Top 10 Best Tamil Internet Virals of 2018
This list highlights the internet virals that took place in Tamil Nadu during 2018, across various social media platforms.
Shroov was a background music track from the movie Coimbatore Mapillai (1996), where Karan played a negative role. Suddenly, the Shroov background music went viral on the internet after 22 years. It also made actor Karan famous again.
On April 12, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Chennai for Defense Expo 2018. He was unwelcome, with black flags, black balloons, and the #GoBackModi hashtag trending globally at number one. This protest was due to the central government's delay in setting up the Kaveri Water Management Board.
The SaveDelta hashtag on Twitter was trending in the state, asking for a relief fund for Gaja Cyclone victims across the nation.
Fun Panrom is a prank show aired on the Black Sheep YouTube channel. Bijili Ramesh was a person pranked by the Fun Panrom team. The Bijili Ramesh prank went viral on YouTube and crossed 3 million views as of January 2019.
Lois Sophia, a Tamil student from Tuticorin, was arrested for shouting "Fascist BJP Oliga" on a flight in the presence of Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan. Following her arrest, the #FascistBJPOliga hashtag became the number one trending topic nationally on Twitter.
Sonia Gandhi visited Anna Arivalayam, Chennai for the opening ceremony of former Chief Minister Karunanidhi's statue. Sonia's arrival was opposed by the people of Tamil Nadu, and the #GoBackSonia hashtag became the number one trending topic nationally. People opposed her arrival because the Congress government supported the Sinhala government in the killing of Tamil people in Sri Lanka.
Musically and TikTok are Android applications that were trending among youngsters. TikTok and Musically videos mainly featured movie dialogues and songs mimicked by individuals or groups. These videos went viral on social networks. Some women were criticized by the public for their indecent portrayals in the videos.
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam is a multi-starrer Tamil movie directed by Mani Ratnam and starring Silambarasan, Aravind Swamy, Arun Vijay, and Vijay Sethupathy. The movie trailer was released on YouTube to a huge response from the audience, leading to several remixes of the trailer.
Some of the remixes featured top actors (Rajinikanth, Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Suriya, and Vikram), yesteryear actors (Karan, Vimal, Ramki, and Prashanth), cricket players (Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, and Virat Kohli), politicians (M.K. Stalin, O. Panneerselvam, Edappadi K. Palanisamy, Seeman, and Vijayakanth), Avengers (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Hulk), Malayalam actors (Mohanlal, Mammootty, Prithviraj, Dulquer Salmaan, and Nivin Pauly), and WWE wrestlers (Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Finn Balor).
Nadhaswaram was a serial aired on Sun TV from 2011 to 2015. Thirumurugan played the lead role, with his character named Gopi. Suddenly, Nadhaswaram Gopi went viral on social networks. Many memes were created and went viral on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Sarkar is a movie directed by A.R. Murugadoss and starring Vijay. In the movie, there were scenes in which people threw free household items issued by the government into a fire. This scene was removed from the movie as it was against the government. After this incident, Vijay fans shared videos of themselves breaking government-issued freebies. These videos went viral on the internet.
H. Raja from the BJP tweeted in response to the destruction of Lenin's statue in Tripura, saying, "Today it's Lenin's statue, tomorrow it will be casteist E.V. Ramasamy's statue." This tweet went viral and received a lot of opposition from Dravidian parties. H. Raja reported that it was posted without his knowledge by his admin.
Actor Sivakumar knocked out a fan's mobile phone when the fan tried to take a selfie without Sivakumar's permission. Sivakumar's act was widely criticized by the Tamil people. Later, he apologized for his action.
Anitha Sampath is a newsreader on Sun News. She went viral on the internet, attracting a group of youngsters.
Actor Rajinikanth visited Tuticorin after the Sterlite shootings by the government. He claimed that the gunshots were due to anti-social elements (samooga virodhi). The YouTube channel Saravanan Paramanantham claimed that Rajinikanth's statement was against the people and a conspiracy to label them as terrorists.
Bhagavathi is a Tamil movie starring Vijay. In the movie, there is a comedy scene featuring Vadivelu and Singamuthu. A frame from that scene was created as a meme and went trending after Shroov.
Actor Vijay, during his speech at the Sarkar movie audio launch, said, "Usupetharavankitta ummunu, kadupetharavankitta gummunu iruntha, valkai jammanu irukkum." This dialogue went viral on the internet.
"Thelpathrising" is background music from a Vadivelu comedy scene in the movie Rendu, starring Madhavan. Thelpathrising comedy memes went viral on the internet.
A meme featuring Vadivelu and Sarathkumar, where Vadivelu says Mothama Close, went trending across Facebook and various social networks. The meme template was from a comedy scene in the movie Dosth.
The #MeToo hashtag was trending in Tamil Nadu on Twitter, helping expose female film celebrities who were harassed and abused by male celebrities. Singer Chinmayi accused lyricist Vairamuthu of abusing her. Chinmayi also accused singer Karthik. Additionally, A.R. Reihana made accusations against Vairamuthu. Other celebrities included Amala Paul, who accused director Susi Ganesan, and Sri Ranjani (Vijay TV anchor), who accused Ghadam Umashankar and John Vijay. Some people supported Vairamuthu, claiming he was genuine.
"Pombala Sokku Kekudho," a dialogue by Nasser from the movie Em Magan starring Bharath, suddenly went viral on the internet. Many memes were created on Facebook and YouTube.
Let's Make Engineering Simple (LMES) is a YouTube channel that recently released a video claiming that Ramar Pillai's bio-fuel is fake and a scam. In an interview with Aadhan Media, Ramar Pillai mentioned that LMES was not genuine. The confusion remains.
Panju Mittai Selai Katti is a song from the movie Ettupatti Rasa starring Napoleon in the lead role. A frame from the song featuring Napoleon, Urvashi, Kushboo, Manivannan, and Kumarimuthu was made into a meme and went viral on the internet.
A funny fight between two drunken people named Philips and Mohan went viral on social networks.
A video featuring a conversation between a cute girl child and her mother went viral. The baby girl, named P. Smithika, advises her mother, "Adikama Gunama Sollanum." This funny video went viral on all social networks.