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When Amitabh Bachchan gave lockdown a twist with his entertaining posts

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Aug 21, 2020, 08:35 IST
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When Amitabh Bachchan gave lockdown a twist with his entertaining posts

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan is one of the bigwigs in the history of Indian cinema. No wonder the megastar is equally influential when it comes to social media. Besides impeccable acting, he makes sure he keeps his millions of followers entertained even during the pandemic with pictures and videos from his daily life. However, recently BigB was admitted to the city hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 but even during his medical treatment, he was seen avidly active on the internet. From quirky captions to his witty posts, take a look at times when Amitabh Bachchan gave lockdown a twist with his entertaining posts.

Photo credit: Amitabh Bachchan Instagram

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​Independence Day

Bachchan took to social media to share a witty picture as he wished his fan on Independence. In the photo, tri-coloured vegetables were stacked together to impersonate the Indiana flag as he captioned it, “स्वतंत्रा दिवस की अनेक अनेक शुभकामनाएँ । भारत का हृदय , तिरंगे से दूर नहीं रह सकता, वो चाहे किसी भी भाव में हो, या मिले ।

जय हिंद ����”

Photo credit: Amitabh Bachchan Instagram

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​Perfect Pout

If you think pouting is only for Bollywood divas, you might have to think again as Big B had once shared his take on the pouting lips. Along with the hilarious picture, he had added, “महक "गुलाब" की आएगी आपके हाथों से, किसी के रास्ते से "काँटे" हटाकर तो देखो ..!!!' ~ Ef am��” Nailed it!

Photo credit: Amitabh Bachchan Instagram

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​Fanart

Shehanshah is also known for actively replying to his fans on social media. In fact, he also reposts fanarts. Similar once he took a moment on the internet to reshare a hilarious fanart where his monochrome portrait was cover with emoticons of kissing lips. He further captioned his post, “दुश्मन बनाने के लिए ज़रूरी नही लड़ा जाए, आप थोड़े कामयाब हो जाओ तो वो ख़ैरात में मिलेंगें " ~In order to make enemies it is not essential to fight .. just be a little successful, you'll get them at a pittance ..”

Photo credit: Amitabh Bachchan Instagram

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Animal lover

Amitabh took to social media to share a message of peace with a picture where he is seen sporting an all-white ensemble while chasing several white pigeons at an unknown location. While the picture grabbed hilarious reactions from the netizen, he added in the caption saying, “in the end nothing but the purity of peace prevails .. embrace it .. !”

Photo credit: Amitabh Bachchan Instagram

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