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Time of India
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
The Kapil Sharma Show fame Ali Asgar on how his kids faced bullying in school due to his cross-dressing performances; says 'mere bete ne mujhe kaha aapko kuch aur aata nahi hai kya?'
, popularly known for his comic roles in Comedy Circus, Comedy Nights with Kapil and , recently spoke about a challenging phase in his personal life when his children were subjected to bullying at school because of his cross-dressing acts on television. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now He recalled a moment when his son, struggling to cope with the situation, asked him if he was capable of doing anything else. During an interview with The Lallantop, the seasoned actor also spoke about the reason of leaving The Show. Ali spoke about an important phase in his career during Comedy Circus where he first worked with Kapil Sharma. The actor shared that playing female characters in most of the episodes made him feel creatively unhappy. This pushed him to take a break from television on purpose. He said, "Before The Kapil Sharma Show happened we were doing a season of Comedy Circus which was judged by Daler Mehendi and Archana Puran Singh. We won the season and it was a great season. I learnt a lot and was working with Kapil for the first time. After that I didn't continue with Comedy Circus because while doing the season out of 26 episodes 18-19 episodes had me cross-dressing. There was a time when writers just wrote me playing female characters. By default they were like Ali will do it and other events or awards also offered me similar female characters. So out of seven days in a week, four days I was in female getup. It started bothering me. There's no doubt, I was getting work and was paid also well but there was no satisfaction. Intentionally then I took a break and trust me, I sat home for 9 months after that because I was getting the same female characters offered to play. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now I kept refusing all the offers and 9 months passed by, but then Jennie Aur Juju was offered to me and I grabbed it both hands." He further added, "Jeannie Aur Juju started off very well and after 4/5 months later Kapil offered me Comedy Nights With Kapil. They offered me to play the role of Kapil's Daadi and I straight away refused saying I don't want to do female roles. I told them my reservation but they convinced me to four-five episodes as the script was already written. They told me they will change after that and with the intention that things will change we went on floor. The show immediately went on-air and just after the first telecast the show got a bumper opening. People loved it so much that we never looked back and the character change we initially decided never came up. I was also juggling between Jeannie and Juju and Daadi became such a big hit, that I also did not pay attention." Speaking about his decision of leaving The Kapil Sharma Show, Ali said, "My character was not working and it became stagnant at one point. There was no development and after doing good work in the past I realised if I'm not enjoying the character how will I portray it. I felt it's better to leave than destroy a character which I've created it. I thought I should take a break and comeback later. I left the show with that intention. The characteristics of Daadi and Naani were similar. From dance, kiss, alcohol, everything was used. When we created Nani she was supposed to be visually challenged but there was SNP issue and we had to change. There was no development in the role and I just didn't want to work for the heck of it. Mujhe wahan rehkar sirf paise nahi kamane the. I decided to take an exit." In the same interview, Ali talked about the difficult time when his children were bullied at school because of his cross-dressing roles. He revealed, "During the Comedy Circus phase, when I was doing cross-dressing performances, my kids got bullied in school. That's when I decided to take a break and I was at home for 9 months as I kept refusing the female characters. We used to shoot four acts and they used to air Saturday Sunday and weekdays I used to perform at events same cross-dressing roles. They were young and in primary class, so other kids used to make fun of them. Tab mere bete ne mujhe kaha tha ke aapko kuch aur aata nahi hai kya? I felt before others start asking me, I better stop doing these roles. It was quite shocking for me. But God was kind and I got Jeannie Juju." Ali Asgar talks about his new character in new show - 'Movie Masti with Maniesh Paul'
Hindustan Times
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
'Sajid Khan asked me to take off my clothes, sit in lingerie', says Ishqbaaz actor Navina Bole: ‘I managed to get out'
Actor Navina Bole opened up about her experience of meeting director Sajid Khan and how it left her shocked. In an interview with Subhojit Ghosh on his YouTube channel, the actor shared that she went to meet Sajid after he called her to discuss about a project. The actor claimed when she went to his office, he asked her to take off her clothes to show how 'comfortable' she is in her own skin. (Also read: Minissha Lamba calls Sajid Khan 'creature' as she talks about Me Too movement) During the interaction, Navina said, 'There is this terrible, terrible man who I would never want to meet in my life called Sajid Khan. He really the pushed the envelope when it came to disrespecting women. I was really excited when he called me and then he said, 'Why don't you just get off your clothes and sit in your lingerie? I need to see how comfortable you are in your body.' I am talking about 2004, 2006.' She went on to add, 'Thankfully I had someone waiting for me downstairs. I did not know how to reply and he said, 'Why? You wear a bikini on stage? So what is the problem? It is all t**s and a** in his language! You can come and sit here comfortably, be yourself.' I did not know what to say and I said that I will need to go home and get into a bikini if that is what you want to see and I cannot strip right now. Somehow I managed to get out of that place. He must have called me, not exaggerating, at least 50 times to ask where I have reached and why I was not coming." In 2018, Sajid Khan was accused of sexual harassment by three women, namely actor Rachel White, assistant director Saloni Chopra and journalist Karishma Upadhyay as part of the #MeToo campaign. Navina Bole is known for her roles in Television shows like Miley Jab Hum Tum, Jeannie Aur Juju, Sapna Babul and Ishqbaaz.
