Students at Pakistan University celebrate 'Bollywood Day'

Students at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, recently dressed up as Bollywood actors as part of their ‘Bollywood Day’ celebrations.

A video of the event shared by the Photography club of LUMS (Photolums) on TikTok showed students enacting the iconic characters and their lines including that of Shah Rukh Khan’s Devdas (2002), Paresh Rawal's Baburao in the Hera Pheri series and Sushmita Sen’s Chandni Chopra from Main Hoon Na.

A student dressed in a green saree and imitating Sen’s character said, ‘ Did you just sing to me?’

Another, dressed up as a cop mimicked Salman Khan's Chulbul Pandey from Dabangg (2010) voicing his lines, ‘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…).

From Shah Rukh’s Raj Malhotra from Mohabbatein, Ajay Devgn’s iconic cop from the Bajirao Singham franchise, and Alia Bhatt’s Shanaya Singhania from Student of the Year to Priyanka Chopra's character from Barfi- students were all out having fun.

A student imitated Alia, wearing a red dress and mouthing the actor's now-iconic line from her 2012 debut movie, ‘Haath mein pom pom leke ladko ke liye chillana mera style nahi hai ‘(It is not my style to hold pom poms and cheer for boys).

The clip, reportedly from a farewell event at the university, is now circulated widely online.

While the fact that Pakistani students celebrated Bollywood didn’t go down well with a section of social media users, many supported the students and defended the event.

A Twitter user from Pakistan said, ‘Disgusted to see them like this.’

Tweeting in support of the students, one said, ‘Why? Did they commit any crime by doing that? They did it just for fun.’ Another one tweeted, ‘For God's sake just let them be. Creativity involves free thinking, so let them think freely; don't hamper them.’

An Instagram user commented on the video, ‘Divided by borders. United by art.’ ‘All of them are looking fabulous’, added another.