Kamal Haasan joins Twitter

On Republic Day, actor Kamal Haasan joined micro-blogging site Twiiter.

His Twitter handle @ikamalhaasan has already been verified by the microblogging site.

The actor marked his presence with a video of him singing the National Anthem, composed by veteran music director Ilayaraja. “India’s freedom struggle remains unique even today. Respecting it is d only way to keep it & set new world standards,” was his first tweet.

The first person to wish him was none other than his daughter and actor-singer Shruti Haasan. “One of the happiest moments ever on Twitter !!!! Welcome my most favourite person @ikamalhaasan to twitter !!! Love you appa,” Ms. Haasan, who has about 3.3million followers, tweeted.