- Sakshi Malik won India's first medal at Rio Olympics on Wednesday
- Big B, Aamir, Akshay applauded her on Twitter
- Sakshi won a bronze medal in the women's 58kg freestyle wrestling
Sakshi became the first female wrestler from India to win an Olympic medal, beating Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova on Wednesday.
Actor Amitabh Bachchan hailed it as victory for Indian women:
T 2351 -At Umang for song PINK promotion .. at ANKHEN 2 for launch .. at home with India women victory Sakshi ! pic.twitter.com/psQQ8RYJKC
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 17, 2016
Actor Aamir Khan, who stars in wrestling biopic Dangal at the end of this year, tweeted:
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
Actor Akshay Kumar and filmmaker Karan Johar thanked Sakshi and tweeted:
Here comes the first!Thank you & congratulations #SakshiMalik!You're the reason for a billion smiles today
The innocent smile of achievement and our smile is of immense pride.....#SakshiMalik is the hope for the future.... pic.twitter.com/WTdJ1yZ43k
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 18, 2016
Actresses Sonam Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Soha Ali Khan, Neha Dhupia, Lara Dutta also congratulated the young wrestler.
#SakshiMalik has proved that all you need is an opportunity. The rest, as they say, is history! #Winning #GirlPower #OlympicsRio2016
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) August 18, 2016
Congratulations #SakshiMalik for making us proud You go girl!
— Madhuri Dixit-Nene (@MadhuriDixit) August 18, 2016
Congratulations #SakshiMalik. You are such an inspiration! #Rio2016 #IndiaAtRio #DreamItBelieveItAchieveIt pic.twitter.com/MWlXtp32En
— Athiya Shetty (@theathiyashetty) August 18, 2016
Many congratulations to #PVSindhu for making it to the semifinals #RioOlympics2016 after a brilliant match!! pic.twitter.com/lqG9q2k4pd
— soha ali khan (@sakpataudi) August 17, 2016
#SakshiMalik I salute the woman , the athlete n the Indian in u.What a fantastic win n what a glorious moment.Congratulations #Olympics #Ind
— Neha Dhupia (@NehaDhupia) August 18, 2016
More power to you #SakshiMalik ! Today you fly higher than any Aeroplane! #Pride https://t.co/sB8YbTlWMD
— Lara Dutta Bhupathi (@LaraDutta) August 18, 2016
Actors Varun Dhawan, Riteish Deshmukh, Kunal Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Siddharth along with music composer A R Rahman and filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra were excited on Sakshi's win.
Congratulations and thank you #SakshiMalik for making india proud. This goes to show indian women can kick anyone's ass. #respect
— Varun dhawan (@Varun_dvn) August 18, 2016
& the Indian flag flies high..You have made every Indian proud. Congratulations on the Olympic Bronze #SakshiMalik pic.twitter.com/yWtICK5mWb
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) August 18, 2016
congratulations #SakshiMalik .entire nation is rejoicing on your achievement.thank you.
— Manoj Bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) August 18, 2016
#SakshiMalik #SakshiMalik #SakshiMalik Thank you! Our new and deserving star! What a day for women and women's wrestling in our country!
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) August 18, 2016
The moment that brought smile and united the whole nation. Proud of you #SakshiMalik pic.twitter.com/EdHRAnmf4J
— Bobby Deol (@thebobbydeoll) August 18, 2016
Woohoooo!! Congratulations #SakshiMalik You ve made a whole nation proud. pic.twitter.com/YAMNBwhdsY
— kunal kapoor (@kapoorkkunal) August 18, 2016
Congratulations, Sakshi Malik!
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) August 18, 2016
#SakshiMalik - TODAY YOU INSPIRE 125 crore and many more. The nations salutes you. pic.twitter.com/zDEO1Xm9Z8
— Rakeysh Mehra (@RakeyshOmMehra) August 18, 2016
