How do you explain [the sensibility of] 1.3 billion people to six billion? That's the aim of the show," begins Vir Das about his next comedy special, Vir Das: For India. He describes his third offering for Netflix, after Abroad Understanding and Losing It, as a "love letter" to the country. The show — that drops online on January 26 — will see him decoding Indian customs and beliefs, and popular culture, laced with the satirical tinge that Das is known for.

"There's so much about India that needs to be said. This set had to be more innocent; it had to come from a place of lived-in knowledge," he explains.