Cinesprint - May 2015

Read Cinesprint Online Entertainment Magazine of May 2015. Latest News, Gossips, Celebrities, Interviews and Cover Page of Shruthi Haasan and Special Story with Emraan Hashmi. Read Free Online E-Magazine on http://www.cinesprint.com Read Cinesprint Online Entertainment Magazine of May 2015. Latest News, Gossips, Celebrities, Interviews and Cover Page of Shruthi Haasan and Special Story with Emraan Hashmi. Read Free Online E-Magazine on http://www.cinesprint.com

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isingSTAR B O L L Y W O O D A STAND UP COMEDIAN FOR INDIA Bollywood has many comedians who entertain the audience with their rib tickling comedy. However when it comes to the younger generation of comedians, Vir Das will have a prominent place in them. Vir Saran Das was born in Dehradun and has lived in Africa and studied in Indian Language School in Lagos, Nigeria, Shimla and Delhi. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree from Knox College, Illinois in Economics & Theatre with a concentration in performance. 56 Vir is also a brother of Knox’s Delta Theta chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity. After graduating from Knox, Vir was accepted into Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts for their Stanislavsky Program in coalition with the Moscow Arts Theatre. He was a teaching assistant for Beginning Acting at Knox. At Harvard, Vir has been trained as a method actor for six months and performed eight plays with the Moscow Arts Theatre. Vir Das performed at the Habitat Center, New Delhi on a visit to India. While in the USA, Vir was a cast member in three sketch comedy troupes: The Really Useless Improv, Improv Inc, and Illegal Aliens. He performed, wrote and developed ‘Whose Line is it anyway?’ style comedy sketches with them. He has performed as a ship comedian aboard Carnival Cruise Line between Houston and Mexico. Furthermore, he spent time working comedy clubs in Chicago. People have seen many of his standup comedy. WWW.CINESPRINT.COM | MAY 2015 He began filming for his first two Bollywood roles in early 2006. He can be seen in Vipul Shah’s hit movie Namastey London. The Indian Express has called him ‘a comedian to watch out for’ and ‘India’s Answer to Jay Leno’. The Hindustan Times calls him ‘simply hysterical’. Delhi Times has listed him as one of Delhi’s Top Ten Dream Men. The Pioneer has called him ‘The Funniest Kid in India’. Verve has called him ‘India’s only true comic’. Vir has approximately 35 plays, over 100 stand-up comedy shows, 8 TV shows, 2 movies and 6 comedy specials behind him. He is writing comedic columns for Femina, Maxim, Exotica, DNA and Tehelka. Vir Das also announced the launch of his own YouTube Channel http://www.YouTube.com/VirDas on September 5th, 2013 along with the start of YouTube Comedy Week. He has been seen in movies like Mumbai Calling, Love Aaj Kal, Badmaash Company, Delhi Belly, Go Goa Gone, Sooper Se Ooper, Shaadi Ke Side Effects Revolver Rani and Amit Sahni Ki List. His recent movies Santa Banta and Mastizaade are gearing up for release soon. After exploring a lot in drama and cinema, Vir Das is now stable with many comedy flicks lined up to entertain the audience.

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