Bollywood celebrities urge people to stay at home, support ‘Janta Curfew’

New Delhi: As the nationwide ‘Janta Curfew’ began in India at 7 in the morning, several Bollywood celebrities took to social media urging people to stay at home and follow the precautionary measure called-for by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Actor Riteish Deshmukh started the day by dropping a quick tweet wishing Twitter a “Good morning” and asking the users to “Stay Home, Stay healthy, Stay safe.” Deshmukh completed the tweet with hashtags of ‘Janta curfew’ and ‘India fight corona.’

#JuntaCurfew #IndiaFightsCoronavirus pic.twitter.com/glqo4SqfNv

— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) March 22, 2020

Singer Armaan Malik also urged people to stay home and tweeted, “STAY HOME & STAY SAFE. PLEASE IT’S A SINCERE REQUEST #IndiaFightsCorona.”

STAY HOME & STAY SAFE. PLEASE IT’S A SINCERE REQUEST ??#IndiaFightsCorona

— ARMAAN MALIK (@ArmaanMalik22) March 21, 2020

Actor Kartik Aaryan who recently drew appreciation for his ‘Corona stop karo na’ monlogue also tweeted, “Lets Support #JantaCurfew Today !!”

Lets Support #JantaCurfew Today !!#JantaCurfew22march @narendramodi Sir ?? @PMOIndia

— Kartik Aaryan (@TheAaryanKartik) March 21, 2020

Veteran director Mahesh Bhatt shared a picture of a man standing alone in a deserted lane and wrote, “Only echoes answer me.”

Yaad nahin pehle kabhi mili hai aisi fursat… jab
Chaurahe pe aapas mein mil rahi hain sadakein

– Neelesh Jain pic.twitter.com/qqdbNAWJVJ

— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) March 22, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people to be a part of the ‘Janta curfew’ today and said that it will add tremendous strength to the fight against COVID-19 menace.

So far, there have been 315 positive cases of coronavirus in the country. (ANI)