From Anushka Sharma to Kareena Kapoor, Bollywood remembers Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary

The Bollywood fraternity on Friday paid homage to the Father of the Nation on his 151st birth anniversary. From Anushka Sharma to Kareena Kapoor, everyone took to their social media accounts to extend their wishes.

Taapsee Pannu shared on her Instagram story: "An eye for an eye ends up making the whole world blind. We need you back again... Happy Birthday Bapu."

Bollywood stars Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Varun Dhawan, Aftab Shivdasani, Sonam Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty and others also remembered the leader by sharing his quotes on social media.

Here's Arjun Kapoor's favourite quotable quote.

This is what Kareena Kapoor Khan wrote.

Kriti Sanon posted some of her favourite quotes by Gandhi including this one.

The stars

Anushka Sharma posted: "My humble tribute to the Father of our Nation, who inspired the entire world with his kindness and compassion. I sincerely hope that the lessons he taught us would live in everyone's heart. #GandhiJayanti."

Bhumi Pednekar shared: "Remembering and paying homage to Gandhi ji on his birth anniversary. May we continue to follow his teachings of simplicity, truth and Ahimsa. #GandhiJayanti

Actor Sidharth Malhotra urged his followers to stop spreading hate. "His ideals of shutting down the violence with Ahimsa gives us the strength in fighting our own battles. Together let's avoid the spread of hate and negativity. #GandhiJayanti" he tweeted.

"Aaj hume Mahatma Gandhi ji ke vichaaro zaroorat ki sabse zyada hai. Jo badlaav hum apne desh mein chahte hai, woh hi badlaav hume sabse pehle apne andar laana hoga. #GandhiJayanti #Jai Hind" wrote actor Riteish Deshmukh. (Today we need Mahatma Gandhi’s values more than ever. Be the change you want to see in the country.)

"If this Gandhi Jayanti there is one ideal we would like our children to follow, in good times, bad times and all the time....it should be Hear no bad...see no bad....speak no bad! Remembering the value of truth on Gandhiji's 151st Birth Anniversary," Shah Rukh Khan, who is currently in the UAE for the IPL, wrote on Instagram.

Actor-director Kamal Haasan paid tribute by sharing his daughter's special video-song on Twitter. "Happy Bday to Mr. MK Gandhi. Sharing what @Iaksharahaasan had sung for me when she was a child. Calling all Indians to remember the great man whose life was his message to us! Let's make India a place where Equality prevails-sare jahan se achcha, Gandhi's India can still be ours!" he penned down in the caption.

Actor Randeep Hooda paid homage to both of the great leaders, Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri, on their birth anniversary through a tweet.

Sharing a quote by Mahatma Gandhi, actor Emraan Hashmi commemorated his 151st birth anniversary. "In a gentle way, you can shake the world. #GandhiJayanti."

Star Urmila Matondkar tweeted a poem by Gandhi that reads: ““I offer you peace, I offer you love, I offer you friendship. I see your beauty, I hear your needs, I feel your feelings. Our wisdom flows from a higher source, And I salute that source in you.”

Disha Patani also wished everyone a happy Gandhi Jayanti

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar shared a video on her Twitter to commemorate the birth. "Namaskar. Aaj Rashtrapati Mahatma Gandhi ki Jayanti hai. Mein unhe koti koti pranam karti hun (I extend my best wishes to him)," she wrote.

"Gandhi Jayanti today. Time to recall and reflect upon the selfless sacrifices made by the Mahatma to win us our freedom from the British. Without him, there would have been no movement, no deliverance, no 'India'. We have so much to be grateful to Gandhiji," wrote the senior actor and politician Hema Malini.

Stressing on the importance of truth and love, veteran actor Shabana Azmi also shared a picture on Twitter, and wrote, "remembering #Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary. Clinging by the slender thread of Hope that his guidance will lead us out of this quagmire of darkness into the light."

Sharing a quote by the great Mahatma Gandhi, actor Madhuri Dixit also took to Twitter to say: "Remembering the father of our nation #MahatmaGandhi ji on his 151st birth anniversary. May his teachings guide our way to stand together for truth, justice, peace and unity."

In remembrance of his birth anniversary, actor Kajol shared a quote on 'forgiveness' by the Father of the Nation. "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong. -Mahatma Gandhi... #GandhiJayanti" she wrote on Twitter.