Navjot Singh Sidhu says he left Kapil Sharma’s show because of ‘political reasons’, wishes for a reunion with original gang

Addressing why he quit the show, Sidhu said, “There were political reasons I don’t want to talk about. There were other reasons… and the bouquet fell apart. I have a wish that that bouquet must get together again, the way it was. I will be the first to facilitate. His show is still doing very well. Kapil is a genius.” Many actors who were a part of Kapil’s team in those days, like Upasana Singh, Ali Asgar, Sumona Chakravarti left the show in later years.

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Sidhu said that when Kapil was going through a bad patch, people suspected that he was done but he always had immense faith in Kapil’s capabilities. “When Kapil was not well, he was jittery, he was going through a tough time, people told me he is over. I said ‘guys, he’s a 20. If you can even find someone who is a 10 and make him stand in front of Kapil, I will listen. But right now, even a 5 doesn’t exist. You will have to replace him with something better. Otherwise you will keep missing him’,” he said and added, “You don’t have a genius like him. Talent does what it can do, genius does what he must do.”

Sidhu then looked back on old days and hinted that he wants to have a reunion with everyone who was a part of the original team. “There was dadi (Ali Asgar), and everyone. I wish everyone gets together… Everyone dispersed. Now Gutthi (Sunil Grover) is back. He met me in Goa. He is wonderful.  He comes on for 10-15 minutes, he regales everybody. He is another genius,” he said.

In 2019, shortly after Pulwama attacks, Sidhu had said, “Nations cannot be held responsible for the dastardly acts of terrorists. The terrorists do not have deen, mazhab (sect and religion). There are good, the bad and the ugly. Every institution has them. Every nation has them. The ugly need to be punished. But individuals cannot be blamed for the dastardly act.”