Bollywood gave a thumping welcome to the perfectionist himself, Aamir Khan as he joined Twitter on July 1, 2010. On the first day itself, the star’s followers reached 59,625. His first tweet was ‘Testing. Aamir’ and then followed it up with a shayri ‘Bhala gardish falak ki chain deti hai kise Insha, ganimat hai ke hum surat yahan do-chaar baithey hain. Esp for you sir. Love’ This tweet was directed to Amitabh Bachchan, the only person he follows on Twitter. Incidentally, it was the Big B who introduced him to the microblogging site and told him to join it.
Here is how Bollywood personalities welcomed Aamir
Priyanka Chopra wrote, “Welcoming the amazing @aamir_khan !!! Show him some loooove people!!!”
Filmmaker Karan Johar wrote: @aamir_khan on twitterverse people!!!
Nephew Imran Khan also welcomed his maternal uncle by writing: “@aamir_khan = REAL”
Close buddy Salman Khan posted: “Aamir on twitter guyz”.
Genelia D’Souza posted: “Please welcome the man, the rockstar and a very special person who is the key reason for me being back with Jaane Tu…, my favourite @aamir_khan”
Jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali also welcomed Aamir by posting: “So excited that Aamir Khan @aamir_khan is on twitter… he is an actor par excellence… welcome him to our tweet world tweeps…”
Actress Minissha Lamba wrote: “@aamir_khan dear aamir… welcome… u have long been missed on twitter.”
Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor also tweeted: @aamir_khan if its you and I hope it is, then a hearty welcome. Love.
As of now, Aamir Khan’s twitter followers are 78,373. You can follow the Ace Khan at aamir_khan