Comedy Nights With Kapil Show phone conversation Going Viral

Even as Kapil Sharma is dogged by controversy, his friends and co-actors have rallied around him.Kiku Sharda, who worked with Kapil on Comedy Nights With Kapil as well as The Kapil Sharma Show, asks everyone to give the comic space.

The controversy currently swirling around Kapil commenced after he tweeted abuses at a film journalist and reportedly followed it up with an even more abusive phone conversation that has since gone viral.Kapil later filed a police complaint against the journalist, his former manager Preeti Simoes and her sister Neeti Simoes.His latest show Family Time With Kapil has also gone off air, and it's unclear if Kapil will shoot for it again.

"I have met people who have told us that grandparents in hospital had smiles on their faces only because they were watching Kapil's show," Kiku tells Rajul Hegde.