Kapil Sharma thanks Kher for clarifying stand on ‘The Kashmir Files’ row

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Comedian Kapil Sharma has thanked veteran actor Anupam Kher for squashing ‘false allegations’ against him that he deliberately didn’t invite the team of “The Kashmir Files” on his popular TV show for promotions.

Last week, Sharma came under fire with a section on Twitter criticising him for not calling the film’s cast on “The Kapil Sharma Show”, which routinely features stars promoting their upcoming releases, while others defended the decision saying comedy should not be done on a serious subject like Kashmiri Pandits’ exodus.

In a tweet on March 7, when a user asked the film’s director Vivek Agnihotri to appear on the popular show, the filmmaker responded saying, “It’s his and his producers choice whom he wants to invite. As far as Bollywood is concerned, I’d say what once Mr Bachchan was quoted saying about Gandhis: Woh raja hai, hum rank”.

The tweet snowballed into a controversy with certain people attacking the host-comedian on various social media platforms.  During an interview with a news channel on Monday night, the lead star of the movie, Kher was asked by the anchor the reason behind not appearing on the popular television show, to which he said that he was invited but he turned down the offer considering the sensitive subject of the film.

“To be very honest, I must say it here, I was called to be on the show. I had told my manager that this is a serious film, (so) I won’t be able to go on the show. I want to put my point over here. This happened two months ago, when I was invited. I had been on the show before a couple of times. It is a funny show,” Kher said.