Kunal Kamra  Kunal Kamra is an observational comedian known for his political commentary. In 2020, after an incident on IndiGo airlines where he allegedly "heckled" the Indian news anchor Arnab Goswami, he was banned by five Indian Airlines. Kunal Kamra was born on 3 October 1988, in Mahim, Mumbai, India. Kamra grew up in Mumbai, and joined Jai Hind College for a degree in commerce. He dropped in second year to start working as a production assistant in Prasoon Pandey’s ad film production house Corcoise Films, where he stayed for eleven years. He started performing as a standup comedian in 2013, with a gig at the Canvas Laugh Club in Mumbai. A clip of one of his gigs, uploaded on YouTube in 2017, lead to him receiving death threats for his satirical take on Indian hyper-nationalism. He started his eponymous titled web-series "Shut Up Ya Kunal" in July 2017 along with Ramit Verma. The episodes typically feature a conversation with one or more invited guests, interposed with clips of news segments or debates, edited for humour. On 1 March 2017, he released a comedy video titled "Patriotism and the Government" on YouTube mocking demonetization, government and the attitude of Indians towards the army. He received several death threats for uploading the video. In 2018, he shared that he was asked by his landlady to vacate the premise due to "political issues". On 28 January, Kamra, while travelling on an IndiGo flight, he confronted the news anchor Arnab Goswami, inviting him to debate with him. Kamra had raised questions about Arnab's coverage of issues on national affairs and the suicide of Rohith Vemula. Kamra later released a 1.51-minute long video of the incident on Twitter, which showed a non responsive Arnab while being questioned by Kamra. Arnab did not ask the airline crew to intervene nor did he file a formal complaint over the incident, however the next day, Indigo banned Kamra from boarding its flight for a period of six months. The same day, government-owned airline Air India banned him indefinitely. Indian aviation minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, tweeted that other airlines should follow suit and ban Kamra to ensure that an example was set. Next day, low cost airlines SpiceJet and GoAir also banned him indefinitely. AirAsia and Vistara have not banned him yet and stated that they will wait for a written directive issued by the government before taking any action.