The Great Indian Kapil Show, a comedy variety show on Netflix, featured several Indian startup founders in its most recent episode.

These included Vijay Shekhar Sharma of PayTM, Riteish Agarwal of Oyo, Ghazal Alagh of Mama Earth, and Aman Gupta of boAt.

Among the many questions that host Kapil Sharma posed to his guests were some that would even catch the interest of the average person.

He asked Vijay, “Zindagi jeene ke liye aapko kya lagta hai? Kitna paisa kaafi hota hai (What do you think is enough money to live life? How much money is enough)?”

Vijay replied, "Zindagi jeene ke liye toh mujhe lagta hai ki genuinely jitna aapko khana peena aur normal kapde ke liye hota hai matlab ₹1-2 lakh mahine se zyada kya zindagi ki zaroorat hai (To live life, I genuinely think that whatever you need for food, drink, and normal clothes, I mean, what more does life need than ₹1-2 lakh a month?)"

Kapil hilariously said, "Toh utna rakh ke aap baaki humhe Paytm kar denge (So, keep that much, and you can Paytm the rest to us)." His reply left the audience in splits.

Kapil also asked Vijay about the origins of his payments app. “Kehte hain ki zaroorat jo hoti hai avishkar ki janani hai. Aapko zaroorat hoti toh aap cheezo ka avishkar karte ho. Vijay bhai aapke pyajame pe bhi chhuriyan chali thi. Kya hai? Kaise aaya Paytm ka idea aapke dimag mein (They say that necessity is the mother of invention. When you have a need, you invent things. Vijay bhai, did your pajamas also have cuts? What is it? How did the idea of Paytm come to you)?”

Vijay said, “Actually, main kuch aisa hua ki main international travel karne ke liye land kar gaya aur mera wallet reh gaya Delhi ke lounge mein aur main wahan pe phone ke saath hoon. Toh mujhe laga ki saari ki saari pockets mein wallet ke saath-saath phone hota hai aur log phone ko zyada use karte hain toh wallet ko phone mein merge karna (Actually, something happened that I landed for international travel, and my wallet was left in the Delhi lounge, and I was there with my phone. So, I thought that in all pockets, along with a wallet, there's a phone, and people use phones more, so merging the wallet into the phone.”