Mukesh Khanna attacks Kapil Sharma’s ‘ashleel’ show, Ali Asgar defends playing characters in drag: ‘Kapil knows the pulse of audience’

Mukesh Khanna cut Ali off, and added, “That’s not the right reason, do heroines not work raat raat bhar (on night shifts)?” Ali continued, “My second reason is, when we make a boy into a woman, then it is not an original character by itself. Hence, we can take a lot of creative liberty and do a lot of masti (fun). Since the character is not original, there is nothing to get offended about.”

Ali then appreciated Kapil for his comedic sensibilities, as he reminisced about being a part of the hit comedy show. He said, “The premise of the show is of a family which is glamour struck. Then there is a dadi, there are these two sisters, Gutthi, the character Sunil (Grover) plays, there is a servant and a wife. It is a poor family, they don’t have money, they are kangaal (broke). All the characters that we played on the show, we were all underdogs. Before making fun of someone else we would make fun of ourselves.”

“Kapil’s knowledge is phenomenal, he knows the pulse of the audience, it is amazing. He knows exactly which jokes will work and which will fall flat. We’ve seen it in live shows, what he used to say would happen. He is blessed in that way,” Ali concluded.