The year 2021 has been one of its battling kind wherein mankind has been pushed to all limits and has been forced to struggle to survive amidst the threatening and looming dark clouds of Covid 19. Yes, Covid 19 which made its existence felt for the first time in the year 2019, has been hitting hard with a third wave expected to surface all over India now!!

Well, talking about the year about to end (2021), the one medium that has thrived and been successful has been the digital medium. To talk precisely, social media has given new means of existence and has also paved to be a way to have some laughter and light moments. The innumerable memes, the viral videos have all made a talking point on the internet, courtesy of the huge number of people watching them. Videos have gone viral covering all kinds of emotions – hilarious ones, thought-provoking ones, and very emotional ones too.

As we look back at the year 2021, here is a list of the most popular viral videos of the year. This list was maintained by india.com and we take reference from that report for our Year-Ender story here.

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Pawri Ho Rahi Hai: This popular viral video of 2021 was created by Pakistani influencer Dananeer Mobeen. The video gained extreme popularity and triggered a meme fest and the trend only grew after musician Yashraj Mukhate, who went viral last year for ‘Rasode Main Kon Tha remix’ created a mashup of her video. The video was a musical treat. The fans were so thrilled on seeing this video that a meme fest was kick-started wherein the video was very much talked about in way of cute and hilarious memes.

Bachpan Ka Pyaar: Sahdev Dirdo, the cute little boy from Chhattisgarh, who was the voice behind the viral video Bachpan Ka Pyaar set social media by storm. The song got so very popular in quick time that many elite celebrities from the movie and TV world actually went on to recreate this song in their own way. The little kid soon became the face of social media and became an internet sensation of sorts. He was also felicitated by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

Dr KK Aggarwal’s wife scolds him on call while he’s LIVE: Padma Shri recipient and former President of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Dr KK Aggarwal got into deep trouble when he talked to his wife while attending a live session. This video went viral in no time. It so happened that Dr KK Aggarwal got himself vaccinated for Covid-19 during the first phase of the vaccination without his wife, and when she got to know of it, she gave him a piece of her mind. He took his wife’s call when he was on a live session and the video went viral. Unfortunately, the 62-year-old cardiologist died a few months later after a long battle with coronavirus.

Shweta your mic is on: A Zoom call of an online class got all the limelight when a girl named Shweta revealed some intimate details of a man with a friend of hers, while she forgot to mute her microphone. The result was that the video went viral, wherein Shweta shared all details about the boy to her friend, even when he had asked her to keep it a secret. Even when her friends tried to tell Shweta about her not being on mute, Shweta did not listen to them and revealed quite a lot about the guy.

Wife tries to kiss husband during the zoom call: Yet another mishap happened in a Zoom call wherein a man was talking about the serious issue of how GDP affects export business. When he was discussing about it on his Zoom meeting, his wife came out of nowhere and tried to kiss her husband. Though the man tried to evade the awkward situation by moving away and pointing to the screen, the video went viral in no time. Anand Mahindra retweeted the video calling the woman ‘wife of the year’ and Harsh Goenka also shared the video.

Medical students from Kerala dance to Rasputin: Thrissur Medical College in Kerala got prominent on social media when a particular dance video which was shot in the corridor of the campus went viral. Bondy M’s 1978 hit song Rasputin was played while the medical students danced to its tunes in college. This video was well-received on social media with it getting a million likes and above on Instagram.

Doctors in PPE kits cheer Covid patients by dancing to Sochna Kya song: Where there is will there is way!! And this time around, the frontline workers in the Covid battle, the doctors led the way as they cheered Covid patients in hospital with a cute dance video. A viral video wherein the staff of Parul Sevashram Hospital in Vadodara, Gujarat was seen cheering up Covid patients. The video had doctors and nurses wearing the PPE kits and dancing to the song ‘Sochna Kya, Jo Bhi Hoga Dekha Jayega…’. Few of the patients were seen dancing to the tunes in a jubilant mood.

Man mistakes Cipla’s Remdesivir for Remo D’Souza: It was a hilarious laugh riot for famous choreographer Remo D’Souza when a man mispronounced the name of the Remdesivir injection to Remo D’Souza. Remo had posted a video on Instagram with the video, where the man can be seen talking to a news reporter about the prices of the medicines amid health crisis in the country. He then says ‘Cipla company ka injection Remo D’Souza’ and the scene plays on a loop for the comic effect.

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Delhi aunty wants alcohol and says it is better than medicine: When CM Arvind Kejriwal announced a week-long lockdown in Delhi in April 2021, hundreds thronged liquor stores in many areas of Delhi to stock up on liquor. Among those in the queue to purchase alcohol was an elderly woman who urged the government to keep liquor stores open during the lockdown and also won the internet with her epic reply. The woman said that no vaccine can ever match up to alcohol because only alcohol is the real medicine. The bold and bindaas attitude of the elderly woman amused many while others made memes and jokes on her hilarious reply.

Woman down with Covid 19 dances to Love You Zindagi: Dr Monika Langeh posted a video of her 30-year-old patient grooving to the Love You Zindagi song, from Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt’s 2016 film Dear Zindagi, in the COVID-19 emergency ward. The patient’s confidence level was appreciated by one and all and the video soon went viral. Unfortunately, the girl lost her Covid battle soon as she died after her condition became critical.

These are the popular viral videos that made headlines in the year 2021.

Wishing you all a Very Happy New Year!!