Shirish Kunder is no more interested in comedy. No, this doesn't mean that he won't be including light hearted scenes in his upcoming Akshay Kumar starrer 3D flick 'Joker'. It is just that he has been so consumed with the making of his ambitious film that he is staying away from being a part of any television shows, one of much happened to be 'Comedy Circus- Comedy Ka Naya Daur'.

"For this reality comedy show, Shirish was offered big bucks to participate as one of the judges. It wasn't as if he didn't think about the offer; after all it was really tempting enough. However he had to set his priorities right", says an industry source, "Currently his mind is totally occupied with 'Joker'. He has already wrapped up two major schedules and now would have staggered shoot over next 3-4 months. He could have possibly taken out time and stepped into the TV show. However he refrained from doing so as he wanted to give his all to 'Joker'."

All of this meant that the TV channel had to look for an instant replacement, post which Sohail Khan stepped in as Shirish's replacement. "Shirish doesn't mind that since he would rather spend his entire time, energy and effort into supervising the post production of 'Joker' than earn some quick bucks", the source continues.

On contacted, Shirish didn't deny being approached for judging the show. However he refused to get into any further details, especially around the topic of Sohail stepping in his place.