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Pray for Nesamani

Pray for Nesamani is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Pray for Nesamani rather than just read about it. In short: Pray for Nesamani ( sometimes spelled Naesamani) is an internet meme that began trending on social media platforms in May 2019. It is based on the fictional character Nesamani from the Indian Tamil drama film Friends (2001).

Key takeaways

Pray for Nesamani belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Pray for Nesamani to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Pray for Nesamani from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Pray for Nesamani ( sometimes spelled Naesamani) is an internet meme that began trending on social media platforms in May 2019. It is based on the fictional character Nesamani from the Indian Tamil drama film Friends (2001). Nesamani was played by actor Vadivelu, whose image is used in many of the memes attached to the hashtag #Pray_for_Nesamani and a series of related hashtags. It became the top trending hashtag on Twitter in India during the week, beating #ModiSarkar2, which was previously the nationally top trending hashtag referring to the recent 2019 Indian general election and the 23rd Ministry of the Republic of India.

Background Friends is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Siddique. The film is a remake of the director's own Malayalam-language film of the same name which released in 1999. The supporting character Nesamani's scenes form a comedy subplot in the film, which was based on a similar subplot featuring Jagathy Sreekumar in the original. Nesamani, played by Vadivelu, receives a painting contract at a zamindar palace. He and his employees are joined by his assistant Gopal (Charle), his nephew Krishnamoorthy (Ramesh Kanna), and Krishnamoorthy's friends Aravindan (Vijay) and Chandru (Suriya) who join as apprentices. Nesamani constantly yells at Krishnamoorthy and his friends for their poor workmanship and for unwittingly landing him in mishaps which run him the risk of losing the contract. In the midst of one of Nesamani's angry outbursts, Krishnamoorthy accidentally drops a hammer from above which lands on Nesamani's head. Although Nesamani is knocked out from initial impact, the friends eventually revive him. A fed up Nesamani bans the three friends from assisting in any further work. Vadivelu, known for his career as a comedic film actor, is a celebrity in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and has been the subject of several memes among Tamil-speaking internet users. Many of his past performances and dialogues, including those from Friends, were incorporated in several other social and political memes and immediately became a viral sensation.

Trending Trending of the hashtag started on 27 May 2019 from a page on Facebook called Civil Engineering Learners, where a user posted a photo of a hammer and asked its followers "what is the name of this tool in your country?". One user replied with the comment "Suthiyal", the Tamil word for hammer, and recalled the scene from Friends adding without providing context that "contractor Nesamani's head was broken... with it". Another commenter who understood the reference joined in the joke and replied, "Is he ok?". The conversation regarding Nesamani in the comments section expanded as users created and posted memes captioned "Pray for Nesamani". The memes featured screenshots of the scene of Vadivelu portraying Nesamani after the impact by the hammer. The images were coupled with fictitious screenshots of Twitter posts from world leaders and organizations expressing concerns and condolences for Nesamani. The memes were instantly viral on Twitter and Instagram. YouTube links of the scene where the hammer falls on Nesamani were dubbed as "CCTV footage of Krishnamoorthy attacking Nesamani". The hashtag #Pray_For_Nesamani became the top trending hashtag on Twitter in India during the week, beating #ModiSarkar2, which was another nationally trending hashtag regarding the recent 2019 Indian general election and the 23rd Ministry of the Republic of India. Related hashtags, including #nesamani, #contractor_nesamani, #arrest_krishnamoorthy and #we_stand_with_govaalu, the latter two referring to the characters Krishnamoorthy and Gopal, also became popular. Celebrities, including Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Siddharth, and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, took part in the joke by including the hashtag in their posts on their social media pages. Sony Music South and Amazon Prime Video India posted video links to the scene in the film. Other corporate organizations who created Pray for Nesamani memes include the Chennai Super Kings, Netflix India, AirAsia India, Nippon Paint India and Amul. The Chennai Metropolitan Police used the hashtag to promote helmet use while operating two-wheelers.

Reaction Initially unaware, Vadivelu was notified by The News Minute and responded to the memes saying, "This entire trend is a victory given by God, a victory for the movie's director Siddique and the victory for the people who enjoy my comedy." While the memes were viral in Tamil Nadu and largely recognized among the Tamil diaspora, it led to confusion among the rest of India and Internet users around the world who were unfamiliar with Vadivelu or the film.

Political impact The New Indian Express noted that the viral nature of #Pray_For_Nesamani on Twitter may have been a race to dethrone the hashtag #ModiSarkar2 from the top position of trending topics. The latter was used in online commentaries and discussions pertaining to the 2019 Indian general election, in which Narendra Modi was re-elected for a second term as the Prime Minister of India. Some Twitter users taking part in the Pray for Nesamani trend added the prefix Contractor to their display names and encouraged others to do so. The act of prefixing Contractor to their names was in reference to Modi and the supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party who incorporated Chowkidar, the Hindi word for watchman, in their Twitter display names during the election campaign.

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pray for Nesamani

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pray for Nesamani claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Pray for Nesamani before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Pray for Nesamani ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Pray for Nesamani

In research: Pray for Nesamani appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Pray for Nesamani in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Pray for Nesamani is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2019 in Indian cinema, 2019 works, Film and television memes, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pray for Nesamani outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Pray for Nesamani in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Pray for Nesamani means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Pray for Nesamani out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Pray for Nesamani in simple terms?

Why does Pray for Nesamani matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Pray for Nesamani?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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