Bollywood stars praise Modi for 'Howdy, Modi' event

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Sep 23 2019 | 6:45 PM IST

Describing his speech as "inspiring", several Bollywood celebrities, including Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan, took to Twitter on Monday to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at the Howdy Modi event in Houston.

About 50,000 people of the Indian-American community attended the event on Sunday that was jointly addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump.

"Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean. A sea of people it was at the #HowdyModi event. India has truly arrived Globally! An absolute delight to watch PM @narendramodi ji saying All is well' in multiple regional languages truly representative of 1.3B Indians!" Akshay Kumar tweeted.

Salman Khan wrote, "Way to go PM Modi and Prez Trump for a great association between the 2 nations. . . @narendramodi @realDonaldTrump."
"What an outstanding address by our honourable Prime minister @narendramodi on a supreme world stage...so proud to watch the world watching the brilliant address ...."

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First Published: Sep 23 2019 | 6:45 PM IST

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