Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan wish PV Sindhu for scripting history, Riteish Deshmukh calls her the ‘Golden Girl’

Bollywood celebrities have showered praises on Indian ace shuttler PV Sindhu, who has scripted history by defeating Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the BWF World Championships. All from Shah Rukh Khan to Aamir Khan extended their wishes and congratulated the badminton star for becoming the first Indian to win the title on Sunday.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shared a throwback picture with the shuttler and wrote, “CONGRATULATIONS dearest P V Sindhu our World Champion So SO PROUD of YOU. GOD BLESS Always JAI HIND.”

Actor Shah Rukh Khan termed Sindhu as an ‘exceptional talent’. “Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 for winning the Gold at the BWF World Championships... Making us proud as a nation with your exceptional talent. Keep creating history!”

Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 for winning the Gold at the BWF World Championships... Making us proud as a nation with your exceptional talent. Keep creating history!

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 25, 2019

Actor Aamir Khan also wrote, “Congratulations @Pvsindhu1you make us so proud! Respect.”

Ace filmmaker Karan Johar congratulated Sindhu on her win. “What a proud moment for India. Congratulations @Pvsindhu1on this amazing achievement of becoming the first Indian ever to win a gold at the #BWFWorldChampionship! #WhoRunTheWorld.”

What a proud moment for India. Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 on this amazing achievement of becoming the first Indian ever to win a gold at the #BWFWorldChampionship! #WhoRunTheWorld

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 25, 2019

Calling her win a terrific performance, Anushka Sharma wrote: “First Indian to win gold at the #BWFWorldChampionships2019... @Pvsindhu1 what a terrific performance! Congratulations.. you go girl.”

First Indian to win gold at the #BWFWorldChampionships2019... @Pvsindhu1 what a terrific performance! Congratulations.. you go girl ❤

— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) August 25, 2019

Calling Sindhu a golden girl, actor Riteish Deshmukh tweeted, “What a moment of pride for India ... our #GoldenGirl @Pvsindhu1 becomes the first Indian Gold Medal winner at the #BWFWorldChampionships. You are inspiring an entire generation to excel. Congratulations!!!!”

What a moment of pride for India 🇮🇳... our #GoldenGirl @Pvsindhu1 becomes the first Indian Gold Medal 🥇 winner at the #BWFWorldChampionships. You are inspiring an entire generation to excel. Congratulations!!!! pic.twitter.com/7lgYHdPoFo

— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) August 26, 2019

“Versatile actor Tapsee Pannu took to Twitter to laud Sindhu’s game. “Finally!!!!! Ladies and gentlemen , let’s welcome the new world champion @Pvsindhu1 !!!!! It’s THE GOLD finally!!!!!! #BWFWorldChampionships2019.”

Finally!!!!!
Ladies and gentlemen , let’s welcome the new world champion @Pvsindhu1 !!!!!
It’s THE GOLD finally!!!!!!
🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🏸🏸🏸🏸👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼#BWFWorldChampionships2019 pic.twitter.com/7d1ic0y79o

— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) August 25, 2019

Veteran actor Anupam Kher called Sindhu’s journey ‘inspirational’. “Congratulations dearest @Pvsindhu1 for becoming the world champion. Your victory makes Indians all over the world so so proud. Thank you for giving us reasons to rejoice. Your journey is greatly inspirational. Jai Ho and Jai Hind.”

Sindhu later replied the actor, saying, “Thank you so much sir... means a lot.”

Thank you so much sir 🙏🏻😊means a lot https://t.co/uSzcfHhlX0

— Pvsindhu (@Pvsindhu1) August 25, 2019

Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra and Swara Bhasker also congratulated Sindhu for achieving the feat.

Aaaaand she’s done it!! Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 on winning gold at the #BWFWorldChampionships2019

— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) August 25, 2019

A proud moment for our nation!!!! Congratulations @pvsindhu1 for clinching gold at the #BWFWorldchampionships2019! An outstanding performance, truly deserved!

— Parineeti Chopra (@ParineetiChopra) August 25, 2019

Congratulations @Pvsindhu1 whatta Proud moment!!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ https://t.co/y3Z0UKHEmr

— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) August 25, 2019

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Sushmita Sen called her fire and wrote, “#makinghistory Now that’s FIRE!!! First Indian to win a Gold #BWFWorldChampionships2019 dominating the finals & HOW!!! Soooooo proud of you @Pvsindhu1 & a Happyyyy Birthday to your Mom.. I love you, GodSpeed #ProudIndian.”

#makinghistory Now that’s FIRE!!!👊❤️First Indian to win a Gold #BWFWorldChampionships2019 dominating the finals & HOW!!! Soooooo proud of you @Pvsindhu1 & a Happyyyy Birthday to your Mom🤗😍😁❤️ I love you, GodSpeed👍❤️ #ProudIndian 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/JaBfiKVVUv

— sushmita sen (@thesushmitasen) August 25, 2019

The 24-year-old had entered in the final of the competition by defeating China’s Chen Yu Fei 21-7, 21-14 on Saturday.

(With HT inputs)

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First Published: Aug 26, 2019 10:16 IST