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Ajay Devgn talks walking out of The Kapil Sharma Show

Enough news has been trickling from the sets of The Kapil Sharma Show off late. Less for its TRPs and more for Bollywood biggies walking off the sets.

| AUGUST 31, 2017, 04:11 AM IST
Recent reports suggested that the Baadshaho cast including Ajay Devgn stormed out of Kapil Sharma's popular show owing to cancellation of the shoot. Ajay, who was promoting his film along with others in New Delhi on Wednesday, spoke on the sidelines of the event to clear the air about the incident.
"We walked out because Kapil didn't reach the sets. Even we don't know what happened but the reports that we stormed out in anger are completely wrong. I can't say if I will go back on the show since many a times the shoot has been cancelled. There is no anger here because we have also heard that he has been unwell. The next time I meet him, we will figure it out as at the end of the day, we are colleagues and friends here," Ajay said.
There have been speculations for some time that Kapil's high-headed attitude has become a reason for multiple cancellations recently. However, sources close to the show have said that the main reason was Kapil's health issues.
Kapil had to call off Jab Harry Met Sejal promotions despite its lead actors Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma being on the sets. Even Toilet: Ek Prem Katha cast including Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar had to leave without shooting the episode few weeks back.
The promotions of Mubarakan faced a similar plight with actors Arjun Kapoor, Anil Kapoor and others being around.
Kapil Sharma has been facing ill health for months now. It all began in February when his infamous mid-air spat with fellow actor Sunil Grover came out in the open. Sunil and some other actors not just quit Kapil's team, the show also faced falling ratings and was soon out of the race too. Things went out of hand when it was heard that Sony channel was mulling to not renew its contract.
All this combined took a toll on Kapil, who seems to have found it difficult to handle all the pressure.

Two shoots this week
It has been a while since Kapil Sharma and his show has been in trouble. Indian TV's most loved comedian recent share with controveries and complaints of arriving late, has already affected his flagship comedy show on Sony TV The Kapil Sharma Show badly. This fate of this week's episode too is uncertain and the channel might have to do a repeat telecast of an old episode as a last resort.
"What Kapil probably is not realising is that he has been upsetting a lot of big names in Bollywood on his sets," said a source in light of what happened when he he kept the team of Baadshaho waiting and ultimately did not turn up for the shoot. The entire cast of the movie including Ajay Devgan, Emraan Hashmi, Illeana Dcruz and Esha Gupta had no choice but to return back home.
As a result the next day, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol who were to promote their film Poster Boys on TKSS cancelled the shoot as they didn't want the similar treatment meted out to them as team Baadshaho.
Incidentally, this film is a Sony TV production and the matter has been escalated to the channel.
Sources point out that this is not the first time but the third time Kapil has done it. The other time, the Guest of London team had to cancell their shoot as Kapil Sharma did not arrive on the sets. As a result, the fresh episode of The Kapil Sharma Show's couldn't air the coming week.
Last week, his shoot with Bhojpuri superstar Manoj Tiwari and his team was cancelled because of the workers' strike and his team right now is worried as there are no fresh episodes in the bank for telecast.
As a producer and face of the show, the whole credibility of The Kapil Sharma Show depends on Kapil Sharma only. Sources added that his team, in the meanwhile, is trying its best to get actors for the shoot so that this week's episode can be aired.

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