Kapil Sharma (comedian): Difference between revisions

Sharma was born in [[Amritsar, Punjab]], India as Kapil Punj.<ref name="TOIfacts"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/kapil-sharma-on-amritsars-matthi-chhole-scotch-whisky-and-punjabis-and-dieting-the-foodie-interview-2820038/ |title=Comedian Kapil Sharma on Amritsar's matthi chhole, Scotch whisky, and Punjabis and dieting |publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|date=26 May 2016 }}</ref> His father Jeetendra Kumar Punj was a head constable in Punjab Police, while his mother Janak Rani is a homemaker.<ref name=EarlyLife>{{cite news|title=Life has changed ever since, says comedian Kapil's family|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/amritsar/life-has-changed-ever-since-says-comedian-kapil-s-family/article1-1173318.aspx|accessdate=18 December 2014|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> His father was diagnosed with cancer in 1997 and died in 2004 at [[AIIMS]] in [[Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Kapil-Sharma-Seeing-my-daddy-suffer-in-his-last-days-I-prayed-to-God-to-take-him/articleshow/39944224.cms |title=Mr. Sharma: Seeing my daddy suffer in his last days, I prayed to God to take him |publisher=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> He studied at Shri Ram Ashram Senior Secondary School, Amristar and Hindu College in Amritsar. He is featured in the list of prominent alumni of Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apeejay Prominent Alumni - Apeejay College of Fine Arts Jalandhar |url=https://acfa.apeejay.edu/alumni/prominent-alumni |website=acfa.apeejay.edu |accessdate=25 November 2019}}</ref> Sharma has a brother named Ashok Kumar Sharma, who is a Police constable and a sister named Pooja Pawan Devgan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/kapil-sharmas-personal-life-in-pictures/ |title=Kapil Sharma's personal life in pictures |publisher=Bollywood Life|date=2 April 2016 }}</ref>

Sharma married Ginni Chatrath in [[Jalandhar]] on 12 December 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/telly-talk/gossip/article/fans-congratulate-the-newlyweds-kapil-sharma-and-ginni-chatrath-on-twitter-read-tweets-tv-news/330219|title=Fans congratulate the newlyweds Kapil Sharma and Ginni Chatrath on Twitter - read tweets {{!}} TV News|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en-GB|access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/telly-talk/gossip/article/kapil-sharma-and-ginni-chatrath-are-now-married-view-photo/330054|title=Kapil Sharma and Ginni Chatrath are now married|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en-GB|access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> They had a daughter on 10 December 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kapil Sharma and wife Ginni Chatrath blessed with a baby girl |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/kapil-sharma-and-wife-ginni-chatrath-blessed-with-a-baby-girl-1626899-2019-12-10 |accessdate=10 December 2019 |work=India Today |date=10 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>