This Day, That Year – April 2

This day in history we feature Kapil Sharma. An Indian stand-up comedian, television host, actor, producer & singer from Punjab, India was born on this day in 1981.

Trivia – Kapil Sharma

Kapil Sharma hosts The Kapil Sharma Show on Sony TV. He won the stand-up comedy reality show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge season 3 in 2007. He has hosted and produced television comedy shows such as Comedy Nights with Kapil, Family Time with Kapil on Colors TV and Sony TV channels respectively. He has won multiple seasons of the comedy show Comedy Circus on Sony TV along with various partners and in 2011 participated in the singing reality show Star Ya Rockstar of Zee TV, where he finished as a second runner-up.

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Kapil Sharma also does live stand-up comedy-stage shows. At the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year awards 2013, Sharma was felicitated with the Indian of the Year award in the entertainment category by veteran actor Amol Palekar. In the same year he did live stage shows in Oman. During the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, he was appointed the Brand Ambassador by the Delhi Election Commission. Sharma was the co-host of the 60th Filmfare Awards in 2015 along with Karan Johar. He was the presenter for the fourth season of Celebrity Cricket League, 2014. He appeared as a guest on the opening episode of the eighth season of the Indian television game show Kaun Banega Crorepati and also as a celebrity guest on The Anupam Kher Show. He also appeared as a guest in Koffee With Karan in 2017. Sharma made his Bollywood debut as the male lead in the movie Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon, a romantic-comedy directed by Abbas Mustan opposite four actresses, Elli Avram, Manjari Phadnis, Simran Kaur Mundi and Sai Lokur. The film was released on 25 September 2015 to mixed reviews from critics but did record-breaking opening day business for a debut. In the same year he signed and paid to do six live shows in North America but the event organizer Amit Jaitly alleged that Sharma not did show up in one city and thus filed a court case for breach of contract against Sharma in New York’s court. Jaitly also accused Sharma is not taking his phone calls, the case is pending in New York’s court. His show Comedy Nights with Kapil on Colors aired its last episode on 24 January 2016. Sharma then began a new show titled The Kapil Sharma Show on Sony Entertainment Television under his K9 Productions. The Kapil Sharma Show debuted on 23 April 2016 to a positive response from the viewers. His second movie Firangi was released on 1 December 2017. His next show was launched on 25 March 2018 stating as Family Time With Kapil Sharma which ended on 1 April after only 3 episodes. In 2018, he produced a Punjabi movie named Son of Manjeet Singh which was released on 12 October 2018. His show The Kapil Sharma Show was renewed with a new season which started airing on 29 December 2018, produced by Salman Khan. In 2020, it was announced he will star in a kids comedy show, titled The Honey Bunny Show With Kapil Sharma on Sony Yay. In January 2020, Kapil Sharma – Krushna Abhishek and other members of his Sony TV show did live show in Dubai of United Arab Emirates. In January 2022, it was announced that a biopic on his life is under development. Titled Funkaar the film will be directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba. The Kapil Sharma Show initiated airing on Sony on September 10, 2022. The show’s one of the main actor Krushna Abhishek left the show after monetary differences. Before the start of shoot in June–July, Sharma did live shows in North America. In 2023, Kapil Sharma was the lead actor in the movie Zwigato, directed by Nandita Das.

Source – Wikipedia