Twitter erupts with birthday wishes to Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan as he turns 72

Bollywood megastar and legend Amitabh Bachchan celebrated his 72nd birthday on Saturday. Given how huge a star Bachchan is, it was natural that social media would go wild about his birthday, and it did. #HappyBirthdayAmitabhBachchan and #AB72Greetings was trending throughout the day on Twitter in India.

Here we share some of the joy of Twitterati.

First, the clarion call:

Where are all @SrBachchan 's Followers??? Over 10Million ppl!!! Lets rock and trend #HappyBirthdayAmitabhBachchan !!!!! LETS ROCK !!!!!

— ANAT MAGEN (@ANATMAGEN) October 10, 2014

Then the celebrations begin:

And wishing the grand daddy of Indian cinema the one and only @srbachchan a very #HappyBirthdayAmitabhBachchan...seek ur blessings sir

&mdsh; devendra pai (@DEVenDrapai) October 10, 2014

This user lists out all of Amitabh's qualities:

#HappyBirthdayAmitabhBachchan +Loyal +Passionate +Resourceful +Observant +Dynamic -Jealous -Obsessive -Suspicious -Manipulative -Unyielding

— MIRZA (@MIrzaABBaig) October 11, 2014

Here's a new perspective and a new reason to respect Mr Bachchan:

A legend who had never failed to respect the Pride League Of Tamil Cinema #HappyBirthdayAmitabhBachchan pic.twitter.com/cm6kDeoe8D

— The Protagonist (@arvinfido) October 11, 2014

A famous dialogue gone slightly wrong, but the enthusiasm is infectious:

Ristey me to hum tumhare Baap hote hai...naam hai Shahenshah #epicdialogue #HappyBirthdayAmitabhBachchan

— Jol Phoring ;) (@MadhupaRay) October 11, 2014

Pooja embodies all of us, the mango people:

Happiest bday @SrBachchan. I feel lucky to be born in this legendary era to witness ur spectacular acting ?? #HappyBirthdayAmitabhBachchan

— Pooja (@Skyisdlimitt) October 11, 2014

Ravi Kumar has huge expectations from his hero:

@SrBachchan aap jiyo hajaro saal, saal ke din ho 50000,,,,wish you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY with lots of luv.....#HappyBirthdayAmitabhBachchan

— Ravi Kumar (@RK_itsmeRavi) October 11, 2014

A bit of philosophy, attributed to Amitabh Bachchan:

"Everyone must accept that we will age and age is not always flattering"- #AmitabhBacchan #HappyBirthdayAmitabhBachchan

— Its Our Studio (@itsourstudio) October 11, 2014

Here's another devoted fan:

Happy Birthday to the favourite actor of three generations of my family! May god bless you @SrBachchan!! :') #AB72Greetings Respect. Salute

— Ishma Raina (@ishma96raina) October 11, 2014

A nice and short poem for Big B:

May ur party be #huge jst like ur #heart. May ur #cake be sweeter than u are #AB72Greetings #AB72Wishes @SrBachchan pic.twitter.com/kUrHZl3KM9

— RD:Sanket Deshmukh (@sanketd16) October 11, 2014

We get a slice of Amitabh Bachchan history:

In 1990,Amitabh Bachchan rcvd 1st Filmfare Lifetime Achievemnt Award fm hands of Sunil Gavaskar #HappyBirthdayAmitabhBachchan #AB72Greetings

— Mumbai Heritage (@mumbaiheritage) October 11, 2014

The last sentence here almost perfectly describes Bachchan:

#AB72Greetings Happy Birthday! Wishing you many more. Thank you for the mesmirising voice and for being a true entertainer & role model :-)

— Subramaniyam V (@subbu9582) October 10, 2014