Humour is almost unarguably the first thing you associate with Vir Das. Horror, presumably the last. But the International Emmy-winning comic has a way of surprising people. After opening 2026 with his maiden directorial venture Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos, a spy comedy, the new director is planning to take his second film on floors later this year. “I will hopefully make a pure horror movie next; not comedy at all,” he told mid-day. When we asked him whether he would also act in it, like he did in Happy Patel, he shared, “I hope so.” 

The yet-untitled film has been with Das for a few years. He had put it on paper in 2021, following a controversy that was sparked by his monologue, Two Indias, a sharp commentary that examined the contradictions between the progressive idea of the country and its regressive reality. It led to outrage among certain sections of the Indian population that found his commentary offensive. As Das hit an unprecedented low in his career, he utilised the time to do what he knows best — write.