From being a finalist on Comedy Central's Indian Comedy Festival 2012, Naveen's performed over 400 stand-up shows, and headlined comedy events such as Stage 42, Bangalore Comedy Festival and Chennai's Fringe Comedy Festival. He acts as Uncle Francis, a comedic avatar which has found a cult following. He has acted in Challenge Accepted (a Comedy Central TV show) and Starboyz (a comedy sci-fi web series with Kenny Sebastian) on YouTube as part of Laughter Games.