Amitabh Bachchan is grateful to have 29 million Twitter followers

For megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Sunday is a day he meets his fans outside his residence Jalsa. But this Sunday started with a grand note for Big B as he crossed a fan following of 29 million on micro-blogging site Twitter.

The 74-year-old star expressed his gratitude to his followers as he continues to be the most followed Indian actor on the microblogging site.

"There was a time when only one (person) had seen my tweet. Today its 29 million. Im grateful," wrote Bachchan.

T 2535 - 29 MILLION on Twitter .. एक ज़माना था जब केवल 1 ही ने हमारे tweet को देखा था !! आज २९ million ! सब आपलोगों की कृपा है pic.twitter.com/XJI623DajO

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 2, 2017

The "Pink" actor is ahead of Shah Rukh Khan (27.6 million), Salman Khan (25.1 million), Aamir Khan (21.8 million), Deepika Padukone (20 million) and Priyanka Chopra (18.9 million).

Bachchan had joined Twitter in 2010.

On the work front, Amitabh Bachchan is seen as a host on his popular quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati 9. Besides he is also working on Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan and Rishi Kapoor starrer 102 Not Out