Republic day brought news and a big surprise to all South fans of Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan, as he joined the micro blogging site Twitter. The actor first tweeted a video of the National Anthem in his voice. He also wrote saying, "India's freedom struggle remains unique even today. Respecting it is d only way to keep it & set new world standards."

India's freedom struggle remains unique even today. Respecting it is d only way to keep it & set new world standards https://t.co/sj0vQC4RaL

— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) January 26, 2016

Kamal's twitter handle iKamalhaasan has already been verified and has also received 31.7 K followers within 24 hours. Kamal's elder daughter and actor Shruti Haasan welcomed her father saying, "One of the happiest moments ever on Twitter !!!! Welcome my most favourite person @ikamalhaasan to twitter !!! Love you appa".

One of the happiest moments ever on Twitter !!!! Welcome my most favourite person @ikamalhaasan to twitter !!! Love you appa

— shruti haasan (@shrutihaasan) January 26, 2016

Kamal was last seen in Tamil films titled - 'Uttama Villain', 'Papanasam', and 'Thoongaa Vanam'.