Third time’s a charm

This Republic Day, the third Netflix special of actor-comedian Vir Das will be out! Vir has had two other successful outings with Netflix, one in 2017 titled Abroad Understanding and another in 2018 titled Losing It. Now, the third one is titled as For India and it is Vir’s celebratory journey for the country, its people, it’s traditions from modern culture to modern day films. For India is essentially a broad summary of all varied experiences Vir has had as an Indian, the culture, the values and work. It can be termed as homage to the people of India.

Vir says, “Usually a special is about a comedian. This time it’s about his country. It’s about what it means to be Indian and celebrating the best and the craziest in us. It’s got little things and some pretty big things too. So I just had to really research and talk to people about what are they watching, what are they talking about, what’s keeping them up at night? And then make it ready and relatable for a worldwide audience. How do you explain 1.3 billion people to 6 billion? That’s the aim of the show”.