One of India’s most well-known stand up comedian Kapil Sharma, who was scheduled to co-host the inaugural match of CCL 4 with Mandira Bedi in on Saturday, backed off at the last hour, as per a report in Times of India. Apparently reasons for a fallot has been touted that Kapil was not given a vanity van.
Organisers of the event alleges: “He was to reach the stadium at noon to rehearse with Mandira. But he reached a good two hours late (2 pm), leaving no time for the rehearsal,” They then started demanding last minute changes to the script. He was adamant on being given a vanity van.”
“We offered him an AC room, but he refused, as the commentary box was on the other side and we were told he cannot walk all the way!”
“When his demands were not met, Kapil and his team walked out of the event within half an hour of reaching there,” reveals the organiser.
The officials further added: “Kapil was worried that this might jeopardise his relationship with Salman and Sohail Khan (co-owners Mumbai Heroes), as Kapil’s team tried calling the latter. But Sohail categorically told them to keep him out of it, they have been desperately trying to make amends, but we will not have them back.”
However, a friend of Kapil, defended the action saying: “We reached at 1 pm as we had got stuck in traffic. After we reached, no provisions were made. Kapil sat on the floor for an hour and a half. There were no chairs, no water. His back started to hurt. Besides, he needs space to rehearse. A room was offered to us when we almost left. We didn’t leave because of the vanity van. The organisers wanted him to sit in the commentary box. But Kapil is not a cricket expert. We had our script ready, but no one from the CCL creative team spoke to us!”
Speaking about the remuneration, she said: “In the contract, Kapil has been signed for four matches and paid `13 lakh in advance for one. We also texted Vishnu sir (founder, managing director, CCL) about the confusion. We have no hard feelings and are hoping to go for the Dubai match.”
