Amitabh Bachchan is no stranger to the limelight, and he is not going away anytime soon. Not from the multiplexes, TV screens and certainly not from Twitter. With 29 million followers, who would?
So what makes Amitabh Bachchan the second most followed Indian on Twitter? His superstardom? Perhaps. His casual narcissism? Maybe. His eccentrities? Most definitely!
He gives literally zero Fs and is more active on Twitter than the septuagenarian uncle from your family that badgers you with WhatsApp forwards in six different family groups and also on personal chat.
As an ode to the Big B, let us look back at some of the most Amitabh moments of Bachchan Sr on Twitter right from his no context/relation pictures of himself dripping with narcissism to him scolding the younger crop of Bollywood for ignoring his calls and texts.
T 2521 - BBBAAADDUUUMMBAAA !! ?YEEEAAAAHHHHHH !
Eng losing a T20 to IND by 70+ runs with 20+ balls remaining, is truly HUMILIATING ! INDIA ? pic.twitter.com/zrxevC3I3W— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) February 1, 2017
Let me begin with the obvious. Amitabh Bachchan may love his wife, and his children, his bahu and his grandkids, but first and foremost, Amitabh loves Amitabh. Everyone else is in second place.
He tweets pictures of himself with just about anything under the sun,whether it’s a random tweet, or an update about a movie he starred in, expressing sorrow and sadness over an incident, or EVEN A CONSUMER COMPLAINT. Source
T 2508 - INDIA thrash the British .. !! Yuvraj, it is the champion that disproves with his proof .. you were an exceptional Champion today pic.twitter.com/DH3f7oWFgp
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) January 19, 2017
T 2382 - #PINK the incredible attention it is getting is phenomenal .. attention plus immense praise .. immense love pic.twitter.com/XFDMHniYnX
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 17, 2016
T 2188 - @msdhoni many congratulations .. another great example of your leadership ! So much to learn from you !! pic.twitter.com/tvUqbZqGs6
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 27, 2016
No I’m not joking.
T 2457 - Pained beyond words at the loss of life of our jawans and officers at the border today .. prayers and silent mourning ! pic.twitter.com/jfaE0OGwo5
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) November 29, 2016
T 2395 -I have Samsung Note 7. Battery charge restricted to 60%. When will it allow me to go 100 ? Mr Samsung please respond ! zara jaldi ! pic.twitter.com/VVkzPqXh1j
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 30, 2016
So there’s that.
Most recently, Amitabh Bachchan publicly scolded Sonam Kapoor on Twitter for not responding to his birthday wishes in one of the ‘most uncle moves ever.’
Yeah you guessed it right. Poor Sonam had to apologize.
That’s not it. The next one to be scolded in a similar manner was ‘full power’ Ranveer Singh on his birthday in a similar faux pas.
Ranveer proceeded to butter Big B up in order to escape the Shahenshah’s wrath and well, smart.
Another truly Amitabh incident happened when Big B congratulated ISRO for their world record breaking launch of 104 Satellites in a single mission, obviously with a picture of himself but this time, he had Junior Bachchan for company.
T 2435 - CONGRATULATIONS .. !!! ISRO for the launch of 103 satellites from one PSLV .. a world record ! HOPE ONE DAY WE LAND ON MOON ! pic.twitter.com/yWrmVcIsuR
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) February 15, 2017
Well, Twitter users decided to troll Junior Bachchan’s rather subdued career as compared to his father’s five decade old presence in the industry. (I’m not saying anything.), while some questioned the need for his picture altogether but we're way past that now.
AND, when his Samsung Note 7 wouldn’t charge, Bachchan sir went full Amitabh and attached a picture of himself with the complaint. That level of self obsession is what even millennial teens only dream of attaining, although Big B is not even apologetic!
T 2395 -I have Samsung Note 7. Battery charge restricted to 60%. When will it allow me to go 100 ? Mr Samsung please respond ! zara jaldi ! pic.twitter.com/VVkzPqXh1j
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 30, 2016
People have noticed, he knows, and he couldn’t care less.
T 2390 - Many that come on this platform ask, why I put up only my pictures ? ANS : 'Because I want to .. !! Got a problem with that ??' pic.twitter.com/gZhKyzFmYX
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 25, 2016
He addressed this apparent issue that people have with his ‘self love’ in a tweet which obviously had another picture of him. I’ve never witnessed someone give such a calm and collected ‘f*** off’ on Twitter. EVER!