Twitter has become the next best thing after Orkut, Facebook and Linkedin. If some Facebook users have become more active on Twitter, it goes to show that the new 140-character format has worked too well.
What’s more, even celebrities from Bollywood have hopped on the bandwagon. Here are the most popular among them:
Gul Panag (twitter ID: gulpanag): This former Miss India is the hot flavour on Twitter. So good was she with her regular Twitter updates that Lakme asked her to tweet about their Indian Fashion Week Live. If you are looking at a regular tweeter, she is the most regular.
Karan Johar (kjohar25): From tweets like, ‘at srk’s to decide so many things…many decisions to take on MNIK!!’ to ‘love making movies…i feel blessed to be in this profession…just felt like saying it!!’ and ‘from one film to another…its going to be a crazy zone….marketing movies is tougher than making them!!’, you Karan is speaking straight from the heart, mind and soul.
Imran Khan (1mranKhan): He talks about what he’s listening to, work, and more work. From his recent post, he has no personal life, really. Read this: ‘FINALLY wrapped. Actually that’s not fair, I’ve had far longer days, my record is 22 hours shooting non stop! But it was a good day. Happy.’
Aamir Khan (Aamir_Khan): Though he hasn’t been tweeting since Aug 3, 2009, he has over 17,000 followers. Some of his posts include: ‘I don’t usually give much importance what I am wearing, so I’ll stay away from that discussion’ and ‘Federer finally wins the French Open. Am so happy for him. Sampras says he is the best ever tennis player in history.’
Lara Dutta (DuttaLara): She writes regularly, if not daily like Gul Panag. Here is her latest tweet: ‘Finally got a chance to watch Wake Up Sid! Theatre still packed even after these many weeks! Ranbir is very easy on the eye! :-)’
Sonam Kapoor (sonamakapoor): From work-related tweets like ‘okay first day of shoot over, and it went off really really well(touchwood) punit is a dream to work with and imran is a real cutie’ to personal tidbits like ‘lying in bed, and reading is the best thing in the world.. reading jim corbet’s the man eating leopard of redraprayag’, Sonam keeps her fans well informed.
Priyanka Chopra (priyankachopra): From philosophical stuff like ‘the mind is a magician; it can make heaven out of hell and sadly hell out of heaven!’ to the mundane like ‘Been going to the gym lately soooo tired.. But gotta be up and energetic for Ma gurl!!!! Happy birthday @parineetichopra ! Love u!!’, Priyanka shares her life with all and sundry.
Konkana Sen (konkonas): From plain and simple updates like ‘Ranvir did up my page… glad you liked the pic guys, its from filmfare’ to ‘worked for two days straight with no sleep! But had a super Diwali party last night :-)’, Konkana does know how to keep her fans sated.
Mahesh Bhat (MaheshNBhatt): He is Bollywood’s Deepak Chopra with most of his tweets keeping to the philosophical domain. Sample of his tweets: ‘My brother says: You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.A bad person is a bad person.He will never make a good deal’; ‘Anyone who is not me is the other.The other is someone who lives in a different skin envelope.But if you get into his heart he is U.’; ‘Why r the streets of mumbai so crowded? Asks my impatient friend.Because u and me are on it.I said.We always blame the other.’ If these tweets were to be taken as they are in a book form, you could sell them and make some good money. It’s worth the buy. Mahesh, are you reading this?