Stand-up Comedian Abijit Ganguly Accuses Kapil Sharma & His Show Of Copying His Joke!

Stand-up comedian Abijit Ganguly accuses Kapil Sharma and his show The Kapil Sharma Show of copying his joke. He had also shared his and TKSS video links.

Stand-up comedian Abijit Ganguly has accused the makers of The Kapil Sharma Show for lifting a joke (Plagiarism) from a video that he did around a week ago. He even shared his and The Kapil Sharma Show's video links.

He took to Facebook, "Important - Lifting of Joke/Plagiarism by The Kapil Sharma Show: Please share this so that it reaches the folks at The Kapil Sharma's Show or Sony Entrainment Television. I had released a stand-up bit on Youtube and FB on 'having an elder brother' around two weeks back. (sic)"

Stand-up Comedian Abijit Ganguly's Joke Copied!

Stand-up Comedian Abijit Ganguly's Joke Copied!

"One of the jokes in the routine is an observational joke on how from from Kapil Dev to Zaheer Khan (citing some other names, such as Harbhajan Singh, Srinath, Kumble) all successful Indian bowlers have been co-incidentally younger brothers, leading to the punch of ‘Do you realise how weird it is that India's bowling strength depends on the fact that elder brothers never let younger brothers ever bat'." (Image source: Facebook)

Abijit Ganguly Says...

Abijit Ganguly Says...

"I have been doing this bit for over three years now and most people who have ever been to my show in the last three, would have heard this. And modesty aside, many have told me that this was one of their favourite jokes." (Image source: Facebook)

Abijit's Friend Informed That His Joke Has Been Lifted In TKSS!

Abijit's Friend Informed That His Joke Has Been Lifted In TKSS!

"Yesterday, at around 10:30 PM, I suddenly got a message from a friend on FB who said that my younger brother bowler joke had been lifted in The Kapil Sharma Show. Someone also tweeted out to me informing me of the same." (Image source: Facebook)

Abijit Crosschecked As Well...

Abijit Crosschecked As Well...

"I was genuinely flustered but still wanted to check before drawing any conclusions. Having checked online, I am disappointed and gutted to see that they have indeed done that."

Kiku Sharda Trying To Use His Joke!

Kiku Sharda Trying To Use His Joke!

"There I saw Kiku Sharda trying to use my joke (and honestly making a mess of it) while Sidhu and others laughed out in their usual hysterical manner as every cell in my body burnt with rage."

Two People Can Have Same Thought But...

Two People Can Have Same Thought But...

"I understand that it's possible for two people to have the same thought, but this is not that. The fact that right two weeks after I released this bit (which got a decent amount of traction), they just happen to use it while awkwardly trying to use the same examples as premise makes it clear what has happened."

Abijit Upset With TKSS Makers!

Abijit Upset With TKSS Makers!

"A stand-up bit takes a lot of effort to write and fine-tune. As comedians we strive for originality and after having made all the effort in coming out with a unique observation and building a joke around it, when something like this happens it just deflates you."

Abijit further wrote, "We comedians make a living from our self-written jokes. It's what I depend on to run my house. When you lift a joke I have written, you steal from me. It is as good as stealing my wallet, my watch, laptop or just a goddam robbery at my home."

"No Kapil Sharma, plagiarism is not OK. It is not OK to do this. It is not OK to lift a man's joke and do it on national TV where millions will now think you goddam wrote that joke, and if I am to ever perform it, it comes off as I lifted it."

"I am feeling angry, and helpless. I just hope there can be enough noise around this, so that it doesn't happen anymore with anyone else."

Here Is Abijit's FB Post:



It has to be seen what the makers and Kapil Sharma has to say about Abijit's claim!

Kapil Sharma has been hitting the headlines for wrong reasons because of his fight with Sunil Grover. Pos this fight, Sunil and other comedians (Ali Asgar and Chandan Prabhakar) have stopped shooting for the show. The show's ratings have dropped badly and there are reports that Kapil has been given an ultimatum to improve the ratings.

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