Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter follower count hits 20 million

Amitabh Bachchan has become the first Bollywood personality to have 20 million Twitter followers and has thanked his fans and well-wishers on reaching the milestone.

The 73-year-old thespian, who has given hits like Sholay, Deewar and Piku, is ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with 18.8 million followers, Shah Rukh Khan with 18.6 million, Aamir Khan 16.9 million, Salman Khan 16.8 million and Priyanka Chopra with 13.2 million followers respectively.

Big B took to Twitter on Tuesday night to express his excitement of getting 20 million followers on the micro-blogging website.

“Badumba! 20 million! Thank you all… Now to 30 million! And your time starts now!” he tweeted.

Amitabh’s Twitter account went live in May 2010, and the actor has ever since been staying in touch with his fans, whom he fondly calls his “extended family”.

On the work front, he will next be seen in TE3N directed by debutant Ribhu Dasgupta. The film also features actors Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

He is currently busy shooting for Shoojit Sircar’s next production venture Pink.