From Kareena Kapoor to Varun Dhawan, Bollywood reacts to Joe Biden-Kamala Harris' US election win

Many Bollywood celebs celebrated the victory of Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris in the US Presidential elections. Harris has created history after becoming the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win the second highest US office. Take a look…

Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who currently lives in Los Angeles with singer-husband Nick Jonas, said the election accurately mirrored the essence of a functioning democracy. "America spoke in record breaking numbers and the verdict is in. Every vote counts. I applaud everyone who voted in what was such a powerful display of how a democracy should function. It was amazing to witness this election in the US," the actor wrote on Instagram. Senator Harris, 56, who is of Indian origin, became the first ever woman vice president-elect of the United States. She would also be the country's first Indian-origin, first Black and first African American vice president of the country. Chopra Jonas hailed Harris' victory as a testimony that dreams do come true. "Congrats to the President Elect @joebiden and Vice President elect @kamalaharris, the first woman VP! Dream Big girls! Anything can happen!! #DemocracyRocks. Congratulations America," she added.

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan took to her Instagram story to cheer for Kamala Harris with her picture and a motivational quote.

Ishaan Khatter shared a photo of Kamala Harris on his Instagram story as she became the first woman Vice President of the United States.

As Joe Biden has been declared as the US President-elect, Varun in his Coolie No 1 avatar called him as his 'naye dost'. (New Friend). The actor took to his Instagram page and shared a few photos suited up in US National flag printed outfit. Dhawan captioned his post stating, "KUNWAR- BIDEN 2020. Hamare naye dost @joebiden congratulation #presidentno1 #kunwarsaab #coolieno1 coming soon."

Actress Kajal Aggarwal, who recently got married to entrepreneur Gautam Kitchlu, wrote on Twitter: "Congratulations to @KamalaHarris for becoming the first female and first South Asian Vice President elect . Such an inspiration."

Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha said Biden's win can have a ripple effect across the world and hoped it spreads "love". "America 'You can breathe' now. Let everyone breathe. Congratulations America!!! Go spread love and change people. You have a lot of people to change," he tweeted.

Chadha said the US election results were the only glimmer of hope for 2020, a year marred by the coronavirus pandemic."Biden, Harris and a small dollop of hope! 2020 ends better than it started," the "Fukrey" star wrote.

Invoking Aamir Khan's 1992 hit sports drama "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar", actor Riteish Deshmukh wrote, "'Joe' ajeeta Wohi Sikandar #USAelection2020." ( Joe won the US election)

Actor Nimrat Kaur said the election result was a victory of the might of a common man.

Filmmaker-actor Kunal Kohli lauded the winds of change in the US in his tweet. "Well done America. One day we will also celebrate like this. Apna time ayega," he wrote.