Mumbai’s ‘batti gul’: Bollywood celebs express shock

Mumbai, Oct 12 (IANS) Several Bollywood personalities expressed concerns after Mumbai and surrounding area were hit by a sudden power failure on Monday, affecting daily life.All the power companies — MahaVitaran, Adani, Tata and BEST — confirmed the development but declined to comment. Here’s what our celebs had to say:Amitabh Bachchan urged everyone to stay calm: “Entire city in power outage .. somehow managing this message .. keep calm all shall be well.”Singer Armaan Malik mentioned: “Lights out #powercut”.Filmmaker Guneet Monga expressed her concern over the situation saying it has never happened before. “Full Mumbai and Navi Mumbai – no bijli !! Never happened before !! What’s happening ? #mumbaipowercut,” Monga tweeted.Actor-comedian Vir Das quipped: “It’s hard to get things done in Mumbai without power. Also… the electricity is gone.”Gulshan Devaiah wrote a message loaded with puns: “Adani ki Disha Patani Tata ka Bye Bye #CurrentMood #mumbaipowercut.”Actress Suchitra krishnamoorthi questioned: “Andhera in #Andheri. Whats with the power cuts ? i have 16 floors to climb now.”Anupam Kher said: “Batti gul #powercut.”Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit said that he has never seen such a power failure. “In the history of #Mumbai, the city has never seen such a power failure and this grid failure is a massive symptom of a failing administration who manages governance thru PR drives. #poweroutage #powercut,” he wrote. –IANSdc/vnc