Pray for Nesamani

Pray for Nesamani

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Updated May 30, 2019 at 04:42PM EDT by Sophie.

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About

Pray for Nesamani is a hashtag inspired by a comedic scene in the 2001 Tamil movie Friends which features a contractor named Nesamani who gets hit in the head with a hammer and falls in a dramatic way.

Origin

In January 2001, the Tamil romantic comedy drama film Friends[7] was released starring the Indian film actor and comedian Vadivelu playing the contractor, Nesamani (shown below).



On May 27th, 2019, The Pakistani Facebook group Civil Engineering Learners[1] posted a photo of a hammer and asked the group, β€œWhat is the name of the tool in your country?” (shown below). The post gained over 14,000 comments and 3,200 shares in three days. Many recognized the hammer as the tool that knocked out Nesamani and being repeating the phrase "Pray for Nasamani" in the comments.


Civil Engineering Learners May 27 at 4:55 AM- "What is the name of the tool in your country?" Trending No# 1 in all over the world

Spread

On May 29th, the hashtag #pray_for_nesamani reached the number one trending spot on Twitter. Many people familiar with the movie Friends posted memes surrounding the hammer scene as if it was a recent tragedy. @VijayIsMyLife[2] tweeted screenshots of the film saying, "There were three guys always plotting against Nesamani. First, they carried him on the bed while he's sleeping and beat him. Second, one of them deliberately dropped a hammer on his head. Third, they tied his legs with rope and slid him along the ground. #Pray_for_Neasamani" (shown below, left). The tweet gained over 2,000 likes and 400 retweets in a day. @arun1208kumar[3] posted a picture of the pope praying with the caption, "#Pray_for_Neasamani #Nesamani the whole world is with you nesamani.. Prayers conducted across the globe for his recovery.." which accumulated over 800 likes and 300 retweets in a day (shown below, right).


George Vijay Addict VijaylsMyLife There were three guys always plotting against Neasamani. First, they carried him on the bed while he's sleeping and beat him. Second, one of them deliberately dropped a hammer on his head Third, they tied his legs with rope and slid him along the ground. #Pray-for-Neasamani 10:26 AM - 29 May 2019 #Contractor Arun Kumar arun1208kumar #Pray-for-Neasamani #Nesamani the whole world is with you nesamani.. Prayers conducted across the globe for his recovery.. 11:01 PM - 29 May 2019

In a BBC[4] article on the subject of #pray_for_nesamani, Sowmya Rajendran, the film and features editor for the south Indian website The News Minute was quoted saying,"Vadivelu is very popular here and Tamil Nadu has a very vibrant meme culture. So his films from the 90s and early 2000s are used a lot in memes – particularly in political commentary" She goes on to say that they contacted Vadivelu for a statement "but he isn't on social media and he said he had no idea what was going on." Twitter user's memes and comments using the hashtag on Twitter continued gained likes and retweets that, like @navmikrishna[5](shown below, left) and @Syed_Jigathi[6] (shown below, right) whose tweets gained over 2,000 and 3,800 likes respectively in a day.


Navmi Gnavmikrishna Shri Modiji consoles Thiru OPS who broke down after visiting Nesamani at the hospital. #Pray-for Neasamani 12:15 PM - 29 May 2019 @Syed Jigathi #Pray-for-Neasamani Apollo hospitals has issued press release about Contractor Nesamani's ollo Date: 29.05.2019 PRESS RELEASE The Contractor Nesamani health is in good condition. He ate 2 idly, and Kalaki. Nesamani is being treated and closely monitored by a team of Experts. Issued by: Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. SUBBIAH VISWANATHAN CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 10:24 AM -29 May 2019

Various Examples


D Suresh Kumar @dsureshkumar Hope Nesamani is not in this hospital. #Pray-for Neasamani ANI GANI Doctor: When a patient comes, he is subjected to astrological evaluation & astrological diagnosis. The medical & astrological diagnoses are then compared. Treatment is done with advanced technology but we take the help of astrology for diagnosis.... Show this thread 9:26 AM -29 May 2019 Saravanan Annadurai Gasaravanan21 Will our PM visit the hospital to enquire about the health condition of Contractor Nesamani. Or will he atleast send a tweet #Pray-for-Neasamani is he doing this only cos Nesamani is from TN. What if Nesamani was from Gujarat???? 11:43 AM - 29 May 2019 KTV TV @KTVTAMIL The man who did this to Contractor Nesamani is hiding in Sardarji Maaruvesham! UebeF5 now running on #KTV #Pray-for-Neasamani 9:18 AM - 29 May 2019 Chennai Super Kings @ChennailPL The only man who could've saved Contractor Nesamani with his Epic Reaction Time is now in England! #Thala #Yellove #Pray_for_Neasaman. PC: @BCCI pay Bills Cement UltraTedSemen ech 10:06 AM - 29 May 2019 lamnot @lamnot46770316 modi followers and north indian bakths reaction after seeing #Nesamani trending in number 1 10:53 PM - 29 May 2019 Thulasideva @thulasideva06 While whole india trending on Modisarkar, we tamilans dont care about that s--- and ruling in our own way.. Lets make Nesamani proud.. Vazhga Nesamani sa sa #Nesamani 1 #Modisarkar2 12.8K Tweets News18 is Tweeting about this 2 #Nesamani 13.8K Tweets 0 Siddharth, manobala, and 1 more are Tweeting about this 10:23 PM -29 May 2019

Search Interest

External References

[1] Facebook- Civil Engineering Learners

[2] Twitter- VijayInMyLife

[3] Twitter – arun1208kumar

[4] BBC – Pray for Nesamani

[5] Twitter – Navmikrishna

[6] Twitter – Syed_Jigathi

[7] Wikipedia – Friends

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