Chennai: Tamil actor Vijay joined Instagram on Sunday night, being the latest in the long list of celebrities to hold accounts on the social media site.

In less than 24 hours, the superstar amassed five million followers, some barely within a few hours of joining the platform.

The 48-year-old actor posted a picture of himself in a black suit in his first post on his Instagram handle and greeted his followers, "Hello Nanbas and Nanbis (Hello friends)."

Fans were delighted with his move to join Instagram and also his post. Many sent him heart emojis expressing joy for the post, while some others even hailed him as ‘Thalaiva’ on the post.

One of the users said, “Nice post Thalapathy”, while another expressed delight that Vijay had joined Instagram ‘at least now’.

While the star has accounts on Twitter and Facebook, he had not been active on the sites for some time now.

Vijay is known for his work in the movie ‘Varisu’. He is currently working on ‘Leo’, which is directed by Lokesh Lanagaraj and is set to release in October.

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