Best of The Great Indian Kapil Show

Ed, are you enjoying India?

And you went to Shah Rukh Khan's house.

-You met him. Wow! -Yeah!

Whenever Mom and Dad used to step out, we'd begin our own WWF.

After that, I absolutely thrashed her.

I feel bad now, but I have absolutely thrashed her.

Oh, God!

Have you ever fought with someone publicly on the stage

and later, when you leave in your car, they were standing outside?

I wanted him to be a doctor or an engineer.

He is an engineer, right?

I had to really twist his arm to become an engineer!

We've got many beatings from Mom.

We've got many beatings from Mom. She straightened me up.

Many times, Dad would walk ahead,

only to turn around and realize Sunny was missing.

He'd disappear. He'd be found in the gutter!

Why?

He became covered in dirty black water!

Dad stepped out for bread but returned with a kid from the gutter!

-Ed, let's have a seat, bro. -Okay.

A big round of applause for Ed!

Ed, are you enjoying India?

I'm watching your videos. You went to some school.

-Yeah! -You had a good time with the kids.

And you went to Shah Rukh Khan's house.

-You met him. Wow! -Yeah!

I met him... The last time I came here, in 2017, we met,

but yesterday, it was just wonderful. He's such a nice guy.

For how big he is, he's so like... just lovely.

-He's a really warm human being. -He's amazing.

-He's a sweetheart. -And I had a lot of fun. I met his family.

We jammed out some songs.

They taught me how to dance a little bit. And...

Yeah, it was good.

He taught you his iconic step, right?

-That... -Yeah. I don't think I got it quite right.

Can you do it for our audience?

-Okay. -You teach me now.

Okay. He does that, then in, and then...

Superb!

Everyone... In fact, the entire world has seen Animal.

In the film, Ranbir puts up a fight

with some senior boys for the sake of his sister.

Has Ranbir ever locked horns with anyone for you when he was a kid?

No, but I did.

I was the heavyweight champion.

I used to pin his friends to the ground.

-Yeah. -Yes. I was a frail boy.

He was frail, so I would beat them up.

Paaji, when we were kids, WWF was really popular.

-Yes. -Undertaker. Hulk Hogan.

Whenever Mom and Dad used to step out, we'd begin our own WWF.

There was a time when she was bigger than me.

A couple of years later, I grew bigger.

After that, I absolutely thrashed her.

I feel bad now, but I have absolutely thrashed her.

Oh, God!

Every time we went out for dinner,

I used to tell him, "Ranbir, we're going out for dinner."

"If you dare touch my daughter, I will not spare you."

-Oh! -I used to do this and warn him.

And she was a tattletale.

Even when I barely touched her, she'd shout, "Mom, he hit me!"

Kartik's father is a doctor.

His mother is a doctor.

Even his younger sister Kritika is a doctor.

Your mom's a doctor, your dad's a doctor, and even your sister's a doctor.

Did he become an actor because he was talented

or because he was useless?

-No, he had a craze... a passion for it. -Since childhood?

He had wanted to become an actor since childhood, which he never told us.

When was the first time he told you?

When he got Pyaar Ka Punchnama, and he cracked the audition.

-Yes. -I thought he was out studying.

They have these ATKT.

-Allowed... -She always thought I was out studying.

Allowed to...

Allowed to keep terms. He would fail.

So, that happened.

I kept wondering why, and he kept saying, "I was sick," and so on.

This happened a couple of times.

Then one day he called, and he was in tears.

"Mom, I got it! I cracked the audition. I got the film."

He was crying because he got the film, and I was crying on my end.

He asked, "Why are you crying?" I said, "Because you got the film."

"I wanted you to study and become a doctor. Or maybe something else."

And this is what he was up to!

I never wanted this for him.

I wanted him to be a doctor or an engineer.

-He is an engineer, right? -Well, he's an engineer...

I had to really twist his arm to become an engineer!

He was failing every semester, so I took him to his college principal.

I said, "Sir, please explain to him the importance of education."

-"He should at least get a degree." -Yes.

So, the principal reasoned with him.

Finally, he completed the four-year course in eight or ten years.

-No, I did it in five years. -No way!

Ten years?

-And you know... -Kartik is done for!

In ten years, I would have become a teacher.

I used to set aside my work and tutor him in Mumbai, encouraging him to study.

At that time, he was shooting for Akaash Vani or something.

-Yes. -So...

We used to travel in that third-hand car he had purchased.

Third-hand?

-Third-hand... -We were going to DY Patil.

Hear me out! I'm telling you, it's a good story!

-Then? -So, we were on our way to DY Patil.

He was driving, and I was sitting beside him, talking to him.

-Right! -I kept saying, "This is important!"

And I waited for three hours outside in the car while he finished his exam.

Because Navi Mumbai is quite far away. How could I go back?

When he came back I asked, "What did you write, Koki?"

He said, "Mom, I wrote Akaash Vani's story."

-It was the story of Punchnama 2. -The story of Punchnama 2.

He wrote the stories of the movies he got later.

When you watched Kartik's first film on the big screen,

which was a super hit,

did you think that your son had made the right decision?

That happened many days later.

That happened many days later.

I'm still confused about the third-hand car.

Actually, the person I bought the car from had purchased it second-hand.

Have you ever fought with someone publicly on the stage

and later, when you leave in your car, they were standing outside?

Paaji, I did have a fight, but I didn't let them reach my car. I snuck out.

I thought it would be better to leave.

And you know how it is, paaji.

Someone in the crowd would be pointing at us angrily,

mouthing, "I'll deal with you."

It always makes me wonder what is wrong with them.

One day, I confronted one such person. There's a video of it.

I asked him, "What happened?" He said, "Nothing."

"I just wanted to see you."

-You know Jassi paaji. Jasbir Jassi. -Yes.

-He released a new album. -Yes.

"Dil Le Gayi Kudi Gujarat Di." The song was a hit.

His song was a hit, but he hadn't gotten the money yet.

He was yet to get it. He borrowed someone's car and left.

He had an event near Amritsar.

A man arrived there and asked him to sing someone else's song.

He said, "I don't sing other's songs."

The man stepped out, returned five minutes later,

and fired two shots of bullets.

After that, he only sang other's songs.

Amazing!

You know, for parents, children never grow up.

Even though Sunny paaji's son is now married,

for Dharam paaji, they are still his children.

I'm not referring to the present moment,

but parents often overlook things.

My mom still scolds me sometimes.

They don't take note that we're with our girlfriend

or even a friend.

Have you ever been in an awkward situation

where you were standing with someone and Dharam paaji scolded you?

No, what happens with Papa is...

Papa says, "Come sit with me. Be my friend."

And I say, "If I share something with you like a friend,

then you act like Papa again."

Is there a funny story about Sunny that's always joked about at home?

Perhaps from his childhood.

In our childhood, we used to live in a chawl.

In the mornings, Dad would go to the nearby store to buy bread.

-I see. -And he always wanted to accompany Dad.

He was this small.

Many times, Dad would walk ahead,

only to turn around and realize Sunny was missing.

He'd disappear.

He'd be found in the gutter!

Why?

No one knew why he would fall in the gutter!

I have this memory of him when he was a little boy.

Buckets of water would be poured on him because he kept falling into the gutter,

and he became covered in dirty black water!

Dad stepped out for bread but returned with a kid from the gutter!

I don't know what was with him!

-People rushed to get him out of there. -Outside our home...

The kid set his sights on the sky from the beginning.

A lotus has bloomed from the gutter!

Very nice!

How sweet!

Whenever I go for my live shows, you know.

So, I'm also fond of music.

Sometimes, you know, I forget the lyrics.

What do you do when you forget your lyrics?

I did it once recently actually. Last year, I played in New Zealand.

And I usually do like a warm-up show the day before...

-Okay. -...where I play all the songs through.

But the fiddle player that we have on "Galway Girl"

was arriving late,

so we didn't do "Galway Girl" in the warm-up show.

So, I'm on stage and the song starts.

And I go...

And I had to stop it. And then I start it again, and then I have to stop it.

And then I go, "Is there anyone in the crowd that wants to sing this?"

This 11-year-old girl puts her hand up and I go, "Cool!"

I bring her up on stage, we get her a pack.

-Wow. -And she doesn't know the words either.