Kapil Sharma

Kapil Sharma is an Indian stand-up comedian, anchor and actor.He was selected among top 100 celebrities in 2013 Forbes India magazines and he was ranked 96th in that list.Currently he is hosting the Indian comedy show "Comedy Nights with Kapil".Sharma started his career with MH1's show 1996 Hasde Hasounde Raho, Then he participated in a comedy show Ustaadon Ka Ustaad.[citation needed] He hosted a comedy show Chhote Miyan (2008) with Juhi Parmar,and Jhalak Dikhla Jaa season 6 with Manish Paul.In 2009, he joined the comedy reality show Hans Baliye as a wild card entry with Bavneet Chatrath.He was the winner of the stand-up comedy reality series, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (Season 3) on STAR One, where he received huge acclaim for his stand-up comedy characters, Lala Roshan Lal and Shamsher Singh (the Punjab Police cop).He also won comedy series Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars, Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo, Jubilee Comedy Circus, Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur and Kahani Comedy Circus Ki on Sony India.At CNN-IBN Indian of the Year awards, Sharma was felicitated with Entertainer of the Year award for 2013 by Amol Palekar in recognition of his contribution to the show.