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A selfie video taken by actor Vijay at the music launch of Warisu has taken social media by storm. The tweet has been viewed by more than 50 lakh people within hours.
The films of Vijay and Ajith, who are the leading actors in Tamil cinema, are releasing simultaneously after a long gap, ahead of the upcoming Pongal festival. Varisu for actor Vijay directed by Vamsi and Thadvu for actor Ajith directed by H. Vinod are ready for release. Following this, the fans of both the actors started a war of words on social media as usual.
Produced by popular Telugu producer Dilraju’s Sri Venkateswara Creations, Varisu is releasing simultaneously in both Tamil and Telugu languages. Producer Dilraju has already said that the film will release in Hindi as well. Actress Rashmika Mandhana has acted opposite Vijay in this film. Apart from this, Sarathkumar, Prabhu, Prakashraj, Sham, Sangeetha, Jayasudha also acted in the film.
It is also worth noting that 3 songs composed by Taman in the film Varisu namely Ranjithame, Thee Thalapathy and Arariraro have already been released. Although Ranjitame song has received various reviews, more than 10 crore people have watched it so far.
The music launch of Varisu has been completed in a grand manner amid the controversies of simultaneous release with actor Ajith’s Thavavu, theater allocation, producer Dilraju’s talk about ‘Number One’. The film’s heroine Rashmika Mandhana, film actors Sarathkumar, Sham, playback singer Shankar Mahadevan and lyricist Vivek were present at the music launch event of Varis at Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.
The music release ceremony was not broadcast live yesterday, however, many people shared the speech on social media.
Many people shared that as usual, Vijay told a short story. In addition, Vijay took a selfie video with the fans who were full in the arena as if he were on the stage of the festival and posted it on his Twitter with the hashtag ‘En Nenjhil Gudiurunu’.
It may be recalled that earlier in Neyveli, 2 years ago, actor Vijay’s selfie with his fans went viral. It was also said to be the most retweeted post of 2020.
At the time, there were speculations that the selfie, which was taken during Master’s training in Neyveli, was taken in response to Income Tax officials raiding Vijay’s house regarding the Bigil film business. But actor Vijay did not comment on this.
At the same time, the BJP was also protesting against actor Vijay.
Vijay’s Neyveli selfie tweet received lakhs of views and likes within hours. Almost 2 years after the Neyveli selfie tweet, actor Vijay’s selfie video at the music launch of Varisu has crossed one crore views within 12 hours of its release. As of 10 am, the video had over 93 lakh views; About two and a quarter lakhs expressed their willingness to fight; 85.3 thousand people retweeted. Ever since actor Vijay posted this selfie video, it has been trending nationally and in Tamil Nadu.
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