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Spotted: Deepika, on the sets of xXx

February 10, 2016 16:37 IST

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:

Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone has started shooting for Vin Diesel starrer xXx: The Return of Xander Cage in Toronto.

She posted a picture on Instagram, above, and wrote: 'On the first day of shoot for #xXx, here's @deepikapadukone with the director, D.J. Caruso! #TheReturnOfXanderCage.'

Vin Diesel

Meanwhile, D J Caruso shared a picture on Twitter, above, and wrote: '#xandercagereturns #×××3 selfie moment #tonyjaa #VinDiesel.'

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Celebs pray for speedy recovery of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa

Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, who was rescued after he was miraculously found alive after remaining under a huge mass of snow for six days in the Siachen Glacier, is fighting for his life and several celebrities took to Twitter to pray for him.

Aamir Khan: Praying for the speedy recovery of our brave soldier Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad. Our thoughts are with him, his wife & his family. Kudos to the recovery team who have fought against all odds in the most difficult conditions to bring about this miracle. Our salute to all his comrades whose lives were lost in this calamity. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten. Jai Hind.

Amitabh Bachchan: Lance Naik Hanumanthappa 6 days below 25 feet of snow in Siachen, our jawan, our protector, critical ..OUR PRAYERS EVER FOR HIM !! India Trends on birthdays and Cricket and Film promotions .. NOT on prayers for our Jawan Lance Naik Hunumanthappa, lying critical.

Lata Mangeshkar: Namaskar. Bharat mata ke veer saput Lance Naik Hanumanthappa ki sehat mein jald sudhar ho yehi meri Ishwar se prarthana.

Rishi Kapoor: Jako rakhe Saiyaan maar sake na koi! Prayers for you Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad.

Sunny Deol: Lets pray for full and speedy recovery of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa. Salute. #SiachenMiracle

Ronnie Screwvala: So proud to see our Value for Life ....150 soldiers on rescue mission for Lance Naik Koppad in Siachen ..sheer determination for a colleague.

Manoj Bajpayee: I pray for the speedy recovery of our brave soldier lancenaik hanumanthappa. Words will fall short to describe his endurance.jai hind.

Shatrughan Sinha: Tribute& salute to our soldiers who laid down their lives for the country. Wish & pray for speedy recovery of the lone surviving braveheart.

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Meet the young Noor from Fitoor

Fitoor

Director Abhishek Kapoor posted a picture, above, of the young Aditya Roy Kapur from Fitoor and wrote: ‘Young noor #fitoor precious young boy, hes grown up now.'

Fitoor

Young #noor again. Unforgettable memories #fitoor,’ he added with another picture, above.

Based on Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, the film also stars Katrina Kaif and Tabu. It will release on February 12.

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Preity Zinta: Fed up with the speculation about my personal life

Preity Zinta is quite shaken about rumours of her wedding, and she vented her feelings on Twitter.

‘Really? I think you should shut down your paper or carry REAL news ! I am actually fed up of MANUFACTURED NEWS. Can you leave my marriage announcement to me pls? AFTER ALL ITS MY LIFE. TILL THEN LEAVE ME ALONE. Grrrrrrrrrr !’ she tweeted.

‘Am seriously fed up with all the speculation about my personal life ! The media really knows how to ruin things. THIS NEEDS TO STOP ! #fedup,’ she added.

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Ritiesh Deshmukh grows long hair for Banjo

Nargis Fakhri

Nargis Fakhri, who is shooting for Banjo in Mumbai, shared a picture with co-star Ritiesh Deshmukh from the sets, above, and wrote: ‘Why so serious nargis ? #banjo’

The film is being directed by Marathi filmmaker Ravi Jadhav.

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Amrita Singh celebrates birthday with Tabu, Dimple Kapadia

Amrita Singh

Amrita Singh celebrates her 58th birthday today.

Fashion designer Abu Jani shared a picture from the celebrations, above, and wrote: ‘Celebrating #besties #birthday #loveyou #dingy #forever #and #ever #abusandeep #thegang #fabulous @amrita40 @tabutiful @dk_dimple_kapadia #bollywood #best #ajsk #original.’

Amrita was last seen in 2 States.

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Rana Daggubati gears up for Baahubali 2

Rana Daggubati

Rana Daggubati has started training for the concluding part of the Baahubali movies.

He shared a picture, above, and wrote: ‘And this is my Tuesday!! #BhallaIsBack @KunalGir #STEEL.’

Directed by SS Rajamouli, the film will also star Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, Sathyaraj, Shriya Saran, Ramya Krishnan, and Nassar. Baahubali: The Conclusion is expected to release on December 16.

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Neerja is ready for release

Neerja

Atul Kasbekar has finished the post-production work of Neerja. He shared a picture with director Ram Madhvani, above, and wrote: ‘Final Mix Locked. See U At The Movies...Producer ji n Director Saab all smiles.’

The film, which stars, Sonam Kapoor, Shekhar Ravjiani and Shabana Azmi, is based on the life of air hostess Neerja Bhanot, who was shot dead by terrorists in a hijacked flight in 1986.

Neerja will release on February 19.