Veteran actor Alok Nath is amused and bemused beyond imagination. The actor who has been in the entertainment industry for decades now was hit by a rather quirky internet phenomenon when he became the butt of jokes on Twitter. Yes, with no reason or any special occasion, Alok Nath was trending on Twitter with the hash tag #AlokNath. Soon jokes and memes on Alok Nath spread like wildfire in the social networking space. It all started with first funny tweet stating, “Our nation only learnt about heart attacks because of Alok Nath.” Later, quickly someone else tweeted, "Alok Nath wears sweater in Mumbai because his mom in Punjab felt cold.” The way Rajnikanth jokes become famous the same way Alok Nath and his Sanskaari jokes went viral on social networking sites. Here are some of the tweets on Alok Nath. Alok Nath was the first person to call Parle as ParleG!" Alok Nath removes his slippers before playing Temple Run and distributes 'prasad' after crossing each level. Which car does Alok Nath drive?....Sanskar Alok Nath smokes agarbattis. Alok Nath is someone who is worried about kanyadaan of a girl who is yet too be born.. Alok Nath wants twitter to add 'Aashirwad' button." Alok Nath went to Vaishno Devi for his bachelors party. With his family Salman Khan is virgin because He fell in love with Alok Nath's daughter in his first movie as a hero. When Alok Nath was born, nurse greeted his father by saying- "Badhai ho BABUJI hue hain." Alok Nath's selfies have 87 family members and a dog. Alok Nath went for Sunburn and did surya namaskar. The trend did gain lot of attention from Alok’s fellow men from the industry as well and even directors and actors started tweeting jokes about the senior actor. Yes, many did laugh out loud at the jokes but others took offence for ridiculing an honorable man. But when we checked with Alok on his new found popularity at the social networking space, he sounded all jovial and said, “I am not on Twitter and I got to know about all the jokes from my daughter. Initially I didn’t understand why they started using my name and I got a bit scared. But later after reading the tweets I was jumping with laughter and I was absolutely thrilled. I am taking it in a very positive way. There is nothing wrong in it. It’s not that they are abusing me or are against me. I take it with a pinch of salt and move on. In fact I feel they have made me smile in such a dull life.” That’s the spirit, we say. So will he now join Twitter to respond to all the jokes on him to the tweeple? “No, I am happy with Facebook.” Alok, life does throw strange surprises at times, isn’t it?