Why This Girl From a Viral Video is All Over Your Social Media Timeline

Priya Prakash Varrier became an overnight Internet star after a clip of her video from the newly-released song 'Manikya Malaraya Poovi' went viral on the Internet.

Anurag Verma | CNN-News18 @kitAnurag

Updated:February 12, 2018, 1:05 PM IST

Why This Girl From a Viral Video is All Over Your Social Media Timeline

Photo credits: Muzik247

While some of us were lazying around on a rather slow weekend, others decided to invest their time into making the most viral meme of 2018 yet.

With Valentine's Day around the corner and theme of love being in the air, a short clip from a Malayalam movie started doing the rounds on the Internet.

Composed by Shaan Rahman, the video resonated with many and filled the hearts of people with nostalgia of high school romance.

The clip was trimmed from the newly-released song "Manikya Malaraya Poovi" from the upcoming Malayalam film Oru Adaar Love and was flooding the social media timelines.

And soon, the scene where actor Priya Prakash Varrier exchange adorable glances with a boy, became an overnight Internet sensation.

Sadji rox 😂 pic.twitter.com/UE39Ig5aTh

— Vigilante ❎ (@famousaunty) February 11, 2018

who tf did this 😭😂 pic.twitter.com/87SlMPWhre — ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ (@firkiii) February 11, 2018

Asli sakht launda. pic.twitter.com/29kqAawh99

— Angoor Stark 🍇 (@ladywithflaws) February 11, 2018

Most iconic winks.. 😉 pic.twitter.com/CJ11xfHKr8 — Aditii🎀 (@Sassy_Soul_) February 11, 2018

Mahi ❤❤❤❤ #PriyaPrakashVarrier pic.twitter.com/KTrnCkkQ47

— Shash (@pokershash) February 11, 2018

Priya Prakash Varrier gave all types of expression in that two minutes what Katrina kaif couldn’t give in her entire Bollywood career. — Akshay Jain (@AkshayKatariyaa) February 11, 2018

.@realDonaldTrump babu
Ye aap kis line me aa gaye bhai? 😂 pic.twitter.com/mlj2TFUQPi

— Err.. (@Gujju_Er) February 11, 2018

When the situation got out of control, Sakht Launda Zakir Khan had to intervene with some Sakht advice.

Doston kerala ki taraf se ek ghatak humla hua hai.

Sakht advice: Kissi bhi school dress wali ladki ke meme pe click na kare. Radom tags par dhyan na de.. P.S: Yaad rakhiyega sathiyon. Itihaas humme humari sakhti ke liye yaad rakhega, pighalne ke liye nahi.#KeepCalm&BeSakht — zakir khan (@Zakirism) February 11, 2018

Sakht Advice: Agar koi gaddar aapko Kissi bhi dushman ke video me ya photo me tag kare toh sayyam rakhe aur ghabraye bilkul nahi. Aur reply me “mai pighal gaya” likhne ki jagah “Yeh Muskaan ki chamkaan kahin aur” ka istamal kare. Dopahar ke muqable halaat ab kaboo me hai. — zakir khan (@Zakirism) February 11, 2018

The video was later picked up by comedy collective All India Bakchod.

Internet ek dhoka hai

A post shared by All India Bakchod (@allindiabakchod) on Feb 11, 2018 at 8:45am PST

An actress and model by profession, Priya is debuting in the south industry with Oru Adaar Love.

Walking the ramp💙#pooram#rajagiri#firstever#chenda#💙

A post shared by priya prakash varrier (@priya.p.varrier) on Aug 26, 2017 at 5:22am PDT

Hailing from Thrissur, Kerala, 19-year-old, is currently pursuing B.com, according to this website. And by the looks of it, Priya is also fond of Mohiniyattom -- one of two classical dances of India that developed and remain popular in the state of Kerala.

Needless to say, Priya's social media accounts blew up in no time.

Created only a couple of days ago, her Twitter account already has 16 thousand followers.

Hi twitter, here is my official twitter handle — Priya Prakash Varrier (@priyapvarrier) February 10, 2018

While her Instagram account saw a spectacular hike in followers, with an addition of 5 lac followers on Sunday alone.

Thank you for all the love and support💙

A post shared by priya prakash varrier (@priya.p.varrier) on Feb 9, 2018 at 7:53am PST

Dropped on 9th February on YouTube, with almost 4.5 million views, the viral song video was at one point trending at #1 spot in India.

Watch the entire video here: