Kapil Sharma, a well-known comedian in India, claims he is forbidden from using specific terms on his own show.
Speaking on the show of Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor, Kapil Sharma claimed that humour has evolved significantly in the modern world and that people now feel horrible about some things.
Kareena Kapoor questioned Kapil about if he considers when writing the scripts what to make fun of and what to avoid doing.
In response to this, Kapil noted that social media has expanded people’s knowledge and awareness in the modern period. As a result, people have started to see things from new perspectives, which has made them more sensitive and prone to offence.
Kareena was informed by Kapil that “this happens frequently in our community. For instance, in Amritsar, Punjab, there is a tradition where the girl’s family teases and mocks the boy’s side at weddings. Although it used to be usual in society to make fun of someone’s appearance or size, today we label it “body shaming.”
When you operate on large channels, “you can’t even imagine what kind of limitations they impose,” he said. I recently learned from my channel that I cannot use the word “crazy.” So refrain from using this word. I asked them to explain because I didn’t understand, and they responded that you shouldn’t use that phrase because people who are called insane in jest actually feel terrible.
Although we use this word frequently in our daily lives to refer to our children, brothers, and sisters, Kapil Sharma continued, “I think we are going backwards.”
In a joke, the comedian mocked Indian author Javed Akhtar’s remark by saying, “I remember in an interview, Javed Akhtar said in the scene of the movie Sholay, when Dharmendra is hiding behind the statue of Lord Shiva and speaking to Hema Malini, he wanted to write some sentences but could not write because in this situation there was fear of affecting people’s feelings as a result of these sentences.”
In his show, Kapil Sharma frequently made jokes on the looks of co-comedian Simona Chakraborty and Kiko Sharda, which some people found offensive.