Pranaam Twitter world! Finally attending the party you guys threw for me. Let's hope it's a good one. Cheers! -- Alok Nath (@aloknath) June 26, 2014

Veteran actor Alok Nath, who has playedin several TV shows and movies, on Thursday joined the micro-blogging site Twitter. (Also Read: Alok Nath is Playing Yet Another Babuji, This Time on Television The actor, known for his fatherly roles in films likeandand TV shows likeand, has no qualms about people cracking jokes on him or his popular characterIn the last six months, there have been close to 2,00,000 tweets about him and his character.And now, he is looking forward to connect with his fans on Twitter."I'm excited about joining Twitter since people have popularised my character on it and I'm happy to now finally share the real Alok Nath with the world. It feels like there was a party thrown in my honour and I didn't attend.""So I'm attending now, fashionably later than never and I'm looking forward to engaging with my fans and friends in real-time," he said in a statement.His first tweet started withThe actor is set to playagain for a new family comedy series. Produced by FRAMES and directed by Rajan Waghdhare, the show will hit SAB TV July 7.