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.
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.
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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."
Under attack for his monologue “I come from two Indias”, stand-up comic Vir Das has found backing in Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and Shashi Tharoor but criticism from their party colleague Abhishek Manu Singhvi for “vilifying the nation”.
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.
Under attack for his monologue “I come from two Indias”, stand-up comic Vir Das has found backing in Congress leaders Kapil Sibal and Shashi Tharoor but criticism from their party colleague Abhishek Manu Singhvi for “vilifying the nation”.
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.
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.
'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.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui has secured an Emmy nomination in the best performance by an actor category for his Netflix movie "Serious Men". Sushmita Sen's Aarya, directed by Ram Madhvani, has made it to the final four of the best drama series category.
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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Actor and comedian Vir Das reacted to a tweet wherein a fan endorsed him to be the next Prime Minister. However, the actor-comedian directed the fan towards Sonu Sood, who has been helping everyone during the covid crisis.
Vir Das is excited to be a part of Hollywood filmmaker and comedian Judd Apatow's upcoming comedy project "The Bubble".
Vir Das has dropped a new comedy special, Outside In. He says he did not plan to make this into a show and that getting it to a point where it felt like he wanted to put it out was tough for him.
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