International Women's Day: Bollywood tweets

Bollywood has always celebrated the bold and brave spirit of women. From giving equal importance to actresses, to making more and more women-oriented movies, Bollywood is doing it all. International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March 8 and on this occasion, several Bollywood celebrities took to micro-blogging site Twitter to express their views on the importance of women. Read on to know what the celebrities wrote...

Karan Johar @karanjohar
"Women don't need a day to celebrate their power and strength! Men on the other hand just need a tight slap!!! And all will be well... "

Varun Dhawan ‏@Varun_dvn
"One lifetime isn't enough to celebrate women. #HappyWomensDay let's try to treat them better cause who runs the world -girls"

Alia Bhatt @aliaa08
"Here's hoping that the monsters of this country,the uneducated,unrealistically shameful men lay off the "flower" this year. #HappyWomensDay We are stronger than people think we are. We are MORE than equal! More power to all the women/girls out there!!! #HappyWomensDay"

Farah Khan @TheFarahKhan
"For all those dedicating this 1 day to us women,I hav just two words for ul..GET LOST!! ( n that's the milder version)"

Shabana Azmi @AzmiShabana
"To make the world better Women need 2 transform the very notion of power itself so it becomes about sharing not powerful dominating the weakDo not treat us as Goddesses- treat us as equals.. We celebrate those women of courage who paved the way for us to demand our freedoms"

Anupam Kher @AnupamPkher
"I am a sum total of all the women who played a great role in shaping up my life. Thank you. And a very Happy Women's Day. Jai Ho.:)"

Anushka Sharma @AnushkaSharma
"Happy women's day ! More light More power and strength to you ! ����"

Shruti Haasan @shrutihaasan
"To all the beautiful strong incredible independent talented women out there ! Happy women's day !!!"

Madhur Bhandarkar @imbhandarkar
'"I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men." Whoever said it, said it right! Happy Women's Day!!!'

Neha Dhupia ‏@NehaDhupia
"Celebrate womanhood ... Caus there's nothing more beautiful .... #happywomensday"

Sophie Choudry @Sophie_Choudry
"#HappyWomensDay ladies! U deserve love & respect not just today but everyday! Never underestimate ur worth! #GirlPower #StandUp"

Aditi Rao Hydari @aditiraohydari
Go on peeps applaud the women who make our lives healthier,happier,fuller, celebrate them, they are the reason we are! #HappyWomensDay

Disclaimer: All tweets have been sourced from Twitter and written as is.