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Meet the Farmers Whose Kiki Challenge Is Winning the Internet

Ever since singer-rapper Drake’s ‘In My Feelings’ realeased, the 'Kiki challenge' – which borrows from the lyrics of the song – has taken over the internet. There have been several versions of the challenge, even involving animals like dogs and cows, but the latest addition to the challenge comes from a village in Telangana.

Two farmers from Lambadipalli village did the Kiki challenge with a twist – Anil Geela and Pilli Tirupati danced next to a pair of bullocks in a field, while the bullocks dragged the plough. They danced in the slush, and it was not easy. “We could have easily slipped and fallen. So we planned it and attempted it a few times, before shooting that video in one take,” he said.

Needless to say, the video has since gone viral, with people not only appreciating the uniqueness of their attempt, but also that they did in a safe manner.

The Kiki challenge generally involves one to step out of a vehicle and dance while it’s recorded from inside the vehicle, which in many cases, is moving slowly. Indeed, local police in various cities and states including Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Mumbai, have warned people against doing the Kiki challenge as it goes against road safety.

Planning the Video

While 24-year-old Anil is, originally from Dargapalli in Telangana's Siddipet district, Pilli is a 30-year-old local farmer who liked the idea of the challenge and agreed to do it. He started working with Srikanth, who started ‘My Village Show’, on whose Instagram and YouTube accounts their Kiki challenge video was posted.

Anil said that it was Srikanth’s idea to do their own version of the viral challenge, with the village as a setting. “However, as we were planning it, we saw the police warnings and everyone started perceiving it as a dangerous stunt,” Anil recounts.

“But we wanted to show people that it was something fun at the end of the day and need not be done in a dangerous way,” he adds.

These 2 farmers indeed brought in the rural village people into Social Media and Pop Culture through their unique viral video and spread awareness about better ways of doing the kiki challenge.