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'Wish you all a very Happy Dhanteras!'

October 21, 2014 16:48 IST

Amitabh BachchanA look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:

Diwali is just around the corner and Bollywood stars are busy getting ready for the festival. Some of them tweeted their wishes to fans. 

Sridevi wished her fans and wrote: ‘Wish you all a very Happy Dhanteras.’

Amitabh Bachchan tweeted: ‘DHANTERAS ! a day when new utensils, machine goods are bought ..may we buy peace and prosperity and well being among us all !!’

Vidyut Jammwal will be performing in Singapore for a Diwali special. He wrote: ‘One of the most beautiful times of the year with the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi...Happy Dhanteras to all. Enroute Singapore for a special Diwali ...Got a day off from my #Yaara shoot... See you soon SG!’

Jacqueline Fernandez shared a picture and tweeted,  The real wealth that we need comes from living life with integrity! #goddess #laxmi.'

Arjun Rampal tweeted a picture of his daughter and wrote, 'Happy Dhanteras. Off to a Diwali party, my darling Mahikaa growing up. #dhanteras #myfavgal.'

Shabana Azmi, who is currently in the UK, is feeling homesick. 'Am getting seriously homesick now ! Missed mums birthday and will miss Diwali too,' she tweeted.


Remembering Yash Chopra

Uday Chopra ‏took to Twitter to remember his father, filmmaker Yash Chopra, on his second death anniversary today, October 21.

‘Remembering my father today on his death anniversary- he had a passion for life that was unequaled #LoveYouDad,’ Uday tweeted.

Lata Mangeshkar ‏wrote: ‘Aaj Yash Chopra Ji ki Punyatithi hai. hum sab ko unki kami mehesoos ho rahi hai. Meri unko bhavpurna Shraddhanjali.’


First look: Zid

The first look of Vivek Agnihotri’s next film Zid is out.

Mushtaq Shiekh shared the first official poster and tweeted: ‘To create havoc with the heat-o-meter here comes our film ZID : Teaser Poster!’

The erotic thriller will star Karanvir Sharma and Barbie Handa.


Priyanka Chopra cancels Bajirao Mastani shoot

Priyanka Chopra had to cancel the shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani.

‘What a downer!!!!! Shoot cancelled! Diwali cancelled! Instead I sit in bed with conjunctivitis!!! Aaaargh! I could kill someone!’ Chopra tweeted.

Meanwhile, Ileana D’Cruz is down with sore throat. ‘Woken up today with a sore throat from hell! So if u hear a frog croaking on the radio u'll know its me. Radio bytes up ahead, oh lordie!!!’ she updated.


Sonakshi: Enjoyed working on Lingaa

Sonakshi Sinha, who is all set to make her debut in Tamil film with Rajinikanth’s Lingaa, says she enjoyed working on the film.

‘Lingaa is done!! Thanks to @superstarrajini sir and the entire team for this opportunity. Enjoyed working on this film and learnt a lot!’ Sonakshi tweeted.

Directed by K S Ravikumar, the film will also star Anushka Shetty.


8 years of Don

Shah Rukh Khan's Don completed eight years on October 20 and director Farhan Akhtar got nostalgic.

Farhan  tweeted: ‘8 years since the release of Don. How time flies when you're involved in a chase!’

The film, which is a remake of 1978 classic Don, stars Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Isha Koppikar, Boman Irani, Chunky Pandey, and Om Puri.


It’s a wrap for ABCD 2!

The second shooting schedule for Remo D'Souza upcoming film ABCD 2 is over

Varun Dhawan shared a picture from the sets with co-star Shraddha Kapoor and wrote: ‘It's a pizza wrap of the 2 nd sched of #abcd2 @ShraddhaKapoor. Okay so we both cheated today.’

The film is a sequel to 3D dance film ABCD: Anybody Can Dance.