Priya Prakash Varrier: Priya Prakash Varrier's 2018 Whatsapp Romantic, Love Status - Oru Adaar Love.

A video clip of Priya, from her upcoming film Oru Adaar Love, went insanely viral. However, the young actress says 'that the wink was spontaneous and she never thought that video clip would become such a hit.' In an interview to NDTV, Priya Prakash Varrier said, "Actually, the director wanted to capture something cute between me and my hero. So he told me if I can do the eyebrow thing and wink at him. I told him that I could give it a try. That's how it worked out. It was spontaneous and we hadn't planned anything."

The Internet was smitten with Priya's wink. The viral clip is from a song titled Manikya Malaraya Poovi from the film Oru Adaar Love. In the song, Priya flirts with a fellow student (co-star Mohammed Roshan), who like everyone else, is overwhelmed by the wink and smile.

"I never thought this would become such a sensation. Everybody told me that it was good. But I never expected it to become a big hit," she added.


The viral clip sent the Internet into a meltdown. #PriyaPrakashVarrier has been trending on and off since a couple of days.

On being called the nation's new crush, Priya said, "I am very happy and exciting. So many people falling in love and all that, it's new but I'm very happy."

The Internet calls the viral clip a perfect Valentine's Day gift and some are actually reliving their high school romance days through it. But, for Priya, it's nothing like that. "As I am studying in a women's college now, it was really nice to have a gang full of people of my own age. We had fun on the set. I remember my mixed school education time at that moment," she said.

The official Manikya Malaraya Poovi clip has been watched over 14 million times (and counting on YouTube). Her Instagram account got verified and with just less than 100 posts, Priya has over 2.8 million followers now. Priya says, with such a response, she's a bit 'tensed.' "I'm tensed about that because it is a big responsibility now. People have a lot of expectations from me now. When the movie releases, I hope to keep up with the expectations and do my level best," concluded Priya.

The ways of the Internet are strange indeed. A young woman who has only just made her debut in the Malayalam film industry, in a film that is yet to be completed, has found herself in unimaginable fame overnight.

By now, everyone who has an Internet connection has heard of Priya Prakash Varrier from Oru Adaar Love. Her expressions in the song Manikya Malaraya Poovi have floored netizens, leading to instant fame on social media.

But just how crazy is this obsession? Priya, who set up her Twitter account on Monday, already has 59k followers. But it's on Instagram where she has managed to haul an enormous number of fans.

With just 87 posts, the young actor has 2.3 million followers. In just over a day! She has also managed to get a verified account almost immediately. To get a sense of proportion, Malayalam star Mohanlal has 714k followers on Instagram. Since he joined the social media platform in October 2015, the National Award-winning actor has 29 posts.

Malayalam actor Dulquer Salmaan, who enjoys a wide fanbase in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, has 1.9 million followers on Instagram so far. Dulquer is working on Telugu and Hindi films as well, besides being the son of superstar Mammootty. The actor has 150 posts on Instagram.

Baahubali actor Anushka Shetty, who has an unverified (though official - it's listed on her verified Facebook account) Instagram account has 2 million followers and 463 posts.

Actor Trisha, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films for 15 years, has 1.5 million followers on her verified Instagram account. The actor recently made her Malayalam debut alongside Nivin Pauly in Hey Jude.

Actor Amala Paul, popular in Malayalam and Tamil films, has 1.2 million followers on her verified Instagram account and 323 posts.

Model Milind Soman who causes a splash every now and then with his Instagram photographs, has 249k followers and 488 posts.

Tamil Bigg Boss fame Oviya who became a phenomenon during the course of the show, spread over several weeks, has 154k followers on her unverified Instagram account.

According to reports, Priya got 606k followers on Instagram in 24 hours, making it the third highest number of followers anyone has managed to get. She's preceded by American reality TV star and model Kylie Jenner (806k) and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo (650k).

Before Priya, Sheril G Kadavan became an Internet celebrity for her dance in the Jimmiki Kammal video. American TV show host Jimmy Kimmel even tweeted about the song, thanks to an enthusiastic social media user who wrote to him drawing attention to the similarity with his name. With hundreds of fake accounts and memes, it took a while for the Sheril fever to die down.

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