Sindhu, I have become a great fan of yours,' tweets Rajinikanth
Mumbai: Some of the biggest stars from the film industry applauded the efforts of PV Sindhu, who won a silver medal after putting up a spirited display in the finals of the badminton competition at the Rio Olympics 2016.
The entire nation was glued to the television sets on Friday, cheering for Sindhu, who even won the first set against world no.1 Carolina Marin. She also became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics and her achievement follows wrestler Sakshi Malik’s bronze medal victory this year.
Even megastar Rajinikanth took to Twitter to congratulate Sindhu, along with numerous other celebrities.
Hats off to you #PVSindhu .... I have become a great fan of yours ... Congratulations !
— Rajinikanth (@superstarrajini) August 19, 2016
T 2353 - #PVSindhu .. look what you did .. you had 1.25 billion people rooting for you !! That is no mean achievement ! Proud of you !!
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 19, 2016
Saw d finals on tv with my mom and told her I hv a picture with Sindhu . Proud . pic.twitter.com/Ka9JHvnsjT
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) August 19, 2016
what an epic epic match!the best I've seen in a while!Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 & #PullelaGopichand #Rio2016
— Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) August 19, 2016
#PVSindhu & #AditiAshok were amazing at the Rio Olympics . Congratulations and yaaay - #GoINDIA #GirlPower
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) August 18, 2016
Every cloud has a silver lining indeed! First Olympic silver in Badminton for India! Thank you @Pvsindhu1 😃Huge respect #Rio2016
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) August 19, 2016
Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 on your achievement. You have made all Indians very proud. #PVSindhu
— SRIDEVI BONEY KAPOOR (@SrideviBKapoor) August 20, 2016
