We just got the news that Sony Entertainment Television has renewed Kapil Sharma’s contract for one more year. This means that the comedian is a relived man. Besides, his TV show, Kapil is also doing a film Firangi that stars Ishita Dutta and Monica Gill. However, this is not all. The star comedian has other big plans up his sleeve. Kapil is clearly not contented with TV/films and wants to foray into the next big medium, which is digital. The comedian who started off as a stand-up wants to go back to his early avatar on a digital platform, which he feels is the future of entertainment. (Also Read: The Kapil Sharma Show: The Colonial Cousins reunion made the episode magical and the ’90s kid in me happy)
A source told Bollywood Life, “Kapil has been having meetings with Netflix India. He is very keen to do a stand-up comedy show with the digital channel. He strongly feels that digital is the future of entertainment in India. In fact, he has been having meetings with Amazon and Hotstar as well. It ultimately boils down on the moolah he will get from a particular channel. Kapil appreciates the medium because of the audience it caters to and lack of restrictions.” (Also Read: Amitabh Bachchan, Kapil Sharma, Riteish Deshmukh congratulate Vijender Singh for winning WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title – read tweets)
The dipping TRPs of his show have been a cause of concern for Kapil Sharma in past few days. He has been suffering from low blood pressure and sugar problems. Due to his stress-related exhaustion, shows featuring actors Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma and later, Arjun Kapoor’s Mubarakan team was cancelled. Stories also did the rounds of how he was neglecting the show for his film, Firangi, which is directed by Rajiv Dhingra of Love Punjab fame. Recently, he made news after he sent a birthday wish to Sunil Grover who replied back.
It would be great to see Kapil Sharma on a digital platform like Netflix. A digital space might be the perfect medium for him to reinvent himself as a comedian. What do you think? Stay tuned to Bollywood Life for more scoop and updates…