Gaurav Kapur

{{Infobox person

| name = Gaurav Kapur

| image = Siddharth and Gaurav Kapur at the success party for Striker.jpg

| image_upright = 1.4

| caption = Gaurav Kapur (right) with actor Siddharth

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|4|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = New Delhi, India

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Actor, presenter

| years_active = 2003–present

| known_for = Extraaa Innings T20

| spouse = Kirat Bhattal (m. 2014; div. 2021)

}}

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.

Career

Gaurav was seventeen when he started working on FM.{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/gaurav-kapoor/biography.html|title=Exclusive biography of #GauravKapoor and on his life.|website=FilmiBeat|access-date=2016-05-01}} 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. He made his Bollywood debut with Darna Mana Hai in 2003 playing a character named Romi.{{Citation|last=Raman|first=Prawaal|title=Darna Mana Hai|date=2003-07-25|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349333/|accessdate=2016-05-01}} In the same year he acted in another horror movie Ssssshhhh.{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/gaurav-kapoor/filmography.html|title=Check out lists of Movies by #GauravKapoor #Filmography|website=FilmiBeat|access-date=2016-05-01}} 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.

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.{{Citation|last=Pandey|first=Neeraj|title=A Wednesday|date=2008-09-05|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280558/|accessdate=2016-05-01}}

Gaurav Kapur played the lead in the comedy Bad Luck Govind (2009) that opened to mixed reviews.{{Citation|last=Khanna|first=Varun|title=Bad Luck Govind|date=2009-01-09|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199490/|accessdate=2016-05-01}} He appeared in the film Saluun in 2009.{{Citation|last=Bhat|first=Nikhil|title=Saluun|date=2000-01-01|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1370437/|accessdate=2016-05-01}} In 2011, he appeared in Chala Mussaddi - Office Office.

He hosted the cricket based talk show Extraaa Innings T20 from 2008 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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/chatty-cricketers-and-sassy-comedians-the-best-of-the-internet-with-brunch-s-wtf/story-YSqfAy3YrtISUcKeZo3l4M.html|title=Chatty cricketers and sassy comedians: The best of the Internet with Brunch's WTF|date=2017-03-04|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-03-08|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/breaking-bread-over-cricket-gaurav-kapur-web-series-sports-stars-cricket/18006180|title=Breaking bread over cricket|work=mid-day|access-date=2017-03-08|language=en}}

Gaurav Kapur co-founded Kommune Arts Private Limited, a performance arts collective, with Ankur Tewari and Roshan Abbas in July 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/KOMMUNE-ARTS-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U74999MH2017PTC297015|title=Kommune Arts Private Limited|last=|first=|date=11 August 2019|website=Zauba Corp|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=26 February 2020}}

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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/101404/cricbuzz-ropes-in-zaheer-khan-among-others-for-ipl-launches-cricbuzz-live|title=Cricbuzz ropes in Zaheer Khan among others for IPL; launches Cricbuzz Live|work=Cricbuzz|access-date=2018-04-13|language=en}}

Personal life

Gaurav completed his schooling in Mount St. Mary's School. He completed his undergraduate degree in Sri Venkateswara College in Delhi.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Gaurav-Kapur-aint-no-angel/articleshow/6479862.cms|title=Gaurav Kapur ain't no angel|date=3 September 2010|newspaper=The Times of India|first=Diksha|last=Kamra|access-date=10 September 2019}}

He married actress Kirat Bhattal on 3 November 2014 in Chandigarh.{{Cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/inside-gaurav-kapur-kirat-bhattals-wedding-pictures-of-baraat-baraatis-and-jaimala-688612|title=Inside Gaurav Kapur, Kirat Bhattals Wedding: Pictures of Baraat, Baraatis and Jaimala - NDTV Movies|website=NDTVMovies.com|date=3 November 2014 |access-date=2016-05-01}} They got divorced in 2021. He resides in Bandra, Maharashtra.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tushky.com/blog/from-being-bullied-in-school-to-the-ipl-centerstage-the-gaurav-kapur-story/|title=From being bullied in school to the IPL centerstage - The Gaurav Kapur Story - Tushky|last=tushky|date=2014-04-24|language=en-US|access-date=2016-08-12}}

= Business Interests =

In April 2016, Gaurav started a dedicated sports media and production agency named Oaktree Creative Solutions.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oaktreecreative.in/|title=Oaktree Creative Solutions. - Capturing the extraordinary in the ordinary!|website=Oaktree Creative|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-29}}