Vir Das creates history as first Indian Emmy Awards host; gets love from Hrithik Roshan, Dia Mirza and others
Comedian Vir das has made everyone proud as he has become the very first Indian host of International Emmy awards 2024. Vir, for the unversed, had also won an emmy last year, i.e. 2023, for his stand-up special.
After winning an Emmy for his comedy special in 2023, Vir Das has now become the first Indian to host Emmy Awards! In addition to sharing the exciting news about Emmy Awards 2024 on Instagram, the comedian expressed gratitude to everyone for their love and support. All of his supporters are going gaga over this since he has made history by serving as the host. In addition, Vir Das, the host of the worldwide award event, will bring his brilliant sense of humor and extraordinary communication skills to the table.
Taking to Instagram, he shared the news with the caption, ¡°Thanks to your support, an Indian Emmy Host. I can¡¯t wait to host the @iemmys this year! Crazy. Thank you for having me. Tremendously honoured and excited!.¡±
Bollywood supports Vir Das
As soon as Vir Das shared the announcement on his social media, the post was flooded with comments. Not just his fans, but also people from Bollywood started to praise him. Hrithik Roshan commented saying, ¡°Wow. That¡¯s amazing. Very well done.¡±
Shefali Shah wrote, ¡°That¡¯s super cooooollllll. Congrats.¡±
Dia Mirza went on to add, ¡°This is absolutely amazing.¡±
In addition, he was given a lot of support by Sharib Hashmi, Sumona Chakravarti, Zoya AKhtar, Kriti Sanon and many others.
When he got an Emmy for Netflix special titled Landing
As mentioned above, he won an Emmy in 2023 for his Netflix comedy special titled Landing. In the standup comedy, which was his fourth project for the streamer, Vir Das went into great detail about his early years in India, the perils of outrage (as he puts it), and discovering his role in the world.
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