Around two years ago, actress Archana Puran Singh replaced Navjot Singh Sidhu on The Kapil Sharma Show. Since then, the comedians on the show have been cracking jokes on Archana, commenting on how Sidhu may return. Sidhu’s resignation as Punjab Congress Chief recently has given rise to a number of memes that show him returning to the show.

When we spoke to Archana about this, she said, “This is a joke that’s being cracked on me for many years now. I don’t care and I don’t take it seriously at all. And if Sidhu would seriously re-enter the show in my place, I will have many other things to do, which I have refused to do in the past few months.”

Archana added, “Since I am shooting two days in a week for the show, I can’t take up any assignment, which is out of Mumbai or India. In the past few months, I got several opportunities to shoot in London and other countries, but I had to say no because of my commitment to the show.”

Archana shared how Kapil Sharma, Kiku Sharda, Krushna Abhishek and others in the team are not only her teammates, but very respectful towards her. Talking about the joke that she has nothing to do in the show except laugh, she said, “Kapil’s show writers come up with all kinds of jokes and I can’t help, but laugh at them because they are funny. It is a task to come up with gags everyday and keep the show running for the last 10 years. But all those who feel I don’t have anything to do in the show should come on the sets to see how it is not easy to sit for six to seven hours in a particular position, facing the stage. I have to constantly sit at an angle for hours on that sofa and face the stage, listen to every joke that’s cracked and then react to it.”

She added, “Every time, we don’t take up an assignment to do something meaty and serious. Sometimes, an actor does want to have some fun and enjoy good humour and Kapil’s show gives me that. I enjoy reacting to their gags and at the same time laugh at myself, too.”