Comedian Vir Das Uses Smoke Filter To Mock Mumbai’s ‘Severe’ AQI

MUMBAI Stand-up star and actor Vir Das started his day with a sharp quip about Mumbai’s worsening air quality, saying he’s reached a point where coughing has become redundant as his lungs have “adapted.”

Vir posted a video on Instagram from his living room in Mumbai, adding a smoke filter for effect. A text overlay on the clip read: “Morning from Mumbai.”

In the clip, he is heard saying: “Morning from Mumbai everyone, hope everybody’s doing well. I’m not gonna cough at this point, my lungs have adapted, it’s fine. Oh, you think this is the outside? No, this is what’s happening inside you.”

Mumbai the whole week was covered with a thick blanket of smog. The city is slowly slipping deep into the ‘very poor’ air category. Mumbai’s Air Quality Index (AQI) has now touched the severe category.(IANS)