Kapil Sharma

**Kapil Sharma**  is an Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter, actor and producer known for hosting _The Kapil Sharma Show_. He previously hosted the television comedy shows Comedy Nights with Kapil and Family Time with Kapil.

## Early Life and Career

Sharma was born in Amritsar, Punjab, India as Kapil Punj. His father Jeetendra Kumar Punj was a head constable in Punjab Police, while his mother Janak Rani is a homemaker. His father was diagnosed with cancer in 1997 and died in 2004 at AIIMS in Delhi. He studied at Shri Ram Ashram Senior Secondary School, Amristar and Hindu College in Amritsar. He is featured in the list of prominent alumni of Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar. Sharma has a brother named Ashok Kumar Sharma, who is a Police constable and a sister named Pooja Pawan Devgan.

Sharma rose to fame after winning the comedy reality television show _The Great Indian Laughter Challenge_ in 2007, for which he won a cash prize of INR ₹10 lakh. He had previously worked in the Punjabi show _Hasde Hasaande Ravo_ on MH One channel. Sharma has stated that he moved to Mumbai in order to become a singer. The Kapil Sharma Show 20th November 2022

## Personal life

Sharma married Ginni Chatrath in Jalandhar on 12 December 2018 They had a daughter on 10 December 2019. On 1 February 2021, the couple had another child, a son.

### Films

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Director|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Bhavnao Ko Samjho_|Thakur's son|Sunil Pal|rowspan="2"|Special appearance||||||
|_ABCD 2_|Himself|Remo D'Souza||||||||
|_Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon_|Kumar Shiv Ram Kishan|Abbas–Mustan|Debut film|||||||
|_Firangi_|Manga|Rajiv Dhingra||||||||
|_Son Of Manjeet Singh_|Producer/Special Appearance|Vikram Grover|Producer of the film|||||||
|_The Angry Birds Movie 2_|Red (voice)|Thurop Van Orman|Hindi dubbed version|||||||
|2020|_It's My Life_||Anees Bazmee|||||||

### Television

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Hasde Hasande Ravo_|rowspan="2"|Contestant||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|_The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (season 3)_|Winner|||||||||
|_Chhote Miyan_|Host|||||||||
|_Laughter Knights_|rowspan='3'|Contestant||||||||
|_Ustaadon Ka Ustaad_||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|_Hans Baliye_||||||||||
|_Comedy Circus_|Winner of 6 consecutive seasons|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|_Comedy Ka Daily Soap_|Performer|||||||||
|_Star Ya Rockstar_|Contestant|Runner Up|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 6)_|Host||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Comedy Nights with Kapil_|Host/Comedy performer/co-producer of the show||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Kaun Banega Crorepati_|rowspan="2"|Guest||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|_The Anupam Kher Show_||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|_60th Filmfare Awards_|Host||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Farah Ki Daawat_|rowspan="6"|Guest||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|_Aap Ki Adalat_||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|_Dance India Dance_|rowspan="3"|to promote his debut film|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Indian Idol Junior_|style="text-align:center;"|||||||||
|_The Voice_|style="text-align:center;"|||||||||
|_Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi_||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|_Star Guild Awards_|rowspan="3"|Host||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|_22nd Star Screen Awards_||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|_61st Filmfare Awards_||style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|_The Kapil Sharma Show_ Season 1|Host/Comedy Performer|||||||||
|_62nd Filmfare Awards_|Host||style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Koffee with Karan 5_|rowspan="4"|Guest||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|_Bigg Boss 11_|rowspan="3"|To promote his film _Firangi_|style="text-align:center;"|||||||
|_Super Dancer Chapter 2_|style="text-align:center;"|||||||||
|_Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs_|style="text-align:center;"|||||||||
|Oye Firangi|rowspan="1"|Host|Special Event/Show to promote his film _Firangi_|style="text-align:center;"||||||
|_Family Time With Kapil Sharma_|Host|||||||||
|_The Kapil Sharma Show Season 2_|Host/Comedy Performer/co-producer of the show|||||||||
|_The Honey Bunny Show With Kapil Sharma_|Himself|||||||||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Awards|Category|For|Result||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2012|rowspan="3"|Indian Television Academy Awards|rowspan="2"|Best Actor – Comedy|_Kahani Comedy Circus Ki_|rowspan="12"||
|rowspan="4"|2013|_Comedy Nights with Kapil_|rowspan="2"|||||
|Funniest Serial – Comedy|_Comedy Nights with Kapil_|||||||
|CNN-IBN Indian of the Year|Entertainer of the Year|Kapil Sharma||||||
|BIG Star Entertainment Awards|Most Entertaining Comedy Show|rowspan="2"|_Comedy Nights with Kapil_|||||
|2014|Star Guild Awards|Best Comedy Show||||||
|2015|Sony Guild Film Awards|Promising Debut (Male)|_Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon_|||||
|2015|Indian Television Academy Awards|Best Actor (Comedy)|_Comedy Nights with Kapil_|||||
|2019|World book of Records (London)|Most viewed stand-up comedian||||||
|rowspan="3"|2019|Gold Awards|Best Comedy Show|rowspan="3"|The Kapil Sharma Show|||
|rowspan="2"|Indian Television Academy Awards|Best Comedy Show||||||
|Comedy Genius||||||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Kapil Sharma
- **image**: Karan Johar snapped on sets of The Kapil Sharma Show (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Kapil in 2016
- **birth name**: Kapil Punj
- **birth place**: Amritsar, Punjab, India
- **children**: 2
- **years active**: 2007–present