Janta curfew: Amitabh Bachchan overwhelmed by ‘national discipline’, re-tweets empty streets from across India

Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter to hail the spirit of Indians as the nation saw a near total voluntary lockdown as part of Janta curfew.

Through Sunday, Amiatbh Bachchan has been very active on Twitter, tweeting and re-tweeting pictures and videos from across India as the nation observes ‘national discipline’.

Amitabh Bachchan has been advocating against coronavirus spread.

Amitabh re-tweeted images of empty streets from all over the country -- New Delhi, Mumbai, Ladakh, Chandigarh, Patna, Bhuj in Gujarat, Bangalore, Jalgaon in Maharashtra, Har ki Pauri in Haridwar, Uttarakhand; Jaipur, Agra and Kashi.

Sharing a hard-to-believe video showing the busy and iconic Marine drive in Mumbai, he wrote: “Marine Drive, Mumbai this morning .. this is what National discipline means .. JAI HIND Flag of India !!” Before that he tweeted a beautiful song on the combined power of human will and prayer. He wrote: “Faith , Belief , and Prayer .. for us , for the World !!”

Earlier in the day, as India observed janta curfew, the actor had hailed the spirit of fellow Indians. He also said that in doing so, we have set an example for the world.

Sharing his thoughts, Amitabh wrote: “One plea , one instruct, one invocation, one implore .. AND a nation is in discipline ! WE OBSERVE A COUNTRY SHUT DOWN ! what an exemplary example we have set for the entire World .. for the safety of each other ..WE ARE ONE , WE ARE UNIQUE .. WE ARE INDIA Flag of India JAI HIND”.

Amitabh has been doing his bit along with other film personalities to advocate the cause of staying in isolation and the other necessary requirements in order to fight coronavirus. On Friday, many stars including Ayushmann Khurrana, Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Ajay Devgn, Varun Dhawan, Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Arjun Kapoor and Amitabh featured in a new special video that appeals people to be safe during these trying times.

The video was shared by Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday on social media. It has been made by Rohit Shetty Picturez on behalf of the Chief Minister. In the video, the stars talk about the coronavirus pandemic and necessary steps on how to protect yourself from the disease.

Separately, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra among many others have been doing their bit to spread awareness.

(With IANS input)

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