TV host Ellen DeGeneres’ selfie at the 86th Annual Academy Awards in 2014 turned into the most retweeted photo. The selfie including Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, DeGeneres, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie among others got 7,79,295 retweets in around 30 minutes. For what reason do we say Ellen DeGeneres “best photograph”. Indeed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is in India needs to break that record with the selfie he clicked with Bollywood actors and movie producers on Thursday in Mumbai. “Let’s all tag this photo so that a hundred million people can see the great friendship between our two countries,” he said while Amitabh Bachchan tapped the selfie.
The selfie had megastar Amitabh with Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai, CBFC boss Prasoon Joshi, movie producer Imtiaz Ali, Madhur Bhandarkar, Karan Johar and others. Sharing the selfie on his official Twitter handle, Netanyahu expressed, “Will my Bollywood selfie beat @TheEllenShow Hollywood selfie at the Oscars? @SrBachchan @juniorbachchan @rajcheerfull @imbhandarkar @vivek_oberoi.” Other than the desire of the Israeli PM’s desire to break Hollywood selfie record with his Bollywood selfie, what got consideration was the meeting up of previous darlings Aishwarya Rai and Vivek Oberoi after over 10 years.
The photograph shared by Netanyahu has Aishwarya and Vivek in a similar edge. Furthermore, this is presumably the first run through post their separate that we see them under a similar rooftop. In spite of the fact that Aishwarya and Vivek never made their relationship open, both were regularly spotted together going to occasions and shows together in mid-2000.
It was a delightful scene when prime minister of Israel Netanyahu invited celebrities of hindi cinema on stage for a selfie n @SrBachchan helped him to take selfie at Israel cultural summit to promote Israel for film shootings n allied ventures. A pleasant evening indeed ? pic.twitter.com/SWFqHclnOZ
— Subhash Ghai (@SubhashGhai1) January 19, 2018
I was glad to notice that master of ceremony at Israel cultural summit Mandira bedi did not use the word #bollywood in her speech nor @SrBachchan while welcoming Israel prime minister. They used d word #hindi cinema -a real title of pride for indian n indian cinema. ??? pic.twitter.com/KtcN1JAW9L
— Subhash Ghai (@SubhashGhai1) January 19, 2018
What an incredible pleasure it was meeting you sir! You are an amazing ambassador for Israel, you won our hearts today! Looking fwd to visiting your beautiful country and experiencing the rich Israeli culture very soon! @netanyahu @IsraeliPM #NetanyahuInIndia pic.twitter.com/7Rff4JLpaK
— Vivek Anand Oberoi (@vivek_oberoi) January 18, 2018
Will my Bollywood selfie beat @TheEllenShow Hollywood selfie at the Oscars? @SrBachchan @juniorbachchan @rajcheerfull @imbhandarkar @vivek_oberoi @ pic.twitter.com/v1r0GIhKLy
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) January 18, 2018
