Vir Das supports ‘I come from India’s’ controversy: Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha and other comedians

Popular Indian stand-up comedian Vir Das on Tuesday (November 16) landed in a new controversy after posting the video ‘I come from to India’s’ on his YouTube channel. The video is of his performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He received severe backlash and was accused of maligning India’s image and making derogatory remarks against the country at an event in the US. Amidst all this, several Bollywood celebrities including Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha, Hansal Mehta and Ashwin Mushran took to social media to extend their support to Vir Das and lauded his recent piece, ‘Two India’.

Actress Taapsee Pannu took to Instagram stories and shared Vir Das’s video with the caption, “Because I come from an India that not only fills a fellow countryman with pride and joy to reach that respectable level but I also come from India who believe that we will overcome this time too. #ForeverProud #ForeverOptimistic”

Responding to a tweet criticizing Vir Das for his performance, Richa Chadha tweeted, “Gentle reminder that the pursuit of azaadi should also free us from all-season RWA presidents who masquerade as politicians. The ‘national image’ argument is irrelevant, when brutal crimes become global headlines and the country has fallen several ranks across all indices”.

Sharing the above video, Hansal Mehta tweeted, “I am very impressed by this @thevirdas. I come from an India where a Vir Das needs courage to say, I come from an India Where many of us admire this courage, yet choose to remain calm”.

Actor Ashwin Mushran also shared Das’ statement and highlighted that there is an India that “sits through 6 minutes of a video and another that runs through 15 seconds of an edited one of the same”.

There is huge outrage after Vir Das’s monologue. Two complaints have also been filed against the comedian for “derogatory statements against India”.

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On Tuesday, Vir Das also issued a clarification on his Twitter asking people not to fall for the edited excerpts of the video and also shared his intention behind making the video as part of his recent US tour.

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