Hrithik, Anushka and Shahid will perform at the opening ceremony of IPL 8
Actor Hrithik Roshan has tweeted a pep talk in under 140 characters to the Bollywood contingent that is going to perform at tonight's opening ceremony of the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League or IPL. The celebrity line-up in Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium includes actors Anushka Sharma and Shahid Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar and his band, and music director Pritam, apart from Hrithik.
The actor tweeted:
Fans queuing up to watch tonight's performance need not be dismayed by the wet weather:
Earlier today, Hrithik also tweeted about his Kolkata connections - Salt Lake Stadium was where he performed for the first time after his debut in Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai 15 years ago. He also wrote about how proud his 'dida' (Bengali for grandmother) would have been.
Meanwhile, 'Hrithik IPL Performance' is trending on Twitter.