The irregular hours and the erratic schedules have taken their toll on his health.
And now Kapil has a nutritionist accompanying him to all his shootings, as he needs to lose weight for his feature-film debut next month.
Says Kapil, `My schedules have gotten so jampacked that I just snatched sleep and food whenever I could. But I've decided health comes first.I've got a guy to control my food intake. The trouble is, he feeds me boiled vegetables for dinner. But then after that when I'm on my own I end up cheating and snacking on bread and omelette while shooting.So I'm not losing as much weight as I'd like to.` Fortunately Kapil's back problem has been taken care of. `I've been regularly working out and doing back exercises. So the back problem is gone. But nowadays I've a shoulder pain.`
Kapil is fighting a desperate battle with his schedules. `I need to create a bank of episodes of my show before I start shooting for my film from May 15. I can't run back-and-forth from the film set to the shooting of the show. They're two completely different disciplines.And I can't allow them to clash.Stand-up comedy comes as naturally to me as breathing. But film acting is an entirely new experience for me. I've to give it my hundred percent.`
Regrettably contrary to plans, the channel has refused to cut down the frequency of Comedy Nights With Kapil by half .
Says Kapil, `The channel says the TRPs will suffer if we cut down the episodes . Luckily for me I got an unexpected reprieve when the first schedule of my film Bank Chor was shifted from April to May. I am racing against time to create a bank of episodes, so I can complete one schedule of Bank Chor without any interruption.`
Kapil says he has no time for himself. `My mother calls to complain I don't call her.How do I explain to her that I don't know I whether I am coming or going?`
