Sharma at press conference for The Great Indian Kapil Show
Born
Kapil Punj
(1981-04-02) 2 April 1981 (age 43)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
Education
Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar
Occupations
Stand-up comedian
television presenter
Years active
2006–present
Spouse
Ginni Chatrath
(m. 2018)
Children
2
Comedy career
Medium
Stand-up
Television
Film
Genres
Insult comedy
Heritage comedy
character comedy
Subject(s)
Punjab
Indian women
Indian men
Bollywood
Fellow performers
Class divide
Notable works and roles
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (season 3)
Comedy Circus
Comedy Nights with Kapil
The Kapil Sharma Show
The Great Indian Kapil Show
Kapil Sharma (born Kapil Punj; 2 April 1981)[1] is an Indian stand-up comedian, television host, actor, dubbing artist, producer and singer. Sharma is the host on the stand-up comedy and talk show The Great Indian Kapil Show and The Kapil Sharma Show and has received five Indian Television Academy Awards.[2]
Sharma won the stand-up comedy reality show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge season 3 in 2007.[3] He has hosted and produced television comedy shows such as Comedy Nights with Kapil and Family Time with Kapil. He has won seasons of the comedy show Comedy Circus along with various partners and in 2011 participated in the singing reality show Star Ya Rockstar, where he finished as a second runner-up.[4]
Sharma made his film debut with Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015), a moderate success. He went onto appear in Firangi (2017), and Zwigato (2023). Sharma did Hindi dubbing for The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).[5] Kapil Sharma also does live stand-up comedy-stage shows.[6][7]
^Banerjee, Anindita (2 April 2018). "After Twitter war, Sunil Grover wishes his 'brother' Kapil Sharma a happy birthday". Times Now. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
^"Kapil Sharma: I will do as Ginni says, because I know that she is right". The Times of India. 26 November 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^"Kapil Sharma asks PM Modi in a tweet". Hindustan Times. 9 September 2016. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference Star Ya Rockstar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Kapil Sharma, Kiku Sharda & Archana Puran Singh set to ..." www.pinkvilla.com.[permanent dead link]
^"Oman show". NDTV. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
^"Stage show". Jansatta. Retrieved 2 December 2022.[permanent dead link]
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