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Would you vote for Yana Gupta?

Last updated on: February 8, 2011 15:08 IST
Yana Gupta

The Twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.

Yana Gupta who was earlier eliminated from the dancing reality show Jhalak Dikhlaja is working hard on her comeback.

She tweeted: 'Hey guys, pls let me know what u thought of our performance today on Jhalak! Would love to know your thoughts. Thx! The first time I fell on the floor I hit my nose so hard, it was bleeding.I still have swelling n blue color under my eyes now:('

Ameesha Patel, on the other hand, is busy with her dance performance for the National Games: 'Just god done from killer dance rehersals for the national games.Exhausted. Warm shower n a warm meal beckons'

Meanwhile, Tusshar Kapoor is going to shoot with Shah Rukh Khan for Zor Ka Jhatka. He updated: 'Wed is an important day, I shoot for Zor Ka Jhatka with the one and only SRK as my character from G3, this one is gonna be fun, too excited!'

Riteish's Faltu efforts

Last updated on: February 8, 2011 15:08 IST
Reitesh Deshmukh
No pun-intended. F.A.L.T.U is the name of the multi-starrer movie directed by Remo that stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Arshad Warsi, Abhishek Bachchan, Mallika Sherawat, Kareena Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, and Jacky Bhagnani.

In an effort to fight piracy, the film's music was released digitally on Monday as Riteish informed: 'Was at the Music Launch of 'F.A.L.T.U', for the first time all the songs are sold only digitally. Log on to http://www.iamfaltu.com/
 n you can buy a song for just rs 8. Tweet me ur fav song. Sorry each song for Rs 10.'

Jacky Bhagnani requested the same: 'guys please check out http://www.iamfaltu.com/
where u can download songs for rs 10. And Atif has also sung a song for us'

Mumbai calling!

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Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu who is shooting for Players in New Zealand with Abhishek Bachchan, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Omi Vaidya is almost done shooting. She tweeted, ' - Almost done in New Zealand! Going to head back to India soon! - Players or posers??Ha ha ha! @OmiOneKenobe wll miss u when I go bck 2 mumbai! Even u @sikandarbk!'

Meanwhile, Amitabh Bachchan is already back home: 'Back from shoot, had gone straight from airport after landing from Mumbai .. need sleep ..lots of crowd shots, drums, dancing, police'

Koena Mitra, on the other hand, hasn't reached Mumbai yet. She informed: 'heiya.... no nt yet reached mumbai.... in london tday...wl b home tomo... catch yall later...lovxxxx'


Shahid doesn't want to be like daddy

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Shahid Kapoor

Just when we were hoping that Shahid Kapoor would follow in daddy Pankaj Kapur's footsteps, he decided to put an end to rumours about his directorial venture.

He tweeted, 'And for all those asking have no interest in direction ... Some journos imagination running wild once again.'

Shahid, who was missing from Twitter for two weeks added: 'Hitting the iron hard again. Need to pump up for mext Mausam schedule in 10 days.'

Arshad Warsi, on the other hand, will not be seen in a negative role in Maximum. He informed with this tweet: 'For all the ppl who were looking forward to seeing me in a negative role, sorry I am not doing the film Maximum.'

Meanwhile, another Kapoor who had been missing from the mirco-blogging site is Sonam Kapoor. The actress who recently finish shooting for Thank you opposite Akshay Kumar tweeted, 'sorry guys havent been active on twitter for a while.. just popped in to say hello, and love you. Be happy and live free. Peace!'

Celebration time

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Amrita Arora
Actress Amrita Arora who celebrated her son Azaan's first day had a great time. She tweeted, 'Celebrated my son Azaan,s 1st b'day on the 5th of feb..Wow its been the best year ever!Time flies. Thankyou for all the wishes!'

Filmmaker Ken Ghosh, on the other hand, wished Jagjit Singh a happy b'day: 'Happy 70th birthday Padmabhushan Jagjit Singh.....and all the best for his cd set Shukrana'

The birthday wishes continue with jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali wishing Sophie Choudry: 'Pl wish @Sophie_Choudry a very happy birthday. She is an amazing person inside out. Love u Soph.'

Meanwhile Vivek Oberoi seemed in a festive mood as he wished a happy Vasant Panchami: 'Happy Vasant Panchami! Today we celebrate Goddess Saraswati, the goddess who blesses us with music, art and education. It is particularly an important day in terms of education when little children are taught their first words and schools organize special pujas. It's considered to be an auspicious beginning to learning. Wishing all students out there a blessed year ahead!'

What are they reading?

Last updated on: February 8, 2011 15:08 IST
Gul Panag

Shabana Azmi who is reported to take over as the chief of the Censor Board tweeted: 'Reading Civil Disobedience' by LC Jain. Deeply moving. Inspiring..makes me cry for the lost generation.he reminds me so much of Kaifi Saheb'

Gul Panag, on the other hand, is reading Arjun Rao's Third Best: Now reading Arjun Rao's
Third Best. Set in a boarding school. Inspired by our Alma Mater The Lawrence School Loved

As for Dino Morea, he is reading Roj ek Kahani Manto and Price of Ayodhya.

Did you know?

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Lisa Ray

Lisa Ray discovered the world's longest sari at Pothy's while shooting. She informed: 'Did I really nearly get crushed by the world's longest saree at Pothy's while filming yesterday or do I need to adjust my meds? Bet you didn't know there's an 8th Wonder of the World

Meanwhile, Hansika Motwani informed that she is not in any other networking websites other than Twitter: 'Okay people I'm not on orkut !!!!!! Plz I'm onli n onli active on twitter .. The rest ids are fake !'

Sandhya Mridul, on the other hand, was excited with the news of her film The Great Indian Butterfly's screening: 'The Great Indian Butterfly being screened at kala ghoda festival on 9th i think :)'