Kapil Sharma (born Kapil Punj; 2 April 1981) is an Indian stand-up comedian and television host from Punjab, India, Primarily known for hosting The Kapil Sharma Show. He won the stand-up comedy reality show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge season 3 in 2007. He previously 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 reality 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. He worked in some films such as Bhavnao Ko Samjho (2010), Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (2015), and Firangi (2017) and did short appearances in ABCD 2 (2015). He did Hindi dubbing for The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019). Kapil Sharma also does live stand-up comedy-stage shows. Early and personal life Sharma was born in a Punjabi family in the city of Amritsar of Punjab, India as Kapil Punj. His father Jeetendra Kumar Punj was a head constable in Punjab Police, while his mother Janak Rani is a homemaker. His father was diagnosed with cancer in 1997 and died in 2004 at AIIMS in Delhi. He studied at Shri Ram Ashram Senior Secondary School, in Amristar and Hindu College in Amritsar. He is featured in the list of prominent alumni of Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar. Sharma has a brother named Ashok Kumar Sharma, who is a Police constable and a sister named Pooja Pawan Devgan. Sharma was in a relationship with Preeti Simoes for eight years. Simoes also worked as his manager, their affair started with Comedy Nights with Kapil and was both together until 2017. He married Ginni Chatrath in Jalandhar on 12 December 2018. They have two children – a daughter and a son. Career Sharma rose to fame after winning the comedy reality television show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in 2007, for which he won a cash prize of . He had previously worked in the Punjabi show Hasde Hasaande Ravo on MH One channel. Sharma has stated that he moved to Mumbai in order to become a singer. He participated in Sony's Comedy Circus and went on to win six seasons of the show. He also hosted the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa