Good evening, and welcome to The Great Indian Kapil Show!
- Kapil! Kapil! Kapil! - Thank you so much.
Please take your seats.
Kapil! Kapil! Kapil!
- Archana ji. Sidhu sahab. - Yes?
People say
education is essential in life.
It is what brings us
from darkness into the light.
There was a time when there were very few schools,
and some children had to cross rivers just to reach one.
On the bright side, they learned how to swim along with their lessons.
If a child got into trouble, though,
the complaint rarely made it home.
There were no phones and no email.
Even the teacher would think, "Who's going to swim all that way?"
"Just for one complaint, why get your trousers wet twice?"
Right?
Those were different times.
"Trousers wet…"
There were not enough classrooms either,
so classes were often held under a tree.
Not only would the student pass the tenth grade,
but even the monkey sitting in the tree would pass the fifth grade.
You see…
- You were that monkey. - I was that monkey.
Back then, the admission process was simple.
Even your neighbor could enroll your child.
"Write it down. Father is Girdhari. Mother is Dulari. Child is Murari."
That was it.
Today, the paperwork never ends.
They make you fill out ten forms.
From medical reports to your father's bank balance,
- they want every detail. - Yes.
They make you sign so many documents that a father might wonder
whether he's enrolling his child or adopting one.
Look at school fees now.
They run into the hundreds of thousands.
Back then, tuition was barely ten to fifteen rupees.
- Yeah. - If you had one sibling,
- you got a five-rupee discount. - Yes.
Another sibling meant another five rupees off.
The third child practically studied for free.
Still, some families continued to have more children.
At that point, the school would hand ten rupees to the child and say,
"Son, send your father here instead."
He's troubling your mother for no reason.
Good one.
Your school uniform, the shirt and pants,
would be replaced every year or two
once they wore out.
- But the winter blazer - Yes.
was expensive.
So students would get it stitched in sixth grade and keep wearing it…
Through tenth grade.
The blazer that reached down to here in sixth grade
would barely reach here by tenth grade.
You couldn't tell
whether the child was wearing a blazer or a blouse.
So, this--
There was a time when teachers would ask students
what they wanted to become when they grew up.
Some would say a doctor, an engineer,
or a scientist.
Today, the guests we have here
have set such a milestone in education
that children now say they want
to be teachers like them when they grow up.
- Yes. - So, amid your
huge round of applause, please welcome
the esteemed teachers, Nitin Vijay Sir,
Mr. Khan Sir,
and Mr. Alakh Pandey ji.
Wow!
Welcome, sir. Welcome.
Welcome, Nitin Sir.
Welcome, Khan sahab.
- Welcome, Alakh Sir. - Kapil bhai, how are you?
All good, sir.
A warm welcome to the three of you.
We are truly happy to have you here.
Today's episode is going to be different.
As you all know, we have already met Khan Sir.
He has millions of followers on YouTube.
Alakh Pandey Sir.
We are meeting for the first time.
You know him as Physics Wallah.
Nitin Vijay Sir is lovingly known as NV Sir.
In Kota, two things are famous.
Kota's kachori and NV Sir.
It's my good fortune that today I stand with such accomplished people.
If we make any mistakes today, I apologize in advance.
Now it's time for Sidhu paaji's poem.
- The poem includes their names, right? - Okay.
- You see-- - He even writes custom poems.
For every occasion, tailored to the guest.
They lead the lost back to the way
They kindle light where dark holds sway
These three are mines of shining light
- Who rouse the cry of triumph bright - Wow!
Bravo!
These three gurus have made learning so easy and entertaining
that no one can say they don't feel like studying anymore.
Pick up your phone, and class begins.
All you need is the internet and some focus.
Right? Kids must decide
if they want to watch the "Kacha Badam" video…
or grow up educated and earn their own almonds!
Sir, on one side, you're creating educational content,
and on the other side, Nora Fatehi is not making it easy for you.
How hard is it
to keep students focused?
It must be challenging, right?
This guy was just watching a Tamannaah Bhatia video a while back.
What stands out about the three of you
is not just your deep knowledge of your subjects.
It's the way you teach. That's what makes you exceptional.
Was it always clear to you that engagement matters?
That, unless students are hooked,
they're not going to learn?
Over time, you realize
what a child truly needs.
Not just a teacher. A friend.
Someone who knows their weaknesses
and still puts a hand on their shoulder and says,
"Relax. You're going to be fine."
True.
One day, a child was in the market
and saw a butcher dragging a goat
- Okay. - while the goat resisted and cried.
The child asked his father,
"Why is the goat screaming and pulling away?"
The father said, "They're taking him to be slaughtered."
The child replied, "Oh. I thought they were taking him to school."
Khan Sir, that was a good one.
Thank God Khan Sir didn't choose our profession.
Alakh Sir, do you know what you and Archana ji have in common?
You are known
as Physics Wallah. She's called Physique Wali.
Right? Ripped.
They both make videos,
but the difference lies in the intention.
He makes videos so students can stand on their own feet and build a future.
Archana ji makes videos
so she can eat kachoris for free at a famous restaurant
and post a vlog.
Archana ji, do you know
Alakh Sir's net worth?
- It's 145 billion rupees. - Oh, brother.
Should I announce yours, too?
Ask him as well.
He never reveals it.
Recently, his company went public in an IPO.
I know teachers who retire and,
at best, open a small public phone booth.
Sir, when you started teaching,
did you ever imagine it would grow to this level?
More than net worth, I value the continued love
I have received from students.
The reason you invited me here today
is not because of my net worth or because of the IPO,
but maybe because students truly care about me.
I am who I am because of them.
When my net worth was zero,
those students stood by me.
- Wow. - Maybe one day it could return to zero,
but I know their love will remain.
Speaking of NV Sir,
there's a popular series on Netflix called Kota Factory.
- It was inspired by him. - Jeetu bhai.
NV Sir,
you cleared IIT.
You could have built a career anywhere in the world.
What made you decide to stay in Kota,
teach students, and help shape their futures?
I was born and raised in Kota. People call it the Kashi of education.
I grew up inspired by teachers.
In my first year at IIT, my mother told me one thing.
"Decide in your first year what you want to become."
- Okay. - "Focus on one path."
Whatever you choose, do it with your whole heart
and don't think about anything else.
At first, I wanted to become an astronaut.
- Okay. - Yes.
Physics was my strength.
Another option was to become a teacher because I was deeply influenced by them.
But I realized that if I chose to become an astronaut,
I might or might not receive a scholarship.
Then I met a teacher to seek guidance about teaching.
He told me,
"There's a big difference between having knowledge and imparting knowledge."
He encouraged me to start teaching in my first year.
I did, and the response from students was overwhelming.
That's when I decided to return to Kota.
It turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life.
Not many people get the chance
to go back to their hometown, contribute something meaningful,
and live with their parents at the same time. They're here today.
Everything I am is because of them.
Welcome.
All three of you teach in a way that makes learning enjoyable.
In my experience,
teachers were
strict and intimidating.
Especially math and English teachers.
We prayed the science teacher wouldn't show up
because we never understood the subject.
When you were students,
did you ever wish
your teachers treated you more like friends?
I was terrified of teachers.
We had a professor
who would pull our ears so hard
it felt like he wanted to take them home.
One day,
he announced an exam in ten days.
Fifteen of us
always sat in the back row.
It felt like the ground disappeared beneath us.
We honestly thought it would be better if the world ended
before the exam arrived.
One mischievous kid in our group said,
"I know a spell."
"If we chant it sincerely,
the teacher will die."
We were so terrified
that we stopped studying, sat in a circle,
- Chanted the spell! - and started chanting the spell.
- It didn't work. - What happened to the teacher?
- He was perfectly fine. The spell failed. - Was he okay?
I was scared beyond words.
I never understood
why teachers assumed we knew as much as they did.
We were there to learn.
You cannot just dump information on students and expect it to stick.
Teachers would ask, "You understood, right?"
Just by looking at our faces, they should have known
whether we understood or not.
- A student's face says it all. - Correct.
When they understand something,
- you can see it. - Yes.
There's a smile. They start glowing, even without makeup.
Kapil bhai, I want to add something.
Education is not limited to science, math, or geography.
Sir, you became successful through cricket.
Ma'am, you through acting.
And you became successful by making people laugh.
That is noble work. People who are stressed or unwell
find relief through laughter. You made my parents laugh.
That is education, too.
- Yes. - To become an actor,
a comedian, or a stand-up comedian.
Today, it's crucial for the new generation of educators
to understand that
education is not just about memorizing formulas like a plus b whole square
or calculating the value of sine theta.
We must learn the skills that help us live well
and earn a livelihood.
- That's essential in life. - Absolutely.
Kapil bhai, I would like to add one more thing.
- Yes, sir. - In the coming years,
much of what we learn today
may become outdated because we live in the age of AI.
- True. - So what's the real purpose of education?
It's to teach someone how to learn.
Knowing how to think is an art.
Teaching that art is crucial.
- Right. - If children remain lifelong learners,
nothing will be impossible for them.
They must stay students throughout their lives.
Teaching them that mindset is very important.
If they continue learning,
failure will…
never defeat them.
Wow.
Wow!
We will continue this conversation.
Please have a seat. Welcome.
After you.
Khan Sir, if someone offers free juice on the street,
people will turn around
just to grab a glass.
But someone offered you 1.07 billion,
and you turned it down.
Archana ji wanted to know why.
When we were students,
it was our dream to travel to different places to study.
- As sir mentioned about Kota, - Yes.
going there was beyond our means.
Even today, more than 90 percent of students
cannot afford reserved train tickets.
- They travel in general compartments. - Right.
We used to stand near the doorway,
afraid to step inside because we might get fined 400 rupees.
We would just sit there quietly.
How could I afford expensive coaching centers
that charged 100,000 rupees just to see the teacher's face?
Back then, there were no online options.
To attend classes in person, you had to spend nearly 200,000 rupees.
When I finally had the opportunity,
I hadn't forgotten those days.
I hadn't forgotten the blisters on my feet.
I knew there would always be students facing the same struggles.
- Wow! - So I decided--
- Wow. - Wow.
So I decided that if I ever got the chance,
I wouldn't follow that path.
When even Ravan's golden kingdom of Lanka didn't last,
what is 1.07 billion in comparison?
It's nothing.
In fact, the one who was offering me 1.07 billion
is no more.
I mean, his company is no more. He's alive.
- Is he alive? - Yes, he is.
What was he offering you 1.07 billion for?
He wanted me to join him and raise our fees.
That would've changed everything.
These expensive institutes say,
"He charges less because that's his level."
"If you want premium education,
you must pay premium prices."
So we worked hard, reached the highest standards,
built the largest education channel in the world,
and still kept our fees low.
Now, who can question our quality?
It's the largest in the world.
Wow!
Today, at the Mumbai railway station alone,
about 150 of my former students are working.
During the lockdown, I taught them for 11 rupees.
- Wow. - Just 11 rupees.
And it's the result of those 11 rupees
and affordable education
that my students now work in every department across the country.
- Every department. - Wow!
Let me share a small example of the importance of online education.
Zeeshan couldn't be here today.
He used to sing
in a local band.
If a wedding procession lasted two hours,
he would stand there and sing the entire time.
Today, he's a PCS officer
- serving as a magistrate. - Incredible.
Now I realize
that in the face of fulfilling so many dreams,
those 1.07 billion just seem tiny.
- I feel it was good that I turned it down. - Incredible.
We heard that even Alakh Sir got a blank check from someone!
Have you kept it with you until now, sir?
The same person who offered him money came to me with an offer as well!
- It's the same man! - The same man!
I even called him
and explained everything.
He said, "He offered me as well. We turned him down."
He was trying to get two birds with one stone.
Khan Sir said, "I got this offer." I said, "Yeah, this happens. Leave it."
A lot of you already know this,
but the new audience joining us through your show may not.
Ma'am, I was in sixth grade.
My dad had to sell our house,
and we moved into a rented home in a slum.
We stayed there.
I really wanted to prepare for the IIT exam.
But when you live somewhere where the rent is 1,100 rupees,
and there's no earning family member,
you have to start earning.
I began teaching in eighth grade.
Teaching was never a dream or a passion for me. It was a necessity.
All I can say is
that a poor person often acts out of
- necessity in life. Necessity to work. - Actually.
There's no room for passion.
Passion and hobbies are indulgences only the rich can afford.
- At that time, work was about survival, - Absolutely.
putting food on the table.
I used to go to people's houses to teach their children.
While teaching, I had a deep desire to prepare for IIT,
but I couldn't afford it.
I couldn't go to Kota, which had so many good coaching centers.
A while back, you said you couldn't grasp what teachers taught you.
Even I felt that professors in my college
couldn't make learning fun.
And in society, making learning fun is often considered a bad thing.
- You hit the nail on the head. - "How can you have fun while studying?"
- It should be a joy. - "You're a teacher, be serious!"
Yes! You're a teacher, be serious. You're a teacher, stay poor.
You're a teacher, don't teach them to make money.
Why the hell not?
If I'm not teaching kids how to make a living,
what am I preparing them for?
- Right. - Then I dropped out of college.
After that, all I wanted to do was teach.
I wanted to teach physics.
The best physics educator,
NV Sir.
I thought
I would learn from him and then teach others.
- Then I went to Kota. - Okay.
Hear me out.
I went to Kota hoping to get my hands on NV Sir's videos.
However, the videos were very expensive, around 80,000 rupees.
But Kota has stationary stores
that sell pen drives…
- with pirated… - Really?
So I got his videos for 4,000 rupees.
Thank you, sir.
I studied physics from those videos.
He's an excellent educator. Words cannot do him justice.
While learning, I realized that
the coaching I couldn't afford because of my family's circumstances
should be available to other kids.
That's when I decided to launch my own platform.
Brilliant.
And now you have a web series being made about you,
- Hello Bachhon. - Yes, its teaser was recently released.
Wow.
The excellent web series inspired by Alakh Sir's life and journey
is coming out soon.
How big a deal is this, sir?
It is, but even bigger is that I saw a few kids right over there.
Hi, Rohit. Both are Rohit.
That's Rohit over there.
When the NEET results came out, NEET being a medical entrance exam,
the moment the results were released, I left for Jamshedpur
because I learned that…
Rohit, who used to sell mobile covers on the streets,
cleared NEET and was on his way to becoming a doctor.
- Oh, wow! - I went to meet him.
That's him.
Well done.
Next to him is another Rohit,
Rohit Shaw.
He's the first
IITian from his slum.
- Rohit. - Wow.
- And… - My God.
- Superb! - Many congratulations.
Next to them is a girl named Dolly.
She has three sisters.
Someone told her she could never become a doctor.
Her dad works hard driving a bus.
She put up a photo that said,
"Alakh Sir… my brother…" What was it?
I used to worry about how I would afford coaching
with no money.
Then my dad and I discovered
that there's a man named Alakh Pandey,
who teaches a batch for 3,800 rupees.
I enrolled and gave my
first NEET attempt.
I scored 192.
It was very low,
and I felt demotivated. My dad said,
"As long as we have Alakh, what's there to worry about?"
- Okay. - He said that.
- Wow. - That motivated me.
I gave the next NEET attempt
and got selected.
I'm currently studying in a government medical college.
I owe all of this to Alakh Sir.
Wow.
- Thank you, sir. - Thank you.
That was such an inspiring story. What a day!
Kapil, do you know what the most important part is?
Quality education that costs very little.
- Right. - This simple thing
is so powerful.
Education
that is affordable
enables you to stand on your own feet, and opportunities come to you.
- That's the most important thing. - True.
NV Sir, as Alakh Sir said,
he saw a lot of your videos on pen drives through piracy.
Back in Amritsar, there was a shop.
A boy used to come there every day to buy samosas.
He would ask, "Should I pack them?" The boy replied,
"No, I want to watch you make them fresh."
The boy kept coming for almost a month,
but he didn't show up on the 31st.
The shopkeeper wondered where he had gone.
It turns out the boy bought the shop next door
and started his own--
I didn't see that coming.
What do you think? Would the shopkeeper have been ecstatic?
I don't know about the shopkeeper,
but education has been on the back burner in this country.
I believe we have 240 million kids in our country,
so we need three million people like him.
The three of us are really not enough.
- Wow. - We need three million.
Well said.
I would like to thank him for one more thing.
It's truly a dream to be here.
When I started teaching, I never even imagined that
one day we'd end up on a show like this.
By inviting us, you've shown us a level of respect
that will inspire countless academics
to become teachers.
You may not even realize it.
Sir, we're so honored to have you here.
A lot of people will take inspiration from you.
- And… - It's lovely to see that
these two are sitting here.
He learned from his pirated videos,
but he's still happy
with where he has reached and is not jealous.
- This is wonderful. - I hope I don't get into trouble for this.
There cannot be any legal action against me, right?
No…
Sir, don't worry about legal action.
I have educated many police officers.
I…
You asked if the shopkeeper would get jealous.
Mom, Dad, and teachers
always want their students to surpass them.
We love being surpassed by our students.
Well said.
- Incredible. - Kapil bhai,
I would like to add one more thing.
The check from the company they were talking about--
Until now, I have never revealed the name.
It was a massive check of seven billion rupees--
6.84 billion to be precise. I still have that message on WhatsApp.
This is the first time I'm revealing this.
6.84 billion in my account.
"It will be transferred the next day."
"Your salary will be 150 million." That's me.
"Plus, you will head our entire segment."
It's a huge amount for anyone.
- Certainly. - For most of us here.
My dad said, "You love children. Teaching them gives you joy."
My mom is here as well.
"What did we even bring with us?"
"We already have more than we can spend."
Wow.
Since this is a huge platform,
I would like to tell all the investors listening,
invest as much money as you can into the country.
Our country's education is second to none,
and there's no greater act of selfless service than this.
Many people--
I have one of my students here, Sumit Bhat.
I caught him with a girl
in a garden.
There are many kids like him.
Earlier, we used to go to the park to catch students
who had skipped class to sit in the park with girls.
I caught him and scolded him.
There are many such stories.
Now he's doing really well in the edtech space.
He runs his own company.
- Wow. - Wow.
- Hi, sir. - Hello.
Kapil sir, first of all, a big thanks from my family.
I'm from Jammu.
We all sit together and watch your show.
Thank you very much. First, tell me what happened to the girl in the garden.
I am really curious.
Did you marry her?
No, sir. She dumped me.
I went from Jammu to Kota
to study under him in 2013.
Even my first interaction with him was funny.
Sir has a habit of asking,
- "Did it light up or not?" - Okay.
After every topic, he would ask, "Did it light up or not?"
Even back then, sir had a vision
that companies like Google would grow out of his classroom,
and that his students would go on to build companies like that.
Nice.
I'm running two companies with over 100 full-time employees.
- Wow. - Wow.
And…
Impressive.
Sir, so my question is, "Did I light up or not?"
You lit up big time!
Well done!
- Thank you, Sumit. - Thank you, Kapil sir.
Thank you, brother.
Oh, my God!
Bhaisahab, what?
Who are you?
What are you writing?
Who the hell are you, bhaisahab?
I'm the Salman Khan of scientists.
I'm in the syllabus, but I'm beyond anyone's understanding!
I'm Almond Sciencetine, ladies and gentlemen.
You're teachers.
Good evening, teacher.
How are you, teacher?
What are you even saying? Do you understand what you're saying?
What are you writing?
I'm noting your IQ level, which is a total zero.
A complete zero.
You got that right!
If there's anyone here with a strong IQ,
then it's either me
or Sidhu ji.
Really?
His IQ is so strong
that the moment Archana ji steps out of her vanity van,
he says, "Why did she come today?"
"Why did she come today?"
Why did she come today?
Why?
Oh, my God.
We scientists are not normal people.
Do you know
I don't even scratch my ears?
- But you're scratching it right now. - I'm scratching my finger.
It's different.
Completely different.
Why did you give Sunil Grover's job to me?
Scientists are completely different from everyone else. They're not normal.
When a cat crosses your path, you stop.
Yes.
When a cat crosses my path, I follow her.
She goes after a mouse, I catch that mouse, bring it home,
- and perform experiments on it. - Wow.
Yes!
After performing an experiment on a mouse, I realized…
- What? - that mice
are the number one dance teachers in the world.
- How? - Oh.
If one gets into the trousers of a non-dancer…
it comes out only after turning him into Michael Jackson.
Where is it?
How was that?
Getting into my trousers would get you nowhere.
If you had gotten into Khan Sir's class,
you would've come out as an IAS officer!
Khan Sir.
Let's have a huge round of applause for him.
Why me?
He's not just Khan Sir.
- He's the country's Pride Sir. - Wow!
- He's the country's Honor Sir. - Wow.
He's the country's Glory Sir.
Do this. Quick.
- Oh no, I can't. - Do it.
Do it, or you'll ruin the joke. Quick.
Please.
- Okay, do this. - I can't dance.
At least do this.
He's Glory Sir,
and now he's also a dancer.
Nice.
Khan Sir.
Now you have to dance all your life
- since you just got married. - Yes!
Many congratulations to you.
Thank you.
This…
Why are you scared? Come closer.
You seem like a very scary scientist.
Do you know her?
- But I do. - Who is she?
I love her a lot.
I need you to find out
if she's having an affair with someone else.
But why are you asking him?
Who knows more about current affairs than he does?
Please sit, Khan Sir.
Come, I'll help you land.
That was a hard landing.
What's he doing?
How are you?
He wants to throw up. Someone get him some tissues.
Is that a tie, or did someone tie you up?
- You… - Someone did try to.
Speak about it with respect. This is my tie.
Tie ji, pranaam.
"Tie ji…"
"Tie ji, pranaam."
- You help students prepare for NEET? - Yes.
Please help me prepare for NEET too. Please.
- I have a huge problem. - What?
I cannot drink neat. I always need a mixer.
Hey, he helps make doctors.
Even if it's poured by a doctor or a nurse,
I still won't be able to drink it neat.
Bhaisahab, what are you here for?
I want to meet Palak Tiwari.
Oh, God.
Oh, sorry. I want to meet Alakh Pandey.
Alakh Pandey sahab,
- you taught my formulas in physics to - Yes.
countless students
and made millions of rupees.
To this day, you've not given me credit for it. I'm deeply hurt by that.
He did, though. He got a tattoo in your name.
- What are you saying? - That cost him only a thousand.
I need the credit not here but in my account.
We go a long way back.
Earlier, his account balance
used to be as long as an OTP.
Now it's as long as a phone number.
I want half your phone number.
You'll have to pay up. Covering your mouth will not help.
Take the last digit, zero.
That is how you earned your 140 billion, I see.
To this day, no one has given me any credit.
- Really? - Yes.
I made the law of gravity.
- What are you saying? - Yes.
- It was not Newton. - Really?
Yes. Newton came to me and said, "Paaji…"
Paaji!
He said, "Paaji, I'm getting married. What will I say to my in-laws?"
"I don't have any work. Give me a formula."
- So I gave him the law of gravity. - Really?
I said, "Take it. What will you give me in return?"
- Then? - He said,
"In return, take one of my laws."
I already liked his sister-in-law.
I said, "Make it happen between us."
He took my law of gravity,
but didn't even make one phone call to her.
- I didn't get any credit. - Oh.
- Then Graham Bell also called me. - Okay.
He said, "Paaji…"
- Why does everyone address you as "paaji"? - He called you?
I don't know why people think I am Punjabi.
I have undertaken mammoth tasks but never bragged about them.
I introduced music to math.
- But where is music in math? - Of course, there is.
Two times one is two
Two times two is four
Four times two is eight
Eight times two is sixteen
- But-- - This tune…
- It's mine. - That's a kid's table.
What's the big deal about that?
Never mind. I have a table for adults, too.
It costs 3,500. It has four wheels.
Please visit my shop in Bangur Nagar.
Please come. You'll not regret it.
The tea will be on the house.
Why do I feel like
your hairstyle wasn't really by choice, but someone roughed you up
after hearing you speak?
People are my fans.
We are scientists, sir.
We come up with such formulas.
- The other day, I met a goat. - Okay.
She read one of my formulas and fell in love with me.
She said, "I cannot live without you."
I replied, "You'll not be able to live with me either
because I really love biryani."
I love biryani!
So that night,
we became two bodies and four naan breads.
Anyway, it's my bedtime now.
Okay? You guys continue with the interview.
Hey, you cannot sleep here!
Bhaisahab!
Hello!
Bhaisahab?
Let me pour water in his ear, and then he'll wake up.
What station am I on?
Kanpur?
- No-- - Tea, tea, tea!
Tea, tea, tea!
Hot tea! Tea, tea, tea!
Sir, you're already providing education
and giving them a bright future.
You must be receiving a lot of blessings.
- Amazing. - What feels good is when you uplift
someone from a lower class to an upper class.
Gulshan must be here in the audience. He used to paint in Gujarat. Is he here?
- Gulshan. - Yes, there he is.
Now he's an inspector.
- Really? Wow. - Yes.
He was a painter in Gujarat.
- How much did you earn? - Hello, Gulshan ji.
- Namaste, sir. - Namaste.
I used to make 12,000 rupees a month
for a twelve-hour workday.
On Mondays, when the company was closed,
I would take another
twelve-hour job sweeping floors.
That extra 460 rupees meant
I could send more money home.
Then I watched a video of Khan Sir.
In it, he said,
"If anyone even knows
that to learn about Babar, you must study history and not chemistry,
then I can make them an inspector in four months."
I thought, "I know that much."
"So what am I doing in Gujarat?"
"Let's go home."
I went to Patna
and started my preparation there.
I enrolled
in a 499-rupee batch of Khan Sir
using someone else's phone, because I didn't have my own.
I would borrow his phone to finish my classes.
That continued.
My family had given me a target
that I wouldn't stay in Patna for more than a year.
In one year, I'll return with a job.
And in just 366 days, I took my Mains exam and cleared it.
I had a one-year target, and I achieved it in 366 days.
My dad said,
"Son, I think
even my life might finally turn around."
"I might not have to work anymore."
Wow.
So proud of you.
- Thank you. - Thank you, sir.
Similarly, a laborer's son, Mintu Kumar, came to us.
His father worked for daily wages,
but work was not consistent,
and their family struggled financially.
His son came to Patna to study, saw the high fees, and went back.
He had a dream
to study at IIT.
- Wow. - At IIT.
He came to us wearing flip flops, and even those were torn.
We enrolled him,
and today that boy
is studying at IIT Kharagpur.
He must be here.
- Where are you, Mintu Kumar? - Wow!
Mintu.
He's Mintu Kumar.
Wait, are you wearing your IIT jacket?
- Okay. "IIT Kharagpur." Yeah! - Wow!
That's the dream of every child.
- Incredible. - Next to him,
is she Priya?
- She is a PCS officer. - Wow.
- From Mumbai-- - Hello, Kapil sir.
Hello. Namaste, sir.
Kapil sir,
Khan Sir got me out of the clutches of death.
I was in severe depression. Earlier, I was in the merchant navy,
but I lost my job.
During the lockdown, my dad
and mom saw Khan Sir's videos
and showed them to me.
I got motivated, enrolled in his online class,
and today I'm a Labor Enforcement Officer
- in Bihar, sir. - Wow! So proud of you.
All because of Khan Sir.
All because of Khan Sir, sir.
Incredible. Huge congratulations to you all.
Amazing.
It's amazing.
Listening to the stories of your students,
we are getting so inspired,
and the people watching us--
Kapil, the thing about inspiration is--
I heard Sachin Tendulkar say,
"Success without satisfaction is pointless."
Can there be any satisfaction better than this?
- I agree. - You tell me.
There's a shortage of time, Kapil bhai, but I'd like to tell you
about the person who changed my thinking.
I was sitting in my cabin, the door opened,
and a lady walked into the room,
a simple woman like you find in rural areas.
Her head was covered with her sari.
She wore bangles made of lac, very traditional to Rajasthan,
and she had sindoor and a bindi.
Right behind her was a middle-aged man.
He came to me and said,
"Nitin Sir, I would like my child
to be enrolled for NEET preparation."
I asked him to sit.
He said, "Could you
lower the fees if possible?" I said, "I will."
I did what he asked, and then I asked, "Where's the child?"
He said, "She is."
He wanted the lady who came with him to prepare for NEET. She was married.
It was very shocking for me that a married girl
wanted to prepare for NEET.
- Okay. - We got talking,
and I discovered that the man
came from a very normal village and had sold part of his land.
He said, "I get my money in this order."
"So please reduce the fees and let me pay in four installments."
I said okay. The interesting thing is
that he
was neither her husband
nor her father.
He was her father-in-law.
- He brought her to Kota to study. - Wow.
- I just want to say that - Amazing.
there's probably someone around you
who needs financial help,
support to fight their battles,
or help building a stronger mindset.
Most of us
shape our mindset based on our circumstances.
- Right. - I believe that if you fix your mindset,
- your circumstances will change. - Well said.
With this approach, you must move forward.
Very good.
Let me give another example.
Perhaps it's very important for everyone to know
that breaking a flawed mindset is crucial.
For the last 50 years, girls have been told not to study engineering.
Yet Sofia ji and Vyomika ji,
who undertook Operation Sindoor,
proved that daughters can excel.
If they can succeed in the military, why not in engineering or any other field?
To the girls entering the medical field, I want to say this.
Even today, many believe that
only male doctors can perform the best surgeries.
Only 12.5 percent of surgeons are women.
- This reflects a flawed mindset. - Right.
The nursing staff is the backbone of any hospital.
- Yes. - Right.
The doctor may leave after an operation,
but before or after surgery,
the most important people are the nurses.
Even today, 90 percent of India's nursing staff
are women.
This is true across all hospitals. They're the backbone.
Sidhu ji, it took the RCB boys 18 years to win an IPL trophy,
but the girls did it…
- in just two. - Spot on!
Let me correct you.
- Yes? - The boys
won once in 18 years,
but the WPL has happened twice, and the girls won both times.
Sir, I have a request for you two.
Yes.
Ma'am, preparation for IIT,
UPSC, and NEET has become very affordable online.
And it's not just thanks to us.
Many others are doing excellent work.
What if you start recording courses too?
Kapil bhai could make a great course on stand-up comedy
and make it freely-- Ma'am, this is also a career option.
- True. - You could even make one for acting,
as Miss Braganza once again.
- Right? - She has to learn it herself first, right?
I mean…
I'm just kidding.
I've been in this line of work
thirty years longer than you.
- You're a superb actor. - I can still teach you
a few things.
Hear that?
Well done!
I'll go a little off topic.
Everyone knows you're Kapil Sharma,
but on your show, your mother is with you.
When I see her on camera,
I realize the real reward for you.
You can see on her face how proud she is when she looks at him,
her son.
Watching Kapil sir interact
with his mother makes it clear
that even winning the Padma Shri cannot compare
to the joy he feels when he sees joy in his mother's eyes.
That's true.
I really salute you. All your awards and all your shows are in one corner,
but when your mother looks at you with pride,
nothing in the world is better than that.
Thank you, beta. Thank you.
I pay my heartfelt respects to you.
Pranaam, beta.
But I need to learn something from you.
I'm really nervous today.
When I have to deliver a speech,
I don't usually take my mother with me.
I get anxious that she might say, "You were talking too fast,"
or "You were talking too slow."
Do you not fear that?
My mom loves being on set,
watching us perform, and enjoying the show.
I also love that
when she's sitting in front of me, watching me perform,
and I can still be natural,
it means my filter,
- my censor, is right there with me. - Nice. Very good.
So, it's all because of her blessings.
She's here today after a long time.
I feel very happy
to see my son reach these heights.
I had been ill,
so I was wondering who was sitting in my place.
Mom has become quite popular now.
When she comes on the show--
During COVID, she went to Amritsar
to my sister's house.
The neighborhood has wide open roads, so she would go out for a walk.
As she was about to step out,
she told my sister to give her some makeup to apply.
She asked, "Why?"
She replied, "Goodness, they take so many pictures of me."
Hairy legs.
Look!
Ma'am, you have some really strong and hairy legs.
He's focusing on the wrong place.
Ma'am, did you not want to go to Gyani Chow Mein?
Why did you make me stop here?
Gyani Chow Mein is not going anywhere.
We can go there some other time.
The real geniuses are sitting right here.
First, let's meet them.
Daughter-in-law,
look, there's Khan Sir, NV Sir,
and Pandey Sir. Come on, let's meet them.
Mother, hear me out.
This man drops me off every day on his bike,
so give him 30 rupees. Otherwise,
he'll spread rumors that I'm taking him for a ride.
She's right.
Our name shouldn't be spoiled in the village. I'll pay him.
Daughter-in-law, the thing is,
my purse is inside.
Your bag is right here, so take it out and pay him.
Mother, the bag has nothing but diapers.
Even my purse is tucked inside my blouse.
It wouldn't look right for me to take it out in front of so many men.
I feel shy in front of men.
Even I feel shy. After all, I am a woman too.
Mother, at this age,
it hardly makes a difference whether you're a woman or a man.
They're just people.
Whether you're a man or a woman is still a mystery.
- Sidhu sahab, there's no mystery for you. - Okay. I'll pay.
You know everything.
The first thing you noticed was the hair on my legs.
I have a full head of hair that you didn't notice.
But you saw the few strands I have on my legs.
Son, keep this.
Listen--
You can leave.
Keep this 20. It'll come in handy.
Okay.
Hey!
Did you see that?
To take the money, you can pull your purse out.
Now she's not feeling shy.
Now you don't see any gents here?
They're not gents. They're teachers, intellectuals.
There's no gender when it comes to them.
A teacher is a teacher.
How are you, Alakh Sir? All good?
All good. You both are looking very pretty.
Thank you very much.
Can I give you some advice?
You recently
- got married, right? - Yes.
For a while,
- set your physics aside. - Okay.
After marriage, chemistry becomes more important.
Just like you prepare students for NEET exams,
my mother-in-law has cleared the exam for being stubborn.
She can't stop talking wherever she goes.
You're very intelligent, right?
She doesn't even know which is bigger, brains or brawn.
All I know is that my mother-in-law is bigger.
That's why I always say reading and learning are very important.
I read all the time.
- Did I not just read and tell you? - What?
When we were walking toward the restroom,
the sign said "Gents," and you were about to walk in.
I told you that you needed to use the one that said "Ladies."
The truth is, my knees were hurting,
so I was going into the gents' restroom.
Anyway,
tell me something.
She's acting smart,
but why do you have to read the sign to know which is which?
- Yes. - The figure on the door standing like this
is for gents, and the one standing like that is for ladies.
It's easy.
- Mother. - Yes?
Look at your grandchild.
Oh.
He's crying. Mother, carry him.
I'm not going to carry your child.
The moment I carry him, he pees on me.
You always insisted that I have a child,
and now that I do, won't he have his own things to do?
So carry him, or write on yourself that peeing is not allowed here.
Let me call your mother.
- No, not her. Wait. - I will.
- Don't call my mother. - I will.
Why should I not?
She just had kidney stone surgery. She's in the hospital.
- Don't call her right now. - She had surgery?
Yes, kidney stone surgery. Don't call her right now.
Let me ask her about her health.
- Fine. - Let me check on her.
Hello, sister?
What kind of daughter have you raised?
Do you know what she's telling me?
She's asking me to write on myself that peeing is not allowed here.
Am I a wall at a bus stand?
No. Why are you apologizing? Ask her.
She's standing here giving me dirty looks. Please talk some sense into her.
You didn't even ask about her health.
What's there to ask? It's just a stone.
Four beers and it'll pass.
Do you two always come here just to argue?
Why would we? Who does that?
We came because
you have such respected educators and teachers here as guests.
I want her to learn something from these accomplished people.
She quit school when she was young.
Go on. Tell them why you quit.
Khan Sir, this is what happened.
We had an exam on Tuesday,
and when the results came out, I got an egg.
Now tell me, how can someone have an egg on a Tuesday?
So I quit.
I'm not cut out for that.
Hold on a minute. Listen to me.
Look,
it's not that difficult. If you don't want to study
in school, then you can learn from YouTube.
You have no idea how many children have achieved great success
just by watching their videos on YouTube.
Mother, YouTube will not work for me.
- I cannot study on YouTube. - Why not?
On YouTube,
if you play Khan Sir's video,
two item songs by Tamannaah Bhatia immediately pop up.
The other day, my nephew
said that I'll study tonight. He didn't study at all.
Instead, he grooved to songs all night before sleeping.
I worry about him a lot, Mother.
Don't worry about him. Worry about yourself.
Why don't you want to study?!
Khan Sir is right here.
He's an amazing history teacher. Learn from him.
He teaches about Hitler in great detail.
Seems like he was the one dyeing Hitler's mustache.
He'll teach you history.
NV ji, I don't like history.
It's all about battles and wars,
- nothing else. Yes! - You should learn physics. That's fun.
What do you learn in history?
Genghis Khan capturing a plot.
Land-grabbing.
Alexander left his kingdom to conquer a mountain.
That's all men do. They fight after drinking all night.
In the morning, it's all history.
I can't.
What nonsense!
If you don't want to learn history,
then learn physics. He's right here.
No, thank you.
- Why? - What's there to learn?
It's all about bombs and fireworks.
Can you feel the cool air from the air conditioner?
That's not your father-in-law blowing air with ice in his mouth.
It's all science.
That's technology. Do you know anything about physics?
- Of course. - What?
- Force equals mass times acceleration. - Wow.
I watched the practical demonstration, so I remember it.
You'll need more force here.
No, the mass is greater here.
This great mass is carried to the toilet every morning.
The force applied there accelerates the entire house.
Let me call your mother.
No, please don't call her.
- Wait. - Don't call her.
Sister.
How can you send a daughter like this to us?
Can you imagine what she told me?
She said that I accer--
I axel--
Acre--
How did your kidney stone surgery go?
All good?
Alright, I'll hang up.
- Acceleration. - Go on, complain about me.
- No, no need. - Why not? Go on.
- She just had surgery. - Go on, complain.
She just had surgery.
Don't sulk now.
Can't even tell if you're huffy or puffy.
Don't be so mad. Here, hold the baby.
Hold the baby.
Don't get angry. Come here.
- I'm not. - It's Holi.
Put some color on. I have this with me.
Okay? Don't be mad at your daughter-in-law.
Don't be angry.
- Okay? Happy Holi. - How's there a motorcycle at the airport?
You completely changed my mood.
- Happy Holi. - Happy Holi.
Happy Holi.
- Here… - Can we put some on you?
Before you go, you must…
Can I?
Some color for Holi.
Happy Holi.
Happy Holi to you both.
Happy Holi.
Man, you totally crushed it.
Wishing you all--
Happy Holi!
- Come on, let's go. - Let's go.
Hey, take the baby.
- Don't leave it here. - Your child!
Take it. I already have two.
Okay. Come, my baby.
Didn't you name him?
I will. You can name him, Nitin ji.
Kapil Grover.
Okay, we'll call him Kapil Grover.
Hold on…
Sit here, my boy.
Let me give your grandma a hand.
She's having trouble getting onto the motorcycle.
- Come on. Let's go. - Let me just grab this book.
It's a math textbook.
A math textbook.
Happy Holi, Mother!
Oh, my God!
Is it going to fall on us, too?
- Are we in the splash zone? - Oh, my God!
Come on, let us cross the line today
Shed your inhibitions, don't be shy It is Holi! It is Holi!
Today I'm happily stuffed Let's not spoil the vibe now
It is Holi! It is Holi!
If you come near me I will put color on you
It is Holi! It is Holi!
Even if your hair gets messed up
I don't care! What to do?
It is Holi! It is Holi!
If you come near me I will put color on you
It is Holi! It is Holi!
Even if your hair gets messed up
I don't care! What to do?
It is Holi! It is Holi!
Grab the water gun!
-Grab the water gun! - We ran out of color.
I'll splash color on your choli It is Holi! It is Holi!
Happy Holi to all of you!
Happy Holi!
Sir, we are--
That's more like it!
Happy Holi!
- Happy Holi, Kapil bhai. - Happy Holi.
- I never imagined I'd play Holi with you. - Oh! Happy Holi!
Never imagined!
Oh, my God!
Friends, please give our guests a huge round of applause!
Sir, we truly have no words today.
Today's episode has been truly special
not just for us, but for millions of viewers across the globe.
It's deeply inspiring for everyone.
- So, thank you so much for coming. - Thank you. Really.
- From our hearts. - Thank you.
- It's been wonderful! - Thank you.
We never imagined we'd get to celebrate Holi on Kapil Sharma's show!
Sir, I had no idea either! I just found out!
Friends, we've had some distinguished educators on our show today.
Having met them, we can confidently say that knowledge is powerful,
and sharing it earns respect.
But just don't distribute pointless advice!
- Because that will make you lose respect. - Yes!
Stay smiling, keep the laughter going,
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