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Riteish Deshmukh casts his vote

April 17, 2014 17:46 IST
Riteish Deshmukh

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.

Actor Riteish Deshmukh, who cast his vote in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections, shared a picture and tweeted: 'My Vote in Latur.'

Meanwhile, his Marathi film Yellow has won three National Awards and his friends congratulated him on Twitter.

Farah Khan: 'ritssss !!! Yellow won 3 national awards??!!! Wow wow wow! Many congrats to mahesh limaye n you! Party toh Banti hain!'

Karan Johar: 'Congratulations @Riteishd !!!! Proud of you for everything you have achieved as a producer!!!'

Genelia Deshmukh: 'YELLOW wins the special jury award at the National Awards, the first one 4 @MumbaiFilmCo .. Proud of u @Riteishd n thank u all for ur wishes. Soooo proud of Gauri Gadgil n Sanjana are two lead Protagonist who also win Special jury awards.. YELLOW sooooo special.'

Abhishek Bachchan: 'many many congratulations. So well deserved!!!!'

Arbaaz Khan: 'Congratulations to @Riteishd , Mahesh limaye and the entire team of #Yellow for winning 3 national awards. Well done and well deserved !!!'

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'It's scary how good Alia Bhatt is in 2 States'

April 17, 2014 17:46 IST
Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt

Several celebrities, who caught an early screening of Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor starrer 2 States, turned to Twitter to praise the team.

Sonakshi Sinha: '2 states... 2 cute!! Just saw the film, wonderful performances! 2 thumbs up :)'

Sujoy Ghosh: 'If i start i'll go on forever but go see 2 STATES if you can. i loved it. the superb cast, music(oh the music!).. thank you abhishek varman. its scary how good alia bhatt is in 2 STATES and arjun and amrita singh and ronit roy and shankar ehsan loy and abhishek varman and namrata.'

Kriti Sanon: 'Watched 2states yesterday..Superb work by the entire cast. Alia Bhatt looked beautiful in every frame. :) great styling by Manish Malhotra.'

Shakun Batra: '@abhivarman pulls off a great debut with such ease! Made me miss my college days and brought back the feeling of falling and being in love!! And @aliaa08 is so good yet again!! without doubts she's the one actress that can make me watch anything just because she's in it!! And there's a completely new side to Arjun: the soft, under confident, non heroic boy next door. And he pulls it off so convincingly. Kudos.'

Chetan Bhagat: 'Saw 2 States. 2 overwhelmed. Fantastic. Charms you, makes you smile, touches u deep. Arjun, @aliaa08, @abhivarman and every dept - salute!'

Sana Khan: 'Watched 2states last nite, watta movie, makes u believe in love all over again, amazing direction m perf..best wishes.'

Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet to release on November 28

April 17, 2014 17:46 IST
Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap at the Bombay Velvet wrap-up party

A clash between Bombay Velvet and PK has been avoided as director Anurag Kashyap has officially declared that his film will now release on November 28.

Confirming the news, Karan Johar tweeted: '#BombayVelvet...Anurag Kashyap's Labour of love, passion and glory!! 28th November 2014..at EVERY theatre near you.'

PK will release on December 19.

Siddharth turns 35!

April 17, 2014 17:46 IST
Siddharth

Southern actor Siddharth celebrated his 35th birthday on April 17 with family and friends.

Thanking his well-wishers, he wrote: '35 years old today. Family, partner, friends, fans and career I am very grateful for. Thank you so much for all the love. Really touched. It's been a really whirlwind decade for me. I thought 10yrs ago that I'd be mature, wise and accomplished at 35. Haha! Life- 3. Me- 0.

'Thank you for so much for each and every wish, hug, kiss, cake, flower etc sent my way on twitter. Awesome birthday. Made awesome by love,' he added.

Siddharth will be next seen in Tamil film Jigarthanda, opposite Lakshmi Menon.