Sunil Pal

Sunil Pal is an Indian comedian, actor and voice actor, and the (2005) winner of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge on STAR One. He has acted in various Bollywood films doing minor comic roles.

Sunil Pal
Sunil Pal at Kailash Kher Kailasa's Rangeele Album Launch
Born	Sunil Pal Hinganghat, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Comedian, Actor, Voice actor
Known for	Stage comedy
Website	sunilpal.in

In 2010, he wrote and directed a comedy film, Bhavnao Ko Samjho, which featured a record 47 stand-up comedians [1] including Siraj Khan, Johnny Lever, Raju Srivastav, Kapil Sharma, Navin Prabhakar, Ahsaan Qureshi and many more.

Early life

Sunil Pal came to Mumbai in 1995 when his father (who then used to work with Indian Railways) got transferred. He studied in Janata Vidyalaya city branch Ballarpur school. He joined the Junior College. There he used to mimic his professors and famous actors. After college, he struggled for three years.

Early career

During one of his interviews, he says that "I was working at a tea stall in Santacruz as waiter. Those days I'd sleep on the footpath. And I used to use the telephones of a nearby shop to keep in touch with my contacts in film industry." [2]

Sunil Pal at Thahake, Hasya Kavi sammelan at Thomso, IIT Roorkee

In 2000, Sunil got a chance to do a world tour with Aamir Khan for Lagaan as a junior artist. He was also involved in other tours of famous actors like Priety Zinta and Aishwarya Rai.

The Great Indian Laughter Challenge

Later Sunil Pal contested in The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, and won the competition. He was the favourite of viewers, who were enthralled by his remarkable ability of impersonating many film actors (like Sunil Shetty, Nana Patekar, Sunny Deol, Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, and Irrfan Khan) with commanding progress. In addition, his self-created character of the drunkard "Ratan Noora" was widely admired.

Bollywood career

Soon after the show followed many small roles in Bollywood movies. So far he has worked in seven films. His first major Hindi film, Bombay to Goa released in 2007, although he has played small roles in Hum Tum and Phir Hera Pheri. On a tour with Sonu Nigam, he met Neeraj Vohra (writer and director) who later gave him a role in Phir Hera Pheri (2006). He has also worked in Apna Sapna Money Money and he has produced, written, and directed a film called Bhavnao ko Samjho. The film is in the Guinness Book of World Records for a record 47 stand up comedians acting in a single film.[3] While the film was bashed by critics, audience members who follow The Great Indian Laughter Challenge enjoyed the film, due to the stand-up comedians acting in the film and jokes which were similar to the show.

Filmography

Year	Films	Role	Notes
2004	Hum Tum
2006	Phir Hera Pheri	Munna Bhai's sidekick
2006	Apna Sapna Money Money	Matha Prasad's assistant
2010	Bhavnao Ko Samjho		also director
2014	Kick
2014	Money Back Guarantee		also director
2015	Sasu Cha Swayamwar	Baji	Marathi film
2015	Main Hoon Rajinikanth	Arvind Mukherji The Khaas Aadmi
2015	Dirty Politics	Nathu Lal
2018	Teri Bhabhi Hai Pagle
2019	Wig Boss
2019	Sharma Ji Ki Lag Gayi

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Channel
2005	The Great Indian Laughter Challenge - I	Contestant (Winner)	STAR One
2008	Comedy Champions	Contestant	Sahara One

References

1. "Hindi movie with 51 stand-up comedians!!". Indiatimes.com Movies. 28 December 2009.
2. IndiaTimes interview with Sunil
3. "Most professional stand-up comedians in a feature film". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

External links

• Sunil Pal on IMDb