MUMBAI: Wazir star Amitabh Bachchan has become the first Bollywood celebrity to have 19 million followers on micro-blogging site Twitter.
The 73-year-old actor beat contemporaries such as Shah Rukh Khan (17.5 million), Aamir Khan (16.2 million), Salman Khan (15.8 million) and Priyanka Chopra (12.5 million) with his new milestone.
Bachchan’s Twitter account went live in May 2010, and ever since, has been a one-stop destination for his fans to connect, interact and engage with the actor. Bachchan has so far posted 47,500 tweets.–PTI
