Sunil Grover

Sunil Grover
Born 3 August 1977 (1977-08-03) (age 38)
Mandi Dabwali, Sirsa, Haryana, India
Residence Mumbai, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor
Years active 2002–present

Sunil Grover (born 3 August 1977) is an Indian actor and stand-up comedian born into a Punjabi Hindu family. He did his schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir, Mandi Dabwali and from Guru Nanak College. He has done his masters in theatre from Panjab University, Chandigarh.[1]

After having done local stage work for some time, he worked with Jaspal Bhatti and later ventured out on his own. Sunil's television career began as a movie jockey in the show Chala Lallan Hero Banne on the movie channel Filmy. He was the brand ambassador for the channel for a while.

He also acted in India's first Silent comedy show, SAB TV's Gutur Gu in the initial 26 episodes. He was part of the stand up comedy show Comedy Nights with Kapil and became immensely popular playing the fictional character Guthi.[1][2][3] He later returned to play the role of father-in-law to the show’s lead Kapil Sharma.[4][5]

Sunil Grover and Manish Paul started a comedy show on Star Plus, titled "Mad in India".

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role
1998 Pyar To Hona Hi Tha Barber
2002 The Legend of Bhagat Singh Jaidev Kapur
2005 Insan
2006 Family: Ties of Blood
2008 Ghajini Sampat
2011 Mumbai Cutting
2013 Zila Ghaziabad Faqeera
2014 Heropanti Driver
2015 Gabbar is Back Constable Sadhuram
Television
Title Notes
Full Tension with Jaspal Bhatti
Professor Money Plant Zee Punjabi
Lo Kal Lo Baat SAB TV
Kya Aap Paanchvi Fail Champu Hain? Filmy TV Channel
Gutur Gu SAB TV
Comedy Circus Sony Entertainment Television
Comedy Nights with Kapil Colors TV[6][7][8]
Mad In India Star Plus[9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 Sunil Grover Biography, Profile. entertainment.oneindia.in (3 August 1977). Retrieved on 2015-08-13.
  2. ↑ Sunil Grover's Chutki fails to recreate Gutthi magic. Hindustan Times (21 February 2014). Retrieved on 2015-08-13.
  3. ↑ Sunil Grover in new avatar as Sabjee. Zeenews.india.com (11 March 2014). Retrieved on 2015-08-13.
  4. ↑ "Now Sunil Grover to play Kapil Sharma’s father-in-law". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "It's like coming home says Sunil Grover". Patrika Group (1 August 2014). Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  6. ↑ There are so many girls like Gutthi: Sunil Grover – The Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (29 October 2013). Retrieved on 2015-08-13.
  7. ↑ I left 'Comedy Nights with Kapil' to earn more money: Sunil Grover. Ibnlive.in.com (5 December 2013). Retrieved on 2015-08-13.
  8. ↑ "Sunil Grover shoots for Comedy Nights". Patrika Group (24 July 2014). Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Sunil Grover’s ‘Mad In India’ a poor version of Comedy Nights with Kapil. The Indian Express (21 February 2014). Retrieved on 2015-08-13.
  10. ↑ Sunil Grover's new role on Mad In India is child named Sabjee. Movies.ndtv.com. Retrieved on 13 August 2015.

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