From waiting for the morning tea to roasting the neighbor’s pet chicken, Reshma’s 60-second reels are the only thing keeping Malayali sanity intact.
Reshma is currently filming a web series where she plays a traffic cop. When asked about her sudden fame, she shrugs. #mallureshma😂😂
It started, as most great things do, out of sheer boredom. Reshma, a 24-year-old MBA dropout from Thrissur, was waiting for her mother to finish yelling at the cable guy. She picked up her phone, mimicked the yell, and posted it. Twenty-four hours later, she had 50,000 followers. From waiting for the morning tea to roasting
“I thought my ammachi would kill me,” Reshma laughs, hiding behind a massive pair of sunglasses. “But then she saw the comments. Everyone said I looked exactly like their own mother. Now, Ammachi demands a cut of the brand deals.” It started, as most great things do, out of sheer boredom
Cut. Print. Viral.
“Reshma doesn’t try to sell us skincare,” says fan Priya Menon, 29. “She sells us the truth. Last week, she posted a video of her trying to open a pickle jar for 45 minutes. I felt seen.”