Kapil Sharma slips into OTT! Took a fee of crores but could not provide entertainment, a big blow to Netflix?

New Delhi. This time comedian Kapil Sharma turned to OTT to make people laugh. He managed to bring some laughter on people’s faces and shocked millions of fans. ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’ streamed on March 30 is going to end after just five episodes. We are not saying this, Archana Puran Singh has given this information on his Instagram account.

Kapil Sharma’s magic couldn’t work on OTT. Apart from Aamir Khan’s episode, all the episodes so far failed to tickle people’s fancy. Kapil Sharma came to Netflix with a fee of crores, but he couldn’t entertain people. Why does the show finally end? Let us tell you…

Archana Puran Singh revealed
Indeed, Archana Puran Singh shared a photo of cutting the cake during the sets of ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’ on his Instagram story on Thursday. With this he wrote, ‘The season is over.’ This Instagram story of Archana Puran Singh shocked everyone. While talking to Pinkvilla, Archana also confirmed that the comedy show will remain off air. He said, ‘Yes, we have finished shooting for one season of ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’. The upcoming show is going to be the last episode of the season.

All the actors have got huge fees for ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’.

Netflix took a big hit?
The first episode featured Ranbir Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor and Riddhima Sahni as guests. While in the second show, Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer reached the show. In the third show, Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra arrived to promote their film Amar Singh Chamkila. Aamir Khan arrived for the fourth show. After this news Netflix users are believing that Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol are going to come together after all these episodes. If media reports are to be believed, Netflix has spent around Rs 26 crore on Kapil Sharma in just five episodes. At the same time, Kapil Sharma is also trying to become the host of Colors TV’s Antyakshari program these days.

Kapil Sharma’s show ends on Bela Bajria’s direction
There are also reports that the team of the Netflix web series organized a special meeting with the team of The Kapil Sharma Show when its boss Bela Bajria arrived in India a week ago. But, due to the lack of positive vibe among the viewers about the show despite the huge budget, Bela Bajria himself announced his decision to stop the show while leaving India.

Was it decided to wind up earlier?
However, now the artist of the show, Kiku Sharda, has revealed why ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’ is being stopped. Kiku said this is a temporary wrapup. Speaking to our partner website News 18, Kiku said, ‘We have completed 13 episodes. We just finished the first season. It was already decided that its second season will come soon.

Tags: Kapil Sharma, Netflix, Sunil Grover

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