Diwali: Bollywood greets fans on Twitter

"-A most prosperous Deepavali to all ..may all the Gods and Goddesses shower their unstinted bounty on you .. be environment conscious !," tweeted Amitabh Bachchan to all his fans.

"namaskar,aap sab ko deepavali aur naye varsh ki bahot shubh kaamnayein,ishwar aap ko aarogya,dhan vaibhav,mann," (Wish everyone a happy Diwali and New Year, and I pray to god that everyone remains fit, and wealthy)," wished legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar.

"Happy diwali to everyone.. Lots of love, meetha and lights in everyones life," tweeted actress Sonam Kapoor.

"The Divine Light within us can dispel all the darkness in r life n create joy,prosperity n lov around us.Wishin u all a very Happy Diwali:)" posted actress Shilpa Shetty.

Interestingly, now abroad, Tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi informed his fans over the mico bogging site that it is 15 long years for him that he has not been celebrating 'Diwali' in India, and this year is no exception: "Probably my 15 year in a row away from home for Diwali.. Might have to find an Indian rest here in Valencia to celebrate."

"May every flame of the diya ignite magic into ur life,today and all year through!Happy Diwali everyone :)," tweeted the 'Khiladi' of B-town, Akshay Kumar.

--IBNS

Britney Spears Tops Ashton Kutcher as Twitter Queen

Ashton Kutcher has been surpassed on the popular messaging site by Britney Spears.

Topping the “Punk’d” hunk in terms of followers, the “Gimme More” singer had 4,955,768 faithful while Kutcher had 4,944,221 followers as of Monday afternoon (May 24).

Excited over the accomplishment, Britney wrote, “WOW!!!!! #1 on Twitter. Thank you! Tweet me some questions this morning! xoxo –Brit.”

As for Ashton, he tells of losing his long-held top spot, “I don’t care.”

Top 5 most active Bollywood stars on Twitter

Bollywood stars are not far behind in tweeting on Twitter as compare to Hollywood

. The new crops of Bollywood stars have embraced Twitter as their connection to their fans across the world. Some stars are going as far as asking their fans on what to wear in an award function or a party. Let’s have a look on five most active bollywood stars on Twitter.

5. Ritesh Deshmukh: From cricket updates to social issues, Ritesh loves to share his opinion on twitter. With around 2,258 tweets and 119,927followers by mid of May, Ritesh is active on Twitter most of the time and following almost all big names in Bollywood.

4.Salman Khan: Salman had recently join twitter and since then he is generating lots of interest. Salman joined twitter the same day Shah Rukh completed 100 days on the microblogging site and within six hours, accumulated as many followers as Shah Rukh did in the first day. 24-hours after his first post, Salman had 18,833 followers, compared to SRK’s nearly 10,000, in the same time. In a short spam Salman has 430 tweets and 148,489 followers.

3. Shahrukh Khan: Shahrukh joined twitter on special request by Karan Johar. With 1493 tweets, King Khan has a huge followers list of 394,736. Shahrukh regularly tweets all his updates, related to IPL, films and his personal life.

2. Priyanka Chopra: Priyanka is always connected to her fans and never miss the opportunity of expressing her feeling and gratitude to them. With 3,243 tweets and 372,395 followers, Priyanka outshines all other bollywood actress on twitter.

1. Abhishek Bachchan: With as much as 6,335 tweets and 219,845 followers, Junior B is always visible on twitter. Abhishek manage to bring wife Aishwarya and papa Amitabh Bachchan as well on twitter. Thanks to twitter, fans are able to receive all recent updates of Bachchan family directly through Bachchan’s.