150th Mahatma Gandhi birth anniversary: B-town pays tribute

As today marks the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, many Bollywood celebs took to their social media to pay their respects to Bapu.

Mumbai: Salman Khan was the first among Bollywood celebs to reminisce the great freedom fighter, Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.

Taking to his Twitter handle, Salman shared a video in which he is seen urging fans to celebrate the birth anniversary of Gandhiji with great zeal. Meanwhile, he also asks fans to follow fit India movement and keep the nation clean.

"Today, it's Gandhi Jayanti. Celebrate it with fervour and give a lot of attention to the Fit India movement. Also, keep India clean which means, clean India, clean Indian, fit India and fit Indian," said Salman in the video.

"#GandhiJayanti k is mauke pe, Bhai ne bola aapko message dene ko...aur Chulbul Pandey is ready!," he captioned the video.

Many other B-town celebs like Sunny Deol, Madhur Bhandarkar, Dia Mirza, Madhuri Dixit among others paid tribute to Bapu on his 150th birth anniversary.

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Actor-politician Sunny Deol wished fans on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.

"Let's contribute ourselves to the growth and development of India as a tribute to Mahatma Gandi," wrote filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar.

Dia Mirza stressed on the value of non-violence and urged followers to remember the 'universal' law of love.

"On our Mahatma's #GandhiJayanti let us all remember the value of Ahimsa - Non-violence: against nature, people and communities and the universal law of love that connects us all to each other and to nature. #GandhiAt150," she wrote on Twitter.

Paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, Madhuri Dixit wished for the late leader's teachings to stay with us.

"Paying my humble tribute to Gandhi Ji who moved the world with kindness and compassion. May his teachings stay with us through generations! #GandhiJayanti," she wrote on Twitter.