Kapil Sharma on people getting offended by his show, says tough to create content for TV channels: ‘Sometimes I feel we are going backwards’

Actor-comedian Kapil Sharma, who has been hosting comedy shows on television for years, feels it has become difficult to run a comedy show without offending anyone.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | March 22, 2023 02:49 PM IST

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Kapil Sharma says it is difficult to create content for his show, The Kapil Sharma Show. (Photo: Varinder Chawla)

Actor-comedian Kapil Sharma has been doing stand-up comedy on national television since 2007 when he appeared as a contestant on the TV reality show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. However, now he feels it has become difficult to run a comedy show without offending anyone.

Recently, while interacting with Kareena Kapoor Khan on her chat show, What Women Want, Kapil opined, “Sometimes I feel we are going backwards. I remember an interview of Javed Akhtar where he shared that he could not have written the scene in Sholay where Dharmendra is speaking from behind the statue of Lord Shiva since people will take offence to that.”

The comedian recalled how in Punjab they have the tradition of the bride’s side of the family making fun of the groom’s side of the family, but today that would also invite trouble. “We would make fun of the groom’s brother-in-law, will call him fat, but just for fun. That is a part of our culture. But if we do it here, it will be called body shaming,” Kapil shared.

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After winning several comedy shows, Kapil has been hosting his standalone shows, first, Comedy Night With Kapil on Colors and now The Kapil Sharma Show on Sony TV. He feels it is even more difficult to create content while working for GEC channels. He said, “Especially when you work for GEC channels, you get standards and practices on such words that you cannot even imagine. Recently, I was told I can’t use the word ‘mad’. When I asked why, they told me because people get angry. But it is a word that we say casually to our kids, and siblings call each other ‘pagal‘ in fun.”

The comedian-actor added that as an artist it has never been his intention “to hurt someone, we only want to spread love.”

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Kapil also shared that the team of his show, The Kapil Sharma Show is behind him flirting with the female guests on the show. When Kareena asked if his wife Ginni Chatrath minds all the flirting, he replied, “Ginny knows that it is a part of my job, but sometimes she also taunts, ‘iske saath bada dil se nikal raha tha’ (It looked like it was coming straight from your heart). But she is quite understanding most of the time.”

Kapil Sharma is currently basking in the critical acclaim his latest film, Zwigato has received. Helmed by Nandita Das, the film has Kapil in the role of a food delivery boy.

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