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IMAGE: On the sets of Shah Rukh's Dilwale

June 25, 2015 15:16 IST

A look at the top tweets from favourite Bollywood celebrities:

Shah Rukh Khan sure is having a great time in Bulgaria as he shoots for Rohit Shetty’s Diwale opposite Kajol.

The star actor shared a picture of himself and tweeted: ‘It’s not necessary to be going somewhere to have a great ride.’ 

Set to release on December 18, Dilwale also stars Varun Dhawan, and Kriti Sanon. 

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#RIP Praful Bidwai

Several celebrities took to Twitter to pay tributes to veteran journalist Praful Bidwai who passed away on June 23:

Nandita Das: Shocked and sad. Knew him for a long time, admired his courage and conviction. We have lost a fiercely liberal voice.

Rajat Kapoor: RIP praful bidwai saheb.

Shobhaa De: Praful Bidwai. Nobody can fill that space . RIP.

Shabana Azmi: V pained to hear of Praful Bidwais untimely passing away. RIP.

Pritish Nandy: Praful Bidwai was a fine journalist, a friend. He wrote often for The Illustrated Weekly when I was editor. Curiously, we often disagreed.

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Meet RGV's Veerappan

 

Ram Gopal Varma, who is busy shooting for his next directorial venture Killing Veerappan, turned to Twitter to share actor Sandeep Bharadwaj’s first look from the film and tweeted: ‘Veerappan in "killing Veerappan" Sandeep Bharadwaj plays Veerappan.’ 

The film is based on the life of notorious sandalwood smuggler Veerappan.

The bi-lingual film also stars Kannada actors Shivarajkumar, Yanga Shetty, and Parul Yadav.

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It’s family time for the Bhatts!

Alia Bhatt recently left for a vacation with her family in Hyderabad.

‘Hyderabad bound!! Family holiday after 15 years at the Falaknuma Palace!!! @MaheshNBhatt @shaheenb @Soni_Razdan injured solider on her way!!’ Alia wrote.

Her father Mahesh Bhatt tweeted: ‘Creating memories at Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad. First family 'holiday' in 17 years!’

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Hema Malini: Our girls are really close to each other

Ahana Deol, who was recently blessed with a baby boy, has named her son Darien.

Her grandmother and actress Hema Malini tweeted: ‘Darien is keeping me busy now. Feel so blessed! On 22nd, another addition to our family. My niece Nandita delivered a beautiful girl in U.S.’

‘So celebration time again! Nandita is my elder brother's daughter. We are a close knit family & our girls are really close to each other,’ she added.

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Meet Lara Dutta’s adorable daughter Saira

 

After completing the shooting for her next film Singh Is Bling, actress Lara Dutta took off on a vacation with her family.

‘Gorgeous sunny day out at Hampton Court today!! Saira kept asking if Henry the Eight was going to appear and shout-" off with her head! ":-)’ Lara tweeted.

She later posted a picture of her daughter and wrote: ‘Saira has her Cinderella moment at Hampton Court :-)’ 

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Shah Rukh’s Raaes to clash with Salman’s Sultan?

Earlier this year, Yash Raj Films announced that Salman Khan starrer Sultan will release on Eid next year.

Now, Shah Rukh Khan starrer Raaes is also gearing up to hit Indian screens on Eid as well.

Producer Ritesh Sidhwani confirmed the news and wrote: ‘We had announced in February that we will be releasing our film on EID 2016 & we are on schedule to release it as planned #RaeesOnEid2016. And a little surprise for all #Raees fans this EID…chalo ho Gaya sab confusion clear.’