The Great Indian Kapil Show: Did Kapil Sharma make racist remarks on director Atlee? Former breaks silence

Kapil Sharma's comedy show The Great Indian Kapil Show recently aired its final episode for the second season. The last episode was graced by Varun Dhawan, Keerthy Suresh, Wamiqa Gabbi, Atlee, and Kalees. They were seen promoting their upcoming film, Baby John which is slated to hit theatres on Christmas 2024. But after the episode went live, it grabbed attention for all the wrong reasons. Kapil was being slammed by netizens for asking questions to Atlee about his appearance. A while ago, the comedian-turned-actor reacted to the controversy. Read on...

Did Kapil Sharma insult Atlee?

A social media user shared a video from The Great Indian Kapil Show on X (formerly known as Twitter) and wrote, "Kapil Sharma subtly insults Atlee’s looks? Atlee responds like a boss: Don’t judge by appearance, judge by the heart. #Atlee #KapilSharma." Kapil noticed the tweet and reacted to it strongly. 

Kapil Sharma asked everyone to watch the episode and decide on their own rather than relying on someone's tweet. His tweet read, "Dear sir, can you pls explain me where n when I talked about looks in this video ? pls don’t spread hate on social media thank you. (guys watch n decide by yourself, don’t follow any body’s tweet like a sheep)." Have a look:

In the video, Kapil is heard asking Atlee, "Atlee sir, actually you are so young. Aur aap itne bade producer, director ban gaye hain. Kabhi aapke saath aisa hua hai ki aap kisi star se milne gaye first time aur usko laga hi naa ho aap Atlee ho. Usne kaha ‘where is Atlee?’" The director-producer responded, "In a way, I understood your question. I’ll try to answer. I’m actually very thankful to AR Murugadoss sir. Because he produced my first film. He asked a script, but he didn’t see how I’m looking, and whether I’m capable of it or not. But he loved my narration. I think the world should see that. By appearance we should not judge, by heart you have to judge."

About Baby John

Directed by Kalees, Baby John also stars Jackie Shroff and Sanya Malhotra. It will feature Salman Khan in a special appearance. The high-octane actioner is slated to release on Christmas 2024.