Diwali 2017 B town celebs extend wishes to fans send love prosperity greetings

India is celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights, on Thursday. The entire country is engrossed with the festivity and zeal for the occasion. While everyone is busy exchanging greeting, celebs from the showbiz industry too are seen extending their wishes to their fans. Bollywood celebrities, including legends Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar and Dilip Kumar, today sent out their good wishes to fans around the globe by wishing them a happy and safe Diwali. In their respective messages, celebs not just send love and prosperity greetings, but also urged the fans to have a cracker free Diwali. Here's a look:

"Diwali greetings begin in huge abundance ... and we work ... just so all the family can breathe peacefully," Amitabh Bachchan, 75, posted on Twitter.

Dilip Kumar, along with a picture with wife Saira Banu, tweeted, "May this beautiful festival of Diwali fill your lives with joy, happiness, prosperity and peace. God bless."

Urging fans to light "at least one diya" for the Army, actor Akshay Kumar wrote, "We are, because they are."

For actor Alia Bhatt, it was double celebration as Diwali coincides with the fifth anniversary of her debut, Student of the Year. "Happy happy Diwali to you all! Today is a very special day. For two reasons.. Diwali being the first and 5 years of SOTY being the second," Alia wrote.

"May you find the light in you this Diwali and help brighten this world with more compassion and happiness," actor Anushka Sharma wrote.