MUMBAI: A popular comedian Tirthanand Rao from The Kapil Sharma show tried committing suicide on December 27. The famous comedian consumed poison and decided to end his life.

According to the reports, the comedian was fed up with the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty. The comedian was facing severe financial problems and was in a bad state due to COVID-19. His neighbors came to know about this and he was admitted to the hospital.

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Reports further suggest that Tirthanand Rao was going through a financial condition due to the pandemic and shared that he is in major debt and his family has also abandoned him. Therefore, he had no desire to live anymore.

Talking further, he told the channel that despite returning from the hospital, he's staying alone and how much worse could it get. Tirthanand also said that his wife remarried and his daughter is also married.

Talking about his association with Kapil Sharma, he told the channel that Kapil had approached him for work during his rivalry with Sunil Grover. However, Tirthanand couldn't accept the offer as he was working on a Gujarati film.

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Apart from ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’, Tirthanand has also been part of several films and shows. He is a huge fan of Bollywood actor Nana Patekar.

According to reports, Tirthanand will ask for work from Kapil after his recovery. 

Credit: BollywoodLife