Kapil Sharma Reveals He Got To Know He Had Depression Through Media Reports: ‘Paper Walo Ka Bhala Ho’
Kapil Sharma is undoubtedly the best comedian India has produced. But reaching the level that he is at right now was not a cakewalk. Kapil had many ups and downs in his career. Back in 2017, Kapil was accused of being unprofessional after he began cancelling shows and arriving late for shoots. After this low phase in his career, Kapil bounced back one more time when he launched the second season of his show on a different channel.
At Fever FM’s Bounce Back Bharat Fest recently, the comedian and the actor have opened up about the time he had to shut down his show. He said that his wife Ginni Chatrath was his biggest support when he fought depression around 2017-18 and that she knew all about what was happening to him. Kapil also revealed that he had no clue what he was going through at the time and only started realising that it was depression when the media started saying so.
Kapil with wife Ginni
“So at that moment, you don’t feel that anything will change because all things seem negative at that time. Don’t know what kind of chemical gets released in your brain that doesn’t allow you to think positively. But my family gave me strength at the time, especially my wife, Ginni. She knew everything about what was happening in my life. No one else did,” he said while speaking at a fest.
Kapil added, “My mother knew nothing about mental illnesses and depression, she is a woman from a small village. Not just her, even I did not have much of an idea about it… Paper walon ka bhala ho jinhone likha ‘Kapil Sharma hue depression ka shikaar’. Mujhe pata chala, accha, ye hai mujhe (Bless those papers who wrote ‘Kapil Sharma is a victim of depression’. That’s when I realised what had happened to me).”
Talking about the role his wife Ginni played in pushing him to reflect back at work, Kapil said, “Ginni stayed with me like a strong pillar. She is a big strength for me in my life. She told me that the public loves me and that I should go back to work. ‘Restart your show, you will feel good’,” he said.
According to reports, Kapil kept his celebrity guests such as Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan waiting in 2017. Before that, his fight with co-star Sunil Grover made headlines and affected the TRPs of the show too as the public sided with Sunil. After Kapil kept cancelling his shoots, the show went off air.
After a year, Kapil made a comeback with Family Time With Kapil Sharma which failed to impress the audience. Backed by Salman Khan, Kapil returned with a new season of The Kapil Sharma Show. With his usual impeccable comic timing and sense of humour, Kapil started gaining back the fans love and after a few episodes, the show got on track. The show has now completed more than 500 episodes.
