Google India recently released its annual 'Year in Search' list. The list is of several categories including movies, songs, personalities, sports events and news.?People who made the list of most-searched personalities, were Lata Mangeshkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rishabh Pant, Koena Mitra, with Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman topping the list.?
However, there was one other personality who featured on the list of the most searched people in India. Care to guess? None other than Ranu Mondal.
She became an overnight sensation after a video of her singing Lata Mangeshkar¡¯s Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai went viral. Her's is a true rags to riches story. Soon, the video got her a break in the film industry and she sang Aashiqi with Himesh Reshammiya. She recorded two other songs with him and has since been on multiple reality TV shows. It was rumored that Salman Khan might gift her a house, and she became such a big sensation that even a biopic on her life is in the works.?
Her video of snubbing a fan for wanting to click a selfie with her, made people believe that all the attention and stardom was getting to her head.?
In the video, Ranu Mondal taps back on the shoulder of a woman asking to take a selfie with her, and says, ¡°Kya hai ye?¡± (What is this?); Needless to say, the clip went viral.?
Then most recently, there was the alleged photo-shopped picture of her that became a target of memes. Point here is that, Ranu Mondal has not been out of news since the time she was ¡®discovered¡¯; instead of fading away, her celebrity status has only solidified.?
On the list of 10 most-searched personalities on Google in 2019, Ranu Mondal ranks 7th.?
Below her are Tara Sutaria, Sidharth Shukla and Koena Mitra. While Super 30¡¯s Anand Kumar is 4th on the list and Vicky Kaushal on 5th.?
The interesting part about the list is that, all other people on it, except Ranu Mondal, have been known in their respective fields for years. She is like a wild card entry.?
It must be overwhelming for her to find herself among the top most-searched people of the country. She was lucky to have had her break like she did - all thanks to social media.?