Abhishek Bachchan garners 9 million Twitter followers

Actor Abhishek Bachchan has scored nine million followers on Twitter and has thanked them for their "love, tolerance, humour and support".

"And nine million it is! Thank you all for the love, the tolerance, the humour, the support and for keeping me humble. Big love to the coolest crew," he tweeted on Monday.

The 40-year-old star, who is the son of megastar Amitabh Bachchan and actress-politician Jaya Bachchan, ventured into Hindi cinema in 2000 with the film "Refugee" alongside actress Kareena Kapoor Khan.

The actor married former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2007 with whom he shares a five-year-old daughter Aaradhya.

Abhishek has delivered an array of strong performances on screen with films such as "Yuva", "Dhoom", "Guru", "Bunty Aur Babli", "Dostana" and "Paa".

Abhishek, who was last seen on screen in director Umesh Shukla's "All Is Well", is currently shooting for the third instalment of the "Housefull" series with Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Riteish Deshmukh and Lisa Haydon.