Amitabh Bachchan is one Bollywood celebrity who has it all - fame, talent, good looks, good health and a solid fan following. After a successful career spanning almost fifty years, Amitabh Bachchan is still popular and immensely loved; he is a brand in himself. The actor, unlike others from his generation, has also built a social media presence and actively tweets every day. And he is very sentimental about his Twitter account. He also has a list of celeb fan following on Twitter who replies to his birthday wishes and who follows or unfollows him. No, we aren't exaggerating; Mr. Bachchan is indeed that touchy about his Twitter and he even numbers his tweets. Now with that amount of dedication, he obviously gets irked when other celebrities get more followers than him and is overjoyed when someone compliments him, agrees with him or follows him.
See for yourself -
In December 2017, he announced his follower count reaching 80 million, with a tweet that almost looked like an invitation to a carnival -
T 2737 - 80 MILLION followers !!! on social media .. collective !!
80 MILLION !! 80 MILLION !! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/GL9j3oTfWT
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) December 10, 2017
In January 2018, when he lost some followers, (which was possibly a part of Twitter's attempt to clean up bots), he tweeted about it. It appeared to be something said in good humour that time .....
T 2599 - TWITTER ..!!!?? you reduced my number of followers .. !!??HAHAHAHAHAHAHA .. !! thats a joke .. time to get off from you .. thank you for the ride .. 😠😠😠 .. there are many 'other' fish in the sea - and a lot more exciting !! pic.twitter.com/85c15pDif4
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) January 31, 2018
In February 2018, the Twitter team personally got in touch with Mr Bachchan and tried to explain him everything. And of course, Amitabh Bachchan tweeted about it. Duh?
T 2619 - The Twitter team came from across the seas to visit me at work and to explain to me how TWITTER works .. thank you !
The truth of the working is so 'apparent' !! pic.twitter.com/RTJdHkepZb
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) February 18, 2018
But soon the Shahenshah was again looking at his dropping number of followers and getting concerned. He requested Twitter to look into it.
T 2793 - Dear Twitter Management , its quite amazing how you manage to keep numbers of followers CONSTANT, & not moving AT ALL despite maximum activity !!👏👏👏👏👏.. well done !! I mean how do you keep the score board from not moving despite every ball being hit for a 6 !! pic.twitter.com/oDZU9xxYAZ
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 2, 201
And requested again ....
T 2795 - Arre yaar Twitter ji .. yaar ab toh hamare numbers badha do .. kab se itna kuch dal rahe hain .. kuch aur karna ho, number badhane ke liye to bolo🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 .. TJKBM !!! pic.twitter.com/V5L4AMJNGq
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 4, 2018
But it didn't help...
And then he took to sarcasm -
T 2745 - THANK YOU TWITTER .. for your continued honest, transparent, absolutely unbiased, non preferential, fair, justified rendering of followers on platform .. I mean, really .. you are epitome of the sincerest truth !! GOD BLESS YOU , & may you continue to fashion us thus !🙏 pic.twitter.com/l2RJb1T69x
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 16, 2018
And then he got personal -
T 2814 - GOODNESS .. !! Thats a lot of research done by the media .. !! pic.twitter.com/rcrCSnbUbU
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) May 22, 2018
Fans joined too and started a 'Hope you understand Twitter' movement. Mr Bachchan enthusiastically retweeted all of them -
Aap ne jail ki deewaron aur zanjeeron ka loha dekha hai Twitter sahab … @SrBachchan Sir ke EFs ki himmat ka faulaad nahi dekha
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND @Twitter @prashantkawadia @zafarkeymaker @kishuanjali @ReetJain15 @KalaYadav3 @sanjay_patodiya pic.twitter.com/EnHXucdADY
— Beejal Bhatt (@BeejalBhatt) May 18, 2018
Deviyon aur Sajjano... 🙏🙏
We all know that #TwitterStealsFollowers .
But the nation wants to know the actual reason behind declining of followers of our inspiration @SrBachchan Sir.. You have to give answer today Twitter Team.. 😑🙏
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND @Twitter pic.twitter.com/cZbHB0w2IL
— Rahul Sen EF (@rahul1021986) May 18, 2018
Dear @TwitterIndia #GetWellSoonTwitter 🤢We Prefer #Facebook Platform with #30MillionFollowers for connecting with @SrBachchan ji than @Twitter this days. HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND & do the Needful immediately 😉request from Entire #ABEFTeam Members. @zafarkeymaker @Namrata1610 @chasah pic.twitter.com/UvkOL783O6
— Suresh Jumani #ABEFTEAM ❤️ (@sureshjumani) May 18, 2018
Is Imaarat ki neev itni majboot hai ke koi Twitter chupke chupke followers churaye... Aur hum Bachchanist dekhta rahe.. Yeh ho nahi sakta.. #TwitterStealsFollowers of @SrBachchan Sir, that's very true.. We want proper explanation from their team
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND @Twitter pic.twitter.com/t8mWiRt2S8
— Rahul Sen EF (@rahul1021986) May 18, 2018
Have seen a few joking about this "followers" issue. For me it only signifies that Sir is competitive. And being competitive means one is alive, physically, and more importantly, mentally. #TwitterStealsFollowers
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND @Twitter pic.twitter.com/DPfchi9rF9
— ZAFAR BACHCHAN.SUNDAY DARSHAN KING EF (@zafarkeymaker) May 18, 2018
Sigh!!! This seems like an endless war between Bollywood's biggest superstar and Twitter. While our Angry Young Man is not ready to back off, Twitter doesn't seem to be taking notice at all.
Though, we hope and pray they sort this soon. And no matter how odd it is getting, we absolutely adore Mr Bachchan's childlike enthusiasm and competitive spirit!
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on May 31, 2018 04:50 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).