Happy Birthday Kapil Sharma: From working at a PCO to ranking on Forbes list; a look at the comedian's rags to riches story

Kapil Sharma - the name is synonymous with laughter now. The comedian-singer-actor has and is reigning the kingdom of comedy but it wasn't an easy fit for him to reach where he is now. Kapil hailed from a middle class family and has had his share of struggles in life. On the occasion of this funny man's birthday today (April 2), let's take a look at his life which has all the makings of a perfect rags to riches story. (Photo: Instagram)

Kapil Sharma hails from Amritsar did his schooling there. He learnt Commercial Arts and Computers but eventually started teaching theatre to students in college to earn money. After the death of his father, who was a police personnel, Kapil became the breadwinner for the family. Kapil has an elder brother, who is in the police department, a sister and mom Janki, who now make sure to not miss a single episode of his current show, The Kapil Sharma Show.(Photo: Instagram)

Did you know Kapil Sharma worked at a PCO after class tenth. Post his father's demise, Kapil had to take up such odd jobs for his pocket money. In an earlier interview with Times Of India, Kapil had stated, "On my own, I started working for a PCO, post Class X, to make my pocket money. I now miss him (his father), but at that time I would scold him and say, ‘Daddy, you don’t look after yourself and that is why you got cancer.’ Seeing him in so much pain, I prayed to God to take him. At that time, we were left with no money and were staying in a rented place. My mother tells me that for the first two days after getting his salary every month, he would drink and have chicken at home and then work for the rest of the month. Today whenever something good happens, I miss him. Had he been alive, I would have brought the best scotch for him in his life. I cried a lot when I came to know that he had cancer. I once caught him drinking but he would say, ‘Forget it, I have to die anyways.’ (Photo: Instagram)

"During college, I used to do histrionics and everyone would love it, so I somehow wanted to just get into 'Laughter Challenge'. They auditioned in Amritsar for Season 3, but I was rejected. My friend from school, Raju, who played the servant in Comedy Nights With Kapil, was selected. I was determined and again went to Delhi for audition and this time, got selected and finally became the winner in 2007. After that, I did a few small shows before doing Comedy Circus and then past one year started my own show," said Kapil. (Photo: Instagram)

We all have seen Kapil Sharma channel his inner singer on the stage of The Kapil Sharma Show. The host leaves no opportunity to sing and rightly so, he's got a soulful voice. Kapil came to Mumbai with the dream of being a singer and even participated in one of the reality shows. He was a wild card entrant on reality show ‘Star Ya Rockstar’ and was noticed by veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar who had tweeted, "Kapil ne itne saare dialogues bolne ke baad itna accha gaya. Main usey bahut bahut badhai deti hoon." He was also praised by Sonu Nigam and Salim-Sulaiman. (Photo: Instagram)

Kapil Sharma went on climbing the ladders of success and appeared in Forbes magazine. The comedian's show has been doing well. Though the actor his a rough patch after his mid air brawl with friend Sunil Grover but the comedian made a comaback to the Forbes list in 2019 again and was on the 53rd position. (Photo: Instagram)

Some say it's difficult to not success let go in one's head and stay grounded while some believe it's easier to deal with failure. Either way, it's how one person keeps his hold. After the success phase, there were reports of Kapil making the stars wait for two hours, cancel the shoot, delay in shooting episodes. He reportedly had a fallout with Preeti Simoes - the creative director of Comedy Nights With Kapil. (Photo: Instagram)

Kapil Sharma and controversies have also been quite hand in hand since quite some time. The comedian had a brawl with Sunil Grover onboard a flight and is reported to have hurled a shoe at him. This turned into a huge controversy and led his friends and co-workers from Sunil Grover, Ali Asgar, Sugandha Mishra to Chandan Prabhakar quit the show. While Chandan returned after some time, Ali Asgar and Sugandha joined Krushna Abhishek on his comedy show ‘The Drama Company’. Now Krushna has also patched up with Kapil and is playing the role of Sapna on The Kapil Sharma Show. (Photo: Instagram)

Kapil Sharma has buried the hatchet with Sunil Grover now. They posed together at Salman Khan's birthday bash at the latter's Panvel farm house. The news spread like wildfire. After that, they were also seen at a wedding where Kapil, Mika Singh and Sunil Grover were seen performing together and smiling at each other. There's still hope amongst the audience that they will get to see Sunil and Kapil work together. (Photo: Instagram)

Kapil bounced back with The Kapil Sharma Show, produced by Salman Khan. The show is doing well and Bharti Singh, Krushna Abhishek, Sumona Chakravarti, Kiku Sharda and Chandan Prabhakar play an integral part. Top-notch actors from across regions have graced the show.(Photo: Instagram)

Kapil is currently in the best phase of his life - personally and professionally. He tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend Ginni Chathrath in December 2019 and have an adorable baby girl, who they named Anayra. The host, in a live session had stated that he will wash his daughter's feet on the occasion of 'Ashtami', which was yesterday (April 1). (Photo: Instagram)