Vir Das has hit the headlines of late. With his controversial video that got viral, where he spoke of Two India’s and got all the backlash from the netizens, the star comedian has recently opened up about it.
When asked if he could change the way he delivered his speech, he said, “I think laughter is a celebration and when laughter and applause fill up a room… that’s a moment of pride. I think that any Indian who has a sense of humour, or understands satire, or watches my entire video, knows that that’s what happened in that room.”
He further added, “A comedian puts out satire and if it’s the good of the country and the bad of the country ending in the good of the country… I think that’s something that you should want to come together in – I can’t expect what happens when I put out a piece of content… It’s jokes. It’s not in my hands.”
Talking of the backlash, he said, “I have made my country laugh for 10 years now. I have devoted my life to writing about my country. We are here at the Emmys because I wrote a love letter to my country. As long as I am able to do my comedy I want to keep writing love letters to my country.” He also added on if the episode has changed him, he said, “I just don’t know. Write jokes and hope to hell that people watch all of them, the full thing in its actual context.”
Talking about the viral video, ‘I come from two Indias’, it has Vir talk and compares the two distinct sides of India. It also has his talking about controversial national issues such as the farmer protests, pollution and more. Not only have FIRs been registered against the comedian, but he is also being banned to perform in states like Madhya Pradesh. as stated in Koi Moi.