Vir Das: Fool Volume

This standup is hands down the best stand up comedy somebody might have seen till date. It feels personal. At the same time you feel a gush of emotions, you laugh; smile; get emotional and reflect upon yourselves a bit. Amazing work done by Vir Das. 👏🏻 Making the audience shake hands with reality with humour and slapstick.

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.

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.

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.

I have no idea how much he was paid for this special by Netflix, but it was not enough. Piecing together three shows, from three very different places, and it was brilliant. I even got choked up a bit at the end. Anyone can make art, but not everyone can make fine art. This was fine art. This was my first exposure to his work.