La Casa De Papel aka Money Heist has been the reason of several viral trends across the world. Recently, the Mumbai Police jumped on the Money Heist Mania and performed the desi rendition of Bella Ciao. For the unversed, Money Heist is a Spanish heist drama on Netflix that has over the course of its release, has spawned pop culture trends, conspiracy theories and viral posts on the Internet.
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Mumbai Police is ‘special’ – in all of senses of the word. On one hand it do a fairly decent job at maintaining the law-and-order situation in one of the densely populated cities in India. On the other, it also captures the Gen-Z folks and millennials on Twitter by making references to pop-culture trends.
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The Facts of the Matter
Recently, the Mumbai Police once again won the hearts of the netizens – this time by jumping on the Money Heist mania. The Mumbai Police Band performed a desi rendition of ‘Bella Ciao’, a folk song that got popular after it was used in the show.
The Irony Makes The Video More Special
While several orchestras across the world have already performed a rendition of the folk song, what makes this version special is that it was played by members of the police force themselves. The song, which was made popular in a show about criminals, was played by a police force band! The irony itself makes the video special.
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Hilarious Caption by Mumbai Police
The Mumbai Police first shared a video of a rehersal session and wrote a hilarious caption with references to the show. “Always trying not to miss out on detections nor on trends & tractions. We’ll be here, never letting the season of safety end, while you race against time to finish this one. #KhakiStudio planning to pull a #heist on your heart one more time with #BellaCiao.”
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On September 3, the Instagram handle of the Mumbai Police shared the final performance of the song ‘Bella Ciao’ and wrote “Bella Ciao | Khaki Studio | Mumbai Police Band | Money Heist For Mumbai! Liked the trailer of #BellaCiao this morning? You will surely love the bigger picture! Afterall, Khaki makes everything even better.”
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The final performance of the ‘Khaki Studio’ won the hearts of netizens and has been watched over 300k times so far on Instagram. Meanwhile, on Twitter, the performance has received over 25.4k views, taking the total view count to over 325k.
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“Casa La Karta Asa”: Mumbai Police and Money Heist Pun
On September 4, the Mumbai Police once again made the best out of the Money Heist trend and shared a meme on its social media platforms. The meme made a reference to the show’s original name “La Casa De Papel”. Giving the name a Marathi spin, the meme said “When we spot someone not wearing a mask in public: ‘Casa La Karta Asa’ (Why would you do this?).”
The meme received some hilarious reaction from netizens with users applauding the social media team of the Mumbai Police’s handle. “Take some break guys! Aren’t you tired with all these super mic drops!” wrote a user. “Admin deserve a raise!”, wrote another, “What a pun aaya fun” quipped another.
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Mumbai Police’s Long History of Keeping up With Trends
It should be noted that Mumbai Police in the past too has been known to keep up with all things popular. Earlier this year, the force shared a moment from Money Heist’s pilot episode where one of the characters from the series Arturo is asked what his PIN is. When he says that his PIN is 1-2-3-4, characters around him share a hearty laughter, making fun of this simple pin.
“This is Arturo. Arturo thinks he is very smart. Arturo keeps 1234 as his PIN. Don’t be like Arturo.”
This is Arturo
Arturo thinks he is very smart
Arturo keeps 1234 as his PIN
Don't be like Arturo#PinHeistAlert#ASpinToPin#OnlineSafety pic.twitter.com/HeS7rWh5VR— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) May 26, 2021
