Gaurav Kapur

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Gaurav Kapur
Born (1981-04-11) 11 April 1981 (age 43)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor, presenter
Years active2003–present
Known for Extraaa Innings T20
Spouse
(m. 2014)

Gaurav Kapur (born 11 April 1981), also spelled as Gaurav Kapoor is an Indian actor, television and cricket presenter known for being the host of the pre-match Indian Premier League show, Extraaa Innings T20 , Cricbuzz Live and his YouTube show Breakfast with Champions.

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Career

Gaurav was seventeen when he started working on FM. [1] After beginning as a radio jockey, he did a travel show called Indian holiday on Sony Television which explored scenic Indian locations with Anu Malhotra and Mini Mathur. Subsequently, he worked as a VJ on Channel V. [1] He made his Bollywood debut with Darna Mana Hai in 2003 playing a character named Romi. [2] In the same year he acted in another horror movie Ssssshhhh. [3] He then worked in Chai Pani Etc. in 2004 which was a comedy film by Manu Rewal and White Rainbow in 2005. He also worked in the comedy film Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana and acted as Ahmed in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag which was a remake of Sholay. [3]

In 2008, several films in which he worked on were released including Secrets of the Seven Sounds, Quick Gun Murugun, The Mole and Ugly Aur Pagli. Notably in the same year, he worked with Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah in Neeraj Pandey's A Wednesday. [4]

Gaurav Kapur played the lead in the comedy Bad Luck Govind (2009) that opened to mixed reviews. [5] He appeared in the film Saluun in 2009. [6] In 2011, he appeared in Chala Mussaddi - Office Office.

He hosted the cricket based talk show Extraaa Innings T20 from 2011 to 2017, covering the Indian Premier League.

In March 2017, Gaurav started a web series called 'Breakfast with Champions' where he interviews and interacts with cricketers and other sports athletes. Many including Steve Smith, Michael Holding, Shoaib Akhtar, Gary Kirsten, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh with wife Hazel Keech, Ashish Nehra, Danny Morrison, Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Dwayne Bravo, Matthew Hayden, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Smriti Mandhana, Shikhar Dhawan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Parthiv Patel, Ravi Shastri, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, David Warner, Mithali Raj, Abhinav Bindra, Leander Paes and Geeta Phogat have appeared on this show. [7] [8]

Gaurav Kapur co-founded Kommune Arts Private Limited, a performance arts collective, with Ankur Tewari and Roshan Abbas in July 2017. [9]

In 2018, he joined Cricbuzz LIVE as an anchor, an online based cricket talk show covering the Indian Premier League and other Indian cricket team matches. [10]

Personal life

Gaurav completed his schooling in Mount St. Mary's School. [1] He completed his undergraduate degree in Sri Venkateswara College in Delhi. [11]

He married actress Kirat Bhattal on 3 November 2014 in Chandigarh. [12] He resides in Bandra, Maharashtra. [13]

Business Interests

In April 2016, Gaurav started a dedicated sports media and production agency named Oaktree Creative Solutions. [14]

Filmography

Gaurav Kapur (rightmost) hosting Extraaa Innings T20 Deepika Padukone,Ajay Jadeja,Harsha Bhogle,Gaurav Kapoor on DLF IPL's Extraaa Innings (1).jpg
Gaurav Kapur (rightmost) hosting Extraaa Innings T20

Films

YearTitleRole
2003 Darna Mana Hai Romi
2003 Sssshhh... Rajat
2004Chai Pani Etc.Harish
2005 White Rainbow Gaurav Kapoor
2006 Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamana Rahul
2007 Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag Ahmed
2008The MoleThe Assassin
2008 Ugli Aur Pagli Hemal
2008 A Wednesday! Ajay Khanna
2009Bad Luck GovindGovind Surender Sharma
2009SaluunAsok
2009 Quick Gun Murugun Cameo appearance
2011 Chala Mussaddi - Office Office Bunty M. Tripathii
2013 Kai Po Che! Cricket Commentator

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006–2007 The Great Indian Comedy Show HimselfContestant
2011–2017 Extraaa Innings T20 HimselfHost
2018–Present Cricbuzz Live (Hindi and English)HimselfHost

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResult
2012EC Live Quotient AwardsBest Anchor (Media Personality)(Male)Won [15]

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