Kangana Ranaut wants strict action against ‘criminal’ Vir Das, says comedian remarks are ‘soft terrorism’

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, November 17

Actor Kangana Ranaut, too, stepped in to demand a strict action against comedian Vir Das as a sharp debate on his video “I come from two Indias” on Wednesday sparked outrage.

Das, who is in the US right now, has uploaded a six-minute video on YouTube titled “I come from two Indias”. It is part of his recent performance at the John F Kennedy Centre in Washington DC.

The Mumbai-based artiste, who has also dabbled in cinema, touched on various topics in the clip, including the farm protests, the battle against Covid, the duality in response to women, particularly rape, and the crackdown on comedians.

Das spoke for millions in the six-minute take on the ‘Two Indias’ he hails from and stands up for, he said on Twitter on Tuesday night.

Actor Ranaut, known for her often incendiary comments and facing a backlash for her comment that India’s Independence was “bheekh”, said Das’ remarks were “soft terrorism”.

“When you generalise all Indian men as gang rapists it gives rise and encouragement to racism and bullying against Indians all over the world,” she said, comparing Das’ remarks to Winston Churchill’s infamous comments after the Bengal famine.

“He blamed Indians sex drive/fertility for the death millions because of hunger… Such creative work targeting an entire race is soft terrorism… strict action must be taken against such criminals,” Ranaut posted on her Insta stories while tagging Das.

Meanwhile, police complaints have been filed against Vir Das in Mumbai and Delhi. With inputs from PTI