Sunil Pal is an Indian comedian,[1] actor and voice actor. He was the winner of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge on STAR One. He has acted in various Bollywood films with majority of those with cameo comic roles.[2]
Sunil Pal | |
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![]() Sunil Pal in 2016 | |
Born | (1975-05-02) 2 May 1975 (age 47) Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Comedian, Actor, Voice actor |
Known for | Stage comedy |
Website | sunilpal |
In 2010, he wrote and directed a comedy film, Bhavnao Ko Samjho, which featured a record 51 stand-up comedians including Siraj Khan, Johnny Lever, Raju Srivastav, Kapil Sharma, Navin Prabhakar, Ahsaan Qureshi , Sudesh lehri and many more.[3]
Sunil Pal was born in 1975 in a Middle class Marathi speaking family in Mursa village in Bhadravati Taluka of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. His father was a employee in Indian Railways. He studied in Janata Vidyalaya city branch school, Balharshah. He came to Mumbai in 1995 when his father got transferred. He joined the Junior College. There he used to mimic his professors and famous actors. After college, he struggled for three years.[4]
During one of his interviews, he said 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."[5]
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.
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.
His first major Hindi film, Bombay to Goa released in 2007, although he has played small roles in Hum Tum (2004) and 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 51 stand up comedians acting in a single film.[6]
Year | Films | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Hum Tum | ||
2006 | Phir Hera Pheri | Munna Bhai's sidekick | |
2006 | Apna Sapna Money Money | Matha Prasad's assistant | |
2007 | Bombay to Goa | Lal Singh | |
2008 | Krazzy 4 | Taxi Yadav | |
2010 | Bhavnao Ko Samjho | Sunderlal Yadav | also director[7] |
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 |
Year | Serial | Role | Notes |
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2005 | The Great Indian Laughter Challenge - I | Contestant (Winner) | |
2008 | Comedy Champions | Contestant | |
2010 | Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars | Contestant | with Priya Marathe |
General | |
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