Ali Asgar says he quit playing ‘Dadi’ on Kapil Sharma’s show after his kids were bullied in school

‘Takleef bhi hoti hain na phir’

Ali then added that he felt stuck in that phase of his career. He shared, “Sunney waalo ko ye lagega ki, ‘Ye paagal hain! Kyu chhod diya?’ Par uss waqt mujhe ho bhi yahi raha tha ki Saturday, Sunday Comedy Circus karte thhe toh usme do-do act hota tha. Dono act mein main female. Sunday mein bhi female… Toh kya ki waha ek image ho gaya tha, aur writers ko bhi easy tha ki ek ko female karana tha… main puchta bhi tha ki aaj kya karaoge toh woh bolte thhe, ‘Aree wahi, jo aap karte ho!’ Toh woh takleef bhi hoti hain na phir ki mujhe sirf ye nahi karna hain mujhe kuch aur bhi karna hain. Main roz dal-chawal nahi khaunga. Mujhe aaj puri-bhaji bhi chahiye. Karne toh do! Nahi hua toh phir bolna! Phir wahi baat ho gayi ki ye meri rozi-roti bhi hain aur ye medium mere haath mein nahi hain, main hero thode na hoon. Flow mein karte gaye, and awards night hua tha, and jo bhi kiya brilliant tha (Those who are watching this, might say, ‘Is he mad? Why did he leave it?’ But at that time, Comedy Circus would air on Saturday and Sunday, and in both shows, I would play a female character. So I was starting to get that image. For the writers also, it was easy and they would keep writing female characters for me over and over again. I did not want to do the same thing over and over again but it was not in my hands. Still it was my livelihood, and whatever I did, it was brilliant).”