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Shane Warne to boogie with Shilpa?
The twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.
Shane Warne, who is a part of Shilpa Shetty's IPL team Rajasthan Royals, expressed his desire to boogie with the actress on twitter.
Warne tweeted, 'Shilpa how are you ? I have just been practicing my dance moves or shall we say boogaloo, I'm ready for video for royals !'
Amused Shilpa quickly replied: 'Ha ha ha ..bring it on Warnie;)'
The Australian cricketer asked Shilpa for some dance tips as well. 'I'm moving well Shilpa , but can you teach me that wiggle when we rehearse ! this is right yeah, left foot forward then back repeat with right foot then back left/ right ! Hahah'
Meanwhile, Shilpa cleared the air about her re-thinking her spa business after the Lokhandwala branch (a posh suburban Mumbai) of her IOSIS spa shut shop.
'Just writing this so it can be on record..WE are not closing down IOSIS my spa.Irresponsible reporting hampers business,hence clarifying,' she tweeted. 'Kiran my partner n me hav investd a lot of effort,IOSIS is r baby,hurts us to c maligning reports,contrary 2 reports v r doing well.Grrrrrr.'
Shammi-Shashi Kapoor doing well
Legendary Bollywood actors Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor, who were critical in hospital, are doing well.
Lata Mangeshkar confirmed this with her tweet: 'Namaskar. Mujhe Twitter pe shammiji aur shashiji ki health ke baarein mein puchha Gaya hai. Meri abhi shammiji se baat hui aur mujhe khushi hai ki ve dono theek hai. Shammiji ghar pe hai aur shashiji ko jald hi hospital se discharge kiya jayega. Main dono ke achhe svaasthy ke liye prarthana karti hu.'
Meanwhile, the veteran singer also prayed for the welfare of her fans: 'Namaskar. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein. Aap sab ko naye saal ki shubhkaamnayein. Aur jaise is quote mein kaha hai, aap sab ka jeevan santulit rahe aur aap ki tarakki hoti rahe. Mehengai aur har musibat ka saamna karne ki shakti Ishwar hum sab ko pradaan karein.'
The Big B's cricket blues
Amitabh Bachchan tweeted about the cricket mania that has captivated him, and the rest of India.
'Broke a jinx! Never watched India play 'live' for fear they lost when I did. Watched yesterdays game .. and they won !! Sat for the game, cross legged, un crosslegged, one up one down, hands clasped, unclasped, ... every possible posture, so we win ! Ha. And now I don't know which posture made the win !! Hahahah .. Oh ! India !! how we love watching you win !!' he tweeted.
Abhishek tweeted in reply, 'SUPER!!!!! so now does this mean that we can see the world cup together??? FINALLY!!!!'
Bollywood gives Dhobi Ghat thumbs up
Dhobi Ghat seems to have wowed Bollywood.
Sandhya Mridul tweeted, 'Prateik babbar is refreshing and lovely in dhobi ghaat..his mum would be so Proud of him!!'
Tusshar Kapoor praised the movie: 'Dhobi Ghaat is an emotional and engrossing film with great performances, new wave yet entertaining, more power to such cinema.'
Divya Dutta loved Kritika Malhotra, who played Yasmin in the film. 'Saw dhobi ghat..lvly film..beautiful perfrmances by prateik aamir n t new gals..special mention new gal kriti.bloody natural!'
Bollywood's tribute to Shamin Desai
Shamin Desai, who made his directorial debut in the still-unreleased film, 24x7 Raftaar starring Emraan Hashmi and Neha Dhupia, passed away on Wednesday.
Neha Dhupia was shocked with the news: 'really sad to hear bout the loss of a dear friend and truly one of the most talented directors i have worked with... Shamin Desai RIP.'
Rajat Kapoor wrote, 'Here is another young director who passed away!!! please!! Shamin Desai.. May I add- another director whose last film still has not found a release. I am not saying the two facts are related, just..'
Ranvir Shorey also tweeted his condolences, 'RIP Shamin Desai. We've lost a great talent. I've lost a friend.'
Happy couples
Lara Dutta, who is getting married on February 19, tweeted, 'Exactly one month to go till the wedding! No jitters yet!:-) Just rushing against the clock to get evrything organized! Super exciting time!'
Supporting her hubby-to-be, Lara tweeted, 'Little bit of Tennis Trivia for tennis fans, @Maheshbhupathi scored his 600th win on tour today!! :-) .'
Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma are having a good time together as well.
Ranvir tweeted, 'Just saw 'Catfish', a soul stirring look at the social networking age we live in. Would recommend to all who have a username & password.'
Konkona was clearly impressed as well: 'Saw 'Catfish' - deeply moving.'