New Delhi, May 18 - Bollywood's favourite fashion designer Manish Malhotra has joined microblogging site Twitter and received a warm welcome from star friends.

'Finally on twitter,' the designer posted his first tweet on his Twitter page.

Actress Genelia D'Souza welcomed him saying: 'Hey tweeple, plss welcome Manish Malhotra who is an absolute sweetheart and a super duper designer. So glad you are here Manish.'

Actor Riteish Deshmukh posted: 'Hey guys a huge welcome to Manish Malhotra, the person responsible to make our films more fashionable.'

Manish got an overwhelming response from his fans and within a few hours of joining has got 3,047 followers.

IANS