Amitabh, Priyanka, SRK and others mark I-Day 2017 with 'Jai Hind' posts!

New Delhi: With India celebrating its 71st Independence Day today, Bollywood celebrities took to the social media to mark this special day. While the megastar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted a video of himself saluting the tricolour national flag with the caption, "Jai Hind."

T 2516 -जय हिंद ! स्वतंत्रता दिवस ! pic.twitter.com/zWqIpYd3ps

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 14, 2017

Other B-Town celebs like Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Boman Irani shared their best wishes for fans. The 'Raees' star wrote, "Happy Independence Day to all of us."

Happy Independence Day to all of us. — Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 14, 2017

While the 'Quantico' star posted a picture of herself holding a tricoloured dupatta, captioning it as, "Independence Day #Vibes ????#MyHeartBelongsToIndia #HappyIndependenceDayIndia #JaiHind"

Independence Day #Vibes 🇮🇳#MyHeartBelongsToIndia #HappyIndependenceDayIndia #JaiHind pic.twitter.com/LYGDZql3Tg

— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) August 15, 2017

The 'Roy' star Arjun Rampal shared the wish in his own style, "Freedom in the mind,faith in the words,pride in our souls,let's salute our nation on her Independence Day. #happyindependenceday #jaihind."

Freedom in the mind,faith in the words,pride in our souls,let's salute our nation on her Independence Day. #happyindependenceday #jaihind — arjun rampal (@rampalarjun) August 15, 2017

Javed Akhtar wrote, "Happy Independence Day to all the http://Indians.Now lets endeavour to get freedom from hunger poverty illiteracy violence n injustice"

Happy Independence Day to all the https://t.co/vhHf5PWXrU lets endeavour to get freedom from hunger poverty illiteracy violence n injustice

— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) August 15, 2017

'Badrinath Ki Dulhania' star Varun Dhawan posted a video with a caption, "Happy Independence Day ??????. Today we can enjoy this day only because of our jawaans who sacrifice their lives for us. #jaihind"

Happy Independence Day 🇮🇳🙏. Today we can enjoy this day only because of our jawaans who sacrifice their lives for us. #jaihind pic.twitter.com/g2g3BnMgcd — Varun Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) August 14, 2017

The 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' director Karan Johar wrote, "I am immensely proud and honoured to be born to a land of diversity...strength and valour...#HappyIndependanceDayIndia #IndiaAt70"

I am immensely proud and honoured to be born to a land of diversity...strength and valour...#HappyIndependanceDayIndia #IndiaAt70

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 15, 2017

'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' star Akshay Kumar tweeted, "This #IndependenceDay let's pledge to support our soldiers. Visit http://bharatkeveer.gov.in to extend your support. We owe them this much ????"

They gave their tomorrow for our today...A lot has been done but a lot still needs to be done. Happy #IndependenceDayIndia pic.twitter.com/PxPAXYpfUT — Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) August 15, 2017