Sumona Chakravarti Says 'No One Stuck Around' Kapil Sharma: 'I Was The First One To...'

Sumona Chakravarti, who is known to have worked with Kapil Sharma, on his comedy shows recently opened up about working with the comedian.

Sumona Chakravarti, who is known to have worked with Kapil Sharma, on his comedy shows recently opened up about working with the comedian.

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Sumona Chakravarti, who is known to have worked with Kapil Sharma, on his comedy shows recently opened up about working with the comedian. In an interview, Sumona  shared that she was the first one to work with Kapil Sharma for years. She also admitted how her life changed after becoming a part of shows like 'Comedy Nights With Kapil' and 'The Kapil Sharma Show'. 

Sumona also admitted that the shows gave her quite a lot of money and fame and also revealed that she joined Kapil when all of his partners either left him or were fired.

Sumona on her relationship with Kapil and his show over the many years

“The Kapil Sharma Show gave me a lot of name, fame, and money. I have been working as an actor for 20 years now, an actor’s life is very difficult because the amount of rejection one faces is unreal. The money you earn on a project is for the time when you are not working because you don’t know how long it is going to be. Every actor doesn’t come from a well-connected business family, so we don’t have that kind of support," Sumona said in a recent podcast of Small Towns Big Stories.

“Bade Acche Lagte hai was my big break. Later, I was approached to be Kapil’s partner in Comedy Circus. I had not seen the show, I had done fiction but not hardcore comedy that too with a stand-up comedian. I thought I’d give it a try and did a season with him. It was an unconventional pairing and it worked, the judges – Archana Puran Singh and Sohail Khan — told me at the time how Kapil’s partners either left him mid-way or got fired, no one stuck around. I was the first one who stuck through the years. For The Kapil Sharma Show, the mock shoot was done with somebody else, then he asked them to bring me, and we stuck together even when the channels, networks, and name changed. So, I went from Ram Kapoor’s sister to Kapil Sharma’s wife," the actress added.

Sumona on not being a part of The Great Indian Kapil Show Season 3

However, there have been reports about Sumona not being a part of the third season of the 'Great Indian Kapil Show'.  In 2024, when Sumona was in Romania for the shoot of Khatron Ke Khiladi 14, there was speculation about Sumona being informed by Kapil's new season for 'The Great Indian Kapil Show' and her not being a part of it. 

Later, Sumona clarified the case in an interaction with News 18, where she said that she was not fired from Kapil's show. "I have said this time and again, I was part of a show which ended in July last year and it’s not like you exited or I resigned or I got fired, the show ended in July and after that, we all went ahead. We took up our individual projects after that. I’m doing Khatron Ke Khiladi. He (Kapil Sharma) did another show. It’s just that there is no bad blood at all. Why would I be upset (with Kapil)? He and I worked before and I went to Romania," she said.