The first Friday of October 2020 marks the birthdays of two iconic leaders of India, Mahatma Gandhi, known as the Father of the Nation, and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. October 2 is celebrated annually with great reverence across India to honor these leaders, particularly Mahatma Gandhi, for his immense contributions to the Indian independence movement. This date often finds mention in patriotic movies as well.
Interestingly, Bollywood fans also associate October 2 with the film Drishyam (2015), starring Ajay Devgn. In the movie, the character Vijay Salgaonkar, played by Devgn, uses this date to craft an alibi in a murder investigation. The dialogue referencing October 2 is repeated frequently throughout the film, making it memorable for audiences.
In Drishyam, the plot revolves around Vijay and his family, who fabricate a story involving a visit to Swami Chinmayanand’s Satsang on October 2, followed by a stay at a hotel. The next day, they supposedly watch a movie, eat pav bhaji for lunch, and return home on October 3. This fabricated story is repeated multiple times as the family is interrogated by the police. The alibi is created to cover up a crime committed by Vijay’s daughter, who accidentally kills her blackmailer, the son of a local police officer.
The iconic repetition of October 2 in Drishyam has left a lasting impression on viewers, and even after eight years, fans continue to recall the dialogue. In 2023, social media, especially X (formerly Twitter), has seen a resurgence of memes and jokes about the famous Drishyam scene, with netizens humorously celebrating the date’s significance in both history and Bollywood.
Here are some of the funniest 2 October Drishyam memes: