Vir Das: Fool Volume

The way he's pulled off three completely different shows across three continents (New York, London, Delhi) and yet it feels like one coherent narrative? That's master-level writing, editing and performance.

The transitions? Seamless. The humour? Sharp as ever. And the themes? Personal, political, global. All tied up without feeling preachy.

It's not just stand-up, it's a storytelling masterclass in structure and craft.

The shift between cultural contexts while keeping the audience anchored in his world is insane. It's like watching someone write three books at once and finish all of them with the same final sentence.

Loved his previous specials but in this one he's trying to sound too intellectual. Nothing wrong in it, but at core, a comedy special is about laughs, not only your flair. Positives: excellent production value, worthy of it being called a Netflix special, Good stories, great command over the language, brilliant orator. These things have hidden the fact that the quality jokes are missing. Laughter should be at core , rest should be additions, not the other way. Felt like a sanjay leela bhansali movie, but unfortunately with a missing script. Giving 4 stars for the effort, light shifting timings, edits, brilliant cuts, tracking away the other 6 for the arrogance of taking the punch lines for granted. Am a huge stand up fan, but this one's a tad disappointing.

Fool Volume- hadn't heard of it until he promoted it like five days before the release, yet I rushed to see it the day it did. Got exactly what I expected- laughed till my stomach hurt, a few loud gasps (with awe at his boldness), goosebumps with certain monologues and spellbound at the editing, lighting and cinematography of the special. Vir Das is not just a brilliant writer but what I love the most about him is how he curates an entire show. From the opening line, the props around him, the lighting, the venue- everything plays a part, a very important part in delivering what is simple one of the best piece of art I've seen (since that last Vir Das special I've watched)

Definitely one of the best things I've watched in the past few months. You might think he's funny, you might also think that he's not. But this is something that will definitely stay with you for a long time. The nuanced jokes, carefully woven political commentary, and the entire set was just phenomenal. Had been waiting for this to come out for weeks and watched it the moment it came out. One of my favourite things about Vir's comedy has always been how all of the things he says come back at the end of the show and end up becoming a beautiful culmination of little inside jokes between him and the audience. Will forever be a fan of him. Wonderfully executed.

Loved the switching between locations - and wished the show would go on much longer. It was designed to flow, and flow it did. Felt really bad for the losing his voice bit, of course. Besides that, it was classic Vir Das all the way.

Come for the jokes, stay for the desi (and relatable, dammit) humour and commentary, go back still laughing at the Gen Z takes, the Kohinoor diamond, the oat milk cappuccino... I enjoyed it, and I suspect you will too. It's certainly different, and it really worked. Call him global/ Indian/ Delhi/ Bombay/ funny/ unfunny, but he sure makes it work. It's a 10/10 watch.