As Vir Das celebrates his birthday, lets take a look at his 5 achievements that put India on a global chart

By Mr.Moon

on May 31, 2019

The multi-talented actor-writer-musician and stand up comedian Vir Das has made India proud and put our country on the global chart not just once or twice but at least 5 key times in his career. Apart from stand up, Vir is also best known for films like Delhi Belly, Go Goa Gone, Shaadi Ke Side Effects, Badmaash Company amongst others. Today, as Vir turns a year older, let us take a look at his achievements that made us Indians truly proud of him as an international artist.

Honorary doctorate at Knox College

Vir was awarded an honorary doctorate at Knox College, Illinois at his Alma Mater last year. It's an achievement very few Indian artists have been conferred upon from a major international educational institution.

First Indian to be signed for a Comedy Special

Vir became the first Indian ever to be signed by Netflix for its Comedy Special with Abroad Understanding. This Comedy Special was filmed in New York and New Delhi and was streamed on Netflix across over 100 countries. Abroad Understanding became one of the most talked about and successful shows on Netflix. His last special too, Losing It was widely appreciated on global level too.

First ever comedian to go on a World Tour

Vir became the first ever comedian to go on a World Tour, spanning across 32 countries and 6 continents in 2017. The tour titled The Boarding Das was the biggest world tour ever by an Indian comedian.

First Indian comedian to be signed on by CAA

In early 2016, it was announced that Vir Das became the first Indian comedian to be signed on by CAA in Los Angeles, one of the world's biggest talent firms, becoming the second Indian after Priyanka Chopra and soon after he became the first Indian comedian to be signed by Levity for his comedy work, the name that works with names like Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer and several others in the comedy space.

On the list of top 10 comedians in Variety Magazine 2017

In 2017, Variety Magazine which derives a list every year of the most sought after comedians across the world featured Vir in their coveted list and pronounced him as one of the top 10 comedians to watch out for.