These Bollywood-inspired memes capture reactions to lockdown extension

Addressing the country on Tuesday, PM Modi announced that the COVID-19 lockdown will be extended till May 3. The fight against the coronavirus is going ahead successfully. You suffered great difficulties in this fight. Some for food, some in travelling, some in the distance from home. The new year has started in several states in the country. The way people are observing the lockdown is inspiring and commendable. We have reaped great dividends from social distancing and lockdown,"he said.

Modi had declared a 21-day complete lockdown in the country from March 25, which ended Tuesday. After a meeting between PM Modi and state chief ministers a week ago, a broad consensus had emerged for the national lockdown to be extended by at least two weeks. By Tuesday, states like Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab and Odisha had already extended the lockdown in their respective territories till April 30.

He added that a decision will be taken on easing restrictions on April 20.  "Till April 20, all districts, localities, states will be closely monitored, as to how strictly they are implementing norms. We will have to keep a close watch on the places which are expected to be converted into hotspots. The creation of new hotspots will further challenge our hard work and our austerity," said PM Modi. 

Soon after Modi’s speech was over, social media was abuzz with memes that tried to convey how people felt about the lockdown extension. A lot of the memes and jokes were inspired from popular Hindi films and some cult dialogues. Twitterati put to use films ranging from classics like Mughal-e-Azam and Sholay, to Munnabhai MBBS.

A look at some of these: