Sunil Grover

**Sunil Grover** (born on 3 August 1977) is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Hindi and Punjabi movies and TV shows. He became well-known for playing the character Gutthi in the TV show _Comedy Nights with Kapil_. He became even more popular for his roles as Dr. Mashoor Gulati, Rinku Devi, and Pidu in _The Kapil Sharma Show_. He has also acted in movies like _Gabbar Is Back_, _The Legend of Bhagat Singh_, _Bharat_, and _Jawan_.

## Personal life

Grover was born on 3 August 1977 in Mandi Dabwali, a town in Sirsa district, Haryana. He completed his Master’s Degree in Theatre from Panjab University in Chandigarh. He is married to Aarti and they have a son.
In February 2022, he had a heart attack and had to go through four bypass surgeries.

## Acting career

Sunil Grover was noticed during his college days by the famous comedian and satirist Jaspal Bhatti. He also acted in India’s first silent comedy show _Gutur Gu_ on SAB TV, appearing in the first 26 episodes.

In the 2000s, he started his TV career with the show _Chala Lallan Hero Banne_ on the Filmy channel.

Grover became very popular from the comedy show _Comedy Nights with Kapil_. He was well known for his funny characters like Gutthi, Rinku Bhabi, and Dr. Mashoor Gulati. He also copied famous Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan, which the audience really enjoyed. However, after a fight with his co-actor Kapil Sharma, Sunil left the show.

Soon after leaving Kapil’s show, Sunil came back to TV with a show called Kanpur Wale Khuranas on Star Plus, where Aparshakti Khurana was the host. The show had a similar style to The Kapil Sharma Show, but it didn't last long and was taken off air.

In 2016, Grover started acting in Punjabi films with Vaisakhi List. In the same year, he played the role of Shraddha Kapoor’s father in the movie Baaghi.

He returned to television in August 2020 with the show _Gangs of Filmistan_ on Star Bharat, where he played a character named Bhindi Bhai. The show ended in October 2020.

In 2021, Grover played the role of Gurpal Chauhan in the political drama web series _Tandav_, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar.The show had a big cast including Saif Ali Khan, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Kumud Mishra, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Gauahar Khan, Amyra Dastur, Kritika Kamra, Sarah Jane Dias, Sandhya Mridul, Anup Soni, and Dino Morea.  In the same year, he also played the role of Sonu Singh in the thriller web series _Sunflower_. For this role, he lost about 8.1 kilograms of weight.

After being apart for seven years, Grover and his long-time co-star Kapil Sharma reunited for The _Great Indian Kapil Show_, which started streaming on Netflix from 30 March 2024. His imitation of Salman Khan in the show was praised by critics.

### Movies

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1998|_Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha_|Barber Totaram||||
|1999|_Mahaul Theek Hai_|||||
|2002|_The Legend of Bhagat Singh_|Jaidev Kapoor||||
|2004|_Main Hoon Na_|College Student||||
|2005|_Insan_|Mahesh||||
|2006|_Family: Ties of Blood_|Aryan's Friend||||
|2008|_Ghajini_|Sampat||||
|2011|_Mumbai Cutting_|||||
|2013|_Zila Ghaziabad_|Faqeera||||
|2014|_Heropanti_|Driver Devpal||||
|2015|_Gabbar is Back_|Constable Sadhuram||||
|2016|_Vaisakhi List_|Tarsem Lal||||
|_Baaghi_|P. P. Khurana|||||
|2017|_Coffee with D_|Arnab Ghosh||||
|2018|_Pataakha_|Dipper||||
|2019|_Bharat_|Vilayti Khan||||
|2022|_Goodbye_|Pandit Ji||||
|2023|_Jawan_|Irani||||
|2024|_Blackout_|Bewdiya/Asgar Don||||

### Television

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|_Full Tension_|Various characters||||||
|2001|_Professor Money Plant_|Punjabi Television series||||||
|2002|_Ssshhhh...Koi Hai_|Unnamed||||||
|2005|_Lo Kar Lo Baat_|Himself||||||
|2007|_Kaun Banega Champu_|Ruk Ruk Khan||||||
|2008|_Kya Aap Paanchvi Fail Champu Hain?_|||||||
|2008|_Chala Lallan Hero Ban ne_|Lallan||||||
|2010–2012|_Gutur Gu_|Balu Kumar||||||
|2012|_Comedy Circus_|Various characters||||||
|2013|_Safar Filmy Comedy Ka_|Host||||||
|2013–2016|_Comedy Nights with Kapil_|Gutthi, Khairatilal, Kapil's father in law and Various characters||||||
|2014|_Mad In India_|Chhutki||||||
|2016–2017|_The Kapil Sharma Show_|Dr. Mashoor Gulati, Rinku Devi, Piddu and Various characters||||||
|2017|_Indian Idol 9_|Dr. Mashoor Gulati/Rinku Devi||||||
|2017|_Sabse Bada Kalakar_|Dr. Mashoor Gulati|Guest appearance|||||
|2017|_Super Night with Tubelight_|Dr. Mashoor Gulati, Bachchan Sahab and Various characters|Television special to promote _Tubelight_|||||
|2018|_Super Night with Padman_|Dr. Mashoor Gulati, Rinku Devi and Various characters|Television special to promote _Padman_|||||
|2018|_Dus Ka Dum_|Bachchan Sahab and Rinku Devi|Television special|||||
|2018|_Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan_|Professor Sahab||||||
|2018–2019|_Kanpur Wale Khuranas_|Mr. Khurana||||||
|2018|_25th Star Screen Awards_|Stree|Co-hosted the show with Ayushyaman Khurana, Vicky Kaushal and Salman Khan|||||
|2019|_Bigg Boss (Hindi season 13)_|Guest appearance|Along with Harsh Limbachiyaa|||||
|2020|_Gangs of Filmistan_|Bhindi Bhai||||||
|2021|_Tandav_|Gurpal Chauhan||||||
|2021–2024|_Sunflower_|Sonu Singh||||||
|2023|_United Kacche_|Tejinder "Tango" Gill||||||
|2024–present|_The Great Indian Kapil Show_|Dhafli, Engineer Chumbak Mittal and various characters||||||
|2025|_Dabba Cartel_|Chacko Kurian||||||

### Radio

|Title|Notes|
| --- | --- |
|_Hansi Ke Phavare-1_|Sud on Radio Mirchi|

### Songs

|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|"Daaru Peeke Girna"|Billa Sharabi|||
|"Mere Husband Mujhko Piyar Nahin Karte"|Rinku Bhabhi|||

### Animated movies

|scope="col"|movie title|scope="col"|Original voice|scope="col"|Character|scope="col"|Dub Language|scope="col"|Original Language|scope="col"|Original Year Release|scope="col"|Dub Year Release|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Chicken Little_|Adam West|Ace – Hollywood Chicken Little|Hindi|English|Punjabi 2005|2015||||||||||

## Awards

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Category|scope="col"|Movie/Role|scope="col"|Result|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2018|ITA Award For Special Mention Comic Icon|_Mimicry of Amitabh Bachchan_||||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Sunil Grover
- **image**: Sunil Grover at the premiere of Heeramandi.jpg
- **caption**: Grover in 2024
- **birth place**: Mandi Dabwali, Haryana, India
- **years active**: 1995–present
- **spouse**: Aarti Grover
- **children**: 1