Kapil Sharma is a popular Indian stand-up comedian, TV presenter, actor and producer. He is well-known for hosting The Kapil Sharma Show. Earlier, he hosted the TV comedy shows Comedy Nights with Kapil and Family Time with Kapil.
Kapil Sharma rose to fame with his comedy shows. In 2016, Ormax Media labelled him as the most popular Indian tv personality. After that, Forbes India ranked him at 11th and 18th in their Celebrity 100 list in 2016 and 2017.
He hogged the limelight when he won the comedy reality television show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in 2007. He won a cash prize of INR 10 lakh. Recalling his past experienced, he had worked in the Punjabi show Hasde Hasaande Ravo on MH One channel.
He took part in Sony’s Comedy Circus and won 6 seasons of the show. He hosted the dance reality show Jhalak Dikkla Jaa Season 6 followed by another show Chhote Miyan. It was in 2013 that Kapil launched his own show, Comedy Nights with Kapil, under his banner K9 Productions on Colors.
Kapil Sharma announced his arrival in the Bollywood film industry when he starred in the movie Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon. It is a romantic-comedy directed by Abbas Mustan opposite four actresses namely Elli Avram, Manjari Phadnis, Simran Kaur Mundi and Sai Lokur. The movie hit the screens in 2015 but received mixed reviews from the audience. However, the movie received a record-breaking opening day collection for a debut.
The show has surpassed all other shows in the same genre in India. Kapil Sharma is a famous comedian actor who gives everyone a reason to smile in this busy world. The comedian-actor Kapil Sharma has worked really hard to reach the stardom that he enjoys now. The show has grabbed the top position in TRP ratings and has become the most-watched channel across the country.
Now, it has been revealed that Kapil charges a hefty amount for his weekend episodes of the hugely popular celebrity chat show The Kapil Sharma Show. While Bollywood and other entertainment personalities grace his show every week, Kapil’s towering personality and fame surpass everything and his fees for the show is proof of the same.
If sources are to be believed, Kapil Sharma has hiked his fee to Rs 1 crore for weekend episodes of The Kapil Sharma Show. His high fees is often the subject of jokes for his fellow performers like Krushna Abhishek and Bharti Singh, but the aforementioned amount certainly puts him in the big leagues of celebrities in the telly world.
The Kapil Sharma Show airs two episodes per week, on Saturday and Sunday, which makes his per-episode fees something close to Rs 50 lakh, which is an insane amount indeed. Recently, a video doing the rounds on social media shows Kapil Sharma’s lavish lifestyle outside his comedy show.
In a video, Kapil Sharma showed how he lives his life after and before the show. He basically shared the unseen visuals with his fans.
Watch the video:
The video received more than 3.6 million views on YouTube with more than 1.3 lakh people liking the video.