Vir Das reveals THESE Indian spy films urged him to change ‘Happy Patel’: ‘Decided to rewrite the whole script’

In a recent interview, actor Vir Das, now a debut director, revealed some behind-the-scenes details about his latest film ‘Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos.’ While talking about the film, he revealed that two popular films helped bring his script to life, and how, after watching them again, he had to make a lot of changes to his script.

Vir Das reveals these films made him rewrite the ‘Happy Patel’ script

While talking to Hindustan Times about his latest project, Vir Das opened up about how he rewatched two popular action Bollywood films and how they helped put things in perspective for him. He shared, “Two years ago, maybe after Pathaan or Tiger 3, I decided to rewrite the whole script.”




He further shared that when he was pitching the film initially as an ‘Indian spy film’, the genre was still rising in the country. Now, he believes that it was time to mix comedy into the genre. He further added, “I realised this was becoming a 'thing.’ Comedy is counter-culture; mainstream culture has to exist for counter-culture to exist. Now that the mainstream spy genre is the ‘it’ genre in Indian cinema, it is time for the comedy version of it.”

Co-star Mithila Palkar also opened up about working on the film

In another interview with Mid Day, Palkar opened up about starring opposite Vir Das in his latest venture. While talking about the film, she shared that most of the scenes made her step out of her comfort zone. While she could deal with everything on set, the scene where she had to slap Vir Das’ character was the hardest for her.

She shared, “So the cussing was difficult, but what was more difficult was slapping Vir. I was feeling guilty, but he motivated me to just go for it."

Plot summary of ‘Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos’

The story revolved around an adopted British Indian man who wants to become an agent just like his two fathers. He attempts to join MI7; however, he fails. Now, as a mediocre agent, he is tasked with going to Goa to rescue a while woman who has been captured by Donna Mama. She has kept the woman in a fairness cream-making factory.Get the latest entertainment updates from the Times of India, along with the latest Hindi movies, upcoming Hindi movies in 2026 , and Telugu movies.”