As per reports, he will be developing several projects under his own banner ‘Weirdass Comedy’ exclusively for various over-the-top (OTT) platforms. ‘Weirdass Comedy’ is a wordplay (a witty way of using words specially for amusement purpose) on his own name Vir Das and is his comedy consultancy.
Das’ production house is planning, scripting and casting for seven shows, movies and podcasts across platforms for this year alone. He said that only one of these projects will feature him and he will merely play the creative producer for remaining six.
“I feel streaming platforms have very wide open doors for new concepts especially when it comes to comedy. I feel every single platform across the board is open to light-hearted stuff,” said Das earlier.
He also plans to explore regional content and has started working on Telugu and Punjabi comedy shows.
Few of the projects are:
1. Mahila Canteen- An all women political comedy show.
2. An untitled Punjabi drama series entirely set on a plane.
3. Lightfoot- An online shoe selling company that delivers drugs in the soles.
4. An untitled Telugu horror comedy.
Vir is also actively looking for opportunities in Marathi and Gujrati language.