Vir Das's Flashback Post After Winning Emmy Award
Vir Das posted a video describing his journey from being called a terrorist by people to winning International Emmy Award.
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00:00 Indian comedian Veer Das, who was in a controversy for his comedy show called Veer Das for India,
00:07 won an international Emmy award for his Netflix special Veer Das Landing.
00:12 This award was a tie with Derry Girls season 3. Before receiving this award,
00:17 he posted a flashback video of him being called a terrorist. His entire journey from being trolled
00:23 by Indians till the date winning the international Emmy for India. He started that video
00:29 saying, "I would not wish, feeling like you let your entire country down." He mentioned that when
00:35 the entire nation called him a terrorist, that same night, he was nominated for an Emmy award.
00:41 His comedy named 2 Indias performed in the year 2021 put him in a situation where he felt like
00:48 ending his life. His monologue, 2 Indias, was like this, "I came from a India where we worship
00:54 women during the day and f**k them at night." And then it went on mentioning many contradictory
01:00 things in India. The show was at Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Due to his monologue performed
01:07 in Washington, there were 7 charges put on him because of complaint by a BJP leader defaming his
01:13 own country on foreign soil, insulting India and vilifying the nation as some of the charges
01:19 filed against him. He explained in his story how he had suicidal thoughts when he was at
01:26 Big Man Hotel. But later on, as time passed, he started feeling not sorry for the situation and
01:32 himself. He understood that when people hate you, they yell, but love can't be expressed by yelling.
01:38 He explained that the intention of that monologue was not to insult the country or hurt Indian
01:44 sentiments. He was just trying to show both the dark and light sides of the nation,
01:50 which can't vanish the fact that India has done so many great things.
01:54 His journey since that day was really difficult. But from that day to winning the Emmy for India,
02:00 he reached a milestone. This was his second nomination and first win at the Emmy Awards.
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