Pillows? Packed. Suitcase? Ready. Sick leave? Sent. This is not a drill, but the extent to which Internet recommends one must go to given the eye-watering runtime of Dhurandhar: The Revenge.At nearly three hours, forty-nine minutes and six seconds, the movie has given rise to a wave of jokes imagining the theatre as a “temporary residence.”From packing pillows, blankets and snack stockpiles to clips of people informing their bosses about ‘sudden illnesses’ on release day, memes have taken over social media.My manager seeing me take sick leave on 18th March😭#dhurandhar pic.twitter.com/t8uUm39uIE— 👋🤵♂👞 (@Hemainsuu) March 18, 2026Booked 11: 15 PM show for Dhurandhar: The Revenge…Will be returning home with doodhwale bhaiya in the morning.— Abhishek (@MSDianAbhiii) March 18, 2026Corporate employees taking half-day leave just to watch Dhurandhar 2 on 18 March pic.twitter.com/BIa2AIN20W— isHaHaHa (@hajarkagalwa) March 17, 2026pov: you left the office to watch dhurandhar 2, but your manager calls you for an urgent task pic.twitter.com/bt3BrlAEu1— isHaHaHa (@hajarkagalwa) March 18, 2026POV: When you and your manager took sick leave on 19 march and found each other watching Dhurandhar 2.pic.twitter.com/WfrNRh7uPj— 4pennyonhorse (@4pennyonhorse) March 16, 2026And as if this wasn’t enough, even global leaders aren’t spared from the memefest. A viral clip showing Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney chatting with Finland’s President Alexander Stubb about the film during a jog in London.No ice-hockey rinks available, so a nice morning run in Hyde Park with Prime minister @MarkJCarney, Diana and Suzanne. pic.twitter.com/frvOts0V6v— Alexander Stubb (@alexstubb) March 17, 2026


