sunil grover who became popular as gutthi on a television comedy show admits that it gets tough when people expect him to be funny all the time however in the current times of the pandemic he is happy to make a comeback on the small screen with a comedy show in an exclusive chat with bt the actor talks about why he decided to slash his fee his equation with kapil sharma and more excerptsbe it mad in india or the more recent kanpur wale khuranas your comedy shows havent connected with the audience the way you would have expected them to so are you apprehensive about doing another comedy showwell we are consistently trying to do good work comedy is not at all easy it is serious business whether a particular show works or not depends entirely on the audiences verdict i was not planning to do a tv show in fact i was supposed to start shooting for a film but due to the pandemic that project has been stalled so when this show was offered to me i felt that it would be a good opportunity to make people laugh in these times gangs of filmistan the show is all about celebrating the indian film industry and i will play a don in it the cast includes actors like upasana singh sugandha mishra and siddharth sagarsince many actors have accepted a pay cut in the current scenario did you also slash your feeyes i feel that in the current scenario we need to accept a pay cut what matters is going out and working we should let others also earn their daily bread i may sound preachy but the current situation is compelling all of us to contribute to society in our own way i also plan to donate my earnings from the showyou have become synonymous with gutthi the character you played on kapil sharmas show are there any chances of you reprising that role or working with kapil now that you occasionally connect with himno i am not reprising gutthi if kapil and i are destined to work with each other again we will but as of now there are no such plans also it is common for people to ask me something on kapil whenever i am doing a new show we do occasionally talk to each other a lot of time has passed since i exited his show and time changes many thingsthese days theres a lot of debate happening on the insideroutsider theory in the entertainment industry you came from a small town to mumbai to pursue a career in showbiz whats your take on the issuewhen i came to mumbai i had no support system in this city i was lucky that i did not face any nepotism but i do feel sad for those who have faced it i also believe that talent finds a way sooner or later television has given me a lot of respect fame and love