Kapil Sharma Age, Height, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kapil Sharma

• Does Kapil Sharma smoke?: No

• Does Kapil Sharma drink alcohol?: Yes

• Kapil came from a lower middle-class family with no entertainment background and had to struggle a lot to get himself roles that are worthy.

• During his graduation at Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar, he used to direct plays for his pocket money. He was also a scholarship holder and a national-level winner in theatre.

• He was paid minimum wages in the initial stages of his career and he even acted as a comedian without being paid at all.  He has also worked in a PCO, a cloth mill and even picked crates of soft-drinks to earn money.

• His father died in 2004 due to Cancer. He didn’t have the money to join any acting course but due to his sheer talent, many institutions sponsored his acting course fee.

• According to Kapil, his sense of humour comes from his mother who has been his biggest source of inspiration.

• He started his acting career as a theater artist when he was in his early 20s. 

• His initial passion was singing and singing is the thing which made him come to the tinsel town.

• He was initially rejected in the audition round of ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 3’, but received a call to return, and eventually he won the competition.

• With the prize money of 10 lakh (INR) that he won, he did his sister’s wedding, which was the most lavish wedding in his family. 

• He is one of the very few comedians in India who were ranked among the list of Forbes magazine in terms of power and money.

• He was being launched to the film industry by the legendary Yash Raj Films, but the project somehow stopped abruptly.

• He met his rumored girlfriend, Preeti Simoes, on the sets of “Comedy Circus” and she is currently working as the creative director of “The Kapil Sharma Show.”

• He once made a news public that his ex-girlfriend who used to work with him in a theater was married to a Gujarati store owner in London. Coincidentally he met her in London a few months ago.

• He is a left-hander.

• In April 2018, he filed an F.I.R. against Spotboye editor Vicky Lalvani and Neeti and Preeti Simoes for maligning his image. In reply, Lalwani shared an audio tape recording of his alleged phone conversation with Kapil Sharma.