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Bollywood stars celebrate Raksha Bandhan

Last updated on: August 2, 2012 16:53 IST
Ayesha Takia and Nagesh Kukunoor

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.

Bollywood stars celebrated Raksha Bandhan with much fervor, and took to Twitter to wish their brothers:

Ayesha Takia tied a Rakhi to her Dor director Nagesh Kukunoor. 'Happy rakhi @nkukunoor my big bhaiya.much love! Most fun rakhi,' she tweeted with the picture (above). 

Bipasha Basu shared a
picture of her with filmmaker Soham Shah, and tweeted: 'Dear @sohamssss my dearest bro!Thank u fr being such a fun n loving bro to me, ur mad sister!Happy Rakshabandhan! Celebrating the Beautiful Bond between a sister n brother:)Happy Rakshabandhan to All!'  

Preity Zinta tweeted: 'I'd like to wish all of you a very Happy Rakhee ! We are really lucky in India 2 have a special day dedicated 2 our Brothers !'

Shabana Azmi tweeted: 'India's syncretic cultures fascinate me.Tied rakhi to my brother and am keeping roza. Am sentimental about Rakhi and can't wait for Eid.'

Payal Rohtagi shared a
picture of herself with her brother and tweeted: 'Happy rakhi to my dearest brother @gauravrohatgi_ who is my jaan. Wish u were with me here but nevertheless I know u love me always.' 

Pooja Bedi also shared a
picture of her with her brothers and tweeted: 'Celebrating raakhi with my brothers adam ryan & keenan :) wish you all such loving bonds!' 

Poonam Pandey shared a picture of her brother and tweeted: 'Happy Raksha Bandhan to my bro,thank you for Allways looking out for me,Happy Raksha Bandhan to everyone celebrating this special day ;)

Gift a Rakhi to your brother right now!

Mallika, Sonam missing their brothers

Last updated on: August 2, 2012 16:53 IST
Mallika Sherawat with family

Mallika Sherawat is missing celebrating Raksha Bandhan with her brother. 'Happy Raksha Bandhan, wish my brother vikram was with me today:(' she tweeted.

She shared an old picture of her family on Raksha Bandhan (above) and tweeted: 'Pic of mom, dad , my bro Vik and I on Rakhi when we were children, wanted to share wt ma tweeple:) XO.' 

Sonam Kapoor ‏is also missing her brother and cousins. 'Happy rakhee 2 my wonderful brothers karan,@moh_m, arjun, akshay, harsh, siddhant & jahaan. Wish I was in bombay 2 get my kharchie! Hee hee!' she updated.

Pooja Bhatt thanks NCP for removing Jism 2 posters

Last updated on: August 2, 2012 16:53 IST
Movie poster of Jism-2
The posters of Jism 2, starring Indo-Canadian adult star Sunny Leone, have been removed from 75 BEST buses, 25 bus depots and all electricity poles in Mumbai.

The posters was considered objectionable by Vidya Chavan, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator, who complained to the mayor of Mumbai, Sunil Prabhu, and the commissioner of the BMC, the city's municipal corporation.

Director Pooja Bhatt is rather amused by the move. 'The NCP MLC has ensured that Maharashtra will be free of any atrocities to women by removing the #Jism2 poster from the public domain! : ) As my friend Andre said,by pulling the posters of #Jism2 down NCP has ensured the image being burned into your consciousness FOREVER lol,' she tweeted.

In fact, she thanked NCP. 'You are not a BRAND till a political party has used you for their 2 minutes of fame. Gracias NCP for giving #Jism2 cult status!' she added.

WATCH: Sonakshi match steps with Prabhu Deva!

Last updated on: August 2, 2012 16:53 IST
Prabhudev and Sonkashi Sinha in Go go Govinda

The song Go Go Go Govinda, featuring Prabhu Deva and Sonakshi Sinha, from the film Oh My God is out. 

Sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Aman Trikha, the song is set against the Janmashtami festival.  

Not many actresses have been able to match steps with Prabhu Deva, and Sonakshi's effort shows.