Turns out that Kapil Sharma was named after Kapil Dev! The former cricket captain and his team that won the 1983 World Cup feature on The Kapil Sharma Show. The comedian revealed that he was called Chotu till he was three as his folks could not decide on what to name him. But as soon as Dev clinched the World Cup, his parents felt Kapil was an apt name. Thanks to the cricketer, everyone stopped calling him by pet names.

On the professional front, Kapil Sharma is back with his comedy series, The Kapil Sharma Show. The comedian is back in action after a brief break.