ali asgar who was last seen in the comedy show kanpur wale khuranas is all set to make a comeback with a new show titled akbar ka balbirbal the actor will play the role of emperor akbar in the showali who gained immense popularity after doing standup comedy and comedy fiction shows in the last five years admits that he found himself slotted in comedy roles he says i am an actor and would love to add variety to the kind of roles that i do however in the past five years i did so many standup comedy shows such as comedy nights with kapil the kapil sharma show comedy circus the drama company and others that people forgot i also did kahaani ghar ghar ki and kutumb many years ago if i can do comedy i can also do serious roles in fact there were so many people who were surprised that i am open to doing social dramas they felt that i had become such a regular on comedy shows that i only wanted to pursue those i would like to emphatically say that it is not true i cant be slotted in rolesasgars colleague and coactor kiku sharda had earlier played the role of akbar in a comedy show has he seen that asgar says i believe there is room for everyone in the industry if kiku did something similar earlier and i am playing akbar again whats wrong with it if any actor who fit the role of emperor akbar perfectly it would be the late prithviraj kapoor he should be an inspiration for all of us i am happy that i am getting to do something different