Sunil Pal’s Outrageous “Madison Square Garden” Claim Sparks Internet Roast

Hold your laughter—comedian Sunil Pal is stealing headlines again, and this time it’s not for a viral sketch. In a recent interview, he dropped a wild claim that has the comedy world reeling: he performed at Madison Square Garden 23 years before Zakir Khan, who is widely celebrated as the first Indian comedian to perform a Hindi stand-up show there.

This opening line had jaws dropping:

“Zakir’s show at Madison Square Garden packed the house. But hey—23 years ago, in 2002, I was there too on the Lagaan world tour. We did comedy—‘the medicine of laughter’—long before Zakir.”

Cue the internet: trolls were merciless. Comments flooded in like:

• “Bro forgot to take his medicine today.”
• “Do you want me to send an auto-rickshaw? Or is unemployment hitting too hard?”

Let’s get everyone on the same page:

• Zakir Khan recently performed at Madison Square Garden, making history as the first Indian comedian to deliver a Hindi stand-up special at the iconic venue. That milestone is well-documented and celebrated.
• On the other hand, Sunil Pal is a veteran comic and actor who shot to fame in the early 2000s through shows like The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. But his claim about performing stand-up at MSG in 2002 has—so far—no supporting evidence.

The comment sections lit up like fireworks. Fans and critics alike couldn’t resist roasting Sunil:

“Should I book you an auto?”
“That’s what happens when you missed your medicine!”

Some dug up footage from YouTube interviews where Sunil made similar claims, but nothing concrete confirms his Madison show.

So here's the million-dollar question: Did Sunil define "comedy" something very loosely—like being part of Lagaan’s world tour—and now is stretching it into “performed at MSG”? Or is there some forgotten show in a side corridor of MSC that nobody remembers?

The internet’s waiting—will any proof emerge? Or will Sunil stay silent, letting the trolling continue?