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FWICE Demands Apology From Vir Das For His 'I Come From Two Indias' Monologue
Mumbai, November 18 - Actor-comedian Vir Das is getting into trouble for his monologue "I come from two Indias", which he recited at the John F Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, a few days ago. An FIR against him has been registered in Mumbai, and now, the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) had demanded an apology from him for his remarks.## Das, in his 6-minute satire video, talked about the duality of the country as he touched upon topical issues like the battle against COVID-19, incidents of rapes, farmers protests, a crackdown against comedians and petrol prices. ## B N Tiwari, President of FWICE, said that the federation will not let Das work in the industry until he apologises for his remark. "What he said was disgusting. We won't support him unless he apologises. Wherever he shoots, we will try to stop him, continue with our non-cooperation with him. For us, the nation is first. You can't defame the nation to earn money. We strongly object to what he said". ## "He should publicly apologise in front of the entire nation, there is no other solution. FWICE members won't work with him. We will also request producers, that until this issue is not resolved, to not work with him in any capacity- on a series or a film", Tiwari told PTI (via Republic).## Vir Das, however, after his video triggered controversy, shared a not on Twitter, clarifying that his video did not mean to defame the country. ## 🙏 pic.twitter.com/1xwR4Qp5Fw— Vir Das (@thevirdas) November 16, 2021 ## Stay tuned...
