About Kapil Sharma

Kapil Sharma(born April 2, 1981) is an Indian stand-up comedian, actor and television host. He was the winner of the stand-up comedy reality series, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (Season 3) on STAR One, where he received huge acclaim for his stand-up comedy characters, Lala Roshan Lal and Shamsher Singh (the Punjab Police cop). In 2010, he won the Comedy Circus's 2010 version, Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars and Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo. In 2011, he won Jubilee Comedy Circus in a tie with Krishna Abhishek - Rajiv Nigam, Comedy Circus Ke Taansen and Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur. In 2012, he won Kahani Comedy Circus Ki in a tie with Krishna Abhishek - Sudesh Lehri on Sony Entertainment Television, partnering with Parvati Singhal, Shikha Singh, Ali Asgar, Shweta Tiwari, Sumona Chakravarti and others.

 

 

 

Career:

1. Stand Up Comedian:

Kapil Sharma started his career from reality shows and comedy. He participated in a comedy reality show Ustaadon Ka Ustaad (2008); where the contestants of Comedy Circus performed against contestants from Great Indian Laughter Challenge, He also co-hosted a comedy show Chhote Miyan (2008) with Juhi Parmar on Colors. In 2009, he joined the comedy reality show Hans Baliye (STAR One), as a wild card entry with Ginni as his partner. He also co-hosted the first Punjabi international film awards in Toronto in 2012.

He also co-hosted Great Indian Laughter Challenge Season IV with Chandan Prabhakar. He won Comedy Circus Ke Taansen and has worked on comedy show Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur with his partner Shweta Tiwari and won it. He is also a singer and was contestant in Star Ya Rockstar. He was a wild card entry and reached up to the final where he came second. He also won Kahani Comedy Circus Ki.In February 2013,Kapil Sharma was selected among top 100 celebrities in Forbes India magazines and he was ranked 96th in that list. His show "Comedy Nights with Kapil" became the biggest milestone of his career. According to a Bollywood report, Kapil and his friend Manoj Ojha were at a marriage ceremony in the Taj Hotel and Kapil was surrounded by most of the guest and staff and his fans were desperate to know about his popular show Comedy Nights With Kapil.

Host

1. PIFAA Awards
2. PTC punjabi film awards 2013
3. Zee Cine Awards 2013
4. Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 6)
5. Comedy Nights with Kapil

Sharma, co-hosted the PIFAA Awards 2012 and Zee Cine Awards 2013 - flashback with Soumya on Zee TV. He also co-hosted Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 6), with Manish Paul.

Now, he has his own comedy talk show titled, Comedy Nights with Kapil being aired currently on Colors TV. His comedy talk show titled comedy nights with kapil has earned a lot of appreciation among the Indian audience. It is the most seen TV reality show according to recent TVTs. According to local news reports, the sets of the show located in the Goregaon Facility in Mumbai were destroyed after a fire broke out on 25th September 2013. No crew member suffered any injury.

As A Producer

Recently, with the mutual consent of Vipul D Shah, Kapil opened his own production house, k9 Production. He launched his show 'Comedy Nights-With Kapil". In this series, he did multiple avatars, that of an actor, scriptwriter and producer. The sets of Comedy Nights With Kapil recently caught fire and the crew had to move over to lonavala to continue shooting.The show has been topping the non-fiction tv show charts since.

 

Reality Shows

1. The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
2. Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars
3. Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo
4. Jubilee Comedy Circus
5. Comedy Circus Ke Taansen
6. Star Ya Rockstar
7. Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur
8. Kahani Comedy Circus Ki
9. Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe
10. Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 6)
11. Comedy Nights with Kapil
12. Hasde Hsande Raho [Punjabi Show]

 

As guest performer

• Bigg Boss 7
• Bigg Boss 6 Grand Finale
• Dance India Dance Li'l Masters grand finale
• C.I.D. (Indian TV series) Veerata puraskar
• Nach Baliye season 5 Premiere (Episode 01, 04)
• Nach Baliye season 5 grand finale
• SAB Ke Anokhe Awards
• SAB Ki Holi(Holi celebration on SAB TV)
• PIFFA Awards
• Celebrity Cricket League