After
Bollywood
celebrities
expressed
their
support
to
ISRO
scientists
on
Twitter,
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
on
Sunday
replied
to
their
tweets
and
thanked
them
for
standing
by
the
scientists
in
the
Indian
Space
Research
Organisation.
Filmmaker
Madhur
Bhandarkar
took
to
Twitter
after
he
was
touched
seeing
ISRO
chairman
K
Sivan's
breakdown.
He
wrote,
"Touched
to
see
@narendramodi
ji
comforting
&
encouraging
everyone
at
@isro.
As
an
Indian
we
are
all
super
proud
of
our
scientists,
engineers
and
technicians
involved
in
the
#Chandrayaan2
project.
Jai
Hind
🇮🇳
"
(sic)
PM
Modi
consoled
Sivan
by
giving
him
a
warm
hug.
Modi,
who
wanted
to
share
what
he
exactly
thought
that
moment,
replied
to
him
stating,
"Don't
we
often
say
India
is
a
family?
Warm
words
and
support
is
what
a
family
is
all
about.
Indeed,
we
are
proud
of
@isro
and
our
scientists."
(sic)
Sonam
Kapoor
shared
the
picture
of
the
Prime
Minister
consoling
Sivan
and
called
the
instance
'heartening.'
Modi,
in
reply,
stated,
"Hardwork
and
dedication
has
made
@isro
a
pioneer
in
space
technology
and
the
same
passion
will
continue
to
ensure
they
scale
newer
heights."
(sic)
Anushka
Sharma,
who
was
inspired
by
ISRO's
work,
wrote,
"These
are
only
steps
forward
and
not
backward
and
we
as
a
nation
stand
by,
celebrate
and
are
very
proud
of
our
scientists
at
@isro
for
their
perseverance
and
achievements
so
far
.
You
all
are
truly
inspiring."
(sic)
Modi
sent
a
tweet
to
her
stating,
"Indeed,
we
are
proud
of
our
scientists.
@isro
has
inspired
thousands
of
young
minds
to
take
up
science
and
that
is
a
victory
on
its
own.
@AnushkaSharma."
(sic)
Shekhar
Kapur
shared
a
picture
of
the
Prime
Minister
consoling
Sivan
and
giving
him
a
warm
hug,
and
captioned
it,
"When
a
picture
is
worth
1.2
billion
hearts
!" Modi
replied
to
him
"1.3
billion
Indians
are
with
@isro.
They
make
us
proud
with
their
resilience
and
spirit
of
exploration."
(sic)
After
it
was
announced
that
ISRO
had
lost
communication
with
Vikram
Lander
of
Chandrayaan
2,
people
from
all
over
the
country
expressed
their
support
to
ISRO
through
various
social
media
platforms.