The comedian Vir Das is experiencing difficulties due to his new show. The Mumbai Police have filed an FIR against him, Netflix, and two other parties for alleged copyright violation. A producer complained, and action was taken in response.
A recent advertisement for his new program surfaced, and the producer responded by objecting. According to a lawsuit filed by renowned theatre producer Ashvin Gidwani, Vir and his business signed a deal to deliver a play in October 2010.
What’s all the fuss?
As reported in other media outlets, Gidwani discovered that part of the information in a Netflix trailer for a new Vir Das program seemed to have been lifted with minor alterations from the 2010 version.
According to a representative of Cuffe Parade Police Station, following the relevant sections of the Copyright Act, a complaint was filed on November 4 against Das, two more individuals, and the Netflix service. He said that the issue is being investigated but that no arrests have been made yet.
What happened?
In his police complaint, renowned theatrical producer Ashvin Gidwani said that Das and his business had signed a contract to produce a play in October 2010.
The producer reportedly discovered that specific footage had allegedly been stolen from the prior Mr Das program (from 2010) with a few adjustments when Gidwani watched a commercial for a new Mr Das show on Netflix in January 2020, according to the officer from Cuffe Parade police station.
Old Cases
The difficulty that Vir Das is now in is not his first. A show by Mr Das was allegedly cancelled on Monday after the right-wing organization “Hindu Janajagruti Samiti” complained to the Bengaluru police that it would offend Hindus’ religious emotions and cast a negative reflection on India.
Also, in the previous year, Mr Das was the subject of police complaints in one of his films. In response, the comedian released a statement claiming that his remarks had not been meant to be offensive to the nation.
Police complaints against him were made about one of his films from the previous year. The actor-comedian recently appeared at a performance in the United States, where his monologue on India, titled “I come from two Indias,” quickly gained popularity on social media. Well, that caused a commotion.
This is Comedy?? Vir Das at Kennedy Center USA : "I come from an India where we worship Women in the morning & G@ng г@ре them at night" He might possibly be doing that BUT What gives him right to generalise & label India like that?? #VirDas pic.twitter.com/RwRIaGVe0I
— Rosy (@rose_k01) November 16, 2021
He said, “The film is a parody of the dualism of two distinct Indias that do different things. There is good and evil in every country, just as light and dark. This is all public knowledge. The film urges us always to remember how fantastic we are. Never lose sight of what makes us unique. We all love, believe in and are proud of our nation, and it finishes with a rousing display of patriotic jubilation. Our country has a deeper beauty than what is shown in the news. The video’s purpose and the cause for the applause are related to it.”
