'It was just a miscommunication,' is how comedian and actor Kapil Sharma explained the reports of Akshay Kumar being upset with him and not wanting to appear on his show to promote his upcoming film Bachchan Pandey.
On Tuesday afternoon, Kapil Sharma tweeted a statement in which he said that he has spoken to Akshay and sorted out the matter. He also added that they would be meeting soon to shoot the Bachchan Pandey episode. 'H is my big brother and can never be annoyed with me,' stated Kapil as he ended his tweet.
It was earlier reported by Hindustan Times that, Akshay Kumar has reportedly asked for clarification on a matter before appearing on The Kapil Sharma Show again. The publication further stated that the shoot of an episode featuring the cast of Akshay’s upcoming film Bachchan Pandey has been postponed as a result.
In an earlier episode of The Kapil Sharma Show, the host Kapil Sharma had asked Akshay Kumar about an interview he did with a ‘major politician’ where Akshay had asked him how he eats mangoes. The question was seemingly in reference to Akshay’s interview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This part of the episode is seemingly the bone of contention between the actor and the comedian.
During the episode, Akshay Kumar had even asked Kapil to name the politician but Kapil changed the subject. An anonymous source told Hindustan Times that the actor felt that the question ‘mocked the dignity of such a high office’.
The source said, “Akshay took all of Kapil’s jokes head-on but the dig on the PM interview seemed to mock the dignity of such a high office. So Akshay requested the channel to not air that question. It is a right of the guests to make such a request as the show is not live. The channel agreed, but the said scene was leaked on the internet soon after.”
“It was a breach of trust on the part of someone in Kapil’s team, and Akshay sought a clarification before he appears on the show again,” the source added.
However, with Kapil's new tweet, the matter seems to have been resolved.
On the work front, Akshay Kumar’s film Bachchan Pandey is scheduled to release on 18 March. The actor also has Abhishek Sharma’s Ram Setu, Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s Prithviraj, and Aanand L Rai’s Raksha Bandhan lined up for release.
(With inputs from Hindustan Times)
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