Published 15:19 IST, October 20th 2019
Kiara Advani feels this 'Kabir Singh' meme is 'one of the best'
Kiara Advani potted 'one of the best' memes of her movie 'Kabir Singh.' A netizen had posted a pic of a charger with Preeti on it so that no one touches it.
Despite all the controversies over its content involving toxic masculinity, Kabir Singh sprung a surprise at the box office, turning out to be a blockbuster. While its record of being the highest-grossing film of this year was only recently broken by Hrithik Roshan-Tiger Shroff-starrer War, it seems the impact that the movie created is still fresh in the minds of viewers. A Twitter user recently created an interesting meme to showcase the possessive nature of the character of Kabir Singh for his girlfriend Preeti and even the actor, who played Preeti, Kiara Advani felt it was one of the ‘best memes.’
There are some things in the world that might not be too expensive, but people often misplace or those that even get stolen. While umbrellas used to be well-known for that, of late, it the mobile charger. A netizen had an interesting way to highlight the importance of a mobile charger, and its susceptibility to get lost or stolen, by sharing a snap of the charger and writing ‘Preeti’ on it. The person then quipped, “Ab koi mera charger touch nahi karega.” (Now, no one will touch my charger)
For the uninitiated, in the movie Kabir Singh, the lead character played by Shahid Kapoor is extremely possessive of his love interest Preeti. In one of the scenes, he is seen hurling abuses and going furiously all the way on his bike to bash the person, when he hears that someone had ‘touched’ her. Kiara put the meme on her on Instagram stories and wrote, "Hahahah one of the best ones."
Kabir Singh
Kabir Singh is the remake of the Telugu hit Arjun Reddy directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, who had also helmed the original. The character of Kabir Singh particularly connected with the youngsters, and it was also aided by its romantic tracks, which became extremely popular. As a result, the movie earned almost Rs 280 crore at the box office, beating all major stars’ films to hold the record for highest-grossing film of this year for three months, before War beat it recently. Nevertheless, the movie remains the biggest hit for Shahid Kapoor and also for Kiara Advani. Meanwhile, both Shahid and Kiara are gearing up for more South remakes, the former is set to star in Jersey remake while Kiara will star in Laxmmi Bomb, a remake of horror comedy franchise Kanchana.
Updated 15:27 IST, October 20th 2019