The Kapil Sharma Show


The Kapil Sharma Show is an Indian Hindi stand-up comedy and talk show broadcast by Sony Entertainment Television. Hosted by Kapil Sharma, the first season of the show had its premiere on 23 April 2016. The series revolved around Kapil Sharma and his neighbours in the Shantivan Non Co-operative Housing Society. The filming of the show took place at Film City situated in Goregaon East, Mumbai. The first season of the show was produced by Kapil Sharma's production house K9 Films in association with Frames Productions while the second season is being jointly produced by Salman Khan Television and Banijay Asia with K9 Films and TEAM as the creative producers.

Format

Series overview

The series format is largely identical to that of Comedy Nights with Kapil. The Kapil Sharma Show revolves around Kapil Sharma and his team of comedians, including Sumona Chakravarti, Kiku Sharda, Chandan Prabhakar and Rochelle Rao, who play residents of the Shantivan Non-cooperative Housing Society. Normally every episode unfolds in two parts with the first part being a comic skit enacted by the actors of the show and the second part being the celebrity interview where popular personalities from various fields indulge in a light-hearted interaction with Kapil Sharma. Navjot Singh Sidhu was the permanent guest of the show but was replaced by Archana Puran Singh after 16 February 2019.

Cast

Season 1

Main
Main
No.GuestDate of BroadcastFeatured PromotionRef
1Shah Rukh Khan23 April 2016Fan
2Shraddha Kapoor & Tiger Shroff24 April 2016Baaghi
3Yo Yo Honey Singh30 April 2016Zorawar
4Wasim Akram & Shaniera Thompson1 May 2016Special appearance
4Jimmy Shergill1 May 2016Vaisakhi List
5Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai, Lara Dutta & Mohammad Azharuddin7 May 2016Azhar
6Aishwarya Rai, Randeep Hooda, Omung Kumar8 May 2016Sarbjit
7Saina Nehwal14 May 2016Special appearance
8Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Chunky Pandey, Jackie Shroff & Ritesh Deshmukh15 May 2016Housefull 3
9Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Chunky Pandey, Jackie Shroff & Ritesh Deshmukh21 May 2016Housefull 3
10Raveena Tandon & Dwayne Bravo22 May 2016Special appearance
11Mika Singh, Chris Gayle & Kanika Kapoor28 May 2016Special appearance
12Shivaji Satam, Aditya Srivastava & Dayanand Shetty29 May 2016CID
13Bipasha Basu & Karan Singh Grover4 June 2016Special appearance
14Sania Mirza & Farah Khan5 June 2016Special appearance
15Armaan Malik, Amaal Mallik, Randeep Hooda & Kajal Aggarwal11 June 2016Do Lafzon Ki Kahani
16Rinku Rajguru, Akash Thosar, Nagraj Manjule, Ajay-Atul, Arbaaz Shaikh & Tanaji Galgunde,12 June 2016Sairat
17Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra & Shamita Shetty18 June 2016Super Dancer
18Rahat Fateh Ali Khan19 June 2016Special appearance
19Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anurag Kashyap, Vicky Kaushal, Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl & Madhu Mantena25 June 2016Raman Raghav 2.0
20Govinda, Sunita Ahuja & Tina Ahuja26 June 2016Special appearance
21Navjot Kaur Sidhu & Rabia Sidhu2 July 2016Special appearance
22Wadali Brothers & Lakhwinder Wadali3 July 2016Special appearance
23Salman Khan & Anushka Sharma9 July 2016Sultan
24Irrfan Khan & Jimmy Shergill10 July 2016Madaari
25Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Urvashi Rautela, Indra Kumar16 July 2016Great Grand Masti
26A. R. Rahman17 July 2016Special appearance
27John Abraham, Varun Dhawan & Jacqueline Fernandez23 July 2016Dishoom
28Abhay Deol, Diana Penty, Ali Fazal & Momal Sheikh24 July 2016Happy Bhag Jayegi
29Arshad Warsi & Maria Goretti30 July 2016The Legend of Michael Mishra
30Gauhar Khan & Rajeev Khandelwal31 July 2016Fever
31Manoj Bajpayee & Mayur Patole6 August 2016Budhia Singh - Born to Run
32Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde & Ashutosh Gowariker7 August 2016Mohenjo Daro
33Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz, Esha Gupta & Arjan Bajwa13 August 2016Rustom
34Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz, Esha Gupta & Arjan Bajwa14 August 2016Rustom
35Jacqueline Fernandez, Tiger Shroff & Remo D'Souza20 August 2016A Flying Jatt
36Brett Lee & Tannishtha Chatterjee21 August 2016UnIndian
37Anup Jalota, Pankaj Udhas & Talat Aziz27 August 2016Special appearance
38Sonakshi Sinha28 August 2016Akira
39Shilpa Shetty, Geeta Kapoor & Anurag Basu3 September 2016Super Dancer
40Sidharth Malhotra & Katrina Kaif4 September 2016Baar Baar Dekho
41Sohail Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui & Amy Jackson10 September 2016Freaky Ali
42Arijit Singh11 September 2016Special appearance
43Shekhar Ravjiani & The Vamps17 September 2016Beliya
44Ritesh Deshmukh, Nargis Fakhri & Dharmesh Yelande18 September 2016Banjo
45Yuvraj Singh & Hazel Keech24 September 2016YouWeCan
46Prabhu Deva, Tamannaah & Sonu Sood25 September 2016Tutak Tutak Tutiya
47John Abraham, Sonakshi Sinha & Tahir Raj Bhasin1 October 2016Force 2
48Anna Hazare & Shashank Udapurkar2 October 2016Anna
49Anil Kapoor, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Harshvardhan Kapoor & Saiyami Kher8 October 2016Mirzya
50Jennifer Winget, Kushal Tandon & Aneri Vajani9 October 2016Beyhadh
50Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani & Loy Mendonsa9 October 2016Mirzya
51Soha Ali Khan & Neha Dhupia15 October 201631st October,
Moh Maya Money,
No Filter
52Deepa Malik, Devendra Jhajharia, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Varun Singh Bhati and Satyanarayana16 October 2016Special appearance
53Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor & Anushka Sharma22 October 2016Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
54Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor & Anushka Sharma23 October 2016Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
55Ajay Devgan & Kajol29 October 2016Shivaay
56Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Erika Kaar, Abigail Eames, Sayesha Saigal, Mithoon & Kailash Kher30 October 2016Shivaay
57Shraddha Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal & Prachi Desai5 November 2016Rock On 2
58Sukhwinder Singh, Rabbi Shergill & Nooran Sisters6 November 2016Special appearance
59Mir12 November 2016Colkatay Columbus
59Vidya Balan & Arjun Rampal12 November 2016Kahaani 2
60Cast of all programs of Sony TV19 November 201621 years of Sony TV
60Sonu Nigam & Anu Malik19 November 2016Indian Idol
60Neha Sharma, Aditya Seal & Aashim Gulati19 November 2016Tum Bin 2
60Ajay−Atul19 November 2016For Logo Music of Sony TV
61Anup Kumar, Ajay Thakur, Jasvir Singh, Rahul Chaudhari & Mohit Chillar20 November 2016Kabaddi World Cup Victory Celebration
62Shah Rukh Khan & Alia Bhatt26 November 2016Dear Zindagi
63Ranveer Singh & Vaani Kapoor27 November 2016Befikre
64Karan Johar3 December 2016Special appearance
65Mika Singh & Daler Mehndi4 December 2016Sohniye
66Virender Sehwag10 December 2016Special appearance
67Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol & Shreyas Talpade11 December 2016Poster Boys
68Sonu Nigam, Anu Malik & Farah Khan18 December 2016Indian Idol
69Sunny Leone & Daniel Weber25 December 2016Special appearance
70Sweta Singh, Meet Bros & Khushboo Grewal31 December 2016New Year's Eve
71Priyanka Chopra, Simi Chahal & Ranjit Bawa1 January 2017Sarvann
72Shraddha Kapoor & Aditya Roy Kapoor7 January 2017Ok Jaanu
73Himesh Reshammiya & :ro:Iulia Vântur|Iulia Vântur8 January 2017Aap Se Mausiiquii
74Mahavir Singh Phogat, Geeta Phogat, Babita Kumari, Ritu Phogat & Sangita Phogat15 January 2017Special appearance
75Shah Rukh Khan & Nawazuddin Siddiqui21 January 2017Raees
76Baba Ramdev22 January 2017Special appearance
77Richa Sharma28 January 2017Special appearance
78Raveena Tandon29 January 2017Sabse Bada Kalakar
78Jackie Chan, Sonu Sood, Disha Patani, Amyra Dastur, Miya Muqi & Stanley Tong29 January 2017Kung Fu Yoga
79Hrithik Roshan, Rakesh Roshan, Rohit Roy, Ronit Roy, Sanjay Gupta, Urvashi Rautela & Yami Gautam4 February 2017Kaabil
80Akshay Kumar & Huma Qureshi5 February 2017Jolly LLB 2
81Neetu Singh & Rishi Kapoor11 February 2017Special appearance
82Gurdas Maan12 February 2017Special appearance
83Kangana Ranaut & Shahid Kapoor19 February 2017Rangoon
84Govinda, Shakti Kapoor & Sunita Ahuja25 February 2017Aa Gaya Hero
85Rekha Bhardwaj & Vishal Bhardwaj26 February 2017Special appearance
86Alia Bhatt & Varun Dhawan4 March 2017Badrinath Ki Dulhania
87Players of Indian National Blind Cricket Team5 March 2017Special appearance
88Abbas-Mustan, Kiara Advani & Mustafa Burmawala11 March 2017Machine
89Remo D'Souza, Terence Lewis & Vaibhavi Merchant12 March 2017Special appearance
90Anushka Sharma18 March 2017Phillauri
91Vidya Balan, Gauhar Khan, Ila Arun, Pallavi Sharda, Poonam Singh Rajput, Ridheema Tiwari, Flora Saini, Priyanka Sethia & Raviza Chauhan19 March 2017Begum Jaan
92Manoj Bajpayee & Taapsee Pannu25 March 2017Naam Shabana
93Raju Srivastav, Sunil Pal & Ahsaan Qureshi26 March 2017Special appearance
94Raveena Tandon1 April 2017Maatr, Sabse Bada Kalakar
95Parineeti Chopra & Ayushmann Khurrana8 April 2017Meri Pyaari Bindu
96Bappi Lahri & Top 5 contestants of Indian Idol Season 99 April 2017Special appearance
97Sonakshi Sinha & Shibani Dandekar15 April 2017Noor
98Shaan & Radhika Mukherjee16 April 2017Special appearance
99Hans Raj Hans & Navraj Hans22 April 2017Special appearance
100Boman Irani23 April 2017Sabse Bada Kalakar
100Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy & Jhulan Goswami23 April 2017Special appearance
101Salim–Sulaiman & Benny Dayal29 April 2017IPL Theme Song
102Prem Chopra, Ranjeet & Raza Murad30 April 2017Special appearance
103Sunidhi Chauhan & Hitesh Sonik6 May 2017Special appearance
104Irrfan Khan, Deepak Dobriyal, Dishita Seghal & Sachin-Jigar7 May 2017Hindi Medium
105Asha Parekh & Helen13 May 2017Special appearance
106Arjun Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor & Chetan Bhagat14 May 2017Half Girlfriend
107Manisha Koirala & Shreya Chaudhary20 May 2017Dear Maya
108Huma Qureshi & Saqib Saleem21 May 2017
109Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan & Hardik Pandya27 May 2017Special appearance
110Mahesh Manjrekar, Medha Manjrekar, Sachin Khedekar, Isha Koppikar & Akash Thosar28 May 2017Friendship Unlimited
111Rajkumar Rao, Shruti Haasan, Gautam Gulati & Gulshan Grover3 June 2017Behen Hogi Teri
112Sushant Singh Rajput & Kriti Sanon10 June 2017Raabta
113Riteish Deshmukh & Vivek Oberoi11 June 2017Bank Chor
114Diljit Dosanjh & Sonam Bajwa17 June 2017Super Singh
115Baichung Bhutia, Anju Bobby George, Sushil Kumar & Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu24 June 2017OORJA initiative by the Central Armed Police Forces
116Paresh Rawal, Kartik Aaryan, Tanvi Azmi & Kriti Kharbanda25 June 2017Guest Iin London
117Kumar Vishwas, Rahat Indori and Shabeena Adeeb1 July 2017Special appearance
118Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan & Mehmood Khan Pathan2 July 2017Special appearance
119Sardara Singh, Manpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh & Jugraj Singh8 July 2017Indian Hockey Team
120Neil Nitin Mukesh, Kirti Kulhari, Madhur Bhandarkar & Bappi Lahiri9 July 2017Indu Sarkar
121Prakash Jha, Ekta Kapoor & Plabita Borthakur15 July 2017Lipstick Under My Burkha
122Tiger Shroff, Nidhhi Agerwal & Sabbir Khan16 July 2017Munna Michael
123Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Anees Bazmee, Pawan Malhotra & Rahul Dev29 July 2017Mubarakan
124Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Anees Bazmee, Pawan Malhotra & Rahul Dev30 July 2017Mubarakan
125Nawazuddin Siddiqui & Bidita Bag5 August 2017Babumoshai Bandookbaaz
126Hariharan & Lesle Lewis6 August 2017Special appearance
127Kriti Sanon, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Pankaj Tripathi & Seema Pahwa12 August 2017Bareilly Ki Barfi
128Kriti Sanon, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Pankaj Tripathi & Seema Pahwa13 August 2017Bareilly Ki Barfi
129Sidharth Malhotra & Jacqueline Fernandez19 August 2017A Gentleman
130Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rajesh, Nishikant Kamat, Rajesh Shringarpure & Anand Ingale20 August 2017Daddy

Season 2

Development

On 22 December 2015, The Times of India reported that Sharma had decided to end his Comedy Nights with Kapil series and might move it to Star Plus or Sony Entertainment Television with a new title because of his unhappiness with Colors TV. He said, "Yes, it's true. We told them we would go off the air in December, but since they didn't have a replacement ready, they requested us to continue till January 17". On 4 February 2016, The Times of India reported that the new show would be called Comedy Style. On 2 March, the newspaper confirmed that the new show would air on Sony TV. At a press conference the day before, the show's title was announced as The Kapil Sharma Show. Asked the reason for the change from Comedy Style, Navjot Singh Sidhu said that the show's creative team was uncertain about the name and conducted market research. Sharma's fans wanted a title like Kapil Wala Show, and the team came up with The Kapil Sharma Show.
Sharma and his team promoted the future show with live performances in Delhi, Lucknow, Bhopal and Amritsar, and the first episode was shot before a live audience in Delhi. According to Sharma, "Our aim has always been to bring a smile to everyone and with The Kapil Sharma Show we wish to do just that". Sony TV head Danish Khan said, "We are delighted to have Kapil and his talented team of writers and artists to put up this show: The Kapil Sharma Show." The producers invested in the show's first promotion, introduced by Sharma and his team on 1 March. Asked what had hurt him the most after the cancellation of Comedy Nights with Kapil by Colors TV, Sharma said: "I am only hurt by the fact that they removed the show from YouTube. It had become a historical show. They shouldn’t have removed it."
On 1 March a contest, "Kapil Se Mil" was started by Sony TV to give viewers an opportunity to meet Sharma. The series premiered on 23 April 2016. Originally scheduled for 26 episodes, it was later extended indefinitely.

Controversy

On 31 August 2017 the spokesperson of Sony Entertainment Television announced that Kapil Sharma and the channel have mutually agreed to give the show a short break as shooting of several episodes had to be cancelled in the past few days due to Kapil Sharma's poor health. It was said that the show will be back on air soon and it aired back in December 2018
The show started losing TRP post Kapil's mid-air altercation with co-star Sunil Grover. After that, his health started deteriorating which made him skip the show for a couple of episodes. After the controversy Grover left the show along with Chandan Prabhakar and some other cast members. After few episodes Krishna Abhishek and Bharti Singh join the show as new cast followed by re-entry of Prabhakar.

Reception

The Kapil Sharma Show's first season received a mixed reception from critics and audiences. Namrata Thakker of Rediff.com gave it 2.5 stars out of 5 stars, liking the characters of Sunil Grover and Ali Asgar but saying that "the series has big shoes to fill considering how successful their earlier show Comedy Nights With Kapil was." Chaya Unnikrishnan of Daily News and Analysis gave the series two stars out of five but said, "Kapil Sharma’s wit and funny one-liners bring a laugh". Although she praised part of the show, Unnikrishnan called it "dull and disappointing". In her 1.5-star review, Letty Mariam Abraham of Mid Day said: "The whole look and feel of the new set is interesting, even if the jokes are old". However, "Kapil brings nothing new to the plate and it seems like waste of the prime time slot."
The season 2 of the show got a favorable opening according Broadcast Audience Research Council ratings, with 8.1 million impressions.
The second season, received highly positive response from critics and Audience, which also won Kapil the honours of most viewed comedian in London World book of records.

Viewer response

According to the reports published by the Broadcast Audience Research Council, the show's first episode of the show generated 8,943 responses. Although some viewers were happy to see the same contestants back after watching Comedy Nights with Kapil, others were disappointed with the show's repetitive humour and chaos. The series' 16th episode, featuring the Sairat team and airing on 12 June 2016, had good ratings show in the non-fiction category.

Awards