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'With all the love pouring in, our Parsi tribe has increased!'

August 18, 2015 16:55 IST

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

Bollywood tweeted their wishes to their fans on the Parsi New Year:

Boman Irani: Saal Mubarak to one and all! We may be just a few left. But with all the love pouring in, our tribe has increased!

Amitabh Bachchan: Happy Parsi New Year .. peace and harmony and well being ever !!

Shekhar Kapur: Be it Arts Music Entertainment Law Industries or Charity, cant stop being amazed at the contribution of the #Parsi community. #NavrozMubarak

Farah Khan: Happy New Year!!! Im half parsi n @SimplySajidK full. Well hes 40+ n still living with his mother!

Pooja Bhatt: Navroze Mubarak all! Memories of school-A.F Petit, Bandra flood my being. Would never have been the same without my Parsi upbringing!

Anil Kapoor: A very Happy #Navroz to my Parsi friends & fans! 'Humata, Hukhta, Huvarshta': Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds. A maxim to live by!

Farhan Akhtar: Navroz Mubarak to my Parsee family, friends and to you all.

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Genelia: We are safe but feel terrible for the lives lost


Genelia D’Souza and husband Ritiesh Deshmukh, were in Bangkok for an ad shoot when a bomb blast shook the Thai capital.

The actressupdated about their safety: 'Bomb set off just opp the mall we are currently in -can hear the sirens blazing all over- we are safe but feel terrible for the lives lost.'

Riteish condemned the attack and wrote, 'My thoughts go out to the people affected by last night’s cowardly attack. Taking innocent lives is no way to protest or make a point. Thank you all for your prayers and concern. We all are fine.'

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First look: Lara Dutta as ‘Imli’ in Singh Is Bling

Lara Dutta, who was last seen in Bejoy Nambiar’s David, will be seen next in Prabhu Dheva’s Singh Is Bling.

Co-producer Ashvini Yardi tweeted her look, above, and posted, 'Meet Emily aka 'Imli' 4 those who cannot pronounce it-Thodi khatti thodi meethi.'

‘Unfortunately Imli unlike d super stylish @LaraDutta has no dressing sense. Warning:dis is d best one she has,’ she added.

The film, which also stars Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson, will release on October 2.

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Kaira Avani to play Sakshi Dhoni

Actress Kiara Advani is all set to play Sakshi Dhoni in upcoming biopic MS Dhoni — The Untold Story.

Her Fugly co-star Mohit Marwah congratulated her and wrote: ‘Congratulations @Advani_Kiara on bagging MS Dhoni biopic ! Great platform to showcase the bag of talent you have !!!!’

Directed by Neeraj Pandey, the film will feature Sushant Singh Rajput as Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

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Ranveer Singh: Such an honour to be part of Bajirao Mastani

Ranveer Singh, who plays Maratha warrior Peshwa Bajirao I in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani, took to Twitter to remember him on his birth anniversary on August 18.

He shared a picture, above, and tweeted, 'It's Peshwa Bajiraos 315th birth anniversary today. Such an honour to be a part of the telling of His love-story.... #HappyBirthdayBajirao.'

Priyanka Chopra, who plays his wife Kashibai, tweeted, '"It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious." - Machiavelli #HappyBirthdayBajirao Warrior, Hero, Lover.'

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Elli Avram, Kapil Sharma shoot for a song

Actress Elli Avram recently shot with Kapil Sharma for a promotional song for Abbas Mustan’s upcoming film, Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon.

She posted a picture, above, and wrote, 'Super duper fun we had shooting for our promotional song!!!!!!!! #KisKiskoPyaarKaroon 25th sept. Can't wait :))))'  

The film will release on September 25.