Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan took a dig at author Shobhaa De for mocking the performance of Indian athletes at the Olympics after PV Sindhu stormed into badminton finals of Rio 2016
Bolti Band! Amitabh Bachchan trolls Shobhaa De after PV Sindhu's Olympic win
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan took a dig at author Shobhaa De for mocking the performance of Indian athletes at the Olympics after shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into the badminton finals of Rio 2016.
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Bolti Band! Amitabh Bachchan trolls Shobhaa De after PV Sindhu's Olympic win
Here's what Amitabh Bachchan tweeted:
T 2352 - YEEEAAAAHHHHHH !! COME ON INDIA .. PV Sindhu in FINALS of Womens Badminbton at #Rio2016 .. another women from India ! HISTORIC
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) 18 August 2016
T 2352 - #PVSindhu in Finals of women's badminton ..never before has any Indian ever reached the finals of this sport at #Rio2016 ..HISTORY
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) 18 August 2016
T 2352 - #PVSindhu .. aap "khaali haath" nahein, medal leke wapas aa rahein hain .. aur hum aapke saath 'selfie' nikalne chahate hain !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) 18 August 2016
T 2352 - #PVSindhu ...aapne 'bolne walon' ki bolti bund kar di .. karm bolta hai aur wo kabhi kabhi 'kalam' ko bhi hara deta hai ! BADHAI !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) 18 August 2016
Bolti band, truly!
Amitabh Bachchan wasn't the only one taking a jibe at Shobhaa De. Cricketer Virender Sehwag, too, had an epic response after Sakshi Malik won the bronze medal for India at Rio Olympics 2016.
Here's what Virender Sehwag tweeted:
#SakshiMalik ke gale me medal kitna "Sobha De" raha hai na !!! #HappyRakshaBandhan pic.twitter.com/5qnN0tbD4y
— Virender Sehwag (@Virendrsehwag) 18 August 2016
Bilkul , isliye Shobha Na De aise kaam nahi karne chahiye https://t.co/LDyEPGRQI1
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) 18 August 2016
Amitabh Bachchan appreciated Virender Sehwag's sense of humour and tweeted:
hahaha .. Viru ji .. aapka sense of humour ne ek aur sixer maar diya Stadium ke bahar !! https://t.co/gsmFV4dPb6
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) 18 August 2016
For the uninitiated, Shobhaa De had mocked Indian athletes participating at Rio on Twitter.
Here's what Shobhaa De had tweeted:
Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity.
— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) 8 August 2016
Shobhaa De's tweet stoked a controversy with the author receiving flak for her tweet.
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