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Big B, PeeCee, SRK and others mark I-Day 2017 with 'Jai Hind' posts

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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," other B-Town celebs like Shah Rukh Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Boman Irani shared their best wishes for fans.

The 'Raees' star wrote, "Happy Independence Day to all of us," while the 'Quantico' star posted a picture of herself holding a tricoloured dupatta, captioning it as, "Independence Day #Vibes ????#MyHeartBelongsToIndia #HappyIndependenceDayIndia #JaiHind"

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."

 

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

'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"

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"

'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 ????"

Farhan Akhtar?Verified account @FarOutAkhtar 2h2 hours ago

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Happy Independence Day.

Boman Irani?Verified account @bomanirani 17m17 minutes ago

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As I wished Mom, she said: "Was a twenty year old girl when I woke up to freedom, seventy years ago. What a feeling!"

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First Published: Aug 15 2017 | 12:28 PM IST

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