Amitabh Bachchan took a dig at Shobha De through a series of tweets.
Keyur Seta
The country went into a frenzy when Pusarla Venkata Sindhu a.k.a. PV Sindhu defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the women’s singles badminton semi-final at the Olympics yesterday (18 August 2016). She now stands a chance of earning a gold medal for India as she plays the final today against Spain’s Carolina Marin, who is a two-time world champion.
Her achievement came a day after Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik won the bronze for the country in the same tournament.
As expected, Sindhu’s feat triggered instant celebrations in the country with wishes pouring in non-stop on social media. Hindi film celebrities too joined in to wish the two champions of India. These included Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Riteish Deshmukh among others.
While other stars merely congratulated India’s Olympic stars, Big B went few steps ahead and mocked writer Shobha De, who had severely criticised the country’s Olympic players for clicking selfies and having a gala time at the tournament. But that's not all. He also praised India's ex-cricketer Virendra Sehwag's sense of humour as the latter took a dig at De.
Sakshi….Sindhu…. Dono ko Salaam! pic.twitter.com/RFhfUkUpsS
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 18, 2016
Way to go Sindhu! Congratulations! You have made India proud!!! All the very best for the finals. Love.a.
— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) August 18, 2016
Congratulations Sakshi Malik! 1st Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal. Well done. You have done India proud!
— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) August 18, 2016
hahaha .. Viru ji .. aapka sense of humour ne ek aur sixer maar diya Stadium ke bahar !! https://t.co/gsmFV4dPb6
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
T 2352 - YEEEAAAAHHHHHH !! COME ON INDIA .. PV Sindhu in FINALS of Womens Badminbton at #Rio2016 .. another women from India ! HISTORIC
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
T 2352 - #PVSindhu in Finals of women's badminton ..never before has any Indian ever reached the finals of this sport at #Rio2016 ..HISTORY
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
T 2352 - #PVSindhu .. aap "khaali haath" nahein, medal leke wapas aa rahein hain .. aur hum aapke saath 'selfie' nikalne chahate hain !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
T 2352 - Never ever underestimate power of female gender ! #PVSindhu you have destroyed so many 'naysayers' .. you are the PRIDE of INDIA !
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
T 2352 - #PVSindhu ...aapne 'bolne walon' ki bolti bund kar di .. karm bolta hai aur wo kabhi kabhi 'kalam' ko bhi hara deta hai ! BADHAI !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 18, 2016
Congratulations Sakshi Malik! 1st Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal. Well done. You have done India proud!
— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) August 18, 2016
Way to go Sindhu! Congratulations! You have made India proud!!! All the very best for the finals. Love.a.
— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) August 18, 2016
#PVSindhu & #AditiAshok shine at the Rio Olympics - prayers & best wishes with them - #GoINDIA
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) August 18, 2016
#PVsindhu ....more power to girl power!!!! #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/31hBE0icTd
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 18, 2016
