Kapil Sharma (born 18 April 1981) is a stand-up comedian and actor from Amritsar, India. He was the winner of stand up comedy reality series, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (Season 3) on STAR One, where he received acclaim for his stand-up comedy characters, Lala Roshan Lal and Shamsher Singh (the Punjab Police cop). In 2010, he won the Comedy Circus’s 2010 version, Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars and Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo. In 2011, he won Jubilee Comedy Circus in a tie with Krushna Abhishek - Rajiv Nigam, Comedy Circus Ke Taansen and Comedy Circus Ka Naya Daur on Sony Entertainment Television, partnering with Parvati Singhal, Shikha Singh, Ali Asgar(actor), Shweta Tiwari, Sumona Chakravarti and others.