Raj Shamani reveals the surprising story behind his viral Vijay Mallya interview on The Great Indian Kapil Show season 3.
The fan favourite The Great Indian Kapil Show season 3 continues to deliver entertainment with each episode. This weekend, the comedy talk show will host some of the internet’s most influential personalities—Raj Shamani, Sandish Bhatia, Kamya Jani, and Saurabh Dwivedi—who are set to share some of their most viral moments and behind-the-scenes stories from their digital careers.
A recently released promo by the streaming platform shows host Kapil Sharma taking a dig at Raj Shamani for managing to interview Vijay Mallya, an elusive figure who has avoided Indian authorities and the media alike. Kapil jokingly says, “Raj, you managed to interview someone even our country's top agencies couldn't get close to. How did you pull that off?” To this, Raj humorously responds, “I was just out for a walk in London when I saw him. I walked up to him and asked, ‘Sir, do you know who I am?’ He said, ‘No.’ Then I asked, ‘Do you know what a podcast is?’ and he said, ‘No.’”
In the promo, Raj confirms that the interview with Mallya was shot in London. The episode, airing this Saturday, will dive deeper into how the unexpected podcast episode came to be, which quickly went viral across platforms. This interview took over headlines as it featured businessman Vijay Mallya, who had long been absent from the media spotlight.
Adding to it, The Great Indian Kapil Show season 3, this episode also marks a unique moment in the show’s history, with Navjot Singh Sidhu returning as a special judge alongside Archana Puran Singh for the first time. Featuring fan-favourite comedians Kapil Sharma, Sunil Grover, Krushna Abhishek, Rajiv Thakur, and Kiku Sharda, the show promises a hilarious and insightful episode packed with untold stories from the world of digital journalism and podcasting.
