Bollywood expresses ‘love’ for country on Republic Day

The stars took to Twitter to express their patriotism for the country and extend greetings to their fans.

January 26, 2015 02:36 pm | Updated 05:20 pm IST - Mumbai

Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra (in picture) and Amitabh Bachchan were among several Bollywood stars who greeted the people on the occasion of Republic Day. Photo: Ranjeet Kumar

Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra (in picture) and Amitabh Bachchan were among several Bollywood stars who greeted the people on the occasion of Republic Day. Photo: Ranjeet Kumar

On the occasion of the 66th Republic Day on Monday, Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra, among others, expressed their ‘love’ and patriotism for the country.

The stars took to Twitter to extend their greetings to fans.

Bachchan tweeted, “Happy Republic Day for the 26th of January! May our prayers and love for country ever increase...

Peace!”

Shah Rukh recalled his childhood days when he used to watch the Republic Day parade with his parents.

“Memories & Pride watching the Parade on TV. Missing my family and how we went to watch the parade from the Freedom Fighters section. Jai Hind,” he wrote.

Actress Priyanka Chopra tweeted last evening, “Looking forward to watching the Republic Day Parade on TV tomorrow...

So many childhood memories attached!”

Sonakshi wrote, “Happy Republic Day! #IlovemyIndia #JaiHind.”

Actress Shraddha Kapoor shared a photo of herself with her ‘ABCD 2’ co—star Varun Dhawan. In the picture, Shraddha is seen holding the Indian flag in her hand. Both the stars were seen in white traditional outfits.

“Proud to be Indian, yesterday, today, tomorrow...

Everyday! HappyRepublicDay,” she captioned the picture.

Actor Abhishek Bachchan said, “Happy Republic Day. Jai Hind!”

’Ra One’ director Anubhav Sinha tweeted, “Happy Republic Day India! Keep Rocking! Keep Shining!”

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