Read PV Sindhu's sweet response to Rajinikanth's tweet
Gifts and accolades have been pouring in for ace shuttler PV Sindhu, who won India its first ever silver medal in badminton at the recently-concluded Rio Olympics 2016.
Her performance has garnered praise from across the nation - including from several celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, Mammootty, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, to name a few.
Superstar Rajinikanth took to his Twitter account to congratulate PV Sindhu for her amazing performance against world number 1 Carolina Marin. The Thalaivar also tweeted that he was a big Sindhu fan after her power-packed game at the Olympics final.His tweet went viral on the micro-blogging site and has raked in over 21,000 re-tweets and 47,000 likes.
In response, Sindhu took to Twitter to respond to the wishes. She said that being congratulated by the 'Thalaivar' made her day.
Here is the tweet:
@superstarrajini sir thank u so much sir ...I have no words 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻it made my day 😊😊....I have no words to express
— Pvsindhu (@Pvsindhu1) August 24, 2016
Sindhu has been given cash awards of Rs 5 crore and Rs 3 crore by the Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments, respectively. Both governments have also offered her a Grade-1 government job - should it interest her. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar handed over a BMW car worth Rs 2 crore for making India proud with her silver medal recognition.
First published: 24 August 2016, 7:59 IST
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