Darwaza Mat Kholna Bahut Khatarnak Log Hai

About

Darwaza Mat Kholna, Bahot Khatarnak Log Hai refers to an exploitable phrasal template featuring Pappu, played by Rajpal Yadav, from the movie Phir Hera Pheri. The meme is a two-image collage showing Pappu trying to keep a door closed as he says, "Don't open the door! Very dangerous people behind it." The meme first began circulating on Facebook in 2021 before moving to Instagram.

Origin

On March 5th, 2021, Instagram^[1] page @dekh_indian posted the earliest known meme to use the scene from Phir Hera Pheri, with the text on the image reading, "Don't open the day door, very dangerous people behind. They write "cake murder" on their bios." The post gathered over 2,000 likes in nearly two years (seen below, left). On 7th March 2021, Facebook^[2] page Bakchod Billi posted the next meme to use the template "Darwaza Mat Kholna," with the punchline being, "They keep horny posting on main." The post gathered over 1,000 likes in nearly two years (seen below, left).

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On March 7th, 2021, Facebook^[3] page LOG HUMOR posted a version of the meme that commented on Indian politics, with the joke translating to, "Don't open the door, dangerous people behind, they support Mumta didi in West Bengal." The post gathered over 2,000 likes in nearly two years (seen below, left). On March 8th, 2021, Instagram^[4] page @deadlylaw posted a version of the meme where the punchline translated to, "They talk about cracking judiciary and won't get their semester back." The post gathered over 1,500 likes in nearly two years (seen below, right).

On March 8th, 2021, Instagram^[5] page RVCJMedia posted a version of the meme where TikTokers were the supposed dangerous people behind the door, gathering over 40,000 likes in nearly two years (seen below, left). Also on March 8th, Instagram^[6] page jokes_hi_jokes posted another version of the meme, gathering over 2,000 likes in nearly two years (seen below, right).

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