The Great Indian Kapil Show made a grand comeback with its third season, premiering last night with a fun-filled episode. The laughter-packed debut featured Bollywood superstar Salman Khan ’s first appearance on the show, along with the much-awaited return of Navjot Singh Sidhu as a judge, joining Archana Puran Singh . Kapil kicked off the episode by greeting the audience and Sidhu, teasing that the platform had to spend a lot of money to bring him back.
Kapil Sharma playfully asked Navjot Singh Sidhu about joining forces with Archana Puran Singh and his return to The Great Indian Kapil Show. In response, Sidhu shared a shayari, saying that Dehradun could never come between the charm of two people from Amritsar. Kapil continued the banter by joking that Archana had been anxious ever since she heard about Sidhu’s return and even consulted astrologers about it. He says, "Jyotish ko jaake kehti hai, Rahu aur ketu ko toh main sambhal lungi ye Sidhu ka koi upay batao..(I can handle Rahu and Ketu, but what do I do with Sidhu?).
This had everyone bursting into laughter. Kapil then added to the fun by joking that the astrologer Archana consulted was none other than Akash Chopra, who changed his profession out of fear of Sidhu’s commentary. He further says that Sidhu had no problems sharing the judges chair with Archana. Kapil says, "Sidhu ji said look, I do commentary with someone even during matches, I can handle it sitting next to someone here too. of course, it's a whole other thing that he never lets anyone else talk."
Kapil doesn't stop and cracks a hilarious joke about how in one of the recent matches he did not allow Harbhajan Singh to speak during cricket commentary and kept talking.
The ace comedian expresses his happiness about Navjot Singh Sidhu's return on the show. However, he jokes that because of him they ended up taking a long break of six months. Sidhu gives a hilarious comeback, "Good thing it took only six months, imagine what you'd have done if it took nine months."
Kapil doesn't leave the chance and takes a dig at Sidhu and says, "Main toh phir break mein mere bacche hue, jab corona hua, aap toh chalte matchon mein kar gaye, dekho aap." (For the record, I had my kids during COVID, when the world was on a break. You had yours while the cricket matches were still going on).