Kattappanayile Hrithik Roshan among top trending topics on Facebook, YouTube after trailer release

With the release of the official trailer of Malayalam movie Kattappanayile Hrithik Roshan (also spelled Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan) on actor Dileep's birthday, the Nadhirshah directorial became a top trending topic on Facebook on Friday, October 28.

The two-minute-14-second trailer of the comedy entertainer, starring script writer Vishnu Unnikrishnan, has opened to positive response from the audience. The theme of the movie shown through the trailer has already raised the expectations of the movie-goers. Vishnu, who has also penned the film's script along with Bibin George, is seen as an aspiring actor based at Kattappana in Kerala's Idukki district.

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At the time of reporting, Facebook trends revealed that 2,200 social media users were talking about the movie along with the other trending topics like MacBook Pro, #Sandesh2Soldiers, Dhanteras, Irfan Pathan, Dangal, #HappyDiwali and Tata Group.

It has to be noted that the Malayalam movie would have made it to the top trending list as it has the name of the Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan, whose upcoming movie Kaabil's trailer was also recently released online.

Meanwhile, it has also become one of top seven trending videos and has been viewed more than 1.4 million times on video sharing website YouTube, at the time of reporting. The other top trending videos in the list include the trailers of Kaabil, Kahaani 2, Kirik Party, Shivaay, top 5 run out by MS Dhoni and Dhoni amazes New Zealand players with his hummer in Ranchi.

Kattappanayile Hrithik Roshan is the second directorial venture of mimicry artiste-singer-filmmaker Nadhirshah after superhit comedy entertainer Amar Akbar Anthony. The 2015 movie, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indrajith Sukumaran and Jayasurya, had garnered tremendous response from the audience and has been tagged as one of the best comedy films in recent years.

Not just this, Kattappanayile Hrithik Roshan has been making headlines ever since it started rolling for being the production venture of Janapriyanayakan Dileep, who is also a close friend of Nadhirshah.

The comedy entertainer also has Salim Kumar, Siddhique, Siju Wilson, Rahul Madhav, Lijomol Jose, Prayaga Martin, Kalabhavan Shajon and Dharmajan Bolgatty in significant roles.