- Tamil superstar Rajinikanth's starring role on Twitter - he made a splashy debut on the microblogging site yesterday - has already earned him over one lakh seventy thousand followers.
- In less than 24 hours and with one single tweet:
- Salutation to the Lord. Vanakkam anaivarukkum !! A big thank you to all my fans. Excited on this digital journey http://t.co/79ea6MrDe3
- — Rajinikanth (@superstarrajini) May 5, 2014
- Among those excited to have him online was actress Sonakshi Sinha who tweeted:
- Superstar in the true sense of the word, my current costar, n most humble person evr @superstarrajini! A vry warm welcome to twitter Sir :)
- — Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) May 5, 2014
- Sonakshi will star with Rajini Sir in 2015 drama Lingaa.
- Twitter India officially, and very warmly, welcomed the superstar with:
- Vanakkam, Namaste, Salaam, Hello Rajinikanth! Please join us in welcoming @SuperStarRajini to Twitter.
- — Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) May 5, 2014
- Rajini fans were, of course, thrilled.
- Welcome to Twitter @superstarrajini .. Concept of followers will be redefined now.. before rajini and after rajini.. #TwitterfollowsRajini
- -- Pragdish Roy Kapoor (@PragdishRoy) May 5, 2014
- So from now RT will be known as Rajinikanth's Tweet? Welcome to twitter @superstarrajini :)
- -- Suno 1024 (@suno1024) May 5, 2014
- Welcome To Twitter @superstarrajini Facebook has also sent friend request to Rajnikant
- -- Arvind (@arvindpahadia) May 5, 2014
- Welcome to twitter @superstarrajini . Everyone mark this day; the day twitter got verified! :D
- -- Aman (@Amanretweets) May 5, 2014
- Until yesterday, I was called the Rajinikanth of Twitter. All hail the real @superstarrajini , now on twitter !
- -- SuperStarRajinikanth (@tinucherian) May 5, 2014
- Rajinikanth, who makes his social networking debut ahead of the release of the long-awaited Kochadaiiyaan this Friday, said in a statement "I decided to start with Twitter because I felt that the platform is abuzz with all the news and the trends that happen across the globe and I'm told that this is where all the best Rajini one-liners are."
- Kochadaiiyaan, directed by Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya R Ashwin, features the actor in a triple role and co-stars Deepika Padukone.
Salutation to the Lord. Vanakkam anaivarukkum !! A big thank you to all my fans. Excited on this digital journey http://t.co/79ea6MrDe3
-- Rajinikanth (@superstarrajini) May 5, 2014Superstar in the true sense of the word, my current costar, n most humble person evr @superstarrajini! A vry warm welcome to twitter Sir :)
-- Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) May 5, 2014Vanakkam, Namaste, Salaam, Hello Rajinikanth! Please join us in welcoming @SuperStarRajini to Twitter.
-- Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) May 5, 2014Welcome to Twitter @superstarrajini .. Concept of followers will be redefined now.. before rajini and after rajini.. #TwitterfollowsRajini
-- Pragdish Roy Kapoor (@PragdishRoy) May 5, 2014So from now RT will be known as Rajinikanth's Tweet? Welcome to twitter @superstarrajini :)
-- Suno 1024 (@suno1024) May 5, 2014Welcome To Twitter @superstarrajiniFacebook has also sent friend request to Rajnikant
-- Arvind (@arvindpahadia) May 5, 2014Welcome to twitter @superstarrajini . Everyone mark this day; the day twitter got verified! :D
-- Aman (@Amanretweets) May 5, 2014Until yesterday, I was called the Rajinikanth of Twitter. All hail the real @superstarrajini , now on twitter !
-- SuperStarRajinikanth (@tinucherian) May 5, 2014