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Bollywood stars celebrate Mother's Day

May 11, 2015 15:32 IST

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:

Mother's Day, celebrated over the weekend, saw a couple of stars post pictures of their moms on Twitter. Others posted pix of their kids! Take a look:

Celina Jaitly, in the picture: 'Thank u my darling twin terrors @winstonjhaag @viraajjhaag for the incredible #MothersDay.’ 

Lara Dutta Bhupathi ‏tweeted: ‘Happy Mothers Day Mommy and Mommy in law!!! Blessed to have u both in my life!! And to all the multi tasking, self sacrificing, self restraint practicing, catastrophe enduring, forever loving mommies...A 21 gun salute 2 u!’

Riteish Deshmukh ‏shared a picture of his wife Genelia D’Souza and his mother and wrote: ‘Happy Mother's Day to our respective Aai s - thank u for being the bestest - love you always - Riaan & Ritiesh.’

Anil Kapoor: ‘#HappyMothersDay Ma...Thank U for always being my pillar of strength & making me who I am..I am proud to be your son.I love you.’

Akshay Kumar: To my #FirstFriend wishing you #HappyMothersDay! Life begins & ends with you. Thank you for being you Mom :).

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‘Shammi Kapoor never got recognised by the government’

Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor received the Dadasaheb Phalke award on Sunday, May 10, and several stars took to Twitter to congratulate and tweet their views:

Rishi Kapoor: My only resentment is that Shammi Kapoor never got recognised by the government in his lifetime. Posthumously would be great but.... Then I think I am being too greedy! Is that what you all Shammi Kapoor fans and aficionados think? What songs what romance what macho what.

Richa Chadha: Delighted that #ShashiKapoor sir receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke award today. A true visionary and true patron of the arts. #Prithvitheatre

Shweta Bachchan Nanda: "Mere paas MA hai" #DadaSahebPhalke #ShashiKapoor #MothersDay What a happy coincidence!

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Pooja Bedi turns 45

Image: Pooja Bedi with her son Omar.

Actress Pooja Bedi, who turned 45 on May 11, celebrated her birthday with family and friends.

She shared a picture (above) and tweeted: ‘Such a Happppy evening bringing iny birthday with my kids omar & @AaliaEff @RealVinduSingh  @luckymorani.’

‘Thank u all soooooo much for your wonderful birthday wishes... big hug and lots of love to all  of you,’ she added.

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Lara Dutta reunites with Akshay Kumar

Lara Dutta Bhupathi has started shooting for her next film Singh Is Bling with Akshay Kumar.

‘Up in the hour of Bhraman for an early start to our shoot!#SinghIsBling. Hopefully the foot has healed enough for some @PDdancing style moves,’ she tweeted.

Directed by Prabhu Dheva, the film will also star Amy Jackson. It is sequel to the 2008 film Singh Is Kinng.

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'3 years back, I was born on celluloid'

Arjun Kapoor's debut film Ishaqzaade, costarring Parineeti Chopra, completes three years on May 11.

Recalling his experience, he tweeted: ‘Thank u for showering all the love & making me feel special about being in the industry for 3 yrs. So happy birthday to me 11th may 3 years back I was born on celluloid...6 films & 3 years later still feels surreal.’

‘Thank u to all of u for all the love and unconditional support I am nothing without all of u,’ he added.