The students of Lahore University of Management and Sciences (LUMS) recently celebrated ‘Bollywood Day’ as a farewell event for the senior batch.
The videos of the event went viral, drawing ire among netizens.
In the video, it can be seen clearly that the students were dressed up in their favourite Bollywood characters.
Students learnt dialogues from different Bollywood movies like ‘Ye Babu Rao ka Style Hai’.
Here we have the video:
Some of the social users supported the idea whereas the majority criticized it.
یہ ادارہ LUMS پورے پاکستان سے کوئی الگ ہی نسل پیدا کر رہا ہے ۔۔
— Imran Afzal Raja (@ImranARaja1) February 19, 2023
خیر جن کے اساتذہ ہود بھائی اور ندا کرمانی جیسے ہوں وہاں ایسی ہی آئٹمیں نکلیں گی ۔۔
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Pakistanis are getting triggered by this video from LUMS because as a nation we are ANTI FUN. Being happy is prohibited. The violence of Ertugral is more suited to our sorry taste. pic.twitter.com/f0NxDHd0eS
— Hamza Azhar Salam (@HamzaAzhrSalam) February 19, 2023
People losing their shit over lums having a Bollywood day is so funny to me. People are suffering daily due to the economic conditions of the country. Tweet about that instead of criticising a bunch of kids for dressing up like the movie characters we ALL grew up watching.
— S (@shfml_) February 20, 2023
Idk why people are getting furious at this "bollywood day" in LUMS. Being a 90's kid, I enjoyed bollywood for a major chunk of my life while Syed Noor Pakistan was busy making Saima and Shan dance wierdly in crops, so I'm not sorry if we relate more to bollywood characters.
— Usama (@Thebiryanihead) February 20, 2023
The people who supported the idea said what’s wrong with the people? Why are they not accepting ‘Bollywood Day’ we grew up watching Bollywood movies and almost at every wedding we select Bollywood songs for the dances then why people are criticizing celebrating ‘Bollywood Day’?
https://twitter.com/Non_graata/status/1627524937132175364?cxt=HHwWiMDTzdXTkJYtAAAA
https://twitter.com/TheArdentSoul/status/1627302383406424065?cxt=HHwWgoCxkau5q5UtAAAA
These kids only celebrated Bollywood Day, I loved the fun they had. What’s wrong in it? Let them live a few happy years of their lives before they are trapped in mundane situations of of practical life when in jobs. #LUMS pic.twitter.com/VkuomvlDnR
— Dr Shama Junejo (@ShamaJunejo) February 19, 2023
the hate lums kids are receiving for bollywood day is plain hypocrisy. indian content is literally always in the top 10 on Netflix in pakistan.
— ?! (@mangajoon) February 19, 2023