In a recent interview to Esquire magazine, George Clooney said that celebs who use Twitter are “morons” and the social networking site is “just stupid”. But Indian celebrities would beg to differ. From leading Bollywood personalities to top cricketers, social media—primarily Twitter and Facebook—is an extension of their star power and mass appeal. Here are the ones who’re leading the pack.
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(This story appears in the 27 December, 2013 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
I just want to add that Salman\'s one tweet was retweeted more than 50k times and other latest one around 19k times. That\'s the power of Salman Khan.
on Mar 20, 2014A.R.Rahman always rock
on Dec 24, 2013a r rahman super star of music
on Dec 22, 2013a r rahman music super star
on Dec 22, 2013Why special mention for shahrukh ? Interestng writeup otherwise.
on Dec 21, 2013That is because SRK doesn\'t feature in the top 10 [which we considered for this list] by virtue of numbers... yet he is very close and stands at No. 11. And considering how prolific he is on social media, he is too big a name to be ignored. Hence the honorary mention.
on Dec 21, 2013It's so nice to see the Social Media stars of India. As a consultant specializing in India consulting its very important to know about this list. Social media is very important in today's world. It is one of the ways to demonstrate which stars are popular. Congratulations to all the stars on the list!!!
on Dec 18, 2013