Actress Alia Bhatt recreates her iconic “Mere boyfriend ke saath gulu gulu" dialogue from 2019’s Gully Boy and filmmaker Karan Johar discusses his love life in the trailer of The Great Indian Kapil Show Season 2, set to hit Netflix on September 21 with new episodes released every Saturday.
Team India skipper Rohit Sharman also appears in the trailer dropped by the streamer on September 14. The cricketer is asked by host Kapil Sharma if he sees the comedy show as lucky for his team as they won the 2024 T20 World Cup after appearing as guests on an episode from the previous season.
Alia Bhatt joins Vedang Raina on the show to promote their upcoming thriller Jigra, while Janhvi Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Jr NTR make appearances ahead of the release of their film Devara on September 27.
Actress Ananya Panday’s mother Bhavana Pandey also appears as a guest in one of the episodes alongside other cast members of the hit Netflix series Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives. Krushna Abhishek and Sunil Grover twirl in a sari in the trailer, which also features Kiku Sharda who recreates Alia’s look from the 2022 biographical drama Gangubai Kathiawadi.
Earlier this week, Netflix had dropped a teaser for Season 2 featuring Kapil, Kiku, Sunil, Krushna, Rajiv Thakur and Archana Puran Singh.
The first season of The Great Indian Kapil Show premiered on Netflix on March 30 and concluded on June 22. The 13-episode chat show featured celebrity guests like Ed Sheeran, Ranbir Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Kartik Aaryan, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Sania Mirza, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal, Badshah, Diljit Dosanjh, Imtiaz Ali, Parineeti Chopra and the cast of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.
The audience response to the first season of the comedy chat show was lukewarm. The first episode with Ranbir Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor and Riddhima Kapoor Sahni garnered 2.5 million views. In the second week, the number of viewers increased slightly to 2.6 million views. However, with the third episode’s release, the show dropped to the eighth position, amassing only 1.7 million views. The fourth episode, featuring the Kaushal brothers — Vicky and Sunny — garnered only 1.2 million views, causing the show to slip to no. 8 on Netflix’s Top 10 chart.
