New Delhi: A Pakistani bureaucrat has tweaked a famous Bollywood song to raise awareness about coronavirus — and the video has taken Twitter by storm.
In the video, Deputy Commissioner of Hafizabad, Naveed Shahzad, made up his own lyrics of the famous Bollywood song ‘Suno Na Suno Na (Please listen)’ from Hindi cinema megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s 2003 film Chalte Chalte.
Shahzad sings, “Daro na daro na, daro na, corona se milke sab lado na, bar bar hanton ko dhona (Don’t be scared, let’s come together and fight corona, keep washing your hands).”
In a unique fashion, the Deputy Commissioner Hafizabad Naveed Shahzad delivers public service message on Corona virus. ? pic.twitter.com/MRvvvHJ882
— Ansar Abbasi (@AnsarAAbbasi) March 18, 2020
He then goes on to tell people about the benefits of social distancing and urges people not to hoard and avoid physical contact.
The video has over 8,100 likes and 2,500 retweets at the time of publishing this report.
Pakistan has reported over 450 positive cases of COVID-19 so far.
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Celebrities encourage social distancing
Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, meanwhile, tweeted, saying that Pakistanis should “take adequate precautions” to tackle coronavirus.
With all due respect, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan should also advice his country to take adequate precautions. People of Pakistan are also dear to us. Once we were one. We are concerned too. This is a global crisis. No ego matter this. We love you guys. Humanity zindabad !
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) March 19, 2020
Several Pakistani celebrities have also taken to Twitter to encourage social distancing and spread awareness about coronavirus.
Let’s not be careless. We can really help the situation by being aware and taking care of simple things. Soon it’ll be over InshAllah and we all would have played our parts in making it better. pic.twitter.com/Y96alxA3EB
— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) March 19, 2020
Actor Maya Ali put up a video of herself cleaning door nozzles, switch boards, while asking people to wash hands frequently.
Let’s start from our home. Cleaning door nozzles, switch boards and the things that we touch more often. Most importantly wash your hands more frequently??#washyourhands #takecareofyourself #usehandsanitizer #mayaali pic.twitter.com/YD7UduC6YM
— Maya Ali (@mayaali07) March 19, 2020
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