Team of the show paid an emotional tribute to the actor. Taarak Mehta’s team was all teary-eyed at Kavi Kumar’s funeral. TV actress Munmun Dutta aka Babita Ji also revealed how insensitive some people were at deceased actor’s funeral.
A month back we told you that Producer Asit Modi of the show has started looking for the replacement of the actor. But sad part is that team has not able to find any actor who could play Kavi’s part in the show. As per news in Spotboye, “What exactly ails the selection, or rather has proved to be the roadblock, is that the Creatives have not been able to come across a man who can generate laughter as spontaneously as Kavi did.”
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Source of the portal said, “Kavi was extremely funny. You saw him and you started laughing- not because of his weight but because of his facial expressions. He was all the time so good at his job, the character had almost got into him even in his daily life. It has just not been possible to get someone even remotely close as him till now. We definitely want someone as Dr Hathi in the episodes ahead, but we surely cannot cast anybody for just the heck of it. Kavi raised the standards so high that the next Dr Hathi will have to be at least extraordinary if not as good as him.”
Kavi was battling health issues and had a bariatric surgery 8 years ago when he weighed over 250 kgs. After the operation, the actor got a new lease of life and lost around 100 kgs. He was asked to get another surgery after that but actor ignored it thinking that if he lost weight, he may not get work.