The Great Indian Kapil Show: Is Kapil Sharma charging Rs 5 crore per episode? Total fees for 3 seasons is Rs 195 Crore; Reports

Ace comedian Kapil Sharma recently returned with Season 3 of his popular show, The Great Indian Kapil Show. While the premiere episode of TGIKS is creating a buzz on social media, Kapil is also making headlines for his hefty remuneration.As per a report in Siasat Daily, The Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon actor charges a massive Rs 5 crore per episode for his show. He has reportedly maintained this fee since Season 1, where he earned around Rs 65 crore for the 13-episode season.The report also mentioned that Kapil Sharma earned the same amount during Season 2, and his fee is expected to remain unchanged for Season 3. If that continues, he's set to earn another Rs 65 crore, bringing his total earnings from the series to a staggering Rs 195 crore.The Great Indian Kapil Show season 3, recently started airing from June 21 and the show witnessed the comeback of Navjot Singh Sidhu. He joined Archana Puran Singh on the judges seat. During the opening act, Kapil Sharma took a playful dig at Navjot Singh Sidhu's hefty fee, jokingly thanking the streaming platform for providing a budget big enough to afford him. The premiere episode saw Salman Khan making some interesting and hilarious revelations about his life.

He also opened up about facing health issues like brain aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), and trigeminal neuralgia, commonly referred to as the ‘suicide disease’ due to its excruciating pain.

In a candid conversation with Kapil Sharma, “Hum ye jo daily ki haddiyan tudwa rahe hain, pasliyan toot gai, trigeminal neuralgia ke sath kaam kar rahe hain, aneurysm hai brain mein uske bawajood kaam kar rahe hain.

AV malformation hai, uske bawajood chal rahe hain.”The Great Indian Kapil Show (TGIKS) features a stellar lineup including Sunil Grover, Krushna Abhishek, Rajiv Thakur, and Kiku Sharda. Adding to the excitement, Navjot Singh Sidhu has also reunited with Kapil Sharma for the current season. The upcoming episodes of the show will feature the cast of Metro In Dino, Indian cricketers Abhishek Singh, Rishabh Pant, Yuzvendra Chahal and Indian coach Gautam Gambhir.