More than 127 000 Instagram followers in just over an hour

SARA Ali Khan, who will soon make her acting debut in Bollywood, joined the photosharing website Instagram on Wednesday.

As a mark of respect to India, the daughter of actors Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh decided to start this journey on Independence

Day, instead of her birthday on August 12, read a statement.

Her first post was a visual rendition of the national anthem of India along with a pop art image of its writer, Rabindranath Tagore.

She took to her Instagram handle, shared an image of the national anthem and wrote: “Happy Independence Day. #merabharatmahan #proudtobeindian.”

Sara, just an hour after sharing her post, already had 127 000 followers.

On the work front, the actress is set to make her Bollywood debut in Abhishek Kapoor’s film Kedarnath and Rohit Shetty’s movie Simmba.