‘Money Heist Pakistan’?: Why Pakistani Twitter is cracking jokes about an upcoming movie
Twitter users spent Sunday cracking jokes about ‘Money Heist Pakistan’, leading some to believe that an actual Pakistani version of popular Netflix TV show La Casa de Papel (The House of Paper) aka Money Heist was in the making.
However the reality turned out to be much different, and even a tad embarrassing for those who religiously follow the show.
It all started when actor Aijaz Aslam announced the launch of his film, 50 Crore, on Twitter. Many users couldn’t help but be immediately struck by how it looked like a ‘Pakistani version’ of Money Heist.
As Aslam shared only a teaser of the movie on Twitter without further details regarding the venture, fans got to fill in the blanks themselves in some pretty hilarious takes about what they expect the movie to be.
#50crore #action #ComingSoon #aijazaslam pic.twitter.com/GwGKtGkLhp
— aijaz aslam (@aijazz7) October 18, 2020
Just like the original TV show, 50 Crore features actors who have been given names after different cities (of Pakistan in this case, such as Dadu, Bela, Sheikhupura, and others).
The cast includes Aijaz Aslam as Rahimyar Khan, Omer Shahzad as Duska, Naveed Raza as Lala Musa, Asad Siddiqui as Mirpurkhas, Faryal Mehmood as Chaman, Saboor Aly as Sahiwal, Anoushay Abbasi as Bela, Noman Habib as Sheikupura, and Zhalay Sarhadi as Mianwali.
The actors are part of a team led by a chief (el professor?) who is played by Faysal Qureshi.
As soon as these details were released, netizens could not help but notice the ‘uncanny resemblance’ the movie seems to have with the Spanish TV series and poke fun at the lack of originality.
Here are some of the most hilarious takes on the upcoming movie:
Money heist Pakistan walay bank main jayenge aur aagay unka "server down" hoga. 😂😂😂😂
— Aaam Aadmi 🥠(@Mango_Man_) October 19, 2020
I bet money heist Pakistan's gonna have an unemployed IT graduate as the professor
— Cristiano Rona-Daldo (@Guilty4Fries) October 18, 2020
What the hell is this?
Pakistan copying Money heist in the same exact way. Ajeeb yar 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/dNwwHG1IuT— Malik Waqas Saleem (@waqassaleem650) October 18, 2020
Money heist Pakistan wale bank jayenge, woh bolenge peche dou sign kardo phir paisay milenge.
— anastipu (@teepusahab) October 18, 2020
Money heist Pakistan can never work. They’d be stuck in the traffic outside any bank lol
— Jiya. (@jjjjaaayyyyy) October 18, 2020
Money heist Pakistan walay National Bank jayenge, 4 ghantay line me khare honge.
— anastipu (@teepusahab) October 18, 2020
Money heist Pakistan will be worth it if they make them rob the bank of Punjab only to realize it’s empty when they’re finally in
— Dan Butt (@Dan_Pichwara) October 18, 2020
Money heist pakistan cannot work, professor will ask for money and cashier will say pehley apni nic ki copy dain…
— وقار یونس سومرو (@wysoomro) October 18, 2020
