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On Saturday afternoon, all eyes were on the royal couple — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — who took vows at St Geroge’s Chapel in London. Meghan Markle married Prince Harry after months of preparation and they officially became the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Social media was flooded with their pictures, videos and memes, with everyone with a connected device expressing his or her opinion on the royal wedding.
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Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor too found a twist that he could give to the gala event.
Rishi Kapoor took to Twitter to share a dubbed version of the wedding video in which the royal couple — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — are taking the vows. The dubbed version has dialogues spoken by none other than his father Raj Kapoor in the film Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai.
Rishi Kapoor tweeted: “Dubbed version of the wedding ceremony for release only in India”.
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The dialogues have been picked up from a scene in Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai in which Raj Kapoor has a marriage proposal for Padmini. Raj Kapoor says, “Shiv ji ki kirpa hui, to ek din fool sareekha chota sa ek lalla hoga mera Kammo ji! Aur uska naam main rakhunga Sri Ganga Parsad.” When Padmini asks, “To?”, he replies, “Kammo ji, aap mere us lalle ki ma banengi?”
Here’s the video:
Hahahaha RT @chintskap: Dubbed version of the wedding ceremony for release only in India. pic.twitter.com/5F8NHP4OKM
— Jaaved Jaaferi (@jaavedjaaferi) May 20, 2018
Meanwhile, Jaaved Jaaferi shared the same video on his twitter handle and Twitterati couldn’t hold back. Look how the netizens reacted:
That’s totally Indian version, Even sanskari board will approve without any cut..
— Md Khan (@akIllusi0n1st0) May 20, 2018
Ultimate …🤣🤣
— Suchit berlia (@itssuchit) May 20, 2018
Very well timed..hilarious..😁😁
— Saurabh Bhandari (@ibhandari_S) May 20, 2018
Haha…in that era the kiss would be replaced with 2 flowers kissing each other!
— Parijat Punj (@parijatpunj) May 20, 2018
Lolololol
— Pikakshi Manchanda (@itsPikakshi) May 20, 2018
On the work front, Rishi Kapoor was last seen in the film 102 Not Out alongside Amitabh Bachchan which had average records on the box office.
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