Amitabh Bachchan and Karan Johar photographed in Mumbai
Highlights
- Sakshi Malik won India's first medal at Rio Olympics on Wednesday
- Big B, Aamir, Akshay applauded her on Twitter
- Sakshi won a bronze medal in the women's 58kg freestyle wrestling
Wrestler Sakshi Malik opened India's medal account at Rio Olympics by winning a bronze in the women's 58kg freestyle and on Twitter,
Bollywood celebrities rejoiced with the rest of us.
Sakshi became the first female wrestler from India to win an Olympic medal, beating Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova on Wednesday.
Actor Amitabh Bachchan hailed it as victory for Indian women:
Actor Aamir Khan, who stars in wrestling biopic
Dangal at the end of this year, tweeted:
Actor Akshay Kumar and filmmaker Karan Johar thanked Sakshi and tweeted:
Actresses Sonam Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit-Nene, Soha Ali Khan, Neha Dhupia, Lara Dutta also congratulated the young wrestler.
Actors Varun Dhawan, Riteish Deshmukh, Kunal Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Siddharth along with music composer A R Rahman and filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra were excited on Sakshi's win.