Nirupa Roy, the late actress who became the symbol of the caring and emotional Indian mother in Hindi films of the 70s, is the new topic of conversation on Twitter, with users cracking jokes on the stereotypical roles she played.
Her name was trending on Thursday, along with actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, whose three-word name was the butt of jokes on Wednesday. Earlier, it was actors Alok Nath, Danny and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal.
However, unlike earlier cases, some Twitter users were also miffed at the jokes.
Roy, a Gujarati who started out as a heroine in 50s, attained fame for her role as a widow in Deewar and was immortalised in the dialogue between the characters played by Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor, where Kapoor's character says: "Mere pass maa hai."
Here are some the jokes and the angry reactions doing rounds on Twitter
Alok Nath is the male version of Nirupa Roy: Sarpanch Ji @SonOfChoudhary
Now aftr Vinod Kumar Binny allegations Kejri will cm out wid Nirupa Roy type expressions in press conf tmrw to gain sympathy..": S Raizada@sraizada2000
Lalu Prasad joined Twitter to not to miss Neil Nitin Mukesh/ Nirupa Roy jokes: Ashwani@Social_Spartan
Jokes on Nirupa Roy are in bad taste..people circulating these only show their sick sense of humor. Roy is a pan India cinema icon: Gaurav Krishna@sahgaurav1
When Nirupa Roy cuts an Onion the Onion starts crying: Sir Sri Jhunjhunwala@jhunjhunwala 12h
Nirupa Roy's blood group is "mA+". Any loving son can donate: Sir Ravindra Jadeja@SirJadeja
Nirupa Roy had telekinetic powers but she could only use them to move bells in temples which would eventually go on to hit her on the head: Utsav Chakraborty@SatanBhagat 11h
Is it just me, or does Nirupa Roy look like Shah Rukh Khan in a dupatta?: Nigel Britto@NigelBritto
Once upon a time, Nirupa Roy sold Lux soap...: Mitesh@mnshanbhag
