Where my Bengalis at?

[@anujbhamidipaty5192]

Vasco Da is one of the best jokes😂😂😂😂😂

[@alexgeorge9617]

I didn't understand that part..

[@sailaab]

Alex.... what is the respectful word for an elder brother or any older man acquaintance in Tamil? It's 'anna' . And in Marathi, Bangla, Odia? They do say 'dada' right? shortened to 'da' . So if you were a Bangla person or someone there were to fondly talk about you... they'd say... I'm going to meet Alex da today. . The funny bit was that the Portuguese name already had the Vasco *da* Gama in it. Veer cleverly played on the diction and pronunciation of the *da*

[@nirmalmondal6899]

It got me

[@WhitewolfBucky]

@@alexgeorge9617 'Da' is derived form of 'Dada' that means Brother. So from bengali perspective I'd call you Alex da.

[@Oioioioioioi-]

truly man

[@soumitrakar4u]

As a Bengali, once I have finished my pack of 'flake' I will write a poem about how accurate you are.

[@braveimposter]

Same!

[@sailaab]

So... like 30 minutes after opening the pack, right?

[@SupremeLeaderSahil]

@@sailaab 43 minutes.

[@sailaab]

Hmmm @@SupremeLeaderSahil 😅😂

[@sharmisthabarai1782]

Charminar bro.

[@parangamaditya657]

Didi as Queen had me laughing till my stomach ached

[@mastanealaie3968]

What does didi mean?

[@sridharpeyyeti3040]

@@mastanealaie3968 didi etymologically means sister .But in Bengal referred to mamata (chief minister) of west bengal

[@mastanealaie3968]

@@sridharpeyyeti3040 thanks

[@subhajitpatra6924]

​@@sridharpeyyeti3040didi = mamata banerjee 😂😂....kuch vi 😂.....

[@pallabmondal9765]

Didi = Queen 😂😂😅

[@youfool444]

"I dont want too,but she's on the list"got me dying.

[@sailaab]

😅 you 🥀phool🌻

[@prgyalakshmee4452]

What does it mean?

[@sailaab]

Prgya Lakshmee... it means that Veer's line after the punchline.... had *+YouFool* laughing a lot.

[@beactivebehappy9894]

@@prgyalakshmee4452 Nothing just a normal sentence. Fans pretending like it’s the funniest sht.

[@KrishnaDas-il9vu]

A huge technical and informational glitch here_ Vasco dagama didn't discover India, Vasco dagama find the place for the first time on that day from that part of the earth, of course India exists even before that, even if Vasco dagama didn't explore the country then still India will be one of a part of this planet earth. It's just a western perspective, west country's influenced agenda. Even eastern and western parts of the earth should define by where you're standing in the planet. Western part of the world says they live in west side.. stupid east side of the world followed it wrongly.

[@04rit]

I am a Bengali, watching this at 4:00am and yes, I wrote a poetry this evening 😂😂😂😂😂!

[@RubinaSkincare]

His grandfather has a padmasri! Vir Das has to be the most brilliant stand up...the depths of thoughts he can take you to while cracking up with laughter is epic. ❤️.

[@Professor2098]

Some fucking Vasco d gama Discovered india ! Like seriously ? India before him was not in existence . Illiterate fucking wannabe woke . I love his comedy but I don't agree him on this

[@limejuice5351]

Who is his Grandfather can you tell? I can’t find any info on the web.

[@ankitasuman7]

Following your videos for more than a year ❤❤❤❤

[@RubinaSkincare]

@@ankitasuman7 awe thank you 😊 💓

[@koustavbose]

Really? Somehow I have never laughed at any of his jokes. Perhaps I am stupid.

[@siddharthchoudhary6333]

Jokes were fun but the best part is that I got to know about Tom Alter. I had watched this guy in so many movies but never bothered, I didn't know his achievements. RIP Legend🙏🙏🙏

[@sapnaa6576]

Tom Alter spoke perfect Hindi, even wrote some book/s in Hindi. He was totally in love with India. More Indian than any Indian. We are born in a certain land, culture and religion and we adopt that naturally but one who adopts an alien one is the one who has truly loved that place / culture. Tom Alter is an example of that. Vir Das gave him an excellent tribute. Now more people will look into his history. Me being from that generation know very well about him. He was that white guy who had to change his Hindi accent to sound white :)

[@ankitasuman7]

His son Jamie Alter also stays here, I think he has a KZbin channel!!

[@shivangrai325]

He also does Comedy as a news anchor on his other channel

[@RonBhattacharya]

The first time I saw Tom Alter outside the screen was in my Grad School at JMI in Delhi... and in that play, he was speaking 'perfect' Urdu. This confused me to the core... as I just couldn't wrap my head around it! 😅 A few days later I ran into him in the lobby of another auditorium, and I 'had to' stop him and ask about it. He laughed loudly and told me that he was 'born' in India and he has been in theatre for decades! That was awkward - but a good one!

[@anushkalols]

"If i was police I'd be better" the most accurate characterization of a bong EVER tbh

[@ignorasmus]

WoW! Now that you mention, Tom Alter was really our Dev Patel!! He really was a Gem of a Person though. Listen to his interviews and his command not just Hindi (That was a given) but also Urdu was awesome!!

[@archies077]

Tom Alter was just as Indian as you and I, so what’s the big deal if he spoke Hindi and Urdu, most of in North India can do, albeit, not nearly as good as Tom

[@ignorasmus]

@@archies077 I am a person from North India (Never mind the user name - that is a different thing) who likes languages. I am nooo where close to his linguistic skills and don't even know anyone else around me who is half as good as Padmashri Tom. I am applauding him for that. Not questioning his "Indianness" in any way at all.

[@RonBhattacharya]

Oh, Tom Alter spoke fluent Urdu... The first time I saw him on stage was a one-act play which was totally an Urdu monologue by him.

[@hamishmchargUK]

Today I learnt that Indian national anthem was first written in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore. He also wrote the Bangladeshi national anthem. More reason to be in awe of this Nobel Laureate!

[@sayanmajumder4615]

He actually didn't wrote Bangladeshi national anthem, the song he wrote was for united Bengal, that includes Indian state of West Bengal and East Bengal aka Bangladesh. After the independence Bangladeshi government chose that song as their national anthem.

[@rskolkata]

The Sri Lankan national anthem was written by his student, in his style.

[@rskolkata]

So he did write the Bangladeshi national anthem. Even Indian national anthem was not written as national anthem, just picked up later.

[@newsjunkieish]

The Sri Lankan national anthem is also inspired by a Tagore poem.

[@rushamitra335]

So thoughtful gesture.

[@DishaAtri]

I cracked up imagining Vasco da Gama giving directions to Columbus 😂

[@sailaab]

ikr😅

[@Bathroomsinger11]

I didn’t get it please explain

[@adnansanghar9887]

@@Bathroomsinger11 Columbus sailed out for India but reached the Americas

[@MarshallTheArtist]

Mother Teresa is untouchable. I laughed at that harder than his whole live audience did.

[@aakashmondal789]

why is she untouchable tho?

[@uvarddhamaananjain9190]

@@aakashmondal789 Coz she helped people with leprosy and it is beleived that leprosy spreads from contact.

[@rookiedetective569]

@@uvarddhamaananjain9190 also, "mlechha"

[@MarshallTheArtist]

@@uvarddhamaananjain9190 that’s a third level to the joke. I didn’t even think of that part!

[@rohanroor2576]

@@uvarddhamaananjain9190 ohhhhhh!, Thanks for clarifying, I completely missed that one.

[@devanshu_r2794]

"It wasn't Rudolf, it was Rajesh" 😂😂 Was the best one..

[@rajk2677]

His connect with the audience is superb and so is his vocabulary. He can express himself without a pause. Brilliant

[@abhikdoesthings]

Vasco Da and Didi jokes were hilarious LMAO 😆😆😆

[@dimpu91]

Vir Das called Bengali poor.. Partha Chatterjee took it damn seriously.. 😎😎

[@avishekmitra2801]

He says that Bengali chosen poverty and amazed how some Bengalis are enjoying it. Strange.

[@AM-hs7in]

Ei choreder jonyoe to ei haal banglar! Ar kotodin shudhu culture culture kore shak diye machh dhakbo amra?

[@manikaray312]

oh God 🤣🤣🤣😆

[@tathagata_roy]

Lmao

[@animeandgaming4428]

Lol 😂

[@boopmysoul4990]

The Ho Ho Ho at the Santa Claus joke caught me off guard 😅

[@insaanbano9385]

He did the joke with the audience by creating tense, including Mother Teresa in it and all this while paying her respect. That's Vir Das 👏👏👏

[@Ba5edAF]

She does not deserve respect she was a horrible person. Read about it

[@beactivebehappy9894]

She was the worst person they can be in the world to get any inch of respect. A religious demon !

[@whisperwaves9930]

@@Ba5edAF She wasn’t a horrible person. She was misguided in faith. However she was indeed a woman who did a lot for the poor and the sick. A lot of people did get aid from the missionaries of charity. It is easy to point fingers at others but first look at yourself and see how many needy and hungry people have you helped and how many lives have you changed? Did you treat people with communicable diseases? She lacked knowledge on the treatment of people but she did indeed serve the poor, hungry and needy. She is a pride for India and was an inspiration for many people who were encouraged by her compassion.

[@Ba5edAF]

@@whisperwaves9930 shame on you

[@whisperwaves9930]

@@Ba5edAF Lol… Says a keyboard warrior who may have not done 1/10th charity for the society 🤣 You should be ashamed of yourself! Shakha education reflects clearly in your comments.

[@alahiri2002]

Nah you know what got me? “Poleesh” He actually nailed it💀💀

[@arkomitra5654]

The Queen wants to see you Tell didi to wait 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AM-hs7in]

That "tell didi to wait!" was beautifully done🎉

[@atruegentleman911]

"that thing that Santa Claus was wiping, they were brown, not reindeer." 04:17 ... killed It man... killed it....

[@braveimposter]

this hits different when you're bengali! 🤣❤️

[@sribish1263]

"tell didi to wait" WHAT HAVE YOU DONE DBVUIBUFBRFV

[@dhirendrakumar276]

You might not know but Tom Alter was an Indian, born in Mussoorie, coming from Anglo-Indian Community.

[@azraelwai]

Santa Claus joke was hell of a kind. Lmao

[@R1Neey123]

Dumb it down for me pls

[@azraelwai]

@@R1Neey123 4:05 here you go!! ;)

[@ritabanghosh3150]

The Vasco Da part was lit. 🔥🔥🙏🏻😂

[@afnananwarhussain2544]

Seriously, his sense of humour is unmatchable.

[@sharmajikalonda8706]

Lovely setup Just can't get over it...so fascinating...the old faded gate, stairs down and the red shaded light.... lovely creativity.

[@bongquisitive]

Another Bengali here....That was a Nice line for Teresa...you 'touched' the topic sensibly enough😅😅

[@xylem9603]

ভাই joke ta বুঝতে পারি নাই, একটু বুঝিয়ে দেন প্লিজ

[@sailaab]

Xylem, Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Teresa) claimed to work for the untouchables. . Veer played on that thing, by claiming that... in making jokes about someone... she could NOT be touched. . and Chanchal/rkmvnhs409 above too did something similar, in the use of 'touched'.

[@bongquisitive]

@@xylem9603 দাদা, Mother টেরেসা কে নিয়ে অনেক controversy আছে। অনেকেই মনে করে, ওনার যে ভাবমূর্তি, যে উনি দুঃস্থদের সেবা করেছেন, অচ্ছুত (Untouchables) দের কেও medical পরিষেবা দিয়েছেন ইত্যাদি, এসবই Christian missionaries এর তৈরি করা ভাবমূর্তি, আদতে অনেক Scandal লুকিয়ে আছে। আমি আর সেসবের মধ্যে যাচ্ছিনা। ঠিক ভুল ও যাচাই করা কঠিন। Veer খুব সুন্দর ভাবে এই আদতে ideal ভাবমূর্তি এর সত্যতা কতটা, তা নিয়ে joke টা করলো, সুন্দর wordplay করে। আমিও একটু সেটার চেষ্টা করলাম আর কি। 😅

[@sohambanerjee99]

Exactly! Same here!!

[@Avi_lays]

@@xylem9603 🤣🤣🤣🤣 আগে একটু sense of humor ar নলেজ ওরজন করুণ....

[@dishantdalvi]

that Vasco Da joke came out of nowhere and it hit harrrrrdd 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

[@arponmondal421]

ভাস্কো-ডা-গামা >>ভাস্কর দা>> ভাস্কোদা 🔥🔥👌😂😆👍

[@suparnamaiti.]

Tom Alter was White but he wasn't a foreigner. In fact, he would have been really disappointed in you for calling him a foreigner. It has always been a battle for him to be recognised as an Indian.

[@sailaab]

In a way.. true

[@sreangsuacharyya5788]

Indeed. He was more Indian than many Indians I have met

[@namman6190]

That Christmas Joke with Cinnamon and Rajesh... 🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂. That was not Rudolf but Rajesh😂😂😂

[@harshsurey5356]

"Tell Didi to wait" Queen would have waited but Not Mamta Banerjee 😂😂

[@71espn]

Tom alter was born in india, so was his father.

[@sailaab]

Precisely

[@subinitamazumder1307]

"Tell Didi to wait"😂😂😂😂

[@animitasaha2245]

4:23 it sounds like the laughter of Santa Claus laughing at the joke

[@venchingfu]

what was this joke i couldnt get?

[@akbrahma7739]

What did Santa say when he visited Sonagacchi? Ho! Ho! Ho!

[@immortalxd6190]

Bruh😂

[@YouCanCallMeMadsss]

The states President - President Putin was sooo goood... 🔥😂 LOVED THE WRITING!!! 😂😂😂

[@rahuldebnath3657]

Cigarettes after Bengalis !

[@xskrish]

"That wasn't Rudolph that was Rajesh" 😭😭

[@PritomAhad]

Im Bengali, from Bangladesh; cigarettes, poetry, guitar playing, singing… 😂spot on

[@anuronguha0898]

Tom Alter was an absolute Legend

[@gourobkundu2173]

Vasco Da, that shit cracked me up real good. LOL

[@SeleneFlitter]

Tell didi to wait!! 😅😂😂

[@gursimran1735]

I come back to this video for the Vasco Da whenever I'm having a bad day lol

[@Oioioioioioi-]

archduke jignes bruh had me laughing for half hour 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alphadelta12121979]

Come by sometime Vir, I too am a slapstick, cracking jokes on Africans and their accent, especially on Lagos(Nigeria). Some of the jokes are also based on the local life of people in Dehradun and Delhi. Wait till you hear the jokes on Galesburg( IL), mostly on LIBERAL arts. They're all funny like your jokes on Bengalis. I really enjoyed the show!!

[@livinglogically8180]

man i just cracked up at Vasco Da

[@basspower4695]

Dude I think these are the best jokes I've ever heard about Bengal.......I am a Bengali but I never thought about stuff from this angle 😂😂 Cheers bro ✌✌

[@nileshdeb5024]

Arch duke Jignesh cracked me up man😆😂

[@krish7783]

Vir " Das" sounds Bengali enough 😁

[@sailaab]

🙄🙄🙄 Odia hota hai Woh bohol gaye?

[@spankomaster]

@@sailaab bengali bhi

[@RonBhattacharya]

He 'is' Bengali.

[@naturesounds1921]

This special has a separate place in my heart

[@shwetagupta1848]

He is hilarious as always 🤣🤣👍

[@popularairsolution8230]

The queen wants to see you, Tell didi to wait 😂😂😂

[@sm_xiii]

Related to most part of the Bengali jokes! Just a note for posterity, related to Bengalis never wrote “fuck the police”, naxalism started in Bengal, and the lines from “police, kobi ke dekhe tupi ta tor kulish” to “police Tumi jotoi maro, Maine tomar akso baro” were by the Bengalis. I won’t even try to translate these lines. But I am absolutely in for the comedic value of it 😊

[@FharishAhmedPortfolio]

I LOVE THIS GUY!!! 😆😆😆

[@Avi_lays]

Bengalis are proud that for your existence

[@snigdhavk1]

Why?

[@philosophyofart2164]

Tom Alter was a white man and an Indian. He was born in Mussoorie, Uttrakhand, my homeland. Comparing him to Priyanka Chopra (who's a foreigner for Hollywood) in front of foreign audience might not be the best comparison cause one thing Tom Alter hated the most if not anything else was to be misjudged as a foreigner. That great artist felt disrespected everytime someone did that to him. It was an everyday battle for him. No disrespect for you intended 💕🙏

[@dyuti89]

The cinnamon joke kinda falls flat really, especially since he mentions garam masala in the next breath. Cinnamon is an integral part of the spice mixture called garam masala and it's one of the base spices, present in almost all regional iterations of the mix.

[@venchingfu]

what is the joke about santa claus i didn't get that?

[@anishgiri9282]

Vir da you are doing great 👏, thank you for helping us to get a better sense of humor and for entertaining us.

[@mxhxsh]

Damn Anish giri! How's the Olympiad going man??

[@Axel.Blazer]

@@mxhxsh wa wa wa wa wait wait wait =)

[@souvikchatterjee3450]

Bengalis not having angst and rebellion in their literature is such an ignorant statement to make, and btw there is cinnamon in garam masala..if i am not wrong.

[@OmarFaruk-i9]

Has he never heard of Kazi Nazrul Islam

[@sbasu601]

I will write a poetry about how good of a stand-up comedian u are

[@sagnickmukherjee8434]

lol I didn't see the vasco da coming. Hilarious

[@sailaab]

Neither did his mistress. But Vasco da came

[@raqezh]

"...i used to be, now I'm just vasco da"

[@rmsha.5065]

Nice to hear VDas pronounce Kolkata as Kol-kata and not Call-kata. :)

[@sailaab]

Rmsha... what VDas? . Someone needs their keyboard repaired

[@aishwarjotarafder9566]

Damn! That bengali accent of Vasco da 😂 nailed it ❤

[@soumalyamitra8816]

Tell didi to wait...i am a bengali and i loved that piece 😂

[@sohamdas3488]

Pablo da got a competitor

[@itihaas_sangeet]

My favourite stand up comedian 😀

[@devashriroy]

Oval Office joke was the best 😂😂😂😂

[@chimera.xfusion2684]

That wasn’t Rudolph that was Rajesh 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Dominic6504]

President Putin .... I'm dead 😭😭😂😂😂😂

[@sa13695]

CORRECTION - He wasn't a white Priyanka Chopra. He was born and brought up in India and he not only spoke fluent Hindi and Urdu but also wrote poetries in Urdu.

[@anirudhasen1]

Queen Didi could have been a pretty low blow... Not sure it was political or not. But sometimes things can have dual meaning. And Mother Teresa... 😁

[@morningdew799]

That choosing poverty joke for Bengalis damn... man made it hurt😂

[@joyaelaj]

You know-Cinnamon is widely used in Kerala...

[@ituloveslife1448]

THE VASCO DA HAD ME ROLLING AS A BENGALI I APPROVE OF THIS HE ATE OMD

[@jauharshahbaz]

Well Tom Alter was an elite actor, his dialogue delivery and pronounciation of Hindi and Urdu were native. Comparing him with someone like Priyanka Chopra is unjust. You know how she acts or I should say overacts both in Bollywood and Hollywood.

[@WBSchoolOfMaths]

Didi as queen, epic line

[@ankitabhattacherjee5257]

😂😂😂 Bengali in the house!!

[@charlieputhloverunofficial7872]

Just amazing really man!!!!!!

[@jyotirmoybiswas726]

Dude's a legend but I want to see him live.. His tickets are way too expensive for me to afford in a monthly stipend.

[@RubinaSkincare]

I have seen him live and 2 hours seems too short a show! One laughs at the joke, then for having understood it better and yet again for how sharp the joke was!

[@sailaab]

Well, good for you *+Ruuuuuubina* 😇 ... but let us get down to the matter at hand now, shall we¿ Who is sponsoring *+Jyotirmoy Biswas* and by how much?😁😄

[@meughosh280]

You guys rather collect some books on netaji and swamiji....I mean we are really going down....hell man!

[@Saf_Shares]

😆 This was brutal...

[@nazmunnahar9184]

I dont know how many people got the VascoDa joke, but we Bangalis love it!🤣

[@sampreetasaha718]

Love from a Bengali

[@inevitable2459]

The mother Teresa part was really good man ...he's really good 😂

[@farzanachoudhury7945]

"Tell didi to wait" 😄😄

[@shirse9331]

ভাস্কো দা।🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Bengali here

[@unknownperson8541]

Tom Alter was born in Mussoorie Uttrakhand

[@bcjmythical9576]

"...and President Putin will invite her up" Aged like wine 🍷 😋

[@dushkriti32]

As a Bengali, I approve 😆

[@missdelightful4558]

Wow Vir this was so good😂....we need a part 2

[@anushkaa28]

And he summoned us !!

[@protonish]

Vasco Da cracked me up real bad

[@kpbrl]

4:24 that "ho ho ho" is from Santa in the audience.. great audience pull.. :P

[@aum8136]

vasco da, queen didi 🤣🤣🤣

[@baibhabimajumdarstad3944]

santa joke had me dying

[@ujbook]

Love from Bangladesh mate♥️

[@sailaab]

🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Kem cho dikra?🙂🙃🙂🙃