Sunny Leone On the sets of Comedy Nights With Kapil

Filmmaker Ekta Kapoor self-confessedly makes TV serials for women and films for men. "That's why we have cast Sunny Leone in Ragini MMS 2," Ekta said on the sets of Comedy Nights With Kapil.

Ragini MMS 2, produced by Ekta and starring Sunny, is set to open later this month, giving funnyman Kapil the perfect reason to invite the two Bollywood celebs on his show for his forthcoming episode.

Dressed in a pink and orange gown, Ekta displayed her wit and quirky humour on the show. She revealed that she secretly dreams of playing dadi's character. "Unfortunately, when I wanted to be an actor, the show Comedy Nights With Kapil did not exist," said the film and TV producer said.

The audience on the set was curious about Sunny and a few naughty comments did the rounds. Riding high on her sensuous image, Sunny cheekily cracked a high-school level joke that her film would release on "Ek Kiss" March, referring to March 21.

Sunny managed to speak a few sentenced in Hindi and at one point even posed as Kapil's "sanskari patni" to give dadi lessons on how to be a perfect mom-in-law.

Kapil asked Ekta what gave her ideas to create characters such as Komolika, Tulsi and Parvati for her various hit TV shows that continue to be household names even today. "I created these characters by peeping into my neighbours' houses," said Ekta. "Komolika was inspired by a famous actress who worked opposite my father (Jeetendra). This actress had all the mannerism that we showed in Komolika," she added.

Ali Asgar, who plays dadi on the shoe, came dressed as a tree saying that she had gone for an audition for a film in which she will play a tree in a forest.

Kiku Sarda, as Palak, was dressed in a white saree with a candle in her hand. She played a ghost, trying to scare Ekta. "Mujhe darana pasand hai, darna nahi (I love scaring people, not getting scared)," said Ekta, who has made several films in the horror genre. Palak even prodded Ekta to audition for the role of a ghost.

The buzz is strong that Kapil was reluctant to have Sunny on his show to promote her last release, Jackpot. Kapil reportedly was not keen to offend his family audience base by having an exporn star on the show. However, competition for ratings from a rival comedy show could be a reason why he agreed this time. In any case, he clearly enjoyed chatting with Ekta and Sunny

Kapil Sharma to cut down his comedy show for movie career

Kapil", is set to embark on a movie career and he says the show would have to revert to its one-episode-per-week format due to time constraint.

Kapil will make his film debut with Yash Raj Films' (YRF) "Bank-Chor", which will go on floors in April.

"By now, somehow managing my schedules has become a habit for me. I am talking to you early in the morning after having worked on my show for 36 hours. Doing two episodes every week means I've to provide at least 70 minutes of content every week.

"It's not easy to think up funny gags every 10 seconds. We can't afford to let our audience get bored for even a few moments," said Kapil.

Given the time constraints, he says he has to cut down his television show by half.

"I've no choice but to do this. The channel Colors doesn't want me to do the show only once a week. But for the sake of the film, I've no choice but to cut down my television show by half," said the comedian, who has waited a very long time to do a movie.

"I didn't want to just carry over my 'Comedy Nights' image into my movie career. When I heard the script of 'Bank Chor', I was completely taken up. It allows me room not only for comic scenes, but there is also an element of seriousness in the story," he said.

Directed by Bumpy, the film unfolds the story of three people who pick a wrong day to rob a bank. What happens when the trio is caught in a crossfire of cops, industrialists and corrupt politicians, forms the rest of the story.

"It's basically the story of the guys. So, the male casting is being done first. I am happy that I'd be making my film debut with Yashraj Films. I grew up watching their films. I never dreamt I'd be part of a Yashraj film one day," he said.