Rajnikanth Saying Shit

About

Rajnikant Saying Shit refers to a catchphrase from an exploitable meme featuring a scene where south Indian actor Rajnikanth says "shit" in an agitated state. The meme first went viral on Twitter, with people using the video to show their reactions to various scenarios.

Origin

On June 14th, 2007, the movie Sivaji: The Boss was released in theaters in India. The film starred south Indian actor Rajnikanth in the role of Shivaji Arumugam, and featured a scene where he can be seen thinking for a second before swearing in agitation. The movie can be accessed via an August 14th, 2008 upload to YouTube^[1] by the channel Goldmines, where it gathered over 105 million views. Rajnikanth can be heard delivering the aforementioned dialogue at the 22:40 timestamp (seen below).

On January 8th, 2023, Twitter^[2] user @sarcastic_keshu posted the earliest known upload of the meme, gathering over 2,000 views and 1,00 likes in two weeks (seen below).

Spread

Several Twitter users began adopting the meme template in consecutive days, with Twitter^[3] user @ijoooolly posting a version of the meme on January 9th, 2023, gathering over 15,000 views and 300 likes in two weeks (seen below).

Also on January 9th, Twitter^[4] user @ianooop posted a version of the meme, gathering over 18,000 views and 700 likes in two weeks (seen below).

On January 9th, Twitter^[5] user @Okay_Bye___ posted a version of the meme as well, gathering over 18,000 views and 400 likes in two weeks (seen below).

Various Examples

When the first festival of the year falls on a weekend#MakarSankrantipic.twitter.com/smJMl3rtFK

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) January 14, 2023

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