The New York Times calls Anuvab Pal India’s Most Intelligent Comedian. NDTV calls him India’s top english comedian.  His stand up comedy special The Nation Wants To Know, has had over 500 shows starting in Mumbai and playing from Sydney to San Francisco to Singapore to sold out houses across 30 cities. His show is the only Indian stand up comedy show after Russel Peters’ to sell out The Comedy Store in London and Gotham Comedy Club in New York in record time. He’s also the only Indian comedian invited to perform at Harvard University and for the Prime Minister and President Of India. In 2017, he was one of 10 Indian comedians picked by Amazon Prime Video to have his comedy special Alive At 40 broadcast to 30 countries worldwide. His work has been featured on The BBC, Time Magazine, CNN, NDTV, and other global media. In India, he’s the screenwriter of 2 well known Bollywood films Loins Of Punjab Presents and The President Is Coming and the author of 4 bestselling novels. He has also worked on the scripts for big Bollywood blockbusters like Bar Bar Dekho, Hichki, Bhoot Police. He has written two shows for Amazon Prime – Wakalaat From Home and Going Viral Pvt. Ltd. He writes a weekly column for The Times of India and The Economic Times. 

In the UK, his BBC stand up show titled The Empire has been seen by 6 million people worldwide and is featured at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He has also written a sitcom starring British comedy legend Stephen Fry for BBC Radio 2.