Within just an hour of the activation, the page received 784,417 likes.
"Yipee! I'M on FaceBook! My ID: FaceBook.com/AmitabhBachchan," the 69-year-old tweeted.
"And!! Its with reference to 8 lakhs in half an hour!! Keep it coming, Baby," Amitabh tweeted.
Amitabh's fan-page became visible Tuesday morning when the megastar also published a video taken from his home Jalsa here.
"Hello everybody! That is Amitabh Bachchan and that i just want all of you to grasp that now I'M on Facebook and this can be a welcome device.
The way the digital world goes is simply unbelievable. And that i thought that I MIGHT use facebook to hook up with all my well- wishers once more. You've been with me at Blog and Twitter and here's another medium that may be now going to glue us even further
"Year after year, month after month, each day we're coming towards one another. Lovely to have you ever here and we will be seeing one another and you'll get to understand more about me and my daily activities where I go, what I do though this glorious medium. Thanks for being with me on Facebook and we will be able to be with you very shortly. Thank you," says the video.
