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

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show, ''

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, Cricbuzz Live and his youtube show Breakfast with Champions.''

Career

Gaurav was seventeen when he first got an opportunity to work with FM. After beginning as a radio jockey, he did a travel show called Indian holiday on Sony Television, it was a travel show exploring beautiful Indian locations with Anu Malhotra and people even notice Mini Mathur. He began working as a VJ on

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. He first entered into films with Darna Mana Hai (2003) as Romi. The same year he was seen in another horror flick Ssssshhhh (2003). This was pursueded by Manu Rewal's Chai Pani Etc. (2004), a comedy; White Rainbow (2005); the comedy Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana and as Ahmed in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, a remake of

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. In 2008, he was seen in Secrets of the Seven Sounds, Quick Gun Murugan, The Mole and Ugly Aur Pagli. He worked with Anupam Kher and

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's A Wednesday. Gaurav Kapur played the lead in the comedy Bad Luck Govind (2009) that opened to mixed reviews. He appeared in the film Saluun in 2009. In 2011, he appeared in Chala Mussaddi - Office Office. He hosted the

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based

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''Extraaa Innings T20'' from 2011 to 2017, covering the

. 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

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, Gary Kirsten,

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with wife

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, Danny Morrison,

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, Cheteshwar Pujara,

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and

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have appeared on this show. Gaurav Kapur co-founded Kommune Arts Private Limited, a performance arts collective, with Ankur Tewari and Roshan Abbas in July 2017. In 2018, he joined

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LIVE as an anchor, an online based cricket talk show covering the Indian Premier League and other

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matches.

Personal life

Gaurav completed his schooling in Mount St. Mary's School. He completed his undergraduate degree in

Sri Venkateswara College Sri Venkateswara College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi established in 1961 in New Delhi, India. It is managed by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams & UGC and awards degrees under the purview of the University of Delhi. The co ...

in Delhi. He married actress

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on 3 November 2014 in

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. He resides in

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Business Interests

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

Filmography

Deepika Padukone,Ajay Jadeja,Harsha Bhogle,Gaurav Kapoor on DLF IPL's Extraaa Innings (1)

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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