Abhishek Sharma (born 30 May 1983), known professionally as Krushna Abhishek, is an Indian actor, comedian, and television host. He is known for his humorous work in comedy shows on Indian television such as ''

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'', ''

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,'' ''

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, and

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.'' He gained fame as a comedian after participating in several season of the ''Comedy Circus'' show on

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. He also participated in dance reality shows, including '' Nach Baliye 3'' (2007) and ''

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'' (2010). His dance moves are greatly inspired by his maternal uncle, former leading Bollywood actor

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. He has hosted '' Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega'', ''OMG! Yeh Mera India'', ''Comedy Nights Bachao'', and ''

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'' shows on

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respectively. He also performs in live stage shows''.''

Early life

Abhishek Sharma was born on 30 May 1983 to Atmaprakash Sharma in

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, India. His ancestral family is from Dhami, a village in

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. Bollywood actor

is his maternal uncle. Veteran Hindi was his maternal grandfather and singer

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was his maternal grandmother. His mother named him after her favourite actor

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's son,

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Personal life

Krushna Abhishek married his long time girlfriend

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in 2013 and they live in Mumbai. They met at the sets of movie ''

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''.

Career

He made his Hindi film debut with ''Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat'' (2002), and has acted in films like ''Hum Tum Aur Mother'' in 2005, '' Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega'' (2007), and ''Aur Pappu Pass Ho Gaya'' in the same year. Later he shifted to

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s. He played the lead in the TV series, ''Sautela'' (

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) in 2007. He participated in various seasons of stand-up comedy show, ''

'', including, ''Comedy Circus 2'' (2008), ''Comedy Circus 3'' (2009), where he was a wild card entry in ''Comedy Circus 3'' (2009) with

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. He participated in the celebrity couple dance-reality shows, starting with ''

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'' (

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) (2007), and ''

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'' (2008) along with

and eventually won the latter. He also appeared in a similar show, ''Jalwa Four 2 Ka 1'' (2008). In 2010, he participated in the dance reality show, ''

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'' (

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) with choreographer

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. Previously he had also appeared as a judge in the reality dance show on

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, '' Krazzy Kiya Re'', along with

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. As a celebrity couple, he and

took part in the reality show ''Love Lock Up'' on

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in February 2011, in which actress

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played the role of peace maker. In 2016, he hosted and performed in ''

'' show of Colors TV, produced by

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. It replaced popularity declined ''

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'' (2013–16) of

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. Later when the show itself got replaced ''

'' (2015–17) he hosted it and did comedy. In July 2017, he singed Sony TV's

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show produced by Kapil Sharma's former longtime girlfriend

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and her sister Neeti Simoes. In 2018, he joined the second season of ''

'' along with Sudesh Lehri, whom he collaborated with in ''

'' as well, after the first season closed down due to Kapil Sharma's poor health and mid-air altercations with supporting actors. In 2020, he starred in his new show '' Funhit Mein Jaari'' with Bharti Singh and others. In 2022, he launched the latest season of his History TV18's

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show '''OMG! Ye mera India (). Till 2021 he has hosted 7 season of this show. In 2024, he and

took part in a reality show called Laughter Chefs on

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hosted by

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Filmography

Television

Films

Dubbing roles

Awards

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(2014) for ''

'' * Indian Television Academy Award for Popular Comedy-Duo (2015) with

for ''

'' *BIG Star Most Entertaining Jury/Host (TV)-Non Fiction (2015) with

for ''

'' * ITA Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role (2019) for

References

External links

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