Sunil Pal

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Sunil Pal
Sunil Pal in 2016 (cropped).jpg
Pal in 2016
Born (1975-05-02) 2 May 1975 (age 49)
Hinganghat, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Comedian, Actor, Voice actor
Known forStage comedy
Website sunilpal.in

Sunil Pal is an Indian comedian, [1] actor and voice actor. He has played comic roles in various Bollywood films. [2]

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In 2010, he wrote and directed a comedy film, Bhavnao Ko Samjho, which featured 51 stand-up comedians including Siraj Khan, Johnny Lever, Raju Srivastav, Kapil Sharma, Navin Prabhakar, Ahsaan Qureshi, Sudesh lehri and many more. [3]

Early life

Sunil Pal was born in 1975 into a middle class Marathi speaking family in Maharashtra. His father was an employee for the 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]

Career

Early career

During one of his interviews, Pal said "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]

Films

Pal's 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]

2024 Kidnapping

Pal was kidnapped and held hostage on 2 December 2024. He was abducted, when he was on the way to an event in Haridwar, where he was invited by the kidnappers in the pretext of live performance. The kidnappers reportedly asked for a ransom of ₹20 lakh and released him after twenty four hours on the Delhi-Meerut road with ₹20,000 to return home. [7]

The case took a new turn when two audio recordings surfaced, suggesting the incident may have been a publicity stunt.

In the first audio, an unidentified person tells Pal that they have acted on his instructions, while Pal insists he did not file a complaint and claims media pressure forced him to respond. In the second audio, Pal states that he was threatened by his alleged kidnappers, who possess personal details about him and his family.

Pal's wife reported to the police, asserting that the audio were edited. [8]

Police identified two main accused nams named Lavi Pal for a similar kidnapping case of comedian Mushtaq Khan and Arjun Karnwal for kidnapping Sunil Pal. [9] [10]

On 14 December 2024, Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Arjun, he was shot and injured the next day during an encounter with police in Meerut. Police recovered an SUV along with ₹2.25 lakh cash and a mobile phone used in the crime from the accused. [11]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmsRoleNotes
2004 Hum Tum [ citation needed ]
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
2010Bhavnao Ko SamjhoSunderlal Yadavalso director [12]
2014 Kick
2014 Money Back Guarantee also director
2015 Sasu Cha Swayamwar BajiMarathi film
2015 Main Hoon Rajinikanth Arvind Mukherji The Khaas Aadmi
2015 Dirty Politics Nathu Lal
2018 Teri Bhabhi Hai Pagle

Television

YearSerialRoleNotes
2005 The Great Indian Laughter Challenge - I Contestant (Winner)
2006 The Great Indian Comedy Show Host/presenter [13]
2008 Comedy Champions Contestant
2010 Comedy Circus Ke SuperStars Contestantwith Priya Marathe

Radio

YearShowRole
2007Dhamaal with Sunil PalCo-host [14]

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  3. ↑ Team, Tellychakkar. "Before Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon and Bhavnao Ko Samjho, Kapil made his acting debut 13 years back with THIS movie, READ MORE". Tellychakkar.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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  8. ↑ "Sunil Pal kidnapping: अपहरण मामले में पुलिस जल्द कर सकती है खुलासा, मेरठ के थाने पहुंची सुनील पाल की पत्नी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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