Vir Das Jokes About Love Songs After Dance Shoot Leaves Him With Bruises

Actor and comedian Vir Das suffered injuries during a two-day dance shoot. In his latest Instagram Stories, he shared a picture of his bruises all over his knees. Despite his physical discomfort, Vir Das maintained his humorous spirit and captioned the image with a witty remark. The Delhi Belly actor said that he now knows why women in love songs usually end up saying “yes”.

The accompanying text read, “Spent the last two days dancing. Shooting a song. I think I get why the girl says yes in a love song all these years. It’s to avoid further cartilage damage.”

Vir Das already revealed on February 5 that he will be starring and co-directing a forthcoming Indian film. “Head back to India tomorrow. Very very happy to announce for the next three months I will NOT be touring. Get to sleep in the same bed. Have a routine. Plant some roots. Also…Co-direct and star in a movie,” he wrote on X.

Two days prior, Vir Das recounted another on-set incident. He shared on X that while heading to the toilet, he stumbled upon an unusual situation: a snake had fallen from the ceiling.

Vir Das recounted another on-set incident two days earlier. Das, taking to X, shared that as he was going to the toilet, he discovered a strange circumstance in which a snake had fallen from the ceiling.

Das uploaded a video to his X and captioned it, saying, “At an eco-resort for the night because we’re shooting nearby. Needed to take a piss. Opened up the bathroom door, stood over the pot, junk out, and before I began…a snake fell from the ceiling directly onto the water tank near the flush handle. Yup. Never peeing again.”

The video begins with a shot of the snake and Vir Das pointing at it, as a person stands nearby. Das informs him in the video that the snake is stuck and inquires from the employees as to whether the snake is poisonous. It shows the snake attempting to get out of the toilet.

Das made his acting debut in Namastey London (2007). He has also starred in other Bollywood films, including Love Aaj Kal (2009), Delhi Belly (2011), Go Goa Gone (2013), Revolver Rani (2014) and Shivaay (2016).

In Judd Apatow’s 2022 comedy The Bubble, Vir Das played the role of eccentric hotel proprietor Ronjon. In addition, he appeared in an episode of Fresh Off the Boat, the ABC sitcom starring Nahnatchka Khan.

Vir Das will appear in Call Me Bae, Ananya Panday’s debut web series.

Furthermore, he was the recipient of the International Emmy for Comedy in the New York event last year. With his Netflix stand-up special Vir Das: Landing, the comedian shared the Best Comedy Series award with the third season of the UK series Derry Girls.

In 2021, Vir Das had a prior nomination in the same category for the stand-up special titled For India.