Rajiv Thakur, who was recently seen in the Netflix series IC814: The Kandahar Hijack, has been a part of Kapil Sharma’s shows for a long time now. As The Great Indian Kapil Show returns for a second season, Rajiv recalled one of his fondest memories from working with the comedy gang on the various iterations of the show and said that when he first shared the stage with Shah Rukh Khan, he was “completely numb.” Rajiv recalled that Kapil and Shah Rukh had actually planned to pull a prank on Rajiv and caught him completely off guard.
Rajiv shared with Siddharth Kannan, “I have so much love for Shah Rukh so when he came on, I wasn’t scared but there is a thing… he is my idol. I was wondering if I will even remember my lines when I see him for the first time. I was told there is a special part for you so you can perform with Shah Rukh. I didn’t know that this would be later converted into a 20-minute section.”
Rajiv said that Kapil was aware of his love for Shah Rukh and together, they hatched a plan to pull a prank on him. “Shah Rukh sir scolded me on stage and I was on the verge of tears. When I got to know what is happening, I got emotional. He showered so much love on me after that,” he recalled. “I had a photo that I had gotten clicked in his pose. He took it and threw it on the floor (during the prank). Later, after the show, one of his people knocks my vanity and says ‘Shah Rukh sir has sent this for you’. He had a note written behind it saying, ‘You are brilliant, I am so sorry’. Who does that? Even I didn’t pick up my photo from the stage, but he did,” he shared.
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In the same chat, Kiku Sharda also recalled facing Amitabh Bachchan for the first time and said that he was very nervous. “The very first time when you face Amitabh Bachchan… I was in a bad state. I have never experienced that kind of fright,” he said.
The Great Indian Kapil Show returns on Netflix from September 21.
