Celebs and the social media are inseparable today. Whether it’s promoting a cause, a film or a colleague, stars take to popular social and micro-blogging sites to stay connected with their fans
While several B-town celebs including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra and many others have made their presence felt on Twitter since a long time, some realised the importance of the platform and made their Twitter debut this year. Here’s taking a look at some celebrities who began tweeting in 2014:
Arjun Kapoor
Twitter handle – @arjunk26
Followers – 585K
Epitomizing success and superstardom, the young actor who leads the pack of Gen-X stars within young Bollywood joined Twitterville this year ,as a special treat to several fans who were requesting Arjun to get on the micro blogging site.
Rajinikanth
Twitter handle – @SuperStarRajini
Followers – 1.21M
It made headlines when Rajinikanth decided to join Twitter just before the release of his film Kochadaiiyaan. But the fact was that the superstar was never tweeting! A social media management company was hired to manage his account, which by and large is silent these days.
Kajol
Twitter handle – @KajolAtUN
Followers – 77.8K
Kajol joined Twitter much to the delight of her fans, but it was only for a few weeks. Kajol, who was the hand washing brand ambassador at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) week held in New York was on Twitter to update everyone about the happenings at the meet.
Twinkle Khanna
Twitter handle – @mrsfunnybones
Followers – 83.6K
Twinkle introduced herself to her fans as a ‘bona fide member of an ambiguous tribe of the new age Indian woman’. “New girl in town – trying to find my way in the world of tweets and peeps,” read the first post from Twinkle’s Twitter handle. And this is the account that you surely should follow. The lady has quite an amazing sense of humour.
Alok Nath
Twitter handle – @aloknath
Followers – 36.7K
Alok Nath, who as we all know became Twitterati’s favourite subject for humour, finally joined the social networking site this year. The actor took all the jokes on him in a sporting manner. In fact, close to his ‘Babuji’ image, he wished the Twitterati ‘Pranam’ with his first tweet. Meanwhile, out of all the Alok Nath jokes, this one really cracked us up. “The only two wars Alok Nath has seen in his life are Haridwar and Pariwar.”
Amit Trivedi
Twitter handle – @ItsAmitTrivedi
Followers – 5,248
The young musician, who has composed music for some of famous movies such as Wake up Sid, Aisha, Dev D, Aamir and many more also couldn’t stay away from the micro-blogging site.
Prakash Jha
Twitter handle - @prakashjha27
Followers – 2,389
The filmmaker, who is known for hitting on socio-political issues via movies like Gangaajal, Apaharan, Raajneeti and Aarakshan. Jha joined the world of Twitter, mainly to promote his production, a comedy film Crazy Cukkad Family.
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