'Many assumptions made...': Comedian Vir Das releases video

Bengaluru Show Canceled…

On Friday, Stand-up comic Vir Das released a video after his show in Bengaluru was canceled following pressure from Hindu Janajagruthi Samiti, a right-wing organization that claimed the comic's show hurts "Hindu sentiments and presents India in bad light".

"In this background, it is not right to allow such a controversial person to hold such a program in a communally sensitive area like Bengaluru. When Karnataka is already facing many law and order problems due to communal incidents, such events could vitiate law and order," the group wrote in a police complaint against Vir Das. Following this, the November 11 event was cancelled.

Vir Das responded with a tweet saying he has no interest in "being used for headlines" and released a video recorded during one of his previous shows.

I made this video after one of my shows, Just in Case. I have no interest in media spectacles or being used for headlines. I’m an artist. I shouldn’t be on the news. Many assumptions are made about my content. I trust my art and my audience to speak for me," he tweeted.

Comedians one after another are into the limelight where back to back their shows are being cancelled.