Vir Das has so far featured in movies such as Delhi Belly and Go Goa Gone.
Highlights
- Standup comedian and actor Vir Das will write and produce high concept comedies with filmmaker Nikhil Advani. He believes the genre is the "flavour of the season".
- "If you have the right team and ideas, you can make any kind of film. And when it comes to high concept comedies, I feel they are the flavour of the season," said Vir.
- The actor, who featured in Delhi Belly and Go Goa Gone, is making the movies under his production banner Weirdass Productions in collaboration with Advani's Emmay Entertainment.
- "It all happened over breakfast," recounted Advani of his meeting with Vir on the project.
- "I wanted to rope in Vir to feature in the video of the song, Duma dum (D-Day) because I loved the way he danced in Jaa chudail(Delhi Belly). So he came in, heard the song, loved it but said that he didn't have dates," he added.
- The duo then discussed three scripts in the span of one-and-a-half hours.
- "He told me that while one is crazy, another is mad and the third one is stupid. I'm amazed how he comes up with such crazy ideas. (But) As of now we are going ahead with the 'stupid' story," said Advani.
- The duo plan to make the other two films after wrapping up the first one.
- Vir will play one of the leads in the film, which is likely to go on floors in January next year.
- "The story is about three young people and their discovery of life," said Advani.
- Meanwhile, Vir says that after "working hard at charting out a career as a comedic leading man", the "time just seemed right to start developing my own work and making the kind of cinema I enjoy".
- He hopes to produce more movies as well with "like-minded people".
- "I feel like I share a great relationship with my audience where they trust my judgement and choice of films and sense of comedy. So trust me when I say the next year is going to be incredibly exciting. I'm just getting started, it's gonna get crazier," added Vir.
Standup comedian and actor Vir Das will write and produce high concept comedies with filmmaker Nikhil Advani. He believes the genre is the "flavour of the season".
"If you have the right team and ideas, you can make any kind of film. And when it comes to high concept comedies, I feel they are the flavour of the season," said Vir.
The actor, who featured in
Delhi Belly and
Go Goa Gone, is making the movies under his production banner Weirdass Productions in collaboration with Advani's Emmay Entertainment.
"It all happened over breakfast," recounted Advani of his meeting with Vir on the project.
"I wanted to rope in Vir to feature in the video of the song,
Duma dum (
D-Day) because I loved the way he danced in
Jaa chudail(
Delhi Belly). So he came in, heard the song, loved it but said that he didn't have dates," he added.
The duo then discussed three scripts in the span of one-and-a-half hours.
"He told me that while one is crazy, another is mad and the third one is stupid. I'm amazed how he comes up with such crazy ideas. (But) As of now we are going ahead with the 'stupid' story," said Advani.
The duo plan to make the other two films after wrapping up the first one.
Vir will play one of the leads in the film, which is likely to go on floors in January next year.
"The story is about three young people and their discovery of life," said Advani.
Meanwhile, Vir says that after "working hard at charting out a career as a comedic leading man", the "time just seemed right to start developing my own work and making the kind of cinema I enjoy".
He hopes to produce more movies as well with "like-minded people".
"I feel like I share a great relationship with my audience where they trust my judgement and choice of films and sense of comedy. So trust me when I say the next year is going to be incredibly exciting. I'm just getting started, it's gonna get crazier," added Vir.