“I Just Care About Your Laughs!” | Vir Das | Varun Duggi | Take aPause

How powerful is humour as a unifying force in the world? Join Vir Das and Varun Duggirala on this episode of Take aPause as they talk about Vir’s success as India’s only Emmy-nominated comedian and journey as he learns to cater to both a global and an Indian audience.

From diving deep into humour as a coping mechanism to deal with the hardships of our lives to coming to terms with the concept of being a “global citizen”, watch Vir Das get candid like never before.

One of the most-well known Indian comedians, Vir Das was nominated for an Emmy in the Best Comedy category for his Netflix Special ‘Vir Das: For India’. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in Delhi Belly (2011) and Go Goa Gone (2013). He has performed in 35 plays, 100+ stand-up comedy shows, 18 films, eight TV shows and six comedy specials.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:50 Things Vir Das Wants In Life
07:23 Vir Das On Creating Relatable Content
09:30 Vir Das On Validation & Social Media
12:20 Vr Das On Being Special & Being Popular
14:00 Vir Das On Being An Artist
16:40 Vir Das and Varun Duggirala On Surfing
20:40 Vir Das and Varun Duggirala On Hostel life
23:15 Vir Das On Humour As A Coping Mechanism
26:07 Vir Das's Bombay Story
33:27 Vir Das On Kindness and Failure
37:37 How Vir Das Found Out ABout His Emmy nomination
40:00 Vir Das On Being A Global citizen
41:40 What 'Home' Means To Vir Das
45:50 Vir Das's Relationship with Mic
48:52 Vir Das and Varun Duggirala On Self-doubt
52:32 Vir Das On Adulting
57:30 Vir Das On Switching off

#varunduggi #virdas #comedy

ABOUT VARUN
A creative entrepreneur turned content creator, Varun is one of India’s leading conversationalists in the modern business, personal development, and creator landscapes with over 1 million podcast listens.
The author of the bestseller Everything Is Out of Syllabus, he’s the host of Advertising Is Dead, one of India's most popular business podcasts with over 300,000 listens in 2021 alone, as well as co-host of Think Fast, an irreverent business podcast that has ranked #3 on Apple’s Podcast Marketing Charts.
In 2009, he co-founded The Glitch, India’s largest ‘digital-first’ creative agency.

🌍 WEBSITE https://varunduggi.com/

🎙PODCASTS:
|| Take A Pause with Varun Duggirala ||
https://pod.link/1506368376

|| Advertising Is Dead ||
https://pod.link/1440706394

|| Think Fast ||
https://pod.link/1596432556

FOLLOW VARUN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
📸 Instagram   / varunduggi  
🐣Twitter   / varunduggi  
📝 LinkedIn   / varun-dug.  .
📰 Subscribe to his newsletter on https://varunduggi.com/