Vijay's Instagram debut sends fans into a frenzy, becomes quickest celebrity to reach 1 million followers

Tamil superstar Thalapathy Vijay on Sunday made his debut on Instagram. His account clocked more than 1 million followers within an hour after its launch. And it's likely among the quickest celebrity accounts that crossed the million mark in this record time. Vijay's first Instagram post was a picture of himself, presumably taken during Leo's shooting in Kashmir. He captioned the photo, "Hello Nanbas and Nanbis." And the post has garnered over 9 lakh likes in less than an hour. 

Vijay joined Twitter in 2013. However, he is rarely active on his Twitter account. He has been mostly using it to promote his upcoming movies. In the first, last year, he shared the trailer of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's latest movie Pathaan. It was arguably the only time he used his Twitter influence to support a movie of another superstar. 

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Vijay is busy shooting for Leo with director Lokesh Kangaraj. He shot in Kashmir for over 50 days, and his pictures from the shoot have been creating a lot of buzz on social media. Fans have been eagerly waiting for updates on the film, and Vijay's Instagram debut has been a delight for them.

The next schedule of the film is set to begin in Chennai, and fans are eagerly waiting for the film's release. Lokesh revealed that the shooting will happen for 60 more days and he promised to "deliver an amazing action movie." Leo, which is said to be part of Lokesh's cinematic universe, is due in cinemas on October 19. 

Bankrolled by Seven Screen Studio, Lokesh has wirtten this film along with Rathna Kumar and Deeraj Vaidy. And the film's score is done by Anirudh Ravichander.

Besides Vijay, the ensemble cast includes Trisha, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun, Priya Anand, Mysskin, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Mansoor Ali Khan, Sandy Master and Mathew Thomas among others. Leo marks Lokesh's second collaboration with Vijay after Master. 

Vijay was last seen in Varisu, which was released in January this year. The film was a blockbuster hit, grossing over Rs 300 crore at the box office.