On Kapil Sharma's 43rd Birthday, A Look At His Journey And Net Worth

Kapil Sharma turns a year older today, April 2, 2024. He has managed to make his position as a celebrity comedian with a huge fan base. Today, on this special day, let’s take a look at his journey and his total net worth.

Kapil Sharma has come a long way in his career and is now a household name. He came into the limelight after winning the show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge season 3 in 2007. Then, in 2013, he launched his show, Comedy Nights with Kapil. However, it was not an easy journey. This supremely popular comedian once struggled a lot to achieve this success.

Earlier in an interview, Kapil revealed that his first salary was only Rs 500. Kapil was born into a lower-middle-class family, and he shared he used to help his mother with household work and initially started his career working at a PCO and a textile manufacturing company to support his family financially. He also revealed that his financial condition was so bad that he didn’t even have money to buy a ticket. He once travelled by hiding himself.

However, now Kapil Sharma has become one of the most expensive comedians in the film industry. According to media reports, Kapil Sharma’s net worth is Rs 330 crore. Reports also suggest that the comedian charges a whopping amount of Rs 50 lakh per episode for his show.

As reported by Magicbricks, Kapil Sharma resides in the Andheri West locality of Mumbai. He is a neighbour to popular Bollywood celebrities including Alia Bhatt, Sonu Sood, and many more. While the worth of his Mumbai properties goes up to Rs 15 crore, the popular comedian also owns a luxurious farmhouse worth Rs 25 crore in Punjab.

Reports suggest Kapil Sharma owns a collection of luxury cars, which includes the Range Rover Evoque, which costs around Rs 60 lakh, the Mercedes-Benz S350, which costs Rs 1.20 crore, the Volvo XC90, which is worth Rs 1.25 crore, and a luxurious DC-designed vanity van, which reportedly costs 5.5 crore.

On the professional front, Kapil Sharma is back to entertain the viewers in a revamped form for his The Kapil Sharma Show. The new show, titled The Great Indian Kapil Show, is streaming on Netflix and features new episodes every Saturday. The comedian retained his team from the show and also brought back Sunil Grover. Apart from this, he was recently seen in the movie Crew, starring Kareena Kapoor, Tabu and Kriti Sanon as the main leads.