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'''Kiku Sharda'''
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'''Kiku Sharda''' (born '''Raghavendra Sharda'''; 14 February 1976) is an Indian comedian as well as film and television actor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/kiku-sharda/biography.html |title=Kiku Sharda Biography - oneindia.in |access-date=25 March 2014 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325173327/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/celebs/kiku-sharda/biography.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was born on 14 February 1976 in [[Jodhpur district|Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi//photostory/50973480.cms|title=Lesser known facts about Kiku 'Palak' Sharda|date=2016-02-13|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> Kiku completed his schooling in [[Mumbai]] where he also completed his post-graduation with an MBA degree in Marketing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.newstracklive.com/news/comedian-ki-kusharda-hold-samba-degree-unknown-fact-about-kapil-sharm-a-show-2019-sc90-nu-1020812-1.html|title=This Actor of 'The Kapil Sharma Show' Is MBA Degree Holder!|date=2019-07-09|website=News Track|language=English|access-date=2020-03-18|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011160540/https://english.newstracklive.com/news/comedian-ki-kusharda-hold-samba-degree-unknown-fact-about-kapil-sharm-a-show-2019-sc90-nu-1020812-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
{{Infobox person
| name              = Kiku Sharda
| image              = Trailer and poster launch of ‘2016 The End’ 03.jpg
| caption            = Sharda at the trailer launch of ''[[2016 The End]]''
| birth_name        = Raghavendra Sharda
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|02|14}}
| birth_place        = [[Jodhpur district|Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]], India
| nationality        = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| occupation        = {{hlist|[[Actor]]|[[Comedian]]}}
| spouse            = {{Marriage|Priyanka Sharda|2002}}
| years_active      = 2000 {{endash}} present
}}
 
He played the character of Hobo in [[Hatim (TV Series)|Hatim]], Constable Mulayam Singh Gulgule in ''[[F.I.R. (TV series)|F.I.R.]]'', and Akbar in the comedy show ''[[Akbar Birbal]]''. He had worked in ''[[Comedy Nights with Kapil]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/news/2014/palak-kiku-sharda-not-leaving-comedy-nights-with-kapil-rubishes-rumour-130972.html |title=Kiku Sharda Not Leaving Comedy Nights With Kapil |date=30 January 2014 |access-date=25 March 2014 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325173255/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/news/2014/palak-kiku-sharda-not-leaving-comedy-nights-with-kapil-rubishes-rumour-130972.html |url-status=live }}</ref> where he played various characters, notably of Palak.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-with-gutthi-gone-palak-came-into-her-own-kiku-sharda-1956704 |title=With Gutthi gone, Palak came into her own: Kiku Sharda - DNAIndia |date=25 January 2014 |access-date=25 March 2014 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325173529/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-with-gutthi-gone-palak-came-into-her-own-kiku-sharda-1956704 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is married to Priyanka.<ref name="spouse">{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/news/2014/nach-baliye-6-top-4-jodis-revealed-kiku-priyanka-eliminated-130309.html |title=Nach Baliye 6: Funny Man Kiku Sharda And Wife Priyanka Eliminated! |date=22 January 2014 |access-date=25 March 2014 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325190516/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/news/2014/nach-baliye-6-top-4-jodis-revealed-kiku-priyanka-eliminated-130309.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He participated in ''[[Nach Baliye 6]]'' in 2013 and ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa|Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7]]'' in 2014.
 
 
In 2016, Kiku Sharda was arrested for mimicking [[Dera Sacha Sauda]] head, [[Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh|Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan]] on a television channel in which Kiku dressed as a baba was shown serving liquor and doing lewd dance with girls which insulted the sect chief.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/kiku-sharda-thanks-industry-for-supporting-him-during-arrest/articleshow/50696275.cms|title=Kiku Sharda thanks industry for supporting him during arrest|date=2016-01-23|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-03-18|archive-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031234402/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/kiku-sharda-thanks-industry-for-supporting-him-during-arrest/articleshow/50696275.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
{|class="wikitable unsortable"
|- 
!  scope="col" | Year
!  scope="col" | Title
!  scope="col" | Role
!  scope="col" | Notes
|-
|2001
|''[[Mitti (2001 film)|Mitti]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/-ap-celebrity-nahi-ho-when-kiku-sharda-was-rejected-from-nach-baliye-jhalak-dikhhla-ja-1983105-2022-08-03|title='Ap celebrity nahi ho'. When Kiku Sharda was rejected from Nach Baliye, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa|first=Grace|last=Cyril|date=August 3, 2022|website=India Today}}</ref>
| Qasma
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Darna Mana Hai]]''
| Amar
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Phir Hera Pheri]]''
|Kanji
|
|-
|rowspan="4"|2007
|''[[Darling (2007 Indian film)|Darling]]''
|Doctor
|
|-
|''[[Dhamaal]]''
|Constable
|
|-
|''[[No Smoking (2007 film)|No Smoking]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Go (2007 film)|Go]]''
|
|
|-
|rowspan="4"|2008
|''[[Race (2008 film)|Race]]''
|Annirudh
|
|-
|''[[Roadside Romeo]]''
|Hero English
|
|-
|''[[Dasvidaniya]]''
|
|
|-
|''[[Love Khichdi]]''
|Balwinder
|
|-
|2010
|''[[No Problem (2010 film)|No Problem]]''
|
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Happy New Year (2014 film)|Happy New Year]]''
|Dance teacher<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/introducing-shah-rukh-khans-dance-teacher-in-happy-new-year/|title=Introducing Shah Rukh Khan’s dance teacher in ‘Happy New Year’|date=28 May 2014}}</ref>
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Mahayoddha Rama]]''
| One of Ravan's heads (voice)
|
|-
|2017
|''[[2016 The End]]''
|Assi
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2020
|''[[Jawaani Jaaneman]]''
|Dr. Kriplani
|
|-
|''[[Angrezi Medium]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/kiku-sharda-wish-angrezi-medium-released-a-bit-earlier-or-later/story-ESWACNp9mkOZaiuncQOy0M.html|title=Kiku Sharda: ‘Wish Angrezi Medium released a bit earlier or later’|date=16 April 2020|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
|Gajju
|
|-
|2022
|''[[Thank God (film)|Thank God]]''
|
|
|}
 
=== Television ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|- 
! Year
!  scope="col" | Serial
!  scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| 2003&ndash;2004 || ''[[Hatim (TV series)|Hatim]]'' ||  Hobo ||
|-
|2004&ndash;2005 ||  ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (TV series)|Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]'' || Jay ||
|-
|2004 || ''Aaj Ke Shrimaan Shrimati''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/kiku-sharda-recalls-the-time-when-he-and-dilip-joshi-were-replaced-in-a-show-5680939.html|title=Kiku Sharda Recalls The Time When He And Dilip Joshi Were Replaced In A Show|date=3 August 2022|website=News18}}</ref> || Jyoti Prasad ||
|-
|2005&ndash;2007 || ''[[The Great Indian Comedy Show]]'' ||  Various characters ||
|-
|2006&ndash;2007 || ''[[Vicky & Vetaal]]'' ||  Fraudster  ||
|-
|2006&ndash;2014 || ''[[F.I.R. (TV series)|F.I.R]]'' || Constable <br>Mulayam Singh Gulgule ||
|-
|2007 ||  ''[[Agadam Bagdam Tigdam]]'' || Deepak Malhotra ||
|-
|2007 ||  ''[[Kasturi (TV series)|Kasturi]]'' || Kiku ||
|-
|2008 || ''[[Bhaago KK Aaya]]'' ||  KK ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Kya Aap Paanchvi Fail Champu Hain?]]'' ||  Faroj Khan ||
|-
|2009 ||  ''[[Bhootwala Serial]]'' ||  Amarnath Bhandari ||
|-
|2009&ndash;2010 ||''[[Shree Adi Manav]]'' || Manav ||
|-
|2011 ||  ''[[Kahani Comedy Circus Ki]]''  ||  Guest contestant ||
|-
|2012&ndash;2013 ||''[[Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe]]'' || Contestant ||
|-
|2013 ||  ''[[Nach Baliye 6]]'' ||  Contestant ||  with wife Priyanka Sharda
|-
|2013&ndash;2016 ||  ''[[Comedy Nights with Kapil]]'' || Various characters ||
|-
|2014&ndash;2016 || ''[[Har Mushkil Ka Hal Akbar Birbal]]'' || [[Akbar]] ||
|-
|2014 || ''[[Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 7)|Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7]]'' ||  Himself/Palak(Contestant) || Eliminated 10th week - 17 August 2014
|-
|2016&ndash; present || ''[[The Kapil Sharma Show]]'' || Various characters ||
|-
|2017&ndash;2018||''[[Partners Trouble Ho Gayi Double]]'' ||  Manav A Desai ||
|-
|2018 || ''[[Family Time With Kapil Sharma]]'' || Bumper ||
|-
|2018||''[[Baby Come Naa]]'' ||  Yoyo Bappi Singh || Web series
|-
|2019
|''[[Booo Sabki Phategi]]''
|Puchki
|Web series
|-
|2019||''[[Dr Pran Lele]]'' ||  Dr.Pran ||
|}
 
==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width=5%| Year
! style="width:28%;"| Award
! style="width:30%;"| Category
! style="width:17%;"| Serial
! style="width:10%;"| Outcome
|-
 
| 2015
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Indian Telly Awards]]
| style="text-align:center;" | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Comedy)
| style="text-align:center;" | ''[[Akbar Birbal]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|2019
|style="text-align:center;" |[[Indian Television Academy Awards]]
|style="text-align:center;" |[[ITA Award for Best Actor - Comedy|Best Actor in a Comic Role]]
|style="text-align:center;" |''[[The Kapil Sharma Show]]''
|{{won}}
|}
 
== Controversy ==
In January 2016, Sharda was arrested for mimicking [[Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/tv-actor-kiku-sharda-arrested-for-hurting-religious-sentiments/story-R5L0x1xIfJ5bgsOHOVCRJK.html|title=Comedian Kiku Sharda arrested for mimicking Gurmeet Singh, apologises|date=13 January 2016}}</ref>
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Male actors from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Indian male comedians]]
[[Category:Marwari people]]
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:People from Jodhpur]]
[[Category:Rajasthani people]]

Latest revision as of 17:20, 10 November 2022


Kiku Sharda (born Raghavendra Sharda; 14 February 1976) is an Indian comedian as well as film and television actor.[1] He was born on 14 February 1976 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.[2] Kiku completed his schooling in Mumbai where he also completed his post-graduation with an MBA degree in Marketing.[3]

Kiku Sharda
Trailer and poster launch of ‘2016 The End’ 03.jpg
Sharda at the trailer launch of 2016 The End
Born
Raghavendra Sharda

(1976-02-14) 14 February 1976 (age 49)
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation
Years active2000 – present
Spouse(s)
Priyanka Sharda
(
m. 2002)

He played the character of Hobo in Hatim, Constable Mulayam Singh Gulgule in F.I.R., and Akbar in the comedy show Akbar Birbal. He had worked in Comedy Nights with Kapil[4] where he played various characters, notably of Palak.[5] He is married to Priyanka.[6] He participated in Nach Baliye 6 in 2013 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 in 2014.


In 2016, Kiku Sharda was arrested for mimicking Dera Sacha Sauda head, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan on a television channel in which Kiku dressed as a baba was shown serving liquor and doing lewd dance with girls which insulted the sect chief.[7]

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Mitti[8] Qasma
2003 Darna Mana Hai Amar
2006 Phir Hera Pheri Kanji
2007 Darling Doctor
Dhamaal Constable
No Smoking
Go
2008 Race Annirudh
Roadside Romeo Hero English
Dasvidaniya
Love Khichdi Balwinder
2010 No Problem
2014 Happy New Year Dance teacher[9]
2016 Mahayoddha Rama One of Ravan's heads (voice)
2017 2016 The End Assi
2020 Jawaani Jaaneman Dr. Kriplani
Angrezi Medium[10] Gajju
2022 Thank God

Television[edit]

Year Serial Role Notes
2003–2004 Hatim Hobo
2004–2005 Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa Jay
2004 Aaj Ke Shrimaan Shrimati[11] Jyoti Prasad
2005–2007 The Great Indian Comedy Show Various characters
2006–2007 Vicky & Vetaal Fraudster
2006–2014 F.I.R Constable
Mulayam Singh Gulgule
2007 Agadam Bagdam Tigdam Deepak Malhotra
2007 Kasturi Kiku
2008 Bhaago KK Aaya KK
2008 Kya Aap Paanchvi Fail Champu Hain? Faroj Khan
2009 Bhootwala Serial Amarnath Bhandari
2009–2010 Shree Adi Manav Manav
2011 Kahani Comedy Circus Ki Guest contestant
2012–2013 Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe Contestant
2013 Nach Baliye 6 Contestant with wife Priyanka Sharda
2013–2016 Comedy Nights with Kapil Various characters
2014–2016 Har Mushkil Ka Hal Akbar Birbal Akbar
2014 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 Himself/Palak(Contestant) Eliminated 10th week - 17 August 2014
2016– present The Kapil Sharma Show Various characters
2017–2018 Partners Trouble Ho Gayi Double Manav A Desai
2018 Family Time With Kapil Sharma Bumper
2018 Baby Come Naa Yoyo Bappi Singh Web series
2019 Booo Sabki Phategi Puchki Web series
2019 Dr Pran Lele Dr.Pran

Awards[edit]

Year Award Category Serial Outcome
2015 Indian Telly Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Comedy) Akbar Birbal Won
2019 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor in a Comic Role The Kapil Sharma Show Won

Controversy[edit]

In January 2016, Sharda was arrested for mimicking Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Kiku Sharda Biography - oneindia.in". Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lesser known facts about Kiku 'Palak' Sharda". The Times of India. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "This Actor of 'The Kapil Sharma Show' Is MBA Degree Holder!". News Track. 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kiku Sharda Not Leaving Comedy Nights With Kapil". 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "With Gutthi gone, Palak came into her own: Kiku Sharda - DNAIndia". 25 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nach Baliye 6: Funny Man Kiku Sharda And Wife Priyanka Eliminated!". 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kiku Sharda thanks industry for supporting him during arrest". The Economic Times. 23 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Cyril, Grace (3 August 2022). "'Ap celebrity nahi ho'. When Kiku Sharda was rejected from Nach Baliye, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa". India Today.
  9. ↑ "Introducing Shah Rukh Khan's dance teacher in 'Happy New Year'". 28 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Kiku Sharda: 'Wish Angrezi Medium released a bit earlier or later'". Hindustan Times. 16 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Kiku Sharda Recalls The Time When He And Dilip Joshi Were Replaced In A Show". News18. 3 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Comedian Kiku Sharda arrested for mimicking Gurmeet Singh, apologises". 13 January 2016.

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