ON AUGUST 20TH

Sixteen comedians go head to head in this battle of comedy as they not only tickle your funny

bone, but fracture it!

Mumbai, July 29, 2021: If laughter is the best exercise, Netflix presents to you the best workout buddies -

sixteen of India’s funniest entertainers who will leave you laughing uproariously. Netflix’s upcoming

comedy series, Comedy Premium League, will witness India’s funniest entertainers pull out all stops and

go to any lengths to be crowned the ultimate comedy champions. Premiering on 20th August, the series

promises to leave its audience rolling with laughter and struggling to catch their breath between endless

jokes and equally entertaining banter.

Humour comes in many flavours and Comedy Premium League will give you a taste of everything you like

making it an all-in-all entertainer. This war to win, will explore multiple formats of comedy including improv,

skit, stand-up, punchlines, presentation comedy and of course, the iconic roast! For the first time sixteen

experienced comics come together, divided into four groups as they go head to head in this no holds

barred battle of wits and words. Spread across six episodes, the competition intensifies with each round

and only the wittiest team will survive!

Produced by OML, Comedy Premium League is hosted by Prajakta Koli and assembles some of India’s

most celebrated comedians including Aadar Malik, Aakash Gupta, Amit Tandon, Kaneez Surka, Kenny

Sebastian, Mallika Dua, Prashasti Singh, Rahul Dua, Rahul Subramanian, Rohan Joshi, Rytasha

Rathore, Samay Raina, Sumaira Shaikh, Sumukhi Suresh, Tanmay Bhat and Urooj Ashfaq.

Gear up for a competition where no joke is off limits, no friendship is sacred and all that matters is the title

of the best comedy team.

Produced by: Only Much Louder (OML)

Showrunner: Abish Mathew

Creative Director: Sakshi Khanna

Hosted by: Prajakta Koli

Writer - Kautuk Srivastava

Assistant writer - Punit Punia

Additional writers - Aayushi Jagad, Rohan Desai, Shreeja Chaturvedi, Siddharth Dudeja,

Ashish Shakya (Anurag Kashyap)

Participants:

Lovable Langoors

Amit Tandon, Samay Raina, Rytasha Rathore, Aadar Malik

Naazuk Nevle

Mallika Dua , Rahul Subramanian, Urooj Ashfaq, Rahul Dua

Gharelu Gilaharis

Kenny Sebastian, Prashasti Singh, Kaneez Surka, Aakash Gupta

IDGAF Iguanas

Sumukhi Suresh, Tanmay Bhat, Rohan Joshi, Sumaira Shaikh

Special Appearance:

Anurag Kashyap

About Comedy Premium League:

16 of Indian's funniest entertainers are split into 4 teams and go head-to-head in a battle of wits and

wisecracks. Funnybones will not just be tickled, but will be left fractured as they battle it out to be

crowned the ultimate comedy champs.

About Netflix:

Netflix is the world's leading streaming entertainment service with over 209 million paid memberships in

over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres

and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any

internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or

commitments.

About OML:

OML is a global, artist-first media and entertainment company, creating cutting-edge content in all genres

for OTT platforms, television and brands and producing some of India's biggest live entertainment

properties. Headquartered in Mumbai with teams in Russia, Poland & Thailand, OML was founded in

2001 to book and manage artists across all genres of entertainment.

Our award-winning content studio has produced The Dewarists (which was awarded a Lion at the Cannes

Lion 2012), Comicstaan, On Air with AIB, Chacha Vidhayak Hai Humare, One Mic Stand, Pushpavalli and

over 45 stand up specials on Amazon and Netflix, amongst others. Some of India’s biggest live

entertainment properties promoted by OML include Bacardi NH7 Weekender (described by The Guardian

as "India's answer to Glastonbury”), Breezer Vivid Shuffle (India’s largest hip hop festival) and comedy

properties — LOLstars and Headliners.

OML exclusively represents a versatile portfolio of 80+ comedians, creators, writers, directors,

storytellers, mentalists and dancers that includes Zakir Khan, Kanan Gill, Tanmay Bhat, Biswa Kalyan

Rath, Dolly Singh, Aisha Ahmed, Sumukhi Suresh, Dhruv Sehgal, Chirag Mahabal, Suhani Shah and

Anuradha Tiwari to name a few.