The Kapil Sharma Show: Kiku Sharda Responds To Plagiarism Charge

We had recently reported that the stand-up comedian Abijit Ganguly had accused Kapil Sharma and his show (The Kapil Sharma Show) of lifting (Plagiarism) a joke from a video that he did around a week ago. He even shared two video links to show the similarity.

Abijit took to Facebook and wrote a lengthy message on how disappointed and helpless he felt as the popular show copied his favourite joke. He wrote, "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." Now, Kiku has responded to the plagiarism charges.

Kiku was quoted by a leading daily as saying, "We are a big team and brainstorm before every episode. Someone cracked this joke and we made it a part of the script. It is possible that the same idea came to our writers, or maybe they had heard it somewhere. It is not that we do not use popular SMS or Whatsapp jokes. We can't keep track of who cracked what joke and when."

Abijit had mentioned in his FB post, "I understand that it's possible for two people to have the same thought, but this is not that."

He further wrote, "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."

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

"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."

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