New Delhi, June 11 -- Vir Das is spending the capital from his Emmy and his first film on the genre Hindi cinema trusts least with its serious actors. On Thursday the comedian announced the ensemble for Baara Number, a found footage psychological horror film he will direct, and the names suggest he is after credibility rather than box office insurance.

Shriya Pilgaonkar, Atul Kulkarni, Sheeba Chaddha, Arunoday Singh and Ahsaas Channa lead the cast, according to the announcement reported by ANI, The Times of India and The Hollywood Reporter India, which carried the story first. There is no conventional star in the lineup. Every name is a character actor with a reputation built on television, streaming and theatre, which is precisely the t...