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Priyanka Chopra: Mary Kom makes India proud

October 01, 2014 17:01 IST

Mary Kom and Priyanka ChopraHere's a look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities:


Several Bollywood stars took to Twitter to congratulate M C Mary Kom, who became the first Indian woman boxer to win a gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games

Priyanka Chopra, whose Omung Kumar-directed biopic on the acclaimed boxer released recently, tweeted: 'Yaaaaaay!!! Now that's called Woman Power! Mary Kom gets gold..makes India Proud & shows us that we can achieve anything! #Momof3'

Shabana Azmi: 'Congratulations Mary Kom. You do us proud! More power to you You are an inspiration to women who want families AND follow their dreams.'

Amitabh Bachchan wrote: 'MARY KOM WINS GOLD ..!! WHAT A FEAT .. PROUD INDIAN ..!!'

Lata Mangeshkar also congratulated her and wrote: 'Namaskar. Humare desh ki mahila boxer Ms.Mary Kom ji ne Aisan Games me Gold medal jitaa hai. Meri unko bohot shubh kaamanaayein.'

 

Happy New Year cast returns to India

After enthralling the audience in USA with the SLAM Tour over the past two weeks, the cast of Happy New Year returned back to India.

Director Farah Khan tweeted a picture and wrote, 'We r back home!! #WelcomeBackIndiaWaale what a trip!'


It's a wrap for Alone!

Bipasha Basu recently wrapped up shooting in Kerela for her upcoming horror flick Alone.

She shared a picture of her with director Bhushan Patel and co-star Karan Singh Grover and wrote: 'Schedule wrap of #Alone from Kerala.Thank u to Bhushan my director, Karan n the entire crew for making work so much more fun:)'

The film will release next year.


Bang Bang is MASSIVE!

Celebrities who caught an early screening of Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif starrer Bang Bang took to Twitter to praise the film.

Sujoy Ghosh tweeted: 'saw BANG BANG last night. @iHrithik casually redefines what acting is all about…'

Vishal Dadlani wrote: 'Just watched #BangBang. Zyaada laal nahin karne ka, but.....one word.....MASSIVE!!! You guys are gonna go NUTS in the theatres!!'

Dabboo Ratnani: 'Wow! Just Wow!! @iHrithik Is Perfection on Screen! Absolutely Phenomenal! So Proud Of You, Duggu! WINNER!!'

Directed by Siddarth Anand, Bang Bang releases on October 2.


Hrithik Roshan, Shyam Benegal to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti

Hrithik Roshan and Shyam Benegal will be visiting Whistling Woods tomorrow to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti.

Confirming the news, Subhash Ghai tweeted: 'It wud great festive day for whistlingwoods campus tom @ 12pm to celebrate GHANDHI with clean india event with hritik roshan n sham benegal.'


On the sets of Welcome Back

John Abraham and Shruti Haasan are currently in Dubai shooting for the sequel of 2007 comedy Welcome.

Shruti shared a picture form the sets and wrote: 'Welcome back !! #dubai #hot' 

Directed by Anees Bazmee, the film will also star Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, and Paresh Rawal.


Shraddha Kapoor is proud of Haider

Actress Shraddha Kapoor, who is getting praises for her performance in Haider, feels proud of the film.

'Speechless, emotional, ecstatic, overwhelmed..just don't know how to express.. To be a part of a masterpiece! #Haider!Feel so blessed & proud!' she tweeted.

Directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, Haider releases on October 2.