Comedian on the idiot box Kapil Sharma and his latest Bollywood outing Firangi have hit the big screen and all are wondering if it will resurrect his hiccuping career in both the spheres. Clearly, Kapil has seen better days. After all his The Kapil Sharma Show was going great guns on TV just so many months ago; His last outing in Bollywood in the form of Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon had managed to earn as much as Rs 10.15 crore on opening day, which was no mean feat at all. But since then it has all been downhill for the showman. Not only has his show virtually collapsed post his extremely public spat with his co-star Sunil Grover, his filmy trip has suffered a terminal blow it seems. Over and above that, Sharma’s emotional state been under question and he has been doing some really bizarre things that have got him criticised. All of this has led to Firangi misfiring at the BO. Firangi collections on opening day were just Rs. 2.10  cr! This come on the initial setback when most of the critics panned Firangi in their reviews and what is worse, it is emerging that the word of mouth is not exactly great. This double whammy is likely to be very, very costly for Kapil Sharma. And what is more, this is happening when there is no rival big draw movie in theatres to take the attention away from it except Vidya Balan starrer Tumhari Sulu, which is just about hanging in there itself.

Kapil Sharma, in the mean time is extremely confident of the success of his film. During an indianexpress.com, he had earlier said, “I have seen the film. I am my own critic and I also judge other artists on the stage. I make faces if I don’t like anything. They know it and they like it because, at the end of the day, we want to give good content to people. So, I liked the film. I want people to judge me on acting. The first day, people will come only because they love you. On the second day, people will ask others and then go. I have earned money with a lot of hard work. I have put all the money in this. I don’t want people to curse me after watching the film.”