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Happy birthday Priyanka Chopra!

July 18, 2014 18:08 IST
Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting:

Priyanka Chopra, who is currently shooting Zoya Akhtar's forthcoming film Dil Dhadakne Do, celebrated her 32nd birthday on July 18.

Her cousin Parineeti Chopra shared an old picture of them and wrote: 'Happpyy bdayy behna !!! Look at us 14 years ago :)'

Meanwhile, her colleagues also took to Twitter to wish her:

Ranveer Singh: 'Even tho we're stranded somewhere in the Mediterranean, roasting in th sun together #twitterpetohbantahai ! Happy bday PC! Gurl u so exotic!'

Madhur Bhandarkar: 'Many happy returns of the day, @priyankachopra! Wishing you lots of successful films & happiness in the coming year. Have a blast!'

Ali Abbas Zafar: 'Happy birthday @priyankachopra lots of love punch of happiness ?Mary Kom and tightest hug.'

Bipasha Basu: 'Happy birthday @priyankachopra ! Love and Hugs!'

Srishti Arya: 'It's your happy birdday already in India @priyankachopra ! Tell Zoya to finish fast and come back sooooon! so much to celebrate! Love you xx'

Mugdha Godse: 'happy birthday lovely girl, have an awesome year ahead... god bless you....'

Neil Nitin Mukesh: 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! God Bless You with all the happiness and success Always. Loads of Love.'

Riteish Deshmukh: 'Happy birthday @priyankachopra - have a super duper one - n a great year ahead.'

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'The world is genuinely not a safe place anymore'

July 18, 2014 18:08 IST
Shah Rukh Khan

Several stars took Twitter to discuss the MH17 air crash and tweeted their concerns about the rising terrorism. Here's what they said:

Alia Bhatt: 'Is flying even safe anymore? Innocent LIVES taken so lightly? #PrayForMH17 #PrayForGaza, It's tragic and just messed up!!!!!!'

Nimrat Kaur: 'What kind of a world are we waking up to every day? Each day a blow bigger than the last to humanity. Is this the way forward?'

Priyanka Chopra: 'Shocking. Tragic.. Where is the world going..? A cry for justice and a prayer for all the victims and their families.. deeply disturbed.'

Shah Rukh Khan: 'May Allah give strength to the families that lost their loved ones in the MH17 tragedy. & may the world become strong enuff not to wage war.'

Shekhar Kapur: 'If #MH17 plane was indeed shot down by rebels on ground, air travel will never be same. There r armed conflicts all over world with missiles.'

Randeep Hooda: 'My condolences to the families of the people on board the #MH17.makes me wonder if it's been orchestrated to take the focus away from #Gaza.'

Arjun Kapoor: 'A plane with innocent people gets blown up..the worlds genuinely not a safe place anymore..prayers with the people who lost their loved ones.'

Aashish Chowdhry: 'Everyone knows how tragic.But why? Terrorism?? N why d terror??? Religion???? It's ridiculous. Humans have made a joke of their own race!'

Celina Jaitly: 'Shocking news about Malaysian airlines plane being shot down ... I wonder what kind of a world our children will inherit ..Shocked/saddened!'

Kunal Kapoor: 'This is completely crazy!! Such a tragic loss of innocent lives!! My heart goes out to all the families.'

Raveena Tandon: 'I pray tonight for the poor souls list in the crash of MH 17 .. Tragic really tragic,,, bad bad time for Malaysian airlines.'

Sonu Sood: 'Shocked 2 hear about Malaysian Airplane crash.For so many families world will never be the same.People who lost their lives, their loved ones.'

Shriya Saran: 'Heartbroken about Malaysian airlines news.I can't imagine the pain the families/friends are going thru. My prayers for everyone affected. RIP.'

Lata Mangeshkar remembers Mehdi Hassan

July 18, 2014 18:08 IST
Lata Mangeshkar, Mehdi Hassan, Asha Bhosle

Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar, who had worked with Pakistani ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan, turned to Twitter to remember him on his 87th birth anniversary on July 18.

'Aaj Mehdi Hassan sahab ka janam diwas hai.wo humare bich nahi hain lekin aaj bhi unka surila gaana sab ke dilo'n par raj karta hai,' she wrote.

Akshay Kumar resumes work

July 18, 2014 18:08 IST
Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar, who recently returned from a family vacation in USA, is now back to work.

'Meetings, dubbing, shooting and more meetings! After a month long #holiday, getting back to the grind is not bad at all. #rejuvenated,' he updated.

Kumar will be next seen in comedy film It's Entertainment, which releases on August 8.

Soha Ali Khan goes to Europe!

July 18, 2014 18:08 IST
Soha Ali Khan

Soha Ali Khan, who is currently holidaying in Europe, shared a picture of her and tweeted: 'Under a Tuscan (ish) Sun.'

She shared another picture and added: 'Piazza Navona - the heart of Rome.'