India, Aug. 15 -- Many celebrities including Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan and Akshay Kumar have extended their wishes to fans as India celebrates its 79th Independence Day. Kirron Kher, Hema Malini, Anupam Kher, Mahesh Babu, Sonu Sood and Rajkummar Rao also wished their followers on their respective social media platforms on Friday.

Taking to X, Kamal wrote "let the courage that won us freedom now win us progress". He said, "Independence to dream, to innovate, to uplift. From plough to particle, from the salt march to the space age, may we keep widening the freedoms that make India stronger, let the courage that won us freedom now win us progress, in every village, every city, every mind. Hap...