The actress had promised at one of the Ra.One press meets that she will take to social networking soon.

And the time seems to have arrived for Kareena Kapoor to fulfill her promise. Buzz is that the actress, who plays the female lead in the super hero flick, will soon join Twitter to not only interact with her fans and admirers but also promote Ra.One.

An industry source said, ” Bebo is not very tech savvy and so she refrained from taking to social networking. But now with Ra.One trailers up on air and generating a lot of interest, Kareena will follow her co-star SRK who has been one of the most active actors on Twitter.”

Sources have it that with Kareena joining the network, King Khan, who has been lying low since sometime, will too get more active.

With her twitter account, that is. In an Emirates 24|7 exclusive the actress explains why celebs tweet no more Kareena Kapoor says she prefers limited interaction with her fans through her website rather than social media avenues such as Twitter. (SUPPLIED)
In less than a week, Bollywood’s Imran Khan and Indian author Chetan Bhagat have both quit microblogging site Twitter, while Kareena Kapoor tells Emirates 24|7 that she has no plans to ever return to her account that she had once set up.

The sudden emergence of an anti Twitter movement, what with Miley Cyrus and Lindsay Lohan also quitting on their accounts due to respective hate mail and jail stints, is giving rise to speculation that Twitterphobia is spreading faster than bushfire amongst celebrities.

Khan, who was introduced to the social networking site by friend and producer/director Karan Johar in a bid to promote their film I Hate Luv Storys, has deleted his @1mranKhan account, citing too much maintenance and very little time to do so.

Meanwhile, Bhagat, who has penned bestsellers Five Point Someone and One Night At a Call Centre, has decided a six-month hiatus is the call of the hour to concentrate on his new book.

The author wrote on his blog yesterday: “…Twitter has to stop. It’s hard giving up fun things, and I am going to miss interacting with my readers.

However, I am not giving it up forever, just going to be away from it for a while – maybe six months or so, or, until Feb 2011.

My account is still there, but I won’t be tweeting much. I will however, tweet my column links for convenience, as and when they appear.”

Social outcasts?

“It’s not about being social outcasts or being against the concept itself,” Kapoor told the website, “It is about not having the time to maintain it and realising that it simply isn’t going to work for me. I’m all for it for those whom it works for.”

The actress added: “I have a website that I recently launched, Kareenakapoor.com, and this is how I plan to stay in touch with my fans, with limited interaction.”

Kapoor’s real-life beau, fellow actor Saif Ali Khan, is of same thought, who was recently quoted in the media as saying: “Personally, I won’t be on Twitter because I don’t feel the need.

I don’t want to share my thoughts. I don’t know what I will say. And I feel that some distance should be maintained between the audiences and the actor. That’s my personal opinion.”

Troubling tweets

Miley Cyrus’, who was victimised by hate messages on her Twitter account, isn’t the only celebrity on the receiving end of such harassment.

Bollywood’s Lara Dutta was dealing with a Twitter stalker who would overload her account with hateful tweets, prompting the actress to take a hiatus from the site saying that such messages were simply unwarranted; albeit, she has returned, but is taking a more cautious approach to her account.

Meanwhile, Neil Nitin Mukesh, who’s film Lafangey Parindey is currently playing in UAE cinemas, found his twitter account hacked into.

The news was confirmed when Indian reel rag Filmfare’s twitter account tweeted informing its followers, “Hey people! @NeilNMukesh’s account has been hacked! Kindly unfollow! We’ll let you know when Neil is back in action on twitter!”

Yet, at one end of the spectrum we have such incidences, at the other celebs such as @ParisHilton and @SrBachchan are still going strong on social media. Maybe these celebs have the stomach to face criticism or they simply don’t care.

Are you a die hard fan of Kareena Kapoor? good news for all you guys, Bebo has launched her official website Kareenakapoor.Me. You can see a welcome message on her official website “Welcome to www.kareenakapoor.me This is my official web presence. Thanks for dropping in.” Bebo‘s fans can share their views on the official website using Fan Book. Here’s what she says about Fan Book ” I’d love to hear from you. So one part of this website is just for you: the fan book.”

Currently this news making waves on the web and as usual this causes the servers go down. Kareenakapoor.Me is down due to high website traffic. But, this problem is only with home page. Bebo’s fans can visit the Fan Book page using this link and leave your comments – http://www.kareenakapoor.me/fanbook.php.

Hope Kareena Kapoor would be updating her website with good design and hosting it on the best servers so fans won’t be disappointed with the web precence of Kareena Kapoor. Bebo’s Twitter and Facebook identity is not yet revealed, we hope the team of Kareena Kapoor‘s official website would be updating the website with Twitter and Facebook accounts information soon.

After a lot of dilly-dallying, Kareena Kapoor has finally landed on Twitter and Facebook. But before her fans jump with joy that they will learn about her daily -if not hourly-routine, let us tell you that Bebo has announced that she will be updating her profile only once in two weeks.
The busy gal has promised photos, updates, etc. but only when she has the time to do so.

But her optimistic fans will probably say something is better than nothing.

While micro-blogging site Twitter has become like a mouthpiece for a majority of Bollywood bigwigs, actress Kareena Kapoor isn’t too keen on joining the bandwagon.

The actress has been evading the idea of joining Twitter because she doesn’t have the time to sign up on the site and start using it, according to reports.

Recently, at an event, Kareena revealed that she’s still not sure about the whole idea of joining Twitter, and would need at least another month to take the decision. The actress says that really needs to think about it carefully, because she’s apparently too tied up with work at present.

Well, poor Bebo looks pretty confused as she wonders if she will be able to stick by it regularly once she starts it. Anyhow, let’s hope that Kareena considers the idea to help us know the sassy beauty even better!