For more than 24 hours now, the memes, jokes, and videos requesting people to #PrayForNesamani have created quite a storm on social media. And surprisingly, this bug has also bitten actors Siddhartha and Samantha Akkineni. So what exactly is this trend that has almost every active netizen responding with hilarious memes and comments?
Comedy Actor Vadivelu And His Fictional Character Neasamani
The staunch followers of the comedy actor Vadivelu know his popular dialogues and characters by heart. These fans quite frequently quote the dialogues of Vadivelu in their comments. Neasamani is a fictional character played by Vadivelu which began trending when a Pakistani user posted pictures of hammer on the media and asked the social media users “What is the name of this tool in your country?”
It all started here ??#Pray_For_Nesamani
Guys what happened to u..
This was just a joke
Our people trend irrelevant things on twitter
Film character ah yenda ipdi trend panreenga
Onnumey illadha vishiyatha yenda ipdi trend panreenga
??????
Kadavuley ??? pic.twitter.com/9i885sXbEI— Sri Durga K (@Sdk_2503) May 29, 2019
As in reply, a Tamilian netizen gave a funny response to her post saying that it is a hammer which Krishnamoorthy drops on the head of his uncle Neasamani accidentally. This particular is a scene from Vijay and Suriya-starer Friends that was released in 2001. Vadivelu’s fictional character Neasamani has now achieved cult status among its diehard Tamil fans and now #PrayForNeasamani is trending at the top across the globe in the last 2 days.
Samantha & Siddharth Also Join The Bandwagon
Intrigued by the memes and the trend, actors Samantha Akkineni and Sidharth also joined it and came up with their own versions on Twitter.
Team #OhBaby wishing a speedy recovery of our contractor #Nesamani #Pray_for_Neasamani @Samanthaprabhu2 @nandureddy4u @MickeyJMeyer pic.twitter.com/0mSTmW5lkD
— Richard Prasad (@RIP_apart) May 30, 2019
Siddarth took this opportunity to come up with a creative jibe at the CM of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K Palaniswami.
https://twitter.com/Actor_Siddharth/status/1133961757322383361
Let the games begin! #WhistleForIndia #CWC19 #WhistlePodu #Nesamani ? pic.twitter.com/B92SrDGbDb
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 30, 2019
The only man who could've saved Contractor Nesamani with his Epic Reaction Time is now in England! #Thala #Yellove #Pray_for_Neasamani ?? PC: @BCCI pic.twitter.com/oJMWWBlCfu
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 29, 2019
#Nesamani god will save him pic.twitter.com/ZaCd2o22nf
— Arul Prasath (@ArulPra94634119) May 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/Jegadeeesh1/status/1133783724212887553
Please stop spreading rumors and just #Pray_for_Nesamani #PrayForNesamani pic.twitter.com/EUWAa8BRZS
— Prasanna (@madurai_tamilan) May 29, 2019
என் இனிய நண்பன் நேசமணிக்கு எனது மஞ்சள் நிற டர்பன் மீது அதீத பிரியம் உண்டு. இன்று மட்டும் அவன் அதை அணிந்திருந்தால்…ட்ச்! மீண்டு வா நேசா! #Pray_For_Neasamani ? pic.twitter.com/zGfVbwwrGM
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) May 30, 2019
There were a few who even went a bit further saying that a petition demanding that the communists drop the hammer as the symbol in elections has already been filed because it is causing Neasamani a lot of pain.
