Lahore University Celebrates Bollywood Day, Netizen Has Mixed Reactions

Bollywood's charisma be it music or movies is spread across the world. People across the world are so awestruck with characters that they try to mimic and make reels out of them. In this race, even Pakistan is not behind. Lahore University celebrated Bollywood Day, as per a report. 

The glimpses from the day are going viral on the internet. A video that is widely shared online shows Pakistani students dressing up as film characters and celebrating Bollywood Day. The students were seen in Shah Rukh Khan's Devdas and Salman Khan's Chulbul Pandey from Dabangg to Sushmita Sen's Chandni from Main Hoon Na characters. 

Lahore University Celebrates Bollywood

The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) hosted the event to celebrate Bollywood Day. The university's Photography club of LUMS (Photolums) posted the video of the event on TikTok, and since then it has been widely posted on other social media platforms. 

One can also see other characters like Paresh Rawal's Baburao in the Hera Pheri series. Dressing up was one part of it, they were also enacting their famous lines. Another video is reportedly from a farewell event at the Pakistan university. In which featured student is dressed in a green saree same as Sushmita Sen's Chandni Chopra from Main Hoon Na. 

Another dressed up as a cop and mimicked Salman Khan's Chulbul Pandey from Dabangg (2010) and delivered his dialogue- "Hum tum mein itne ched karenge ki confuse ho jaoge ke saans kahan se le aur (I will put so many bullets in your body that you will be confused where to breath from and where to)…" There were a few more characters such as Mohabbatein’s Raj Malhotra (Shah Rukh Khan), Ajay Devgn’s iconic cop from the Bajirao Singham franchise, Priyanka Chopra's character from Barfi (2012), Student of the Year’s Shanaya Singhania (Alia Bhatt), and more. A student mimicking Alia Bhatt from SOTY delivered her dialogue said, "Haath mein pom-pom leke ladko ke liye chillana mera style nahi hai (It is not my style to hold pom-pom and cheer for boys)."

Many appreciated Pakistani Students' love for Bollywood, but many also ridiculed them for their likeliness towards the cinema. A few defended the event, but some went on criticising. A user from Pakistan said, "Disgusted to see them like this." Another user called it a circus. A few good comments were, a user said, "Why? Did they commit any crime by doing that? They did it just for fun." The second user tweeted to leave them alone for god sake and let them have time of their life as creativity involves free thinking and not to hamper them." A user hinting at borders divides said, "Divided by borders. United by art.

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