On Saturday, as Mumbai sloshed back to normal life after an intense downpour on Friday that left several parts of the city waterlogged, the internet was suddenly flooded with Photoshop satire. Though the Indian Meteorological Department had predicted heavy rains for a second day, the city experienced only scattered showers. Instead, it was doused by a deluge Facebook humour.
It's clear that many who were unable to get to the office on Friday had put their time to good use, creating ironic images that criticised the official negligence that resulted in the floods, even as they hailed Mumbai's never-say-die spirit. Among those who managed to crack a smile amidst the showers was film animator Dhimant Vyas.
Vyas took a now-iconic image shot by Indian Express photographer Ganesh Shirsekar during the 2013 monsoon of a woman clambering out of a State Transport bus in the central Mumbai neighbourhood of Parel, and layered it with a variety of references to Bollywood, Hollywood and Animal Planet. Here's what he came up with.
If some of the elements in those images look familiar, it may be because you saw them in the memes Vyas created last year, when a car of the Mumbai Metro sprung a leak in its first week of operations.
Besides, this isn't the first time this as-yet unidentified woman has become a meme. She made her debut in 2013, soon after the release of the John Abraham-starrer Shootout at Wadala.
See more of Dhimant Vyas's work here.
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It's clear that many who were unable to get to the office on Friday had put their time to good use, creating ironic images that criticised the official negligence that resulted in the floods, even as they hailed Mumbai's never-say-die spirit. Among those who managed to crack a smile amidst the showers was film animator Dhimant Vyas.
Vyas took a now-iconic image shot by Indian Express photographer Ganesh Shirsekar during the 2013 monsoon of a woman clambering out of a State Transport bus in the central Mumbai neighbourhood of Parel, and layered it with a variety of references to Bollywood, Hollywood and Animal Planet. Here's what he came up with.
If some of the elements in those images look familiar, it may be because you saw them in the memes Vyas created last year, when a car of the Mumbai Metro sprung a leak in its first week of operations.
Besides, this isn't the first time this as-yet unidentified woman has become a meme. She made her debut in 2013, soon after the release of the John Abraham-starrer Shootout at Wadala.
See more of Dhimant Vyas's work here.
