Kapil Sharma may be one of the most well-known television stars of the country right now but he has had his fair share of struggles. His two mega-successful shows have even landed him on Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list on 11th and 18th spots in 2016 and 2017, respectively. All this success didn’t come easy though. There was a time when he was fat-shamed but he turned that into a favourable opportunity by coming up with his own show. 

The show has been a hit among the audience ever since it went on air on Colors with the title Comedy Night With Kapil. He took a break from all the shenanigans of the film industry and came back with a bang with The Kapil Sharma Show. In a recent interview with RJ Nishant, he told how he was called to the Colors office to host the celebrity dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa but was humiliated for his weight. 

Kapil said, “I was called to the Colors office. They asked me if I will host Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. I asked them what will I have to do. They said you and Maniesh Paul will host it. I said fine and they asked me to meet BBC, the production house.”

He added, “I went there and there, after looking at me, she said, ‘Aap bahut mote hain. Aap thoda wazan kam karo (You are very fat. Lose some weight).’ I told Colors, ‘What is all this?’ Then the channel called her and told her, ‘the guy is good, let’s get him on board as host, will see about the weight later.’ So, I asked them, ‘Why don’t you make a comedy show?” 

The production house asked him to pitch the idea and Kapil asked for a two-day window for coming up with the idea of his own show. “I enjoyed doing standup, sketch comedy, costume comedy. So I planned to bring together all the elements I am good at, put them in one show. I made the pitch, they asked me how long it would be. I gave them the lowdown. After standup, gags, celebrity interviews, and all, five minutes’ time still remained. But when the show was shot, it went up to 120 minutes. They wanted only 70 minutes of content. It became difficult for them to edit it,” he added.

Kapil also shared that they'd initially made content only for 25 episodes but since it was so well-received by the audience, the show went up to 500 episodes and is still on air.

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