Oops! Twitter 'follows' Rajini; jokes storm the social network site

Updated: Tuesday, May 6, 2014, 8:22 [IST]

Bangalore, May 5: 'Thalaiva' is on Twitter now, absolutely in Rajini style. Interestingly, he already has over 9,000 followers just in 1 hour and the number is increasing tremendously every minute and 236 tweets in just 15 minutes. Amazingly, it got verified in just an hour of creating the account.

Nevertheless, Twitter is abuzz as its homepage is flooded with Rajini style jokes, check these:

@TwitterIndia @superstarrajini Proof that Rajini is a superstar! 1075 tweets even before his first tweet!!!! pic.twitter.com/OqKb7VdhiP
— Screwed Up Scrooze (@me_maniac) May 5, 2014

Superstar Rajinikanth does not tweet. Twitter Rajini-eets.
— Viswanathan (@vishysblue) May 5, 2014

Ahead of the release of #Kochadaiiyaan, #Superstar #Rajinikanth joins #Twitter - @SuperStarRajini. No tweet yet, but followers on the rise.
— Akash Ajith (@Lingaa_Rajini) May 5, 2014

Well folks, the time has come. Twitter has decided to join Rajinikant @superstarrajini #ThalaivaOnTwitter
— 0,0 (@Sarcasmacus) May 5, 2014

.@superstarrajini Twitter joined Rajinikant today
— The G (@Hemanth_G_Man) May 5, 2014

Twitter joins Rajinikant! Very happy Thalaiva.. @superstarrajini
— Die Vorhersage! (@ashram4all) May 5, 2014

So finally Twitter is on Rajinikant? @superstarrajini
— Stereotypewriter (@babumoshoy) May 5, 2014

My daughters swimming coach is a Rajinikant fan.. So I m planning to call him Cochadaiyaan..
— Comedian Praveen (@Funny_Leone) May 3, 2014

For ur kind info in Chennai Rajinikant will stand in Q but ppl will ask him to go ahead and vote
— khaishk (@khaishk) April 30, 2014

Rajinikant vs ChiranjeeviRajini is the first voter and Megastar is waited in queue #noVIPs #BeingHuman #Elections2014
— shanthakumar m v (@shanthakumarmv) April 30, 2014

Rajinikant voted this morning, and the EVM got inked. pic.twitter.com/nGFFvboN5c
— The UnReal Times (@TheUnRealTimes) April 24, 2014

Meanwhile, Rajinikanth (Twitter handle: @superstarrajini) posted his first Tweet saying:

Salutation to the Lord. Vaṇakkam aṉaivarukkum !! A big thank you to all my fans. Excited on this digital journey http://t.co/79ea6MrDe3
— Rajinikanth (@superstarrajini) May 5, 2014

Earlier, Ashish Joshi, VP Digital and Business Head of Fluence, the company handling the actor's social media presence, said: "Yes, Rajinikanth will be making his social media debut. We will soon make a formal announcement."

The media house also manages Amitabh Bachchan's and Salman Khan's account.

Now, that's Rajini's style!