'Aag lagi basti mein, main apni masti mein': Sonakshi Sinha as she quits Twitter

After director Shashank Khaitan, singer Neha Bhasin, Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha on Saturday anunced that she is quitting Twitter. ' first step to protecting your sanity is to stay away from negativity. And where more of that than Twitter se days! Chalo, Im off - deactivating my account. Bye guys, peace out," Sinha wrote.

Using lyrics of Sirazee and Hansraj Raghuwanshi's hit song 'Aag L Basti Mai', Sonakshi captioned post on her Instagram handle. Sonakshi shared a picture of Amy Poehler showing peace out sign at an award show. actor had close to 16 million followers on Twitter.

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Important to keep realness alive, says Sonakshi Sinha

Sonakshi Sinha believes it is essential for celebrities to present ir real self as people look up to m. "Mission Mangal" actor is aware that social media has become a double-edged sword, where a celebrity can eir be lauded or trolled for ir comments.

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She said she has always been cautious while posting anything on social media. "I have always commented on something that I have strongly felt about. If I don't have any kwledge, n I don't talk about it. I believe half kwledge can be very dangerous and so I refrain from it. Also, even though you are completely right re will be people on social media who would disagree with it."

Sonakshi furr said she does t believe in presenting a facade when she is out or interacting with people as being fake does t take anyone anywhere.

"It is very important to stay real especially when you are in a position to influence people. It is very important to keep realness alive. Being fake doesn't take you anywhere in life. real me is a direct connect between me and fans, I like to be real when I am interacting with people on social media and orwise or even when I am posting something, I like to do it myself, I like to be real me," Sonakshi told PTI.

(with PTI inputs)