As per The Kyiv Independent, a Ukraine media outlet, three comedians performed for about 100 viewers in one of the bomb shelters in Sumy, a regional capital in northern Ukraine, on March 19. Sharing the particular news, Vir Das took to Twitter and dropped a few clapping hand emojis.
"Shehnaaz Gill has been approached to be part of Kangana Ranaut’s Lock Upp and she even agreed to do it," claims a report. More names include Divyanka Tripathi, Manav Gohil, Hina Khan, Shweta Tiwari, Surbhi Jyoti, Urfi Javed among others.
On January 11, Vir Das said he had tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms. He has now tested COVID negative. He informed the same writing, "Wear a mask, get boosted, take your vitamins, drink snake blood. whatever. It was a LONG two-ish weeks (sic)."
Sharing the update about being COVID-19 positive, Vir Das shared a post on Instagram and captioned it, "Feeling good. Symptoms very minor. Gonna chill for a bit. Peace."
Stand-up comedian and actor Vir Das recently made headlines for his ‘Two India’ monologue. Now, another video of him from On Whitney Cummings' Good For You podcast by appearance is going viral on social media platforms. In the short video clip, he is seen praising superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
India was hoping to recreate the magic in the best drama category after the win of Netflix series "Delhi Crime" last year with "Aarya". But the Disney+ Hotstar series, directed by Ram Madhvani and starring Sushmita Sen, was bested by Israel's "Tehran" in the segment.
Recently, Vir Das made headlines for his video on YouTube, titled 'I come from two Indias' that was a part of his recent performance at the John F Kennedy Center in Washington. In the six-minute-long video that Vir uploaded on his YouTube channel on November 15, he could be heard contrasting the dark sides of India by taking a dig at issues like -- its battle against COVID-19, gang rapes, farmers' protest and more.
International Emmys Awards 2021: Ram Madhvani's 'Aarya' was edged out by the Israeli spy thriller series 'Tehran.' Vir Das's comic take on Indian history, 'Vir Das: For India', made way for yet another Netflix acquisition, 'Call My Agent: Season 4.' Meanwhile, Nawazuddin Siddiqui lost out to Scottish actor David Tennant.
International Emmy Awards 2021: Nawazuddin Siddiqui was nominated in the Best Performance By An Actor category for his Netflix's Serious Men, while Vir Das' comedy special on Netflix, Vir Das: For India, was nominated in the Comedy Segment. International Emmys 2021 was presented to programmes in 16 categories, which include non-English language shows.
Opposition parties and artists are slamming the BJP leader asking him why he was silent over actor Kangana Ranaut's recent controversial remarks.
FWICE President said the film association will not let Vir Das shoot and will further request filmmakers to not work with him till he issues a public apology. "What he said was disgusting. We won't support him unless he apologises. Wherever he shoots, we will try to stop him, continue with our non cooperation with him. For us, nation is first. You can't defame the nation to earn money."
Vir Das is not the only comedian to have offended a section of people in Indian society as there have been several others including Munawar Faruqui, Kunal Kamra, Tanmay Bhat, Kiku Sharda, who have found themselves in similar situations.
India's Number One and the most followed Super Prime Time News Show ‘Aaj Ki Baat – Rajat Sharma Ke Saath was launched just before the 2014 General Elections.
There has been a huge outrage following Vir Das' monologue 'I Come From Two Indias'. Two complaints have also been filed against the comedian for for "derogatory statements against India". Several Bollywood celebraties including Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha, Hansal Mehta and Ashwin Mushran among others took to social media and extended their support to the comedian.
Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that none can doubt that there are two Indias. "…Just that we don’t want an Indian to tell the world about it. We are intolerant and hypocritical," he tweeted.
'Vir Das Insults India' has been trending on Twitter. While netizens have been trolling him for 'mocking and belittling your own Motherland,' others have asked him not to return to India. Many have come up with their own versions of 'I came from two Indias,' wherein mocking Das.
An FIR against comedian Vir Das has been filed in Delhi's Tilak Marg police station on Wednesday. One Aditya Jha has filed a complaint against actor-comedian. The complainant has alleged him of making indecent remarks against the country at an event organised in America. Vir talked about the duality of the country and some important issues India is facing, including COVID19 lockdowns, rapes, crackdown against comedians to the farmers' protests.
Reacting to the backlash he has been facing post his video I Come From Two Indias, Vir Das released an official statement on his Twitter asking people not to fall for edited excerpts from the video and also shared his intent behind making the video as part of his recent tour to America.
National Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author Trisha Das says that in her earlier days, even she was sexually harassed at the workplace and in the last five years a progressive change happened courtesy #MeToo.
Comedian and actor Vir Das on Thursday took a stroll down memory lane to share his experience working on the film 'Delhi Belly'. For the unversed, 'Delhi Belly' was directed by Abhinay Deo.
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