Viral Twitter thread shows Stranger Things characters and their Indian doppelgangers

It all started when Twitter user Shikhar Sagar, who goes by the username @crazy__shikhu, posted a picture of Dustin (a Stranger Things character played by Gaten Matarazzo) alongside the picture of actor Alam Khan, who had played the role of young Duryodhan in Star Plus’s Mahabharat.

Tweeting both pictures, Sagar jokingly wrote, “Did you know: Dustin from Stranger Things has also been in Mahabharata as Duryodhan”.

Did you know : Dustin from Stranger Things has also been in Mahabharata as Duryodhan pic.twitter.com/OTS6MJq7ZW

— Shikhar Sagar (@crazy__shikhu) July 17, 2022

Exclaiming at the striking similarity between the two actors, a Twitter user wrote, “I KNEW HE REMINDED ME OF SOMEONE”.

Soon the tweet went viral with over 19,000 likes and people began posting photos of other Indian actors who looked like characters from the popular web series.

Naira And Nancy Wheeler pic.twitter.com/bU97Kg7U8R

— Naman (@namanjayn) July 18, 2022

And you know: Jim Hopper from strangers things also been in Patallok as Hathi Ram Chaudhary pic.twitter.com/LkZoP5zWDv

— AJ⚪ (@ajcasm_) July 17, 2022

Vecna pic.twitter.com/2aA4lxcc3E

— Amit Parmar (@imamitparmaar) July 18, 2022

Yes and Steve is Rishi Kapoor reincarnated! pic.twitter.com/FEPiy6GPRA

— Santanu (শান্তনু) (@santanu68) July 18, 2022

Billy in minnal murali pic.twitter.com/SkYqzI5q4D

— സൈബർ K (@CyberK1337) July 18, 2022

Nawazuddin Siddiqui also worked in AI:Artificial Intelligence and Captain Marvel pic.twitter.com/SykauVWrHo

— Rashid Alig (@OkayRashid) July 19, 2022

A Twitter user shared a picture of Stranger Things’s Jim Hopper, played by actor David Harbour, and compared the character with Hathiram Chaudhary from Amazon Prime’s Paatal Lok, played by actor Jaideep Ahlawat.

Among the other similar tweets was a post that compared the character of Steve Harrington, portrayed by Joe Keery, with a young Rishi Kapoor.