4 Apr – After many years of Instagram silence, Tamil superstar Vijay finally made his debut on the social media platform, gaining him millions of followers in less than a day. On 2 April, the actor posted his first picture, which is of him on the set of his new project, "Leo", on his account using the handle "actorvijay". He captioned it, "Hello Nanbas and Nanbis." In just several hours, the post received more than four million likes, with the account itself gained 5.0 million followers and counting. It also reached the one million mark in just 99 minutes. With that, the "Varisu" actor became the third celebrity to reach the level, behind only Angelina Jolie (59 minutes) and South Korean boy band BTS, who hit the mark within 43 minutes.