Mr. Prime Minister? Mr. Busy Prime Minister?

About

Mr. Prime Minister? Mr. Busy Prime Minister? is a catchphrase taken from a viral video featuring the Chief Minister of the state of West Bengal in India. In the video, which was shared in 2021, C.M. Mamata Banerjee can be heard saying the lines, "Mr. Prime Minister? Mr. busy Prime Minister? Mr. mann-ki-baat Prime Minister?" while addressing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The video was shared to TikTok in 2023, where it soon became a lip-sync trend popularized among Western audiences.

Origin

On May 31st, 2021, Twitter^[1] user @sakshijoshii posted a video of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaking with the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. In the clip, C.M. Banerjee can be heard saying, "Mr. Prime Minister? Mr. Busy Prime Minister? Mr. Mann-ki-baat Prime Minister?" The phrase "mann-ki-baat" is a reference to a monthly radio program hosted by Narendra Modi. The tweet gathered over 14,000 likes in two years (seen below).

Mr Prime Minister ? Mr. Busy Prime Minister ? Mr. Mann Ki baat Prime minister? इस देश का क्या भविष्य होगा अगर मैंने केंद्र में काम कर रहे बंगाल कैडर के ऑफ़िसर्स को वापस बुला लिया? आपको लगता है आप मुझे ख़त्म कर दोगे? नहीं कर पाओगे।अब विपक्ष को एकजुट होना चाहिए @MamataOfficial pic.twitter.com/1IyuJtGd3n

— Sakshi Joshi (@sakshijoshii) May 31, 2021

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On April 14th, 2023, TikToker^[2] @_somthing._ reposted the aforementioned video with the caption, "Me when someone is online but doesn't reply to me," gathering over 1 million plays and 200,000 likes in two months (seen below, left). On April 22nd, TikToker^[3] @ariankaflopz then posted the video with a caption that read, "me after my friend take 3-5 business days to respond," gathering over 2 million plays and 260,000 likes in two months (seen below, right).

On May 9th, TikToker^[4] @imanslittleblog posted a video using the sound, gathering over 80,000 plays and 10,000 likes in a month (seen below, left). On May 14th, TikToker^[5] @rasyiqahjohan posted another TikTok using the sound, gathering over 500,000 plays and 80,000 likes in two weeks (seen below, right).

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