Mukesh Khanna , known for playing Shaktiman and Bhishma Pitamah in BR Chopra’s television series Mahabharat, opened up as to why he called comedian Kapil Sharma ‘uncultured.’ In a new interview with Bollywood Thikana , Mukesh opened up about his reason not to appear on The Kapil Sharma Show in 2020, and also shared why he did not like his comedy sketch of Shaktimaan. (Also read: Ranveer Singh tried to convince Mukesh Khanna for 3 hours to let him be Shaktimaan; fans say ‘Sir haa mat karna’ ) What Mukesh said During the chat, Mukesh said: “I don’t like Bigg Boss or The Kapil Sharma Show because of the vulgarity, but he (Kapil Sharma) is a terrific entertainer, no doubt.
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I won’t say they made me ‘anti-Kapil,’ but my vibrations didn’t match with him. The person might be good, but you don’t feel comfortable with him. I don’t think he even realises it, but I had told Krushna Abhishek.
They used to do skits on Comedy Circus, and the mistake Kapil made was that he wore Shaktimaan’s costume, and in front of him was a girl, with a bed shown on the side.” On Kapil's Shaktimaan performance He went on to add, “I said, ‘What the hell!’ We’ve made this character so righteous, and you’re showing that since he’s busy, he isn’t going to a girl—otherwise, he would be wooing them. You’re doing this just for the sake of comedy.
I called Krushna and questioned him about the act. Krushna told me that he was supposed to do .
