Thalapathy Vijay makes his Instagram debut, becomes fastest Indian to 1M followers

New Delhi: Telugu film star Thalapathy Vijay joined social media platform Instagram and his fans cannot keep calm. The actor became the fastest Indian to reach one million followers on the platform as he did it under 100 minutes of his arrival. Vijay also shared his first Insta post, which is a picture of himself in a white t-shirt and black jacket.

Sharing a picture from the sets of his upcoming film ‘Leo’, the actor said hello to ‘Nanbas and Nanbis’. The post gained a lot of love in the comment section and crossed 2M likes in just three hours. In the picture, he can be seen in his iconic beard with sunglasses hanging off his t-shirt.

 

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Even before he made his arrival on Instagram, the buzz created a lot of hype and the actor was already trending on Twitter since morning.

Vijay’s manager Jagadish Palanisamy shared the link to his official account on his Twitter handle. The actor has Facebook and Twitter accounts where he enjoys a massive following, and now Instagram is added to his list. Fans hope to see more pictures and updates of his upcoming films on Instagram now.

He will next be seen in  Lokesh Kanagraj’s ‘Leo’ which will be an action thriller and is said to be set in the same universe as ‘Vikram’. The director-actor duo is collaborating for the second time after their superhit venture ‘Master’. ‘Leo’ stars Trisha Krishnan opposite Vijay and Sanjay Dutt as the antagonist. The music in the film is composed by Anirudh Ravichander. The film is set to release in cinemas on October 19.