“Guthi” Sunil Grover Lashes At Out Kapil Sharma

Sunil Grover clears the air on histalked about exit from a TV showAllegation No: 1You were the big draw of ComedyNights with Kapil but your demandfor a hike didn’t go down wellthe channel.My contract was getting overand that’s why I started negotiationswith the channel and what followedleft a bad taste because I was simplyasking for I hike I deserved. Initiallyit was a straight ‘No’, later theytold me to ‘work on freelance basis’and finally agreed to my terms. Thisprocess went on for a month duringwhich they introduced new charactersthat they hoped would be aspopular. Unfortunately, they did notsucceed and I had had enough. Butnow they don’t want me to take thecharacter to another show. If yourwife leaves you, don’t you have theright to remarry? But I wasn’t a wife,only a ‘no strings attached prostitute’who was given a stipulated timeto carry out a job.Allegations No: 2Buzz is, Kapil Sharma has createdall the characters in the showI refuse to believe this becausehe didn’t tell me so. But let me clarifythat I created Guthi. I had used thename Guthi in Comedy Circus earlier.I was hired to play multiple charactersin Comedy Nights With Kapilwhen suddenly one day the creativeteam decided I should play Guthi.Allegation No: 3Reportedly, Kapil and you didn’thit it off.No, there was no problem betweenus. Sometimes, people aroundyou try to create misunderstandings.Allegation No: 4Guthi’s popularity apparentlymade Kapil insecure.Fortunately or unfortunately,the show is named after Kapil. Heis the monitor of the class. Therewere days when we didn’t speak toeach other, but that was because wewere preoccupied. Let me leave withdignity. I didn’t even announce mywithdrawal. In fact, I did seven episodeseven after my contract ended.The show gave me the biggest platformto showcase my acting potential.But today, I can say that I savedthe broadcasters by voluntarily optingout. Guthi could take on differentforms as a result of which thecharacter grew bigger by the time.A time may have come when theywould have felt impelled to clip mywings.Allegation No: 5You plan to take Guthi to a rivalchannel.I’ve been getting a lot of offerssince I opted out. This is the bestphase of my career, why shouldn’tI cash in on it? I reserve the right totake my art and skills further. Salim-Javed gave Amitabh Bachchan thename Vijay, I gave myself the nameGuthi. If Amitabh Bachchan andShah Rukh Khan could play Vijayand Rahul in so many movies,why can’t I play Guthi again? Thechannel has issued a public noticethat underlines the fact that I cannotadapt Guthi’s character in a newshow. That is equivalent to compellingme to stop working. But Iwon’t stop. I am here to act. I mightnever have played Guthi again hadthings been sorted out amicably.But I don’t like someone forciblystopping me. Now, I want to retainthe rights to the name. But if theyget another actor playing Guthi onComedy Nights With Kapil, I willnot oppose because this show gaveme a platform that changed my life.This controversy has only made mebigger.