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Lara Dutta's single days are over
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.
Lara Dutta, who is all set to tie knot with tennis champ Mahesh Bhupathi on February 19, is busy enjoying her bachelor days. '15 women.....4 days.....1 mission......PAAARRRTTY!!!! Here's hoping I survive my bachelorette!! ;-)' she tweeted.
Meanwhile, it isn't often that Preity Zinta opens up to public about her personal life.
Preity Zinta, who was last dating industrialist Ness Wadia was asked about her ideal life partner at an event. 'I was asked at an event as 2 what I would like in a life partner?' she tweeted. 'I said integrity & a backbone !' she wrote.
Preity who has finally moved on also thanked her fans for their wishes, 'Finally feeling better now ! Thank you all 4 ur get well wishes ! Too many things on my plate now so I'm back to being a busy bee! Bzzzz !'
Big B plays tourist guide
The actor who is Gujarat's brand ambassador tweeted about the recent Gujarat Global Summit: 'Back from hectic and quick in and out trip to Ahmedabad or Amdavad as the locals call it .. lovely, entertaining and revealing .'
Praising Gujarat Amitabh tweeted, 'Gujarat booming !! development everywhere, tourists in hordes and investment galore ..at Vibrant Summit 15 lakh crore MOU signed !! Thats like 15 lakh crore or approx $ 3 billion worth of MOU signed in one day .. and even if 25% mature, thats a lot of ..'
He also inaugurated the Golf Tournament at Kinsville Golf Living: 'Had gone to inaugurate the Golf Tournament at Kinsville Golf Living, a new spanking facility being developed near A'bad .. great !!'
Amitabh also hit a few tee shots: 'Hit a few golf balls .... ermmmm ... into the water body !!'
The actor also tweeted about meeting Indian athlete Milkha Singh. 'Met up with the nations' pride, the Flying Sikh Milkha Singh ... such an honor .. what an athlete and what a life story of his ..'
Meanwhile, Preity Zinta, who was also present at the Summit tweeted: 'Just got back frm Vibrant Gujrat Summit! Billions being invested in da state by top corporates! Wow! Hope H.P gets investments like dis 2!'
Bollywood celebrates Lohri
After New Year, Bollywood got an excuse to party once again with Lohri.
'To all HAPPY LOHRI !! festival of goodness happiness joy good 'phasal' or crops in the fields !! My Mother a Sikh used to tell us tales of how little kids in erstwhile Punjab now in Pak, used to come around collecting charity ..', Amitabh Bachcan tweeted.
He added, 'The kids would come around saying ' lohri da takka de, rabh thaunu bachcha de ' ( punjabi ) !! Still vivid memories of those tales. '
Madhur Bhandarkar also tweeted his wishes: 'Wishing every1 a very Happy Lohri.. May god grant more success & happiness to all of u... With lots of love- MB'
Dia Mirza, Riteish Deshmukh and Sunidhi Chauhan stuck to a simple 'Happy Lohri!'
Shreya Ghoshal wasn't far behind too with her wishes: 'Lohri ki dher saari shubhkamnayen:)', she tweeted.
Gul Panag put it in true Punjabi style by tweeting, 'Happy Lohri! Issar aye dalidar jaye.'
Home calling!
The Indian-born Top Chef judge tweeted, 'Trying to write my keynote address for India Today conference and totally blocked! May be winging it!'
Unable to ignore the spicy Indian food, she posted a picture of one of her favourite kabab joints in India: 'Best bombay kebabs- Bademiya! Smokey, spicy crowded. Just like I like it!
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Meanwhile, the Canadian born Lisa Ray is busy catching up in Toronto, Canada: 'Amazing power evening tonight at Toronto Film Critics Association Awards...thanks to Jian for guesting me! Memorable quote at TFCA tonite: what could be more Canadian than terrifying intimacy? Jay Bharuchel'
Whereas Riteish Deshmukh, whose hometown is Latur, is enjoying the Latur Festival. He tweeted, 'At d #LaturFestival listening to the magical Kailash Kher- watta an evening
Plug ins, Bollywood-style!
Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha has roped in none other than A R Rahman for her next Bollywood-style venture Monkeys of Bollywood.
'Excited about entering the world of Dreamworks animation...!' Rahman tweeted.
Emraan Hashmi, whose Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji is releasing on January 28 posted a picture of him as he tweeted, 'Mrng ppl..Startd th day wth an intrw fr DTBHJ, wth Raja Sen. Th bst part is tht it happened to be at my home..'
Meanwhile, Bipasha Basu promoted one of her brands. 'What's been your 1st Step2Fitness in 2011? The best will win cool Sugarfree hampers.'
Anupam Kher is on his way to Delhi for the premiere of Yamla Pagla Deewana: 'On my way to Delhi for Premier of YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA releasing tom. In a comic role after a long time. Hope you like it.'