Mayank Shekhar: The curious case of Kapil Sharma

Updated On: 05 December, 2017 08:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar

<p>It's really hard to suddenly take a comedian seriously. Unfair, but true</p>

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Mayank Shekhar: The curious case of Kapil Sharma

Besides stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma, the most popular Indian to emerge from Amritsar has to be Dr Manmohan Singh. This fact, I've noticed, Sharma tends to repeat a lot in his interviews. Surely there must be many other biggies from Amritsar. Top chef Vikas Khanna, for instance, comes to mind. But hearing his name, most Indians are likely to go, as voters always do after the elections: "Kaun sa vikaas! Kahan hai vikaas?" Khanna serves New Yorkers, mainly; he appears on Indian TV on occasion, so I guess he doesn't count.

If Firangi is vaguely modeled on Lagaan, then Kapil Sharma is Aamir Khan