The past few weeks have been a tumultuous one for Kapil Sharma. The star comedian has earned censure from everyone for the reported mid-air fight with Sunil Grover, where he threw a shoe at his colleague for some nonsensical reason. Understandably, Sunil has refused to resume work on The Kapil Sharma Show and made it clear with a message that he believes in entertaining with dignity. However, he is under a contract from Sony Entertainment Television and the channel can use his services for any show. They did it for Indian Idol’s Grand Finale and the results were spectacular. Now, the buzz is that Sony is planning to pull the plug on The Kapil Sharma Show and start a new one with Sunil Grover as the front man. (Also Read: Kapil Sharma’s girlfriend Ginni Chatrath throws a birthday bash for him; but why is the comedian looking so gloomy – Watch Video)
News is out that the channel has apparently given Kapil Sharma the grace period of one month to pick up the TRPs of the show and bring back his old team of Chandan Prabhakar, Ali Asghar and Sunil. Mean time, speculations did the rounds that rival channel Colors had reached out to Sunil to bring him on board for a show. Now, it seems Sony that has the rights on his famous characters, Rinku Bhabhi and Dr Mashoor Gulati is deciding to have a show with these characters. A source told DNA, “They are planning to invest in Sunil now for a different show altogether. Ever since the fight happened, even rival channel Colors (who have a long standing issue with Kapil) has approached Sunil for a show but he has not signed anything. Sony has rights to his characters — Rinku bhabi and Dr Mashoor Gulati— and they also earn a chunk of money from his live shows where he performs in his avatars…So they might have a show with these characters.” (Also Read: Here’s how Sony Entertainment Television plans to bring Sunil Grover back on The Kapil Sharma Show)
However, when we got in touch with Sony, a spokesperson from the channel said, “This is totally untrue. Rumours are just circulating around regarding Sunil.” The man himself has refused to comment. Coming to the TRPs, Kapil Sharma’s show managed to retain its top 10 spot this week. Stay tuned to Bollywood Life for more scoop and updates…