09-11-2025 12:00:00 AM
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy woke up to a political group-hug on Saturday as his 56th birthday became a rare all-party, all-state, all-celeb love-fest that lit up social media.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the tone with a crisp, warm X post: “Birthday greetings to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy Garu. May he be blessed with a long and healthy life.” Within minutes, Revanth fired back a grateful reply: “Thank you so much, @narendramodi Ji, for your warm wishes.” The exchange instantly trended, racking up lakhs of likes and proving that birthday diplomacy can melt even the fiercest political ice.
The greetings avalanche didn’t stop at North Block. Andhra’s tech-savvy CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Karnataka’s veteran Siddaramaiah, Tamil Nadu’s Dravidian warhorse M.K. Stalin, and Bengal’s firebrand Mamata Banerjee queued up with personalised posts. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rahul Gandhi—joined the chorus
Closer home, Governor Jishnu Dev Varma led the official brigade, followed by Union MoS Bandi Sanjay, Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka, and a roll-call of ministers—Konda Surekha, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Vakiti Srihari, Ponnam Prabhakar, and G Vivek—who flooded WhatsApp groups and timelines with cake emojis.
But the real fireworks came from Tollywood and Bollywood. Balakrishna thundered a lion-sized wish, Jr NTR dropped a stylish video byte, Ram Charan went minimalist-chic, and Ajay Devgn crossed the Vindhyas with a Hindi-Telugu mash-up greeting. Even Animal director Sandeep Reddy Vanga, still riding the film’s roar, paused to salute the CM who once scripted his own political blockbuster.
By sundown, #HappyBirthdayRevanthReddy was Telangana’s top trend, with citizens stitching montage reels of the CM’s journey—from student leader to state satrap. Local bakers sold out “Revanth@56” cakes, and Hyderabad’s Tank Bund glowed with selfie-points.