Actor Abhishek Bachchan is overjoyed after crossing 1 million followers on micro-blogging site Twitter.

"1 million!!!! wow! thank you to the coolest crew in the world. thank you for the love and support. NOW PLAY SOMETHING LOUD!!!! (sic), " the 35- year-old posted.

Abhishek has 1, 000, 029 followers and 14, 383 tweets till date, but he is still far behind his father, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who holds the top position on the micro-blogging site with 1, 896, 417 followers.

The 69-year-old got the number one spot after beating actress Priyanka Chopra, who now stands second on the list with 1, 874, 802 followers and 5, 716 tweets.