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Virender Sehwag tweets ‘Door Se’ song which could be the social distancing anthem
Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag has something to entertain you during these trying times of social distancing.
Are you bored while practising social distancing during these trying times of the novel coronavirus spread? Are quarantine memes the only things really keeping you going? Well, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag has something that can entertain you.
The sportsman posted this nearly 40-second-long video on Twitter with the caption, “Apt in times like these. Door se #SocialDistancing”.
The clip shows an old-school performance in monochrome to a romantic number which may actually be about forbidden love but is very fitting to the advisories given by health officials worldwide against Covid-19.
Lyrics of the Lata Mangeshkar track, from the 1952 movie Saqi, most closely translate to ‘Far far away... far far away… don’t come close, don’t touch... see the sight from afar and notice the gestures from afar.’
The tweet currently has over a 1,100 retweets and almost 12,000 likes. The music video itself has over 116,000 views.
Tweeple, who now, potentially, have more time to check the microblogging application had amusing responses to the share of this well-aged song.
One Twitter user posted a GIF of Ranveer Singh with the text “say namaste”, reinforcing the ‘door door se’ message.
Many others responded with laughing emoticons to express their appreciation for some comic relief during this pandemic. One Twitter user, in particular, posted this meme to express their admiration for this entertaining yet informative video.
Here are some other hilarious responses to the same.
Social isolation isn’t easy but we definitely do appreciate how creative people are getting with these memes. We hope that everyone is taking the ‘door se’ message seriously. Given the catchy tune and on-point lyrics here is another song for you to hum along to while washing your hands.
