The real Gurmit Singh


When TV funnyman Gurmit Singh arrived in Fukuoka in Japan for some filming in July, one of the first things he did was to get down on his knees – and kiss the ground. 

No, he was not playing his bumbling alter ego Phua Chu Kang in the hit comedy series, Phua Chu Kang, acting the fool on a jaunt overseas. 

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