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Cannes 2016: Mallika Sherawat attends UNICEF Gala

May 19, 2016 17:10 IST

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Mallika Sherawat

Mallika Sherawat, whose film Time Raiders was screened at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival, attended the UNICEF Gala dinner on Wednesday.

She shared a picture, above, and wrote: ‘On my way to @unicef dinner , thank you #alexismabille for the lovely gown, makeup @Dior , hair @dessangeparis.’ 

Mallika Sherawat

At the #Unicef gala wearing #alexismabille @diormakeup @dessangeparis #cannes2016,’ she added.

Mallika Sherawat

The actress couldn’t resist desserts at the party. ‘Look at the dessert, yummm ! #cantstopmyself #cannes2016,’ she wrote with another photograph. 

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Nandita Das goes to Cannes

Nandita Das

Nandita Das, who has served twice as a jury member at Cannes, recently made an official announcement regarding her Indo-French production on famous Urdu short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto.

She shared some pictures on Twitter, above, and wrote: ‘Less than 3 days in Cannes -Producers & Lead locked in. Was worth the trip. On the flight back. Will share more.’

Das met up with Nawazuddin Siddiqui at the film festival. Siddiqui will play Manto in the film. It will be shot in Mumbai and Lahore.

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Aamir gifts toys to AbRam

Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan recently hosted a grand party for Apple CEO Tim Cook at his residence Mannat, and Aamir Khan had brought toys for SRK’s son AbRam.

Shah Rukh took to Twitter to thank him for the gesture: ‘thank u for the toys. AbRam is still awake and playing with them!!!!!’

He also shared a selfie, above, and wrote: ‘My mane is gone!!! Feeling chikna chikna….saara macho kharaab ho gaya.’

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Tim Cook visits Mehboob Studios

Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who partied with several Bollywood stars the night before, met filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and the team of Raaz Reboot at Mehboob Studios in Mumbai.

Bhatt ‏tweeted: ‘The RAAZ Reboot team with Tim Cook at our shoot in Mehboob Studio.’

Mahesh Bhatt

With Tim Cook the man who is changing the world,’ he wrote with another picture.

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It’s a wrap for The Ashram

The Ashram

Director Ben Rekhi has completed shooting for his English-language fantasy-thriller The Ashram in India.

Producer Guneet Monga posted a picture of the team, above, and wrote: ‘‏And it's a shoot wrap!! #TheAshram.’

The film tells the story of a skeptic American, who receives a mysterious message and travels to the Indian Himalayas to find his missing girlfriend.

It features Melissa Leo, Sam Keeley, Kal Penn and Radhika Apte.

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Amy Jackson at De Grisogono party in Cannes

Amy Jackson

Amy Jackson is partying alongside some of Hollywood's stars in Cannes.

Last night, the 24-year-old British actress attended jewelry house De Grisogono’s party in Cannes.

‘#DeGrisogono event ' styled by my girl @theanisha wearing @ashistudio #CannesFilmFestival,’ she wrote on her Instagram account.

Amy Jackson

She shared another picture, above, and captioned it, ‘#DeGrisogonoParty wearing @ashistudio and @degrisogono jewels styled by @theanisha #CannesFilmFestival.’

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Farah Khan, Sania Mirza shoot for The Kapil Sharma Show

Sania Mirza

Choreographer-filmmaker Farah Khan and tennis player Sania Mirza recently shot for an episode of The Kapil Sharma Show.

Farah shared a picure, above, and tweeted: ‘Madness happened!! With @MirzaSania n @KapilSharmaK9 on the Kapil show!!’

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Back from honeymoon, Bipasha is missing Maldives

Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu, who recently visited Maldives with husband Karan Singh Grover, is missing her holiday.

She posted a collage of pictures, above, and wrote: ‘Missing our Holiday!'

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First look: Usha Jadhav as Veerappan's wife

Usha Jadhav

Ram Gopal Varma shared a still from his upcoming Hindi film Veerappan, above, and wrote: ‘The brilliant Usha Jadhav, the National Award Winning actress in a picture from "Veerappan" She's playing his wife.’

Also starring Sandeep Bharadwaj, Sachiin J Joshi and Lisa Ray, the film is based on the life of the infamous sandalwood smuggler Veerappan. It will release on May 27.

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Sussanne Khan catches up with Fardeen Khan

Sussanne Khan

Sussanne Khan recently spent some time with her cousin Fardeen Khan and friends.

She shared a picture of them together, above, and wrote: ‘Friends and family.. Best combo #hearted #sunnyanu #mybrotherfar’

Fardeen was last seen in the box office dud Dulha Mil Gaya.

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Like the poster of Raaz Reboot?

Raaz Reboot

Director Vikram Bhatt took to Twitter to share the latest poster of Raaz Reboot and tweeted: ‘And the poster ! #RaazReboot #secondlook #comingsoon.’

The supernatural thriller stars Emraan Hashmi and Kriti Kharbanda.