Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan sends special birthday message to Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan turned a year older on Tuesday. While many people wished the actor on social media, the most special one came from Shah Rukh Khan.

Khan took to Instagram to write a special message. He wrote, "One thing to learn from this great man, actor, superstar, father, and superhuman is to never back away.... instead learn.... level up and launch again and again.... forever. May you always be healthy and entertain our grandchildren also. Love you sir @amitabhbachchan."

Khan and Bachchan are not just good family friends, they have shared the screen in many films and have a great bond.

Earlier, South Superstar Rajnikanth took to Twitter to wish Bachchan.

He wrote, "The legend... someone who has inspired me always... the one true sensation and superhero of our glorious Indian film fraternity enters 80 ... happy birthday my dearest and most respected @SrBachchan Amitabh ji ... with lots of love and best regards always."

Bachchan began his career with the film 'Saat Hindustani' in 1969. He later appeared as Dr Bhaskar Banerjee in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 'Anand' (1971), for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. Prakash Mehra's action film 'Zanjeer' (1973) established Bachchan as a star to look out for in the industry and since then, he has enthralled audiences with versatile roles.

As the megastar turned a year older on Tuesday, many fans queued up outside his Mumbai house to catch a glimpse of him.