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Stars condemn attack on Gauahar Khan

December 01, 2014 17:43 IST

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

During the shooting of reality TV show India's Raw Star, actress Gauahar Khan was slapped by a member of the audience for wearing a skimpy outfit. The incident not only shocked the actress, it also shocked members of the film fraternity, and they tweeted about it:

Farhan Akhtar: 'Dearest natural selection, please help us out-evolve morons like the one who slapped Gauhar Khan. Sincerely...'

Madhur Bhandarkar: 'Shocked to hear that Gauhar Khan got slapped for alleged indecency. Absurdity just touched a new level. Disgusting and highly condemnable.'

Mahhi Vij: 'Strangest n scariest.it cud hv gone worst thn ds.@GAUAHAR_KHAN she still cont wth d show.ds man shd be behind bars.'

Ranvir Shorey: 'The culprits of the Rohtak incident, and the Gauhar one, ought to be very publicly punished to the full extent of our laws. For Achche Din.'


'Give a child love, laughter, peace and not AIDS'

On World AIDS Day, celebrities took to Twitter to spread awareness about the deadly disease:

Bipasha Basu: 'It's World Aids Day.Give a child love, laughter,peace n not AIDS. Getting to zero is the theme this year-zero HIV infections,zero discriminations, zero deaths related to AIDS!'

Purab Kohli: 'Started in 1988, World AIDS Day is about increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education.'

Shabana Azmi: 'Let the education continue. Share our @TeachAIDS HIV prevention animations for #WorldAIDSDay. Proud to join with @TeachAIDS & @Stanford - our Hindi HIV prevention software unveiled for #WAD2014.'


Priyanka, Freida fight for girls' education

Freida Pinto and Priyanka Chopra recently launched a global campaign for girls education in Delhi.

Priyanka Chopra shared a picture and tweeted: 'Together we're #GirlRising ! Thank u @BecauseImFreida for being on this journey with me!'

'What a super start to the @girlrising India campaign. Thank you @hollygordon, Tess, Samantha @BecauseImFreida & the entire team!' she added. 


DDLJ cast on Comedy Nights With Kapil

Aditya Chopra's iconic love story Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge will complete 1,000 weeks at the box office this month and its cast visited sets of Comedy Nights With Kapil to celebrate the landmark.

Kapil Sharma confirmed the news and tweeted: 'shooting with DDLJ cast.. Shahrukh kajol anupam Kher farida ji n mandira bedi.'

The film is still playing at Mumbai's Maratha Mandir since it was released in 1995.

Genelia Deshmukh thanks well-wishers

Genelia D'Souza, who recently welcomed a baby boy, was discharged from hospital on November 29.

She took to Twitter to thank her well-wishers and wrote: 'Thank u all for all the wishes on the birth of Son.. @Riteishd n me couldn't thank ul enough for being w us all thru this period. Heaven is what I feel.. Magicallllllllllll .. Thank u again.'