Kapil Sharma enters the 100-crore club: Comedian inks staggering deal to renew his show in 2017

Kapil Sharma moved his popular comedy show The Kapil Sharma Show (previously known as Comedy Nights With Kapil) from Colors to Sony Entertainment in the beginning of 2016.  The Kapil Sharma Show has worked wonders for the channel: Not only has this meant a big upward spike in the channel’s ratings; he seems to have been single handedly responsible for revamping the channel’s numbers. Kapil’s brand of comedy has become so popular that he is now commanding a whopping Rs 60-80 lakh per episode for his current season. With the who’s who of Bollywood visiting his show every weekend, the announcement that it has been greenlit for renewal is not surprising at all. A source told DNA, “SONY TV has signed The Kapil Sharma Show on for another year. And they have renewed Kapil’s contract till 2017 end.” An Indian Express report pointed out that, “Kapil is getting a whopping Rs 110 crore for his renewed yearlong stint with Sony and the makers are very happy with him and his show. They didn’t mind the pocket pinch because his show is the most profitable venture for them currently and they can’t let it go.” The comedian was in the news recently when he tweeted accusations against civic officials in Mumbai, of seeking a Rs 5 lakh bribe to regularise his office space. His tweet boomeranged, and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in turn, claimed that the actor had flouted building norms not only in his Versova office building but also at his Goregaon apartment in Mumbai.

I am paying 15 cr income tax from last 5 year n still i have to pay 5 lacs bribe to BMC office for making my office @narendramodi

— Kapil Sharma (@KapilSharmaK9) September 9, 2016

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