The first wink anniversary! Have a look on the milestones in the career of Priya Prakash Varrier

As the wink girl is celebrating a year of being an internet-sensation, she isn't still free from the viral tag or controversies. The winking girl, Priya Prakash Varrier has been in headlines ever since the release of her wink. The few seconds wink from the song, 'Manikya Malaraaya Poovi' was noticed by millions of people, and she became an overnight sensation. The debutant became viral on the internet beating some of the prominent personalities around the world. She became so popular even before the release of the film and grabbed an unbeatable amount of attention that any movie star could ever achieve. The debutant even went on receiving the attention from M-Town. Have a look at the timeline of Priya Prakash Varrier, since the release of the song.

The internet went mad for Priya Prakash Varrier after the wink got released on the internet on 9th February 2019. Malayalam film-maker, Omar Lulu's 'Oru Adaar Love,' released the first song from the movie, 'Manikya Malaraaya Poovi.' The song has a few seconds wink from Priya, which the internet fell for. She became an overnight internet sensation with the single wink that she made in between the video. The wink went on to become so famous enough to make the debutant one of the leads in the movie. The actress came for the movie as a junior artist, but the wink wrote the rest of her story.

As the actress went viral on the net, the whole world, even people out of the nation began noticing her. News about her became one of the lucrative pieces for the whole media. And some said that the actress was planning to make her Bollywood debut. There came stories that the actress was about to work with the heartthrob of Bollywood, Ranveer Singh. And the claimed film was 'Simmba,' a Rohit Shetty directorial and Karan Johar production. However, the news turned out to be false.

The ill-'legal' trauma of 'Manikya Malaraaya Poovi'

'Manikya Malaraya Poovi' song, which made Priya Prakash Varrier a star, also got her into trouble. An FIR was made against the song after it went viral. The complaint was made from Hyderabad. They claimed that the song was hurting the emotion of Muslim believers. The complaint said that the song was degrading the name of the followers of the Prophet Mohammad and asked to take down the song. However, later the man who penned the Mappila song was found and also noticed that the song was used in many movies before. So the controversy came to an end.

People began to realize that the rise of Priya as an internet celebrity was not a small thing when she surpassed actress Sunny Leone on a popular internet search engine. Actress Sunny Leone and P.M Narendra Modi were the most googled personalities till that moment. Sunny Leone was on the top list in 2017, as people wanted to know more about her after her entry into mainstream films. But Priya Prakash Varrier changed all of it. The teen left Sunny Leone, Nick Jonas and even Priyanka Chopra behind her in the list.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi was accused of copying her wink! Yes, you heard it right. The event took place in Lok Sabha. Rahul winked at P.M. Narendra Modi, after completing his fierce speech. The wink was passed by the Congress president after walking near to Modi and hugging him. The wink was made in the House after the serious discussion of Rafale issue was made. The internet and social media flooded with messages that Rahul was copying Priya Prakash Varrier's wink.

After the wink went trending on the internet, the actress was getting a handful of projects. One among them was for a project with the South Style actor, Allu Arjun. Many teens and youngsters are eagerly waiting to get a chance to have a selfie of him and Priya was been asked to act with him. But apparently, the actress had to reject the offer. As the actress was committed the project with Omar Lulu, she wasn't able to accept the offer. So she said no to the project and chose her Malayalam debut over it.

Priya Prakash Varrier starrer 'Oru Adaar Love,' released the second song from the movie. The second song was released after 6 months of the first song. But unfortunately, the song got the opposite response, from the first. The song hit 27 lakh views, 46 thousand likes, and more than 3 million dislikes in a few hours. People were shocked by the response of the audience. However, the song remained the most trending one in Youtube for a few weeks.

Priya Prakash Varrier's Bollywood debut also became a controversy. The teaser of the movie went viral and caught the attention of Bollywood. The movie is titled as 'Sridevi Bungalow.' The teaser portrayed an actress Sridevi, whom the whole world knows. The trailer also portrayed the death of an actress in a bathtub. As the trailer had great similarity to the life and death of late actress Sridevi, the movie is currently in a legal soup. Spouse of the late actress, Boney Kapoor went on to slap a legal notice against the team for portrays the late actress in a bad light.

As the actress is completing her first year of being an internet celebrity, she isn't free from controversy. Priya Prakash Varrier is still making headlines for an intimate scene, a kiss, that she has made for her upcoming release, 'Oru Adaar Love.'