Appurv Gupta is an Indian

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Early life

Gupta was born in

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to an engineer father and a homemaker mother. He completed his schooling from a government school and graduated in engineering from

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, Noida. Engineering, as a field of education, did not interest him, but he pursued it to fulfill his parents' wish.

Career

After graduating, Gupta started performing at

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. He has performed in more than 1000 shows in India and abroad since then, including corporate performances for

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and IIT Jodhpur. He has written three solo shows: ''Appurview''; ''RelationShip Or RelationShit''; and ''Laugh with an Engineer 2.0'', which has garnered over 10 million views on social media. His most applauded act is ''Appurview - Laugh with an Engineer'' which describes life from the point-of-view of an engineer. Gupta's comedy is based on self-deprecating humour, evident from various ‘baniya’ jokes with none on ‘Sardar’. He started a web series, "Mudde Ki baat", which covered topics such as start ups in India, cricket,

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. In 2023, he starred in the film "

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". In interviews, Gupta said he was glad not to be typecast as a comedian in the film. After the release of "Afwaah", Gupta commented that he is very careful not to spread information that he cannot verify through an official source.

Accolades

Gupta was ranked second in "Top 20 Indian stand-up comedian in 2014" by

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, and was included in the Forbes India 100 Celebrity nominees list of 2015 by

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Other endeavors

Gupta endeavors to be an entrepreneur. He has invested in Nimo Planet, Ohi, HYPD, Clapingo, Culture X, ElecBits, and The Confidento. In 2018, he gave a

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, the theme of which was "don't follow your passion, let the passion follow you". The video has not yet been translated into English. During

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, he was one of several prevalent Indian influencers who used social media posts to help arrange remedies for those in India needing medical aid.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gupta, Appurv Indian stand-up comedians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Jaypee Institute of Information Technology alumni Indian male comedians