Pols Aa Gyi Pols

About

Pols Aa Gyi Pols is a viral video and catchphrase popular in India and Indian memes. The phrase originates from a video featuring several men speaking in Punjabi before they are interrupted by flashing blue and red lights from afar, leading someone to exclaim "oye pols aa gyi pols!" meaning "oy, the police is coming!" The lights are then shown to have been a false alarm, coming from the headlights of an older bearded man on a bike. The video was first posted to Instagram on an unknown date before it was reposted to YouTube in February 2023 and subsequently went viral as a catchphrase on Instagram in March 2023.

Origin

On an unknown date in early 2023, a video featuring several men conversing in a dimly lit environment before running away from what appears to be flashing police lights was posted to Instagram. The earliest known upload of the video was posted to Twitter on January 26th, 2023, by Twitter^[1] user @mawithesadistic. The video contained a text overlay commonly used in Instagram Story and Reels uploads and gathered over 260 views and 200 likes in roughly a month (seen below).

Pols aa gii 😨 pols 😱
Darro na 😾
Modi 5 karaya hua hyy 😼😎 pic.twitter.com/vmXtMzsihO

— ᴍᴀᴡɪ 💀🗿 (@mawithesadistic) January 26, 2023

The earliest known upload of the clip to gather several thousand views was posted to YouTube^[2] by the account shitposting9834, gathering over 90,000 views in roughly a month (seen below).

The video shows a group of men talking in a dark outdoor setting before being interrupted by flashing red and blue lights in the distance. The lights cause the men to begin running away as someone exclaims, "Oye pols aagyi pols!", meaning "Oy the police are here!" The lights come closer, revealing an older bearded man wearing a blue turban who says in Punjabi, "Daro an modify kraaya hai," meaning "don't be afraid, I just modified my bike."

Spread

On February 21st, 2023, the Instagram^[5] page @indiansoninternettt posted a meme featuring the old man from the aforementioned video in a carousel post that gathered over 8,000 views in roughly two weeks (seen below, left). On February 26th, the Instagram^[3] page @luxx.ded posted a meme using the catchphrase "pols aagyi pols," gathering over 9,000 likes in nearly a week (seen below, right).

On February 25th, 2023, the Instagram^[6] page @osirus_fr posted the video with an ironic caption that was subsequently reposted by the Instagram^[7] page @baekoof, gathering over 21,000 likes in over two weeks (seen below).

The page^[4] Luxx.ded also posted a powerscaling meme on February 28th, which featured the "baba" (or old man) from the video, gathering over 14,000 likes in nearly a week (seen below).

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