Kapil Sharma: Comedian Kapil Sharma is celebrating his birthday April 2. Coming from Amritsar, he cherished dreams of becoming a singer. Chasing his dream, he moved to Mumbai, but life had different plans for him. His journey from singer to his first ever stand up comedy show and now country’s most popular comedian with his own show, has been long. Let’s take a look at Kapil Sharma’s life journey.
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
He came to Mumbai to become a singer and quickly rose to fame too. But not as a singer. He won the season 3 of the comedy reality television show ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’ in 2007. He beat big names like Chandan Prabhakar (first runner-up) and Sudesh Lehri (second runner-up). Kapil won a cash prize of Rs.10 lakhs.
Comedy Circus
Soon after he participated in the comedy-reality show, Comedy Circus on Sony Entertainment Television. The show featured contestants presenting their comic acts. Sharma made a record by winning six consecutive seasons of the show.
Comedy Nights With Kapil
In 2013, the comedian launched his very own comedy show, ‘Comedy Nights with Kapil’ under the K9 productions banner on Colours TV. Other comedians on the show included Ali Asgar, Sumona Chakravarti, Kiku Sharda, Chandan Prabhakar with Navjot Singh Siddhu as the permanent guest. The show featured countless celebrity guests who came on the show to promote their films. In September 2013, the show became the highest-rated scripted television show of India. It eventually ended after a successful three-year run after Kapil had some differences with the channel. His last episode was aired on January 24, 2016.
The Kapil Sharma Show
Kapil took a break before making a comeback with ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ with the same production banner on Sony Entertainment Television. The first episode aired on April 23, 2016. It had a format similar to ‘Comedy Nights With Kapil’, featuring celebrity guests. It is the most popular show today in the country and has Archana Puran Singh as the permanent guest.
Debut as actor
The comedy king also nurtured dreams of acting. After making a great impact on the small screen, he made his Bollywood debut with Abbas Mustan’s directorial romantic-comedy movie, Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon. His appearance in Firangi in 2017 could not attract the audiences and the movie bombed at the box office.
In his latest film Zwigato Kapil played a rather serious role. In this Nandita Das directorial, he has played the role of a delivery boy, who is struggling hard to meet his financial needs with meager earning from food delivery.
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