The shoot for comedian Kapil Sharma’s upcoming show, Family Time with Kapil Sharma, was cancelled recently, Sony Entertainment Television said in a statement.
Kapil was scheduled to shoot with the team of the upcoming film, Baaghi 2, scheduled to release on March 30 (the show will premiere on March 25 with Ajay Devgn as the special guest), but ‘due to technical difficulties’ the shoot was not only cancelled, but also rescheduled.
“There has been a technical issue on the sets which cannot be resolved immediately. Hence, today’s shoot had to be rescheduled. The press conference is also been rescheduled. We will update you on the revised dates. We apologise for any inconvenience caused,” the channel said in a statement.
Several reports are stating that Kapil's recent war of words with his ex-colleague Sunil Grover may be the reason which led to the rescheduling but a statement released by the channel cites the reason to be a technical glitch on the sets. While it was also being reported that Baaghi 2 co-stars Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani were expected to join on the sets for the cancelled shoot, a source close to the show host told Indian Express that it was for the launch episode and no celebrity was scheduled to be part of it.
Paji I called u more then 100 times n came to ur house to meet u twice .. every time u were out for some show n all .. pls don’t spread rumors that I didn’t call u.
— KAPIL (@KapilSharmaK9) March 17, 2018
The comedian has a reputation for having cancelled shoots for The Kapil Sharma Show, including episodes that were supposed to have guests like Arjun Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgn.
"It's so sad that even before the show could hit the tube, people are trying to tarnish Kapil's image. He did have a battle of words with Sunil but that was not the reason for the launch being cancelled," the source told Indian Express.