Sara Ali Khan, who will soon make her acting debut in Bollywood, joined the photo-sharing website Instagram on Wednesday.
As a mark of respect to India, the daughter of actors Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh decided to start this journey on Indian Independence Day (August 15) instead of her birthday on August 12, read a statement.
Her first post was a visual rendition of the national anthem of India along with a pop art image of its writer Rabindranath Tagore.
She took to her Instagram handle, shared an image of the national anthem and wrote: “Happy Independence Day. #merabharatmahan #proudtobeindian.”
Within the first hour of her first post, the Bollywood newcomer garnered 127,000 followers.
On the work front, the actress has Abhishek Kapoor’s film Kedarnath and Rohit Shetty’s movie Simmba lined up.
