The 56-year-old said he was coaxed by his tech-savvy daughters, Rhea and Sonam, to join the website.
"So after all that coaxing by my digitally savvy daughters, I am finally on twitter. Let's connect," Anil posted.
The actor has so far 3,069 fans following him including actors Rahul Khanna, Abhishek Bachchan, daughter Sonam and celebrity photographer Atul Kasbekar.