Vir Das to develop, star in his next international project titled ‘Country Eastern’

Indian actor- comedian Vir Das,  who has been at the receiving end of severe criticism over his viral “Two Indias” monologue at the Kennedy Centre in Washington recently, is now all set to
write and executive produce a brand new show for FOX. Titled ‘Country Eastern’,
the series is a single cam comedy series which will also star Das.

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“It’s an exciting brand new project that is in the works and I’m happy to announce that the series is now being developed. The writing of the series is currently on.

“I’m excited to be collaborating with such immensely talented names, each of whom have an envious body of work. It’s a unique comedy and I’m looking forward to filming the series soon,” said Vir.

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The show is about a young wealthy man from India who moves
to America to restart his life with his family. In an attempt to rebuild their
lives in Memphis, Tennessee, he decides to pursue his passion and become a
country music singer. The only issue is that he’s completely bad at it. He’s
going to have to gain some life experience in the States if he wants to have
something real to sing about.

Vir is set to co-write, executive produce the show with Sam
Laybourne, with Laybourne also being the showrunner. Laybourne has recently
being an EP on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and has written for shows like
Black-ish, Cougar Town and Arrested Development.

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Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva
Schaffer and Ali Bell of Party Over Here will also executive produce along with
Reg Tigerman. CBS Studios and Fox Entertainment will produce.

Party Over Here
has most recently produced acclaimed comedy Pen15 for Hulu and also produced
the critically acclaimed film, Palm Springs starring Andy Samberg. 

Vir is also soon set to be seen in a Hollywood flick titled
The Bubble being directed by Judd Apatow.