India, Aug. 1 -- Actor and comedian Kapil Sharma's comedy show The Great Indian Kapil Show returned with Season 3 in June. However, while Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda and Sunil Grover were present on the show, actor and comedian Rajiv Thakur's absence was noticed by viewers. In a recent interview with Pinkvilla, Rajiv finally revealed the reason behind not being a part of Season 3.

Rajiv spoke about how he has started performing stand-up comedy again after Samay Raina encouraged him to upload one of his comic sets on YouTube, which received a good response. When asked if this was the reason he took a break from the new season of The Great Indian Kapil Show, Rajiv said, "Itne bade show se koi rest nahi leta, obviously aapko nikala gaya h...