He also acted in many plays, was the founder member of One Nation Under A Groove Innit (an umbrella organization that produced comedy), was one half of a comic double act called The Khrai Twins, based on two bumbling drunken Southall gangsters, and a member of a comedy trio called the Sycophantic Sponge Bunch.
It was produced and directed by Frances-Anne Solomon, and performed by actors Rita Wolf, Nina Wadia, Neran Persaud and Ravinder Gill.
"I wrote a play for BBC Radio set in the near future when Britain was being run by an extreme right-wing government.
"[3] In 1993, Bancil wrote Ungrateful Dead, a play about a young Sikh man's descent into a world of gangs, violence and drugs.
It was his first play to receive a Time Out magazine's Critics Choice, and it was the first of its kind to spark a trend for a whole spate of Asian comedy that followed over the next 10 years.
It follows Jas, a young man trying to deal with the death of his mother by losing himself in a world of petty crime, until a tragic accident forces an estranged father and son to confront each other, but with sinister consequences.
It was developed through 'Wild Lunch' with Sarah Kane and was directed by Vicky Featherstone, and received another Time Out Critics Choice.
Set against the backdrop of the music industry and "cool Britannia", Made In England looked at the idea of trading your cultural identity for success.
Bollywood Or Bust (1999), a farcical comedy, and Recall (2000), a combined dance theatre piece with Darshan Singh Bhullar, followed.
The next few years saw Papa and Made In England re-staged and Bancil also began to become known as a cultural commentator, writing articles for magazines and newspapers, and often contributing to radio and television debate.