All of Bollywood has come forward to support our Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brave masterstroke to declare Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes as invalid currency in a bid to fight corruption and black money. With this one masterstroke, the Modi government has master-struck all the hoarders of unaccounted money in this country, the bad men who fund terrorist attacks on Indian soil and, well, the Indian people cannot stop tearing up in joy at the precision of Mr Modi's surgical strike on black money.

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Indeed the entire demonetisation policy has been so strategically and surgically planned, that not only black money hoarders are getting caught red-handed in the bank when they walk to declare their undeclared money but the common man is also walking in to the bank and walking out with fresh 100-rupee notes within just 30 minutes. And perhaps, the ones happiest by this bold move by Modiji are our Bollywood actors and celebrities - truly the class of people who are doing their every bit for the country standing in queues outside ATMs since 5 in the morning, no?

The night of November 8, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that from midnight, Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes would become redundant and that banks would be closed for the next day and ATMs for the next two days, Bollywood erupted in joy and exhibited their economic acumen one after the other on Twitter.

Farsighted. Extremely smart. And not politically motivated. Will bring such a positive change for Indian economy. Great move @narendramodi Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) November 9, 2016

For example, Shah Rukh Khan, who wrote that Modi ji's move would bring "positive change for Indian economy" and that our PM is "farsighted". Guess who else is farsighted? Shah Rukh Khan. The Economics graduate knows for a fact that demonetisation will bring a positive change in the country, and yes, of course; the usefulness of a Rs 2000 note has not been lost on anyone. You flash it in front of a sabziwala and he will give you change in 100s just like that. Because he loves the nation.



And do you know the Rs 2000 note cannot be forged as well? It has got state-of-the-art security system which prevents bad men from making fake Rs 2000 notes. News of fake 2000-rupee notes coming in from Karanataka is obviously being circulated by paid media which does not like Modi's masterstroke. But Bollywood does. On the night of November 8, it seemed like Bollywood celebs sat together with a dictionary and tweeted.

This is truly a masterstroke move!!!! @narendramodi hits it out of the stadium!!!! ???? Karan Johar (@karanjohar) November 8, 2016

History is made by bold masterstrokes like these. Respect @narendramodi sir May this be a step forward to a corruption free future kunal kemmu (@kunalkemmu) November 9, 2016

100 ? ??, 1 ? ??

Masterstroke @narendramodi Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) November 8, 2016

Bollywood's darling Shah Rukh also called Modi's move 'politically unmotivated', which is very true. As we all know, Narendra Modi is well above the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s electoral politics. He is first the country's, then anyone else's, as he himself has reiterated time and again.



Like Khan no.1, the other two Khans also spoke of demonetisation in glowing terms. Aamir, Bollywood's conscience-keeper, rightly said that the short-term woes of the common man should not be the focus of discourse. No! Doing that does not help build a nation. The actor also 'joked' that he is unaffected by the demonetisation policy because like any middle-class and lower-middle class and piss-poor Indian, Aamir hardly has any cash. The perfectionist that he is, Aamir is probably being in character, still playing villager Mahavir Singh Phogat off sets. Completely cashless.



Salman Khan too had some choice words for Modi's demonetisation move. On Big Boss, bhai said, "Iss hafte kaale dhan par dhanaadan vaar padi. It is a fantastic move." Regarding any inconvenience to exchanging cash from banks, Sallu bhai said, "Koi baat nahi, main agle 2-3 din mein bank jaake cash karwa loonga." Please do that. Showbiz desks all over the country would like to see Salman stand in a kilometre-long queue in front of a bank for hours. The goodwill Salman would earn, he would never need a driver again!

Last but not the least, the 74-year-old Amitabh Bachchan's statement on the demonetisation move is one that completely befits his maturity and wisdom that he has earned for seven decades.

T 2435 - the new 2000 rs note is PINK in colour ... the PINK effect ..!! Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) November 8, 2016

His daughter-in-law Aishwarya also went on to tell India Today, "This is going to be a movement to wipe out corruption at all levels." As we can see, like Shah Rukh, Aishwarya is also very far-sighted.



Aishwarya also said that public discomfort is not something we need to focus on right now. Aamir said that as well. Shahid also said that everybody is finding the move difficult but still, it is a very bold and right decision. Aditi Rao Hydari and Taapsee 'Pink' Pannu also said the same thing.

So, common people of the land. The verdict is clear. Bollywood has said it. Modi's masterstroke is like nothing you have ever seen before. Even as a woman dies in shock on knowing about the demonetisation policy, even as another commits suicide, even as a man's child dies because the hospital won't accept Rs 500/1000 notes, even as Arun Jaitley says that it will take weeks to re-calibrate ATMs to dispense Rs 2000 notes, demonetisation is still a brave, bold move that will weed out corruption from the country once and for all.

Shivaay isn't suffering because of demonetisation Raju chacha https://t.co/GYuey4lF6x Anurag Verma (@kitAnurag) November 13, 2016

And best of luck to the billionaire Bollywood stars who have abandoned their ivory tower to stand outside banks and ATMs to rub shoulders with the country's people who are now sadly broke to watch the masterpieces Bollywood has to offer every Friday. Hopefully, the phone cameras will capture these stars' master-patriotism in full public view. Let's wait for the photos.



(The writer tweets as @devarsighosh.)

