He had given himself a personal mile stone and five years
to do it. He has done it in two and a half. This Sunday show
of battle of the sexes is very special for Vir Das as it sees him reach the
half million ticket mark across all his shows.
This feat has catapulted him to the position of
being the largest selling Indian comedy performer. This feat was made
possible through the stupendous response all his shows have garnered from
audiences across the country, including but not restricted to History of
India, Battle of the Sexes, Alien Chutney, Vir Das's Resentury, etc.
Talking about the same, an ecstatic Vir Das said, “It’s
just crazy to get here this fast, I would like to thank the audiences and fans
for the same.” He further said, “Three years ago I had given myself a mandate
that in the next five years I should sell half a million tickets and I started
keeping track. Now two and half year after I started aggressively
perusing this goal, I still had to sell 290 tickets to attain this
feat, which I did with the quantum of tickets sold for Battle of the
Sexes last Saturday.” "Now I wanna see
how fast I can reach a million, it's this cool phase where the films and the
comedy crowds have all blended together."
The talented actor is constantly juggling between
films and live shows. The actor is quiet excited about 2015 as he has around
4-5 mainstream Hindi language feature films slated for release next
year. It will also be an important year for Vir as all his
characters he essays in these films would be unique establishing his
versatility on screen as well. ‘Santa Banta’ and ‘Mastizaade’ are few
of his films which will release in the first half
of 2015 itself.
