Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the Shalom Bollywood event in Mumbai where he greeted the friendship between the two countries.

Not only this, he proposed an ‘Oscar selfie’ by saying, “I want everyone in Indian and Israel to know about the phenomenal friendship between our countries. So I have an idea. One of the most viral pictures took place at the Oscars where several celebrities took a selfie together”.

He added, “So I want all the Bollywood actors, directors, producers present here to join me right now for a selfie so millions of people can see the great friendship between the two countries”.

Netanyahu posed with Bollywood superstars as a symbol of the “great friendship” between India and Israel, and recreated the viral ‘Oscar selfie’, which featured some Hollywood stars in one picture, on Thursday night in Mumbai.

He tweeted-

Will my Bollywood selfie beat @TheEllenShow Hollywood selfie at the Oscars? @SrBachchan @juniorbachchan @rajcheerfull @imbhandarkar @vivek_oberoi @ pic.twitter.com/v1r0GIhKLy

— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) January 18, 2018

At the event, top stars from the industry, including Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, and filmmaker Karan Johar.

You could also see other celebrities like Randhir Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Sara Ali Khan, filmmaker Imtiaz Ali, Madhur Bhandarkar, Nikkhil Advani, Abhishek Kapoor, Subhash Ghai, lyricist Prasoon Joshi posing for the selfie.

At the event, Aishwarya with producer Ronnie Screwvala welcomed the Prime Minister and the first lady, Sara Netanyahu.

Speaking at the event, Amitabh Bachchan said, “We as a community watch films in a darkened hall, we never ask the caste or creed, or color or religion of the person sitting next to us. We enjoy the same film, laugh at the same joke, cry at the same emotion. In a world where we see humanity disintegrating in front of us, cinema is perhaps (among) the few yet prominent entities that bring people together.”

PM Netanyahu said, “Bachchan has 30 million more followers than me on Twitter”, while he stressed on how if India and Israel come together, “magic will happen.”

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was also present at the event.