He was and continues to be one of the greatest cricket batsmen. Rahul Dravid is known for his technique, his impeccable defence, his patience and above all for his stoic composure when at the crease. But now a clever ad takes all of this and turns it on its head. We are introduced to a furiously angry Rahul Dravid acting completely out of character – strangely, Indranagar Ka Gunda works!
It is a little far-fetched but it works. We see Jimmy Sarbh in an ad for Cred, a credit card payment service he has long endorsed. So this service has benefits that are difficult to believe; as difficult to believe as Rahul Dravid having anger issues. The ad has quickly gone viral because it presents Dravid in a wholly new avatar. Virat Kohli shared it among many others.
Who knew Dravid was such a consummate actor under that calm façade! This is the ‘gunda’ we need, said the tweeple.
Indian fans saw him as sober, contained, calm and methodical. Other teams probably only saw the difficulties of trying to get The Wall out of the way.
The ad quickly went viral – simply because it is so unexpected to see this side of Dravid as #IndiraNagarkaGunda.
While several of the star kids are good actors in their own right, this tweet does apply to at least some of them.
Some cricket lovers and maybe even some cricketers were taken aback seeing this unexpected side of Rahul Dravid.
…Because!
It is now the stuff of memes
There was a time when Dravid as captain declared the innings when Sachin Tendulkar was at 194, depriving him of his double century. Perhaps this was a latent ‘gunda’ in him people speculated.
We recognise various situations in which we would react like this.
Zomato spoke about the Indranagar gunda. The Cars24 Twitter handle offered to mend any cars that such a gunda may have damaged.
Oyo invited people who may be stuck in Indranagar while Pizza Hut promised to calm down the gunda with a pizza.
Rahul ko mirchi lagi!
This is one of the most affable of guys – apparently during the shoot, he would cover his forehead each time he yelled and acted out for the camera. Because that is how out of character this is for him.
The IPL is on and there are some interesting matches going on. But the internet seems stuck on #IndranagarKaGunda – because an angry Rahul Dravid is just that cute!
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