Yesterday,
(August
8),
Twitter
was
completely
taken
over
by
Mahesh
Babu
fans,
who
trended
the
hashtag
#HBDMaheshBabu
on
the
special
occasion
of
his
birthday.
Fans
and
followers
of
the
actor
trended
the
hashtag
for
complete
24
hours
(8
August
to
9
August)
as
a
tribute
to
the
Superstar,
and
made
the
world
record
of
the
most
tweeted
hashtag
beating
#TwitterBestFandom
with
60.2
million
tweets.
For
the
unversed,
#TwitterBestFandom
is
one
of
the
categories
of
the
Soompi
Awards
that
was
trended
exclusively
on
Twitter
in
2019
by
the
tweeple
as
they
cast
their
votes
for
their
favourite
star.
K-pop
band
EXO
took
home
the
award
for
the
year
beating
BTS
(Bangtan
Boys).
#TwitterBestFandom
trended
for
60.05
times
in
24
hours.
Notably,
Soompi
Awards
are
held
to
honour
the
best
in
Korean
music
and
television.
Coming
back
to
Mahesh
Babu,
the
fans
trended
#HBDMaheshBabu
with
his
pictures,
birthday
wishes
and
also
the
motion
poster
of
his
next,
Sarkaru
Vaari
Paata,
which
was
released
by
the
makers
yesterday.
Several
celebs
from
different
industries
too
joined
the
league
by
wishing
the
actor
with
the
trending
hashtag.
Interestingly,
a
time
schedule
was
also
prepared
by
the
fans
to
achieve
the
world
record!
Over
1.28
lakh
people
are
said
to
have
participated
in
the
trend
which
is
also
yet
another
record
for
the
Superstar.
On
a
related
note,
a
motion
poster
of
Mahesh's
next
film
Sarkaru
Vaari
Paata
was
released
yesterday.
Though
the
actor's
face
was
not
shown
in
the
poster,
his
well-built
arm
tossing
a
one
rupee
coin
was
seen
with
a
captivating
background
music.
Helmed
by
Parasuram,
the
big-budget
film
is
bankrolled
by
Mythri
Movie
Makers
and
14
Reels
Entertainment
in
association
with
GMB
Entertainment.
Touted
to
be
a
thriller,
the
movie
will
also
star
Keerthy
Suresh
as
the
female
lead.