Chaya Unnikrishnan (DNA; March 29, 2017)

Last weekend’s episodes of The Kapil Sharma Show came in for a lot of flak due to the absence of Sunil Grover, Ali Asgar and Chandan Prabhakar in it. They were replaced by Raju Srivastava, Ahsaan Qureshi and Sunil Pal. However, the episode did not evoke as much laughter as it does when the original cast performs their gags. Now, we hear, that the show will be aired only on Saturday this weekend and not on Sunday. While speculation is rife that the absence of Sunil whose acts as Dr Mashoor Gulati and Rinku Devi are popular, has affected the ratings, a source says that the reason they are doing only one episode this week is the finale of Indian Idol 9. “The finale of the music show that airs at 8 pm will go on for more than an hour so, Kapil’s show which airs at 9 pm, will not be aired.”

The episode for Kapil’s show will be shot today. It will be an integration with the channel’s upcoming show Sabse Bada Kalakar. At the time of going to print, there was no confirmation of whether Sunil and Ali will be a part of the show.