Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna, greatest recognized for his iconic function as Bhishma Pitamah within the TV collection Mahabharat, has spoken out about why he declined to seem on Kapil Sharma’s well-liked comedy present. Khanna revealed that he was by no means contacted by the present’s producers, and even when he had been, he would have turned down the invitation because of his reservations concerning the present’s content material, calling it “obscene”.
Speaking to Siddharth Kannan on his podcast, Khanna stated, “I don’t know what his drawback was, however he by no means contacted me,” referring to Kapil Sharma. “It could possibly be ego and disgrace. I do know this as a result of folks have spoken about it extensively…” Khanna then shared why precisely he determined to not seem on Kapil Sharma’s well-liked comedy present. In accordance with Khanna, his colleague Gufi Paintal had knowledgeable him that the Ramayan star-cast was set to seem on the present, and assumed that the Mahabharat forged would even be invited. Nonetheless, Khanna had already developed reservations concerning the present’s content material, which he felt relied too closely on “ashlilta (obscenity)” and “beneath the belt jokes”. As he defined to Paintal, “Although folks snigger, mujhe koi shalinta nahi dikhti (I don’t see any decency in it).”
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Khanna’s issues have been solely bolstered when he noticed a promo for the present that includes Ramayan actor Arun Govil, who was requested a crass query. He shared, “My clarification was that I had seen a promo, not even the entire episode, the place Arun Govil was there, and Kapil Sharma is asking them a query, a humorous one, isko pakad ke maine bohot sunaya. The query was, ‘Arun ji, you’re taking a shower, and the gang screamed, dekho dekho dekho, Ram bhi VIP underwear pehenta hai (look, even Lord Ram is carrying VIP model underwear). Arun Govil simply smiled and sat there. If I have been there, essential chadh jaata (I’d lose it). You’re asking this query to an individual who has such a big picture. Usko aisa ghatiya sawaal puchte ho (you ask him such a shoddy query)?”
Khanna was appalled by the joke, and felt that it was unacceptable to ask such a query to somebody of Govil’s stature. Khanna additionally expressed his discomfort with the present’s humour, which he feels typically depends on double entendres and below-the-belt jokes. “I see obscenity in that present. I see double-meaning dialogues, below-the-belt jokes. Although folks snigger, I don’t see any decency in it,” he stated.
Khanna additionally shared an anecdote about how he was as soon as ignored by Kapil Sharma at an award perform. “In my first interplay with Kapil, he was sitting subsequent to me at an award perform. I had bagged an award for greatest supporting actor. He additionally appeared there, possibly he was capturing someplace there within the Movie Metropolis. Now, in our business, even when we’ve not labored with one another, we ask one another, ‘Kaise hai aap sir (how are you, sir) ?.’ It’s a gesture. I’ve by no means labored with Amitabh Bachchan, I’ve met him 4 occasions, I’ve patted on his shoulder and requested him how he’s doing, and he stated, ‘Acchha hoon essential (I’m alright).’ He’s a giant man. Overlook my seniority, he (Kapil) stored sitting subsequent to me for ten minutes however he didn’t even say ‘howdy!’. It’s not that I need him to say howdy however I say you don’t have any courtesy.”
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Khanna additionally took a dig at Kapil Sharma’s comedy fashion, and expressed his satisfaction at not showing on the present, citing an announcement made by fellow Mahabharat forged member Gajendra Singh Chauhan, who appeared on the present with out him. “Bhishma Pitamah ke bina Mahabharat kahaan hoti hai? (Mahabharat is incomplete with out Bhishma Pitamah). Arjun, Krishna, Duryodhana went, all people went. Yudhistira additionally went and someplace he gave an announcement that, ‘Mukesh ji ko toh bulaya hello nahi tha (Mukesh ji was not invited), they wanted individuals who have a way of humour,’ I stated, ‘Oye, when these cricketers come, are they requested if they’ve a way of humour? They’re handled as VIPs, as if they’ve achieved somebody a favour by showing on his present.”
He additionally took a jibe at Kapil Sharma’s cross-dressing antics on his present, saying, “When Kapil Sharma confirmed up dressed up as a lady… I nonetheless make enjoyable of him as a result of I can’t do it.”
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