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Netizens hail Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki, trends #ReaLifeDunki

Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki has been released and has indeed touched the hearts of the audience. While the film has showcased the very less spoken subject of the ‘Doneky Route’, it brought into…

Netizens hail Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki, trends #ReaLifeDunki
Naina Chatterjee

By Naina Chatterjee

Editor, Culture & Influence

Culture & Influence editor covering media, design, travel and the institutions shaping taste.

Editorial DeskCulture & Influence

PublishedDecember 28, 2023 · 6:20 am

UpdatedJune 15, 2026 · 11:05 pm

Reading Time1 min read

Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki has been released and has indeed touched the hearts of the audience. While the film has showcased the very less spoken subject of the ‘Doneky Route’, it brought into relevance now as a flight grounded in France finally landed in Mumbai with 276 passengers. This has indeed left the netizens talking about it and made #ReaLifeDunki trend on social media.

A flight Airbus A340, grounded in France finally landed in Mumbai with 276 passengers, mostly Indian. This speaks volumes of the ‘Donkey Route’ that people take to cross international boundaries. As this happened, it grabbed the eyeballs of the netizens who found the incident relevant to the story of Dunki. They started the conversation on social media. This lad #ReaLifeDunki trend on Twitter.

SRK fans trend #RealLifeDunki

Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, Boman Irani, Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Vikram Kochhar, and Anil Grover. A JIO Studios, Red Chillies Entertainment, and Rajkumar Hirani Films presentation, produced by Rajkumar Hirani and Gauri Khan Written by Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, and Kanika Dhillon, Dunki is now released on the big screen.

Also read: Dunki: Shah Rukh Khan starrer receives appreciation from NRI audience

Naina Chatterjee

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Naina Chatterjee

Editor, Culture & Influence

Naina Chatterjee edits coverage of media, art, design, food, travel, sport and the institutions shaping contemporary Indian taste.

Disclosure: This is an editorial pen name used by Metropolitan India. Stories published under this identity are commissioned, sourced, fact-checked and edited under the publication’s editorial standards.