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Bollywood parties with Sachin

Last updated on: April 5, 2011 16:09 IST
Atul Kasbekar, Sachin Tendulkar and Vidhu Vinod Chopra

The World Cup celebrations are not over yet.

Eesha Koppikhar's brother-in-law Sanjay Narang hosted a party for Sachin Tendulkar recently. It was attended by many A-listers including Aamir Khan with wife Kiran, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Karan Johar, Farhan Akhtar, Shahid Kapoor and Mukesh and Nita Ambani.

Ace photographer Atul Kasbekar, one of the guests, posted a picture with Sachin Tendulkar and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and thanked Abhishek in his tweet: 'And this image was taken by the multi talented @juniorbachchan, couldn't trust anyone else to do this.'

Eesha shared her picture with Sachin too, and tweeted: 'Was a great moment to pose wid u @sachin_rt. Team india n u hv made us proud. It was a great party.Held by my bro n law Mr. sanjay narang fr sachin.'

Filmi updates

Last updated on: April 5, 2011 16:09 IST
Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza, who is shooting with Boman Irani, tweeted. 'Today we shoot with one of my favorite actors ever! Boman Irani. A power house talent and a dear friend! So excited ;) Rajesh Patil our head of make up got 'puran pohli' for the crew yesterday! Yummy! Shooting on a new year turned out to be a delicious affair,' she updated.

Director Kunal Kohli updated about his movie starring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. 'An update on my film with Shahid & Priyanka. We've started work on music, costumes, set designs etc. Music by Sajid Wajid, lyrics Prasoon Joshi,' he wrote.

Well done, Lee-Hesh!

Last updated on: April 5, 2011 16:09 IST
Abhishek Bachchan

Adding to the joy of India's cricket World Cup triumph, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi displaced Mike and Bob Bryan as the world number one doubles team, following their win at the Miami Masters on Monday.

Abhishek Bachchan congratulated Mahesh on twitter. '@Maheshbhupathi brother man!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! so so happy for you and immensely proud!' he tweeted.

Riteish Deshmukh teased Mahesh as he wished: '@Maheshbhupathi Hey. Congrats-well done!!you guys truly deserve d win. Do u guys get sony-ericsson phones(+chargers) along with the trophy after the win :]'

Mahesh Bhupathi thanked everyone for the wishes. 'Thanks for all the wishes folks. Just so you know Leander is not on twitter yet. But has asked me all about it last week so stay tuned :)' he wrote.

Lata Mangeshkar gets honoured

Last updated on: April 5, 2011 16:09 IST
Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar received Laxmi-Vasudev BharatBhushan at a function in Pune.  'Received the 'Laxmi-Vasudev BharatBhushan' award in pune, this evening,' she tweeted.