Indian stand-up comedian Vir Das lands in trouble for his US show
The comedian allegedly used derogatory language against his country at a show in the US
A police complaint has been filed against actor-comedian Vir Das at Tilak Marg Police Station in Delhi for allegedly using derogatory language against India during an event held in the US, the India capital Police said on November 17.
A Delhi resident Aditya Jha has filed a complaint against the stand-up comedian in connection with a video titled ‘I come from two Indias’ from his performance at the John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, which the actor-comedian had uploaded on YouTube on Monday.
In a written complaint, Jha said that in a video the comedian has said making indecent remarks against the country at the event organised in America.
Following social media criticism over his video, Das issued a statement through his Twitter handle, stating that his intention was not to insult the country.
“The video is a satire about the duality of two very separate India’s that do different things. Like any nation has light and dark, good and evil within it. None of this is a secret. The video appeals for us to never forget that we are great. To never stop focusing on what makes us great.”