With one wink, Priya Prakash Varrier has become a nationwide sensation, and the star of many memes and short videos. Just to give you a short insight, a song from a Malayalam movie called Oru Adaar Love went viral recently thanks to the cute expressions and that wink of this budding actress. Even though she plays one of the few leads in the movie, Oru Adaar Love is now completely banking on fan adulation of this lovely lass, some of them being celebs like Rishi Kapoor, Allu Arjun, Tovino Thomas etc.

Now, like another internet sensation Taimur, every picture that Priya has been posting on her social networking sites (she began her Twitter account right after her song went viral) gets thousands of likes and retweets. Recently she posted a video where she is seen playing Holi with Roshan Abdul Rahoof, her co-star from Oru Adaar Love. With the tune of the song from the movie playing in the background. the couple is seen throwing colour at each other, while also getting a little romantic in between.

Priya Varrier's instant popularity also came at a cost, since her song, Manikya Malaraya Poovi, attracted the ire of certain Islamic fringe groups that was dragged even to the Supreme Court, seeking a ban on the movie. However, the Supreme Court ruled in the favour of the makers, dismissing to motion to ban it.

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