The Vir Das Show: Comedy & Chaos

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Comic Vir Das's courted controversy again after his viral "Two Indias" monologue.

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In the clip, he talked about two contrasting faces of India, referring to topics like pollution and farmer protests.

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Vir Das performed the six-minute long monologue at Washington's Kennedy Centre.

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The clip was furiously debated on social media, even provoking a police complaint against the comic.

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"The video is a satire," the 42-year-old stand-up comic said in his clarification.

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On the feedback to the clip, Vir Das said, "Millions of people have given me love for my show."

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The comic reiterated that he would not let the episode change anything about the jokes he writes.

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But this is not the first controversy that the outspoken comedian has been embroiled in.

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Last year, Vir Das shared a video of an old man shouting at him, threatening to slap him and sneeze at him.

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The elderly man was allegedly angry as the comic wasn't following Covid protocols.

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Social media users were divided over the clip which was later taken down by the comic.

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Vir Das was also criticised for mocking gender pronouns on an episode of his show TenOnTen.

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Recently, the actor-comedian got nominated for the Emmys Awards for his comedy special 'Vir Das: For India'.

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