Celebrities drape themselves in Tricolour on India's 70th Independence Day

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 15 Aug 2016 06:13 AM (IST)

New Delhi: As the nation echoed ‘Mera Bhaarat Mahaan’ (My India is great) and ushered into the spirit of Nationalism on India’s 70^th Independence Day; the zeal among Bollywood celebrities seems to be peaking high. Keeping up the spirit of Independence, the fraternity came forth and shared several over whelming pictures and videos which reflected their patriotic fervour. Shah Rukh Khan shared a very enthusiastic video of him wishing the whole country a very Happy Independence Day. Bollywood’s King Khan said that he asked his kids to share their version of Tricolour, which he shared in his video.

Happy Independence Day to my country women & men 15th Aug 2016. A day of Pride, Happiness Love & Living freely.

A video posted by Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) on Aug 14, 2016 at 8:26pm PDT

Actor Akshay Kumar paid tribute to the soldier via his video and said, “No gesture will be enough to show our gratitude but here's saluting the undying spirit of our HEROES! Jai Hind!”

No gesture will be enough to show our gratitude but here's saluting the undying spirit of our HEROES! Jai Hind! https://t.co/zLYKvTLIpl — Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) August 15, 2016

Even actor Ritesh Deshmukh and Madhuri Dixit reached out to the people of the country and wished everyone via their Twitter accounts.

Happy Independence Day!
— Madhuri Dixit-Nene (@MadhuriDixit) August 15, 2016

Happy Independence Day #BornIndian #Proud #TriColour #JaiHind — Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) August 15, 2016

Actor Amitabh Bachchan put a Twitter profile picture coloured in Tri-colour. Bachchan also tweeted a picture of his fans gathered outside his bungalow with tricolours in their hands and patriotism in their minds.

T 2348 - The Sunday well wishers .. today they were filled with the spirit of Independence .. pic.twitter.com/0cGLeT7bhK
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 14, 2016

Jacqueline Fernandez shared a picture of her shaking hands with a cop. This was her way of showing her solidarity with the country. Jacqueline also wished everyone "Happy Independence Day".

Happy Independence Day India!!! ???????? https://t.co/y6UugW56jN pic.twitter.com/GiKhjsS1WD — Jacqueline Fernandez (@Asli_Jacqueline) August 15, 2016

Not just Bollywood even cricketers seemed all pumped up with the spirit of patriotism. Actor Virat Kohli who is an idol for many cricket fans shared a video message, where he wished the whole country.