Sumona Chakravarti says she joined Kapil Sharma when his partners were either fired or left him: ‘I went on to become Kapil’s wife’

Sumona Chakravarti said she went from being Ram Kapoor’s siter to Kapil Sharma’s wife on screen. ( Sumona Chakravarti, Kapil Sharma / Instagram)

Actress Sumona Chakravarti has been away from the limelight for some time now. She was last seen on Khatron Ke Khiladi, however, Sumona recently appeared on a podcast where she spoke about working with Kapil Sharma. The actress also revisited how she started her career in showbiz and how she collaborated with Kapil Sharma on Comedy Circus at a time when none of his partners would stick around. Sumona also revised the thick and thin she saw through the journey of The Kapil Sharma Show. Talking about her journey as an actor, Sumona said, “The Kapil Sharma Show gave me a lot of name, fame, and money. I have been working as an actor for 20 years now, an actor’s life is very difficult because the amount of rejection one faces is unreal. The money you earn on a project is for the time when you are not working because you don’t know how long it is going to be. Every actor doesn’t come from a well-connected business family, so we don’t have that kind of support.”

“Bade Acche Lagte hai was my big break. Later, I was approached to be Kapil’s partner in Comedy Circus. I had not seen the show, I had done fiction but not hardcore comedy that too with a stand-up comedian. I thought I’d give it a try and did a season with him. It was an unconventional pairing and it worked, the judges – Archana Puran Singh and Sohail Khan — told me at the time how Kapil’s partners either left him mid-way or got fired, no one stuck around. I was the first one who stuck through the years. For The Kapil Sharma Show, the mock shoot was done with somebody else, then he asked them to bring me, and we stuck together even when the channels, networks, and name changed. So, I went from Ram Kapoor’s sister to Kapil Sharma’s wife,” Sumona shared.

On the work front, Sumona also opened up about being stereotyped which is why now she is looking to play different roles in films or on OTT.