Kabali. Kabali. Kabali. Kabali. Kabali. Kabali.
That’s pretty much all that went on today in the interwebz. If aliens had dropped down to Earth on July 22, they’d think the Superstar was the be-all and end-all. My inner Chennaiite is extremely disappointed at my attitude towards the ‘Thalaivar’ though.
But even in the midst of all that Kabali mayhem, there were several other #Therific issues that social media was preoccupied with today.
100 days of Therific records
The Tamil cinema side of Twitter, while they were not busy with Kabali, also managed to celebrate actor Vijay’s film Theri running for the 100th day.
100DAYS OF THERIFIC RECORDS Gethu moment for VIJAY na Fans 100Days Vijay fans Dawww >pic.twitter.com/pZv1YthC3m
— мonιѕнa (@Monisha_pm) >July 22, 2016
தெறி 100 நாள் டேக் ;-) --> 100DAYS OF THERIFIC RECORDS >pic.twitter.com/dhjqJna81n
— Vijay Fans Trends (@VijayFansTrends) >July 22, 2016
Kickass Torrents
The web world went into collective mourning for the loss of what is said to be the world’s biggest online piracy site - KickAss Torrents. The alleged boss of the website, Artem Vaulin, was hit with U.S. criminal charges accused of distributing over USD 1 billion worth of illegally copied films, music and other content. He was arrested in Poland.
But, like all things of the web that sprout a second, third and ninth life, KAT was back online as a mirror site.
Owner of Kickass torrents arrested. He should demand trial on P2P basis for everyone who used the website to download torrents.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) >July 21, 2016
And people still couldn’t let go of Kabali. Sigh.
Day 1 - >#Kabali leaked online on Torrent Day 2 - Kickass Torrents Goes Down; Owner Arrested
— Swami (@mohitraj) >July 22, 2016
Meanwhile, there’s a change.org petition going around asking for Vaulin’s release.
Indian Air Force’s military plane goes missing
In an eerie echo to Flight MH370, an IAF flight with 29 persons on board, including its crew went missing early on Friday morning.
The Indian Navy has pressed 12 ships, two P-8I long range patrol aircraft and two Dornier aircraft for full search and rescue efforts.
>#MissingPlane 29 personnel: 6 aircrew (3 offr, 2 airmen, 1 tech), 11 IAF, 2 ORs 4m Army, 9 Navy (8 civilians, 1 PBOR) & 1 4m CG >@the_hindu
— Dinakar Peri (@dperi84) >July 22, 2016
Efforts on to trace IAF AN 32 aircraft and our Service personnel on board.
— Manohar Parrikar (@manoharparrikar) >July 22, 2016
My sincerest prayers for those on board the missing IAF plane...these are the people who give up their everything for us...may they be safe.
— SUHEL SETH (@suhelseth) >July 22, 2016
Pokemon GOes back to Japan
One would think, that being the country that originally produced the phenomenon that is Pokemon would get them first in line for Pokemon Go.
Unfortunately for Japan, they had to wait for a bit. But Nintendo officially launched the augmented reality game in anime land on Friday, leading to many fans of their game officially getting their noses stuck to their phones.
Trainers in Japan, thank you for being patient. Pokémon GO is now available to download in Japan!
— Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) >July 22, 2016
