Kapil Sharma Biography

Kapil Sharma is an Indian stand-up comedian and actor, born in a Punjabi Brahmin family in Amritsar, Punjab.

His father was in the police force and mother was a housewife. He is from a Middle-class family. he was fond of acting and wanted to become an actor and comedian.

He started his career from Punjabi channel mh1 'hasde hasounde raho' but was second runner up. Then he participated in a comedy reality show Ustaadon Ka Ustaad, where the contestants of Comedy Circus performed against contestants from Great Indian Laughter Challenge.

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.

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. In December 2013, Kapil Sharma was ranked 93rd in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list.