The Great Indian Kapil Show 4: Kapil Sharma hits back at criticism over the Shah Rukh Khan–Chak De! India comparison after an X user objects
The Great Indian Kapil Show season 4’s latest episode featuring the champions of Women’s cricket team and coach Amol Muzumdar, became a topic of discussion recently. During the episode, host Kapil Sharma praised coach Amol Muzumdar for the World Cup win and. He compared Amol with Shah Rukh Khan‘s role in Chak De India, which drew him criticism on social media. In the episode of TGIKS, Kapil tells Amol, “Since you won the cricket World Cup, do you know that people are comparing you to Shah Rukh Khan from Chak De online? Seriously, sir. You are handsome too. Do you feel like Shah Rukh?” The coach smiles and replies, “No, not like Chak De.” However, before Amol could finish his answer, cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues interrupts and jokingly reveals that he is lying.She says, “He is lying; he even changed his name from Amol Muzumdar to Kabir Muzumdar,” referring to Shah Rukh’s character’s name, Kabir Khan, in the hit 2007 film.This did not go down well with a user on X. The user objected to this, highlighting Shah Rukh Khan’s role in Chak De! India was based on the life of hockey player Mir Ranjan Negi. The person wrote, “Idiot @KapilSharmaK9 should know that the real hero was Mir Ranjan Negi not Kabir Khan the reel hero! I wish Amol Muzumdar had fact check this clown.”Kapil Sharma, who keeps interacting with fans on social media, replied to the comment and stood for himself. He replied, “Dear sir when did I say Kabir khan? I said Shahrukh khan, and it was in a humorous way, which you will never understand bcoz apka taansane to besura hai (your singing is out of tune) hahaha, anyways happy new year. Stay happy n spread happiness.”Soon other fans of the show came in Kapil’s support and replied to the comment. An advocate wrote, “Did he said Kabir Khan ? He just made a reference of a film.”Kapil reposted him, writing, “Yes my lord, that’s what I wanted to say, who explain it better than a lawyer, thank you.”One of the fans advised Kapil to ‘ignore such jokers’, to which he responded, “I know Gupta ji, I was just sitting in the toilet that time. Kuch alag se time nahi nikala maine inko reply karne ke liye (I did not seek out time to reply to him). Hahaha, Happy new year to you too sir.”The Great Indian Kapil Show season 4, recently made a smashing return with global star Priyanka Chopra Jonas making an appearance on the premiere episode.
