He won the Entertainer of the Year Award at the 2013 CNN-IBN Indian of the Year Awards. Sharma was named Brand Ambassador by the Delhi election commission at the 2014 Los Sabha election. Sharma signed on to make his film debut in the film Bank Chor but opted out. Since 2013 he has starred in, produced, written, and composed the TV series Comedy Nights with Kapil. For the show he won a BIG Star Entertainment Television Award for Most Entertaining TV Series – Non Fiction in 2013. Sharma was named #96 in the top 100 celebrities in 2013 by Forbes India.