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'Shocked to hear about the death of Sophiya Haque'

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting

As news of former VJ Sophiya Haque's sudden death spread in the entertainment industry, several Bollywood stars tweeted their tributes:

Lisa Ray: 'RIP Sophia Haque, my beautiful, vivacious old friend.'

Ayushmann Khurrana: 'RIP Sophiya Haque. Somebody said, "VJs are born. Actors are made."'

Ujjwala Raut: 'R.I.P Sophiya Haque! U will be dearly missed.. My thoughts go to your family & friends! We had some great times..'

Jaaved Jaaferi: 'My super talented friend Sophiya Haque, Dancer par excellence, actress, singer, vj passed away today :-(((( ..RIP Sophie.'

Farhan Akhtar: 'Shocked to hear about the death of Sophiya Haque. RIP. Deepest condolences to her family.'

Arjun Rampal: 'My prayers for all the people in Jakarta,also lost an old friend and wonderful person Sophie Haque, have such fond memories RIP lovely soul.'

R Madhavan: 'RIP..Sophiya Haque, 1 of early VJ's in MTV, Cadbury model.Cannot forget her in "September Madathil in Alaipayuthe.Shocked and Saddened.'

Pritish Nandy: 'Sad. Sophiya Haque passes away in London. Was a wonderful friend during her VJ days. I still have some lovely pictures of her.'

Kunal Kohli: 'RIP Sophia Haque.One of the 1st channelV vj's.Met her in london after seeing her in Far Pavillions. Always Full of life :-('

Vishal Malhotra: 'The Original VJ and class act Sophia Haque. RIP'

Anubhav Sinha: 'Sometimes the departure of people you have never known at all leaves you a little empty. Don't know why. RIP Sophiya Haque.'

Dia Mirza: 'Sophia Haque was not in the cadbury commercial. But she definitely was amongst the first VJ's on Indian tv n I loved her. RIP.'

Stars wish Arjun Rampal and Chitrangada Singh

Bollywood stars wished Arjun Rampal and Chitrangada Singh, as their film together, Inkaar, released today:

Madhur Bhandarkar: 'All the best 2 @rampalarjun @IChitrangda & @IAmSudhirMishra for the absorbing narrative that u all have put together #Inkaar.'

Ameesha Patel: '@rampalarjun goodluk darling..inkaar is an awesome film n u hav performed sooo dam well..all the best for today.'

Sussanne Roshan: '@rampalarjun Congratulations on ur incredibly smooth performance in Inkaar! All the very best to the entire team, may u all score big time!!'

Anubhav Sinha: 'INKAAR is such a wonderful film. Wishing @IAmSudhirMishra much deserved success. MUST WATCH!!!'

Shirish Kunder: 'Hearing a lot of good things about @IAmSudhirMishra's INKAAR that releases today. I'm watching it tonight. Check it out for yourself guys!'

Abhishek Kapoor: '#inkaar in theatres today tweeple.. A big hug 2 @rampalarjun for a super performance and wishing him great success.. Enjoy the film folks'

Meanwhile, Chitrangada Singh replied: 'A whole lot of love ...and a handful of luck .. Inkaar release today ..go watch !!'

Arjun Rampal tweeted: 'Today I hand over to you, #inkaar which releases today,fingers crossed.All I can say is that I had a blast making it, hope you do watching it.'

Mugdha Godse shoots an item song for Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 2

Mugdha Godse, who will perform an item song in Tigmanshu Dhulia's Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster sequel, has started shooting for it.

'Shooting for my 1st item song in This Delhi Ki sardi.. Longines ki choreography and Tigu sir rock... nice song too..' she updated.

Meanwhile, actress Neha Sharma is shooting for Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (YPD2) opposite Deol brothers - Bobby and Sunny. 'Shootin on d streets of maheshwar 4 a super fun song for ypd2,in full on salman style..jst lovin it...:))' she tweeted.

Belgian filmmaker Danis Tanovic ropes in Pritam in next

Academy Award-winning Bosnian-Belgian film director Danis Tanovic (No Man's Land) is apparently in talks with music composer Pritam Chakraborty for his next film. It will be co-produced by Anurag Kashyap.

'Just met Pritam. Working with him will be a lot of fun, I am sure,' Tanovic updated.

Emraan Hashmi play the lead in the film. The other actors have not been confirmed yet.

Minissha Lamba turns 28

Minissha Lamba turned 28 today, January 18.

The actress, who will be next seen in Zilla Ghaziabad, is celebrating her birthday with family and close friends.

Actress Neha Dhupia wished her on Twitter: 'Happy birthday @Minissha_Lamba .... Happiness always!'

Jimmy Sheirgill wrote: 'Happy birthday @minissha_lamba..have a great one'