Personalities like Priyanka Chopra, Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Shekhar Kapur, Anil Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha sent out their prayers and condolences to the victims on Twitter, while calling it a day of "sadness".
Many celebrities used the hashtag '#ParisAttack', which has been trending on Twitter since Saturday morning, to share their comments on the microblogging site.
Here's what they had to say:
No words in any dictionary of the world are powerful enough to condemn the heinous barbaric and the most ugly terrorist massacre in Paris .
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) November 14, 2015So disturbed by what has happened in Paris. What is the world coming to.. What is the point of the violence.. #PrayForParis .My heart hurts
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) November 14, 2015Heart and thoughts go out to all affected by the tragedy that has unfolded in Paris.
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) November 14, 2015Terrible terrible news about Paris. My heart sinks at the incomprehensible violence. When will this end?
— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) November 14, 2015#ParisAttack Horrifying. Sad.
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) November 14, 2015As more n more civilians die world wide in terror attacks, is it not time for political leaders 2 question arms manufacturers? #ParisAttacks
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) November 14, 2015Horrified at the barbarism at display in the #ParisAttacks! No ideology can justify destruction of life. We stand with you #Paris!
— Jai Singh Rathore (@AnilKapoor) November 14, 2015Maybe if we prayed/worked for peace more often, we wouldn't have to see days like this! Sad. #PrayForParis #PrayforLebabon #PrayForBagdad
— Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) November 14, 2015Shocking,Appalling and disgusting!!!!! Yes this massacre is truly an attack on ALL humanity! Really praying for some peace in this world!
— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) November 14, 2015Woke up to the horrific news about attacks in Paris. Pray for more courage for the people in Paris against these cowardly attacks .
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) November 14, 2015#prayforhumanity #loveall #tolerance #brotherhood https://t.co/h4ErF5W2z2 pic.twitter.com/Twcqcrko0J
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) November 14, 2015Extremely saddened by d cowardly n brutal act on innocents. Prayers n thoughts with d families. #prayforparis helpline 4 Indians-0140507070
— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) November 14, 2015Dastardly barbaric act of terrorism in Paris. No word to condemn it will be enough.prayers to the families who lost their loved ones.so sad.
— Manoj Bajpayee (@BajpayeeManoj) November 14, 2015Woke up to the terrible news of the #ParisAttacks! Haven't we evolved at all? My thoughts, love & prayers with those affected.
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) November 14, 2015Woke up to the terrible news of the #ParisAttacks! Haven't we evolved at all? My thoughts, love & prayers with those affected.
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) November 14, 2015No words can offer condolences or put a shame to the cowards who engineered such a monstrous attack #PrayForParis #PrayforPeace
— Yami Gautam (@yamigautam) November 14, 2015Woke up to news of terror related attacks in #Paris on a horrifying scale. Prayers are with citizens. Hard to fathom this violence.
— Lisa Ray (@Lisaraniray) November 13, 2015This should not trigger you to breed intolerance. This should give you the impetus to breed humanity. #PrayForParis pic.twitter.com/DWaH00BIEo
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) November 14, 2015Terrorists want to cause two things. Fear and hatred. Don't give them either. Stay strong, #Paris .
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) November 14, 2015Heart breaking hearing about the Paris terrorist attacks.. Horrific.. Prayers with the families of the victims
— Genelia Deshmukh (@geneliad) November 14, 2015Woke up to the disgusting news about the ghastly terror attacks in Paris, internalizing a prayer for the deceased. Om Shanti
— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) November 14, 2015Shocked & saddened to hear about terror attacks in Paris. Prayers with the families of the victims. pic.twitter.com/PnEnU7Lsg3
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) November 14, 2015Heartbreaking to hear about the #ParisAttacks.can only pray for peace. I hope justice will be served
— Varun Veer Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) November 14, 2015Oh God what is happening to this World! #ParisAttacks I pray for you Paris! https://t.co/ylRO9yBQVA pic.twitter.com/WWOkmUXp34
— Nargis (@NargisFakhri) November 14, 2015Deeply sad to see what happened in #Paris the city which is a symbol of love &beauty has been turned into a cauldron of hate #Prayers4Paris
— Vivek Oberoi (@vivek_oberoi) November 14, 2015Sad,horrifying, tragic ... But now this is happening so very often globally that the only reaction is numbness.. God give them strength
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) November 13, 2015What is this world coming to ?! Terrible news about terrorist attacks in Paris! When will this end! Prayers for all the victims & families
— Prachi Desai (@ItsPrachiDesai) November 14, 2015Wish we could just wipe out terrorism. #ParisAttack - Shocking and disturbing. Prayers for the peace and safety of humanity.
— Bipasha Basu (@bipsluvurself) November 14, 2015