Bollywood celebrities pour best wishes for power-lifter Mirabai Chanu, as she bags the first silver medal for India at Tokyo Olympics.

Mirabai Chanu ended India’s 21-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the Olympics by clinching a silver medal in the 49kg category to open the country’s account here on Saturday and entire entertainment industry is buzzing with best wishes for her.

Celebrities such as Venkat Prabhu, Saiyami Kher, Sonam Kapoor, Nikita Dutta, Pranitha Subhash and more took to their social media profiles and wished the weight-lifter.
Bhuj – The Pride Of India debutante Pranitha Subhash shared, “What an outstanding opening by #MirabaiChanu! First time ever India’s secured a medal on the first day of Tokyo Olympics. A promising start. #Weightlifting #Cheers4India #silver”
Diva Sonam Kapoor also cheered the win, she shared, “Great start! Amazing job!”
Filmmaker Venkat Prabhu wrote, “First medal for #teamindia proud moment!! Thank q @mirabai_chanu #silver #Weightlifting more to come!!”
Actor Saiyami Kher shared, “YESSSSSS Sports medal #MirabaiChanu #Olympics”
Nikita Dutta wrote, “We have a champion on day 1 itself!!! Congratulations @mirabai_chanu Thank you for making us proud! Go @WeAreTeamIndia”
After winning the silver medal, Mirabai broke into a dance too to celebrate the historic podium finish, which is going viral right now.