Kapil Sharma’s onscreen wife Sumona Chakravarti says they didn’t have a ‘breakup’, addresses her absence on The Great Indian Kapil Show: ‘We are not close outside of work’

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Sumona Chakravarti also clarified that she’s not close to Kapil Sharma “outside of work” and doesn’t miss being on his show. “I have learnt not to take work home and home to work. I’ve had hard days otherwise,” said Sumona. However, she said one can’t deny the popularity of Kapil’s show. “People love it. It will do well because of our audience. It is for the masses. Your regular middle-class household, which is not your Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru. I’m talking about your basic towns, tier-2, tier-3 cities. It’s the television, it’s the non-OTT (audience) who still watch. I see around me, whether it’s the security guards, the house helps, or even at airports and in flights, people go to YouTube and SonyLIV and still watch the show. There have been times when I’ve heard my voice (in a flight), and then I realised okay, someone is watching an episode of mine, or us rather. It’ll always be there. I think there’s a certain relatability because what we portrayed is a middle class couple,” said Sumona.

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Sumona further defended the misogyny in Kapil’s show. “It’s a show! It’s a scripted show! What I really believe, and I’ve always told whoever has questioned me, first and foremost, it’s just acting. It’s just a TV show. Kapil is not insulting Sumona. There’s a difference. There’s a character Bittu and his wife Manju. It’s literally what’s happening around in your environment. Yes, there’s a responsibility, but that comes to me as an individual in real life. If tomorrow, I get caught shoplifting, of course that sets a terrible example. But you also need to have that little bit of common sense that there’s a line between real and reel,” said Sumona.

Sumona Chakravarti first appeared on Kapil Sharma’s show Comedy Nights With Kapil in 2013. She continued to be on the show, which aired its last episode in 2016 on Colors TV. She returned as Kapil’s onscreen wife in the show’s revival, The Kapil Sharma Show, in 2016 on Sony Entertainment Television. Sumona continued to play the part for five seasons till the last episode in 2023. The Great Indian Kapil Show on Netflix India has had two seasons so far, and features Kapil, Sunil, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, and Archana Puran Singh, among others.