Malayalam actress Priya Prakash Varrier is internet’s new darling, courtesy her record-shattering wink. The teenager melted a million hearts with her facial expressions in a viral video — a film clip from her upcoming debut film ‘Oru Adaar Love’. Varrier saw an unprecedented craze for her video and expressions within few hours.Thiruvananthapuram Her cute wink and coquettish smile may have made Priya Prakash Varrier the national crush but the debutante, who is enjoying her newfound fame, hopes to have a lasting acting career rather than being a fleeting Internet sensation.
Mr. Lulu told a Malayalam news channel on Wednesday that he would not like to hurt anyone’s religious sentiments. “We never intended to hurt anyone through its lyrics, but unfortunately a case has been filed,” he said, adding that he was also receiving support from a lot of people.
On Wednesday, a complaint was registered at the Falaknuma police station in Hyderabad by a group of individuals who objected to the lyrics, alleging that it talked about Prophet Mohammed and his wife Hazrath Khadeeja in a manner that would hurt sentiments of Muslims.The 18-year-old college student, whose appearance in the teaser song 'Mani Manikya Malaraya Poovi' from film "Oru Adaar Love" ( A Superb Love Story) catapulted her to national fame, also has Bollywood dreams and counts Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shah Rukh Khan among her favourites. "I would like to be known as a good actor rather than being known as the wink queen. This is a new feeling. But I am happy. The song has received good response," Varrier, whose Instagram following has now reached 3.3m and the numbers are growing, said. "Our director told us that the 30-second shot should be a memorable one and we followed his vision.
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I never expected that it would become such a big hit. It is a school-centric film. We are discussing love, crushes and friendship. Love in the time of schooling is the theme of the film," she said. "Coming to films was a big dream of mine. But I never thought that from a single scene and a single movie, I will get recognised so much. It was all unexpected. "I like Deepika Padukone very much. I would like to work with her. I want to work in Bollywood films and earn fame," she told television channels. Her instant fame has led to many new offers and the actor says she is open to working in any industry, if she gets meaty roles. The second teaser of the film has also gone viral, in which Varrier can be seen shooting a kiss with a handgun gesture.
The song clocked millions of views in a short span while Priya bagged the laurel of becoming the first Indian celebrity to have registered 6,10,000 followers on Instagram on her very first day on the platform. And now she has landed another feat in her kitty. Priya, who shot to overnight stardom, has elbowed aside the stunning Sunny Leone to become the mostsearched celebrity on Google search engine.In a twist befitting a campus love story, it appears that the wink that launched a thousand memes and turned 18-year-old Priya Prakash Varrier into a national heartthrob may end up breaking a million hearts.In the viral number, the actor and her co-star Roshan Abdul Rahoof are seen doing a see-saw with their eyebrows before Varrier surprises him with a wink and a flirtatious smile. Varrier credits Roshan for creating the moment by tweaking his eyebrows first.
The actor, whose father is a Central Excise officer and mother a home-maker, says the acting was her dream and would like to balance it with her studies. The film, meanwhile, has run into trouble as the Hyderabad Police on Wednesday registered a case on a complaint that the lyrics of the song had allegedly hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims. "I don't know much about this. I don't have any idea," she said when asked about the controversy.
The film's director Omar Lulu says there is nothing objectionable in the song and it will not be pulled out. "Oru Adaar Love", which is currently under production in Kochi, is a romantic comedy and has Siyadh Shahjahan and Noorin Shereef sharing space with Priya and Roshan. It is expected to be released by June. “The complainants have raised objection both to the lyrics of the song and the visuals. We have registered a case and are investigating,” said Assistant Commissioner of Police Syed Faisal.The song, featuring 18-year-old Priya Prakash Varrier in her maiden film, has already registered over 15 million views on YouTube. Varrier’s seesaw with her eyebrows and the lingering wink turned her into a social media sensation overnight.
In just two days, the young actor’s Instagram account added over two million followers. Her Facebook page, where she started posting on February 10, has already added over 2,50,000 followers. And on February 11 and 12, the words ‘Priya Prakash Varrier’, ‘Priya Varrier video’, and ‘Priya Varrier Instagram’ were some of the most searched for words on Google in India.Varrier is a B.Com student at Vimala College, Thrissur, while her co-star in the viral clip, Roshan Abdul Rahoof, was one of the finalists in the Mazhavil Manorama D4 Dance Show. ‘Manikya Malaraya Poovi’, the song from Malayalam filmmaker Omar Lulu’s forthcoming film Oru Adaar Love, which went viral on social media, led to a debate on whether it should be retained on YouTube. This is in the wake of a complaint being filed against it in Hyderabad on the grounds that the song hurt the religious sentiments of a particular community.
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Besides Sunny, Priya has also taken over the popularity of Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif on Google. Based out of Thrissur in Kerala, Priya is a first-year B.Com student studying in Vimala College. Her following on Instagram has skyrocketed ever since the film clip went viral. She is now being followed by over 3 million users on the photo-sharing portal. She is also a trained Mohiniyattam dancer and loves to sing and travel. While the nation is busy crushing on the gorgeous girl, her viral clip has invited opposition from a Muslim youth in Hyderabad. A complaint has been registered against Priya and the producer of the viral song for hurting sentiments. This came even as Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan openly supported the viral song ‘Manikya Malaraya…’ saying “intolerance, from any section of the society, was unacceptable”.
The cute wink of Priya Prakash Varrier, the 18-year-old Malayalam actor, in the song Manikya Malaraya Poovi from her upcoming film Oru Adaar Love has become a huge sensation on social media. Tagged as the new ‘expression queen’, Priya will soon be making her debut in the film that celebrates romance among school students. The new actor became an overnight star even before the release of the film as her Instagram followers crossed one million, and are still rising every minute. The 18-year-old even became one of the most searched-for Indian people on Google for a short period after her video went viral.
Social media users can’t stop making memes of Varrier’s impish smile and wink and photoshopping or editing it with images and videos of people as diverse as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Katrina Kaif and Virat Kohli to make it comical. “The song and its visualization have led to a big controversy and debate. Some Muslim fundamentalists in Hyderabad have now filed a police complaint saying this Mappila pattu amounts to blasphemy. This is sheer intolerance against free thinking and artistic expressions,” Vijayan said.
