A famous millionaire from zero
Apart from TV shows, Kapil is also the host of a star-studded stand-up comedy show for Netflix. Kapil, who shines alongside Shah Rukh Khan at award nights, has also appeared in films. Kapil Sharma’s rise from zero to a famous millionaire is a fact that the Indian television audience watches with laughter; Or the laughter of billions of viewers made Kapil a millionaire. In 2007, Kapil gained the attention of the Indian television audience when he won the comedy reality show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Season 3.
Kapil has assets worth Rs 280 crore
Comedy Circus, a reality show aired by Sony TV, made Kapil the audience’s favorite comedian. Kapil started his own stand-up comedy show on Colors TV called Comedy Nights with Kapil in 2013 and hasn’t looked back since. Kapil, who the media says gets Rs 50 lakhs per show, has amassed a net worth of Rs 280 crores in a career spanning just over 15 years. Kapil Sharma aka Kapil Punj was born in an ordinary family in Amritsar, Punjab.
The golden path of Kapil Sharma’s life
Father Jeetendra Kumar Punj was a head constable in the Punjab Police and mother Janak Rani was a housewife. When Kapil was sixteen, his father succumbed to cancer in 1997. He died in 2004. Kapil has one brother and one sister. The Big Indian Laughter Season 3 in 2007, when he was working on the Punjabi show Hasde Hasande Rao on MH One channel, turned out to be the golden path in Kapil Sharma’s life. Kapil, the winner of the show, received a prize of Rs.
A hand full of awards and accolades
Kapil Sharma won the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Comedian in 2012 for his shows Kahani Comedy Nights Ki and Comedy Nights with Kapil. In 2013, Kapil won the Indian Television Academy Best Comedian award and also won the CNN-IBN Channel Entertainer of the Year Award.
Comedy Nights with Kapil also won the Big Star Entertainment Award for Best Comedy Program the same year. Comedy Nights with Kapil won the Star Guild Award for Best Comedy Program in 2014.
In 2015, the same program again won the Kapil Sharma Television Academy Award. In 2019, the same show won the Gold Award for Best Comedy Show and the Indian Television Academy Award.
Film production at a cost of 36 crore rupees
Kapil Sharma made his film debut in 2010 with a special appearance in Bhavanavom Ko Samjo. The actor, who appeared as Kapil Sharma in ABCD-2 which released in 2015, also played the lead role in Kis Kisco Pyaar Karu which released in the same year. The film was made at a cost of Rs 36 crore and became a success with a collection of Rs 71 crore. In 2017, he produced the film Firangi and acted as a hero.
Having four wives made me lose weight!
Despite being a comedy film based on the pre-independence era, the film flopped at the box office. In an episode featuring Taapsee Pannu as a guest, Kapil Sharma’s reference to the first film he starred in went viral through the reels. Kapil said that he did not lose weight even for his own wedding, he lost weight only because he had four wives in the film. Kapil lost 20 kg for the film.
Kapil Sharma and Nandita
Directed by Nandita Das with Kapil Sharma in the lead, Swaigato won critical acclaim by reaching international film festivals. The plot of the film revolves around Manas, a factory manager in Bhubaneswar, who loses his job and becomes a food delivery boy in order to move on with his life. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Apart from the Busan International Film Festival, the film was also screened at the Kerala International Film Festival and received positive reviews from the national media.
