<p>New Delhi: Days after Kapil Sharma courted controversy for allegedly poking fun at filmmaker Atlee's skin colour, the stand-up comic and host on Tuesday defended his comments and requested people to not spread hate on social media.</p><p>Several X users, including singer Chinmayi Sripaada, criticised the comic calling his remarks "crass and racist".</p><p>Atlee appeared on the Saturday episode of Sharma's "The Great Indian Kapil Show" on Netflix along with the team of his upcoming film production "Baby John" starring Varun Dhawan.</p>.'Baby John' a 'complete package': SRK on Atlee's Hindi production debut starring Varun Dhawan.<p>While many on social media praised Atlee for his grace, others were not amused.</p><p>On Tuesday, Sharma replied to one of the posts on X and asked the user where he made a comment on Atlee's looks in the now viral video.</p><p>"Dear sir, can you pls explain me where n when I talked about looks in this video ? pls don’t spread hate on social media thank you. (guys watch n decide by yourself, don’t follow any body’s tweet like a sheep)" he wrote.</p>.<p>In a video clip from the show circulating on social media, Sharma asks Atlee: "You're so young and you have become such a big producer-director. Has it ever happened that you went to meet a star and they didn't realise that you are Atlee, do they ask 'Where is Atlee?'" </p><p>To this question, the director -- known for directing films such as Vijay-starrers "Theri", "Bigil", and "Jawan" featuring Shah Rukh Khan -- simply replied that the world should value one's heart more than their appearance.</p><p>"In a way, I understood your question. I'll try to answer. I'm actually very thankful to AR Murugadoss sir because he produced my first film. He asked for a script, but didn't see how I looked or whether I'm capable of it or not. But, he loved my narration. I think the world should see that. We should not judge by appearance. You have to judge by your heart," Atlee had said.</p>.Salman Khan and Rajinikanth join forces in Atlee's Pan-India blockbuster: Report.<p>Social media platforms continue to be abuzz about Atlee's reply to Sharma.</p><p>"Many people will say that this is a comedy show, just take it as it is, don't feel bad & so on....But this is not right!! trying to insult a person on the basis of his looks. Just bcz it is comedy, making racist comment is not right (sic)" wrote one.</p><p>Will they never stop these crass and racist jibes at his skin color in the name of 'comedy', asked singer Chinmayi.</p><p>"Someone with the amount of influence and clout like Kapil Sharma saying something like this is disappointing and unfortunately, not surprising," she added.</p>.<p>"Kapil pokes fun at Atlee's appearance, but the director delivers a mic-drop moment: "Judge by heart, not by looks," wrote another X user.</p><p>Another said Sharma's show will "collapse" if he stops using body-shaming, skin-colour-shaming and racist barbs.</p><p>"Tragedy is not Kapil or the Channel, but the society which relishes this nonsense," he added.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Days after Kapil Sharma courted controversy for allegedly poking fun at filmmaker Atlee's skin colour, the stand-up comic and host on Tuesday defended his comments and requested people to not spread hate on social media.</p><p>Several X users, including singer Chinmayi Sripaada, criticised the comic calling his remarks "crass and racist".</p><p>Atlee appeared on the Saturday episode of Sharma's "The Great Indian Kapil Show" on Netflix along with the team of his upcoming film production "Baby John" starring Varun Dhawan.</p>.'Baby John' a 'complete package': SRK on Atlee's Hindi production debut starring Varun Dhawan.<p>While many on social media praised Atlee for his grace, others were not amused.</p><p>On Tuesday, Sharma replied to one of the posts on X and asked the user where he made a comment on Atlee's looks in the now viral video.</p><p>"Dear sir, can you pls explain me where n when I talked about looks in this video ? pls don’t spread hate on social media thank you. (guys watch n decide by yourself, don’t follow any body’s tweet like a sheep)" he wrote.</p>.<p>In a video clip from the show circulating on social media, Sharma asks Atlee: "You're so young and you have become such a big producer-director. Has it ever happened that you went to meet a star and they didn't realise that you are Atlee, do they ask 'Where is Atlee?'" </p><p>To this question, the director -- known for directing films such as Vijay-starrers "Theri", "Bigil", and "Jawan" featuring Shah Rukh Khan -- simply replied that the world should value one's heart more than their appearance.</p><p>"In a way, I understood your question. I'll try to answer. I'm actually very thankful to AR Murugadoss sir because he produced my first film. He asked for a script, but didn't see how I looked or whether I'm capable of it or not. But, he loved my narration. I think the world should see that. We should not judge by appearance. You have to judge by your heart," Atlee had said.</p>.Salman Khan and Rajinikanth join forces in Atlee's Pan-India blockbuster: Report.<p>Social media platforms continue to be abuzz about Atlee's reply to Sharma.</p><p>"Many people will say that this is a comedy show, just take it as it is, don't feel bad & so on....But this is not right!! trying to insult a person on the basis of his looks. Just bcz it is comedy, making racist comment is not right (sic)" wrote one.</p><p>Will they never stop these crass and racist jibes at his skin color in the name of 'comedy', asked singer Chinmayi.</p><p>"Someone with the amount of influence and clout like Kapil Sharma saying something like this is disappointing and unfortunately, not surprising," she added.</p>.<p>"Kapil pokes fun at Atlee's appearance, but the director delivers a mic-drop moment: "Judge by heart, not by looks," wrote another X user.</p><p>Another said Sharma's show will "collapse" if he stops using body-shaming, skin-colour-shaming and racist barbs.</p><p>"Tragedy is not Kapil or the Channel, but the society which relishes this nonsense," he added.</p>