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After Pakistan, UAE bans Bangistan

August 06, 2015 16:48 IST

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:

After being banned in Pakistan, this Friday's release Bangistan has been banned in the UAE. 

Producer Ritesh Sidhwani tweeted: '#Bangistan banned in #pakistan #UAE I’m now told may be #Singapore as well. Can the censor boards in these countries give us a written explanation clearly specifying what did they find offensive in our film..I’m Shocked as to how they have missed the message in #Bangistan.'

The film stars Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat and Jacqueline Fernandez.

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Parineeti moves into new apartment 

After doing up the interiors, Parineeti Chopra is excited about moving into her new apartment.

'Shifted to my new house to make new memories!!!! Sooooo excited :) you all are invited to dinner anytime!! Haha ;)' Chopra posted.

The spacious four-bedroom apartment is located in Khar, a western suburb of Mumbai.

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Rishi Kapoor shoots for Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa

Rishi Kapoor recently visited the sets of dance show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 to promote his upcoming film All Is Well.

Host Manish Paul shared a picture, above, and wrote: 'With the evergreen rishi sir!!!awesome fun on jhalak reloaded set!!!thanks sir for all d fun!!!'

Abhishek Bachchan, who was present, tweeted: 'Thank you @karanjohar @shahidkapoor @ManishPaul03 and everyone at Jhalak Dikhlaaja for all the love to @chintskap and me.'

All Is Well will release on August 21.

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Shruti Haasan launches her own production house

Actress Shruti Haasan took to Twitter to announce her production house, ISIDRO, that will focus on short films, digital films, musical and multimedia-based content.

'Proud to say my dream is coming true :) ISIDRO' she tweeted.

Shruti will be next seen in Welcome Back, which releases on September 4.

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Kunal Kohli: Phir Se release date is being worked

After paying Rs 25 lakh compensation to writer Jyoti Kapoor for alleged copyright infringement, director Kunal Kohli is looking forward to his acting debut, Phir Se.

'#PhirSe release date being worked. Next few months packed, looking for a good date, once locked music will follow accordingly,' Kohli tweeted.

Directed by Kunal Kohli and Ajay Bhuyan, the film also features Jennifer Winget.