‘Never thought of doing a movie’

Kapil Sharma talks about carrying on with TV even after his Bollywood debut

MUMBAI: India’s most loved TV show anchor Kapil Sharma is all set to debut on the big screen, but the stand-up comedian says he had never thought he would get a chance to do movies.

“I had never thought of doing a movie. My aim was only to do stand-up comedy and I was doing it well,” said Kapil.Anukalp, the writer of his show, has also written Kapil’s debut movie Kis Kisko Pyaar Karu.

“He (Anukalp) had shown the script to Abbas-Mustan some time back and the belief Abbas-Mustan showed on casting me inspired me to do the movie,” Kapil said.

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Kapil was too busy shooting for Comedy Nights when he signed the movie. “I gave the mahurat shot for the movie after a night-long shoot of Comedy Nights. I didn’t sleep all night, but I don’t know how I got the energy,” he said.

He made his entry in the entertainment industry through a comedy show and has been a part of it for over eight years. “I will continue TV as it has given me a lot,” he added.

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Kis Kisko Pyaar Karu also stars Arbaaz Khan, Manjari Phadnis, Amrita Puri, Simran Kaur Mundi, Elli Avram, Varun Sharma, Supriya Pathak and Johnny Lever’s daughter Jamie Lever. Directed by Abbas Mustan, the movie is set to release on September 25. 

Published in The Express Tribune, August 17^th,  2015.

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