Kamal Ghorui
The Great Indian Show recently returned with a special episode featuring Samay Raina and Ranveer Allahabadia. This was the first time Ranveer and Samay appeared together on a show after their India’s Got Latent controversy. The episode was super entertaining as Samay Raina and Kapil Sharma were in full form. However, the highlight of the episode was when Kapil Sharma invited Sunil Pal in the same episode.Their on-screen banter quickly went viral and many viewers felt Sunil was invited only to be joked about.Samay took many digs at Sunil Pal. During one segment, Samay joked, “Sir, I have no issues with you except one—why don’t you brush your teeth?” Samay took another dig: “Mujhe Sunil bhai ek number lagte hain, Dus mein se.” He continued to mock Sunil Pal. When Kapil quizzed Sunil about arriving at his movie’s premiere in chappals, Samay replied, “Ye humesha chappal mein ghoomte hain, joota toh inko pad jaata hai kahin se (He always wears flip-flops. He only sees shoes when they are thrown at him.)” He added, “He (Sunil Pal) has said so many things about us. My mom would be proud of me this time.”While Navjot Singh Sidhu and Archana Puran Singh laughed, some people online felt the jokes crossed the line and were insulting.The veteran comedian Sunil Pal has now responded to the criticism, saying he did not find the exchange disrespectful. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Sunil stated, “I didn’t take it as humiliation because it was a comedy show. Pulling each other’s leg is part of the format. If someone appears before you, you don’t harm them—you joke around. I made punchlines on him, and he did the same.” He added that if the setting had been serious, he might have reacted differently, but in comedy, even superstars like Shah Rukh Khan are not spared.“That’s not all, Sunil further made it clear that he already knew about Samay Raina being on the show and had no personal problems with him. “It’s not a personal beef. It’s a difference of opinion—not just with Samay, but with many Gen-Z comedians who rely on abusive language. When you have talent, education, and access to platforms, your content should be better, not crass.”Even during his appearance on The Great Indian Kapil Show, Sunil Pal expressed his dislike for Samay’s comedy. He said, “It would have been better if he had thrown grenades from his mouth, because what actually comes out of him is unbearable. And joh samajh mein nahi aata woh samaj mein nahi aata, so anyone who doesn’t belong in society is basically a terrorist.”
