Vir Das Calls His Spy Comedy A ‘Mad, Self-Aware Ride’

MUMBAI- Stand-up star Vir Das, who has stepped into the world of directing films with the spy comedy film ‘Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos’, says the film has always been a slightly mad and self-aware ride.

As the entertainer begins streaming on April 1 on Netflix, Vir said: “Happy Patel has always been a slightly mad, self-aware ride, and I love that it now finds a home on Netflix India.”

“There’s something special about comedy when it’s watched in your own space; it becomes more personal, more instinctive. What excites me most is that the film now gets to travel across living rooms, languages, and sensibilities,” the 2023 International Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series for the Netflix comedy special ‘Vir Das: Landing’ said.

He added: “I’m really curious to see what people take away from its madness — whether it’s the humor, the chaos, or unexpectedly, the heart.”

Co-starring Mona Singh, Imran Khan, and Mithila Palkar, with Aamir Khan producing and making a special cameo, the film blends satire, meta-humor, and character-driven comedy.

The film follows Happy Patel, the adopted son of two gay British secret agents, who aspires to follow in his fathers’ footsteps and join the MI7 covert agency, but fails and soon learns that he is of Indian origin. (IANS)