The micro-blogging site, Twitter, got a little shinier on January 26, thanks to actor Kamal Haasan who joined the social networking platform on the Republic Day. The actor’s first tweet was his own rendition of the national anthem. The four-time national award winning actor-director was welcomed to the Twitter by his daughter and actress, Shruti Haasan:
One of the happiest moments ever on Twitter !!!! Welcome my most favourite person @ikamalhaasan to twitter !!! Love you appa
— shruti haasan (@shrutihaasan) January 26, 2016
To which Haasan replied:
@shrutihaasan Love you too sk?? — Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) January 26, 2016
Journalist Jitesh Pillai, director Nikhil Advani, actor Madhavan and Sivakarthikeyan were the other celebrities who welcomed Kamal Haasan to the social networking platform. When actress Trisha, Kamal’s co-star in his most recent Thoongavanam, welcomed him to the ‘crazy’ world of Twitter, Kamal gave a tongue-in-cheek reply:
@trishtrashers Thank you Trisha mam? you think this world is also crazy ? Let’s look at Jupiter for water and sanity then ?
— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) January 27, 2016
Some of his fans used the occasion to flaunt their sense of humour:
Will 144 characters be enough for @ikamalhaasan? #KamalHaasanOnTwitterpic.twitter.com/Yxc1saHyQX — Srini Mama (@SriniMama16) January 26, 2016
Ooh! @ikamalhaasan is officially on Twiiter. When someone told him it only allows 140 characters his reaction was: Okay, I’ll play them all. — Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) January 27, 2016
#KamalHaasanOnTwitter Welcome sir! Like everything in life, it has both good & bad! Kadavul paadhi,mirugam paadhi!@ikamalhaasan Enjoy d ride — RV (@VasanthRDurai) January 27, 2016
Actor Sivakarthikeyan too, posted a warm welcome tweet:
wow… happy welcoming #Kamal sir to the twitter world @ikamalhaasan — Sivakarthikeyan FC (@Siva_Karti_FC) January 26, 2016
Now twitter will be come more active #KamalHaasanOnTwitter since our @ikamalhaasan sir is here..watch out twitter upgrade ur server asap!! — Saagar@SuryanFM (@padmasahar) January 27, 2016
It’s a travesty that it took him so long. The most versatile actor ever @ikamalhaasan#KamalHaasanOnTwitter — Ganesen Viswanathan (@ganesenv) January 26, 2016
Kamal has garnered 54.3k followers in two days, and he follows 15 accounts, including those of his daughters, Akshara and Shruti, and his life-partner, Gautami. Actor Rajinikanth too had joined Twitter in February 2013. However, the superstar isn’t very active on the social networking site.
