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'Mulayam Singh should be immediately arrested'

April 11, 2014 16:59 IST
Farhan Akhtar

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.

Several Bollywood stars turned to Twitter to express their disappointment over Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's remarks on rape. Here's what they said:

Puja Gupta: 'Redicolous comment from MS yadav on rapists- boys will b boys ... they make mistakes he says what a shame - booo to him sayyyy.'

Farhan Akhtar: 'Cannot get over MS Yadav's comment on rapists- 'Boys will be boys.. They make mistakes'. It's pathetic!!'

Amrita Puri: '#mulayamsingh is a retard! That's all I have to say. There is something intrinsically wrong with the mindset of Indians if leaders like Abu Azmi can make such regressive public statements.'

Sanjay Gupta: 'Mulayam Singh and Abu Azmi. Regressive, redundant and retarded thinking. ABSOLUTE SHAME ! ! ! Are they looking for votes of rapists?'

Raveena Tandon: 'Mulayam Singh Yadav Really ??????? And you think now India will vote for you?'

Shreyas Talpade: 'Mulayam singh yadav says "ladke hain...galti ho jati hai" about shakti mills rape convicts. Really???? What if d victim was frm ur family?'

Vishakha Singh: 'Mulayam makes horrific remarks on #Rape so does Mamta..then AbuAzmi jumps in! yet it's @ArvindKejriwal who gets slapped all d time ..wah! And get away with it.'

Shruti Seth: 'Are the leaders of the Samajwadi Party playing tag in making stupid comments? They seem to be on a roll. Someone slap them please.'

Meiyang Chang: 'For some of our politicians, an ideal Indian Samaj is populated by rapists & women do not exist, because they've all been hanged.'

Kritika Kamra: 'Sad that Mulayam Singh & Abu Azmi are in positions where their ridiculous statements make headlines. Take away this power! Shut them up!'

Onir: 'He should be IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED - SHOCKING! Women having sex should be hanged, says Abu Azmi. People like Mulayam Sing should be jailed and BANNED from politics for their DANGEROUS and shamefully regressive statements. Too many years we have suffered these morons #MulayamSinghYadav #AbuAzmi. Time for change.'

Arjun Rampal: 'The comments by our political giants on rape victims is down right appalling. Let those boys make the same mistakes on their mothers & sisters.'

Kunal Kohli: 'So rapists are boys making mistakes who don't need to hang says #MulayamSinghYadav. We better not make mistakes while casting our votes.'

Boo Mulayam Singh Yadav!

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'Mulayam Singh should be immediately arrested'

April 11, 2014 16:59 IST
Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan, who has become the new face of the Pro Kabaddi League, has bought the Jaipur franchise.

The other seven are Mumbai, Bangalore Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Patna.

Confirming the news, Abhishek tweeted: 'It is with great pride that I would like to announce that I have bought the Jaipur Team for the Pro Kabaddi League. Need your good wishes.'

Riteish Deshmukh congratulated him and wrote: 'So proud of u @juniorbachchan - big hug n good luck - Go Kabaddi - Pakdo Pakdo Pakdo -jakdo jakdo jakdo - dekho Jane Na paaye.'

Esha Deol to campaign for mom Hema Malini

April 11, 2014 16:59 IST
Esha Deol and Hema Malini

Actress Esha Deol, who has been missing from the limelight, will be campaign for mother Hema Malini, who is contesting for Lok Sabha elections for BJP from Mathura.

Confirming the news, Hema Malini tweeted: 'All sabhas very successful so far.Looking forward to @Esha_Deol joining me for the last 2 sabhas this evening.'

'7 villages covered since this morning.warm welcome everywhere & villagers all wanting better governance,' she added.

Sonakshi: Rio 2 is a fun treat for the entire family

April 11, 2014 16:59 IST
Sonakshi Sinha

Sonakshi Sinha, who has dubbed for the Hindi version of the animated musical Rio 2 which releases today, urged her fans to go and watch the film. 

'Rio 2 is out today!!! Catch Imran as Blu and me as Jewel in the hindi version :) a fun treat for the entire family!' the 26-year-old actress tweeted.

Actor Viveck Vaswani added: 'Divergent Oculus Rio2 all in cinema's today. Rio 2 widest release in English and Hindi.'

Actor Imran Khan has also lent his voice to the film.

PHOTO: Ali Zafar on the sets of Kill Dil

April 11, 2014 16:59 IST
Ali Zafar

Pakistani actor and singer Ali Zafar, who is currently shooting for Kill Dil in Delhi, shared a picture of him from the sets and tweeted: 'Kill Dil sets. Beautiful sunset.'

Directed by Shaad Ali, the film also stars Govinda, Ranveer Singh, Parineeti Chopra, and Rani Mukerji.